Grateful Dead

Thanks for the choices but I received an email and the NOD is restocked. I think I will check out discogs.

Nightfall of Diamonds is sold out on this site. You should be able to grab a copy on eBay or Discogs for under $25.

Top notch Fall 89 show! Go for it.
Actually there is one on Discogs for $12.74. What a bargain!

Its interesting how the prices keep changing for some cds on here. I was dead lucky three weeks ago, getting a 7 disc FM recording on the New Years 1972 Winterland show. 1 disc The Sons of Champlin, 2 discs New Riders and 4 discs of The Dead, for a measly £8.77. Its since shot up to £27.25. Its not the best sound quality I have ever heard, but its okay, and for the price I paid something of a bargain.
I noticed last night the recently released three disc Blues set by Rory Gallagher has dropped in price drastically. Hard to resist - I didn't even try.

Mr Ones
Thanks. Presumably the full version mentioned Gram Parsons death? The BBC showed Gram and Emmylou singing duets and then talked about her first, country, solo album ‘Pieces of Sky’ with no mention of why they stopped singing together.

Edit: I agree, Amazon.co.uk are usually very good with delivery dates which is why this last minute change surprised me. I have bought many items from them over the years and have been happy with the service. Of course, that is also true of dead.net, they always supply the ordered items eventually and that is all I need.

Second edit: the amount of editing may be less than it appears. Does PBS have ads? If they take up around 20 minutes per hour then the actual programme length would be c. 80 minutes. The BBC has no ads so the programs are c. 60 minutes each. If this is the case then only about a quarter of each program has been taken out.

I want to order this but I still have not received the july 78 box. Wow.

Ram Dass

Colin,
The "Country Music" Burns doc was 8 Episodes, most were 2 hours long, but some were longer. I believe I read that the total length of the series was between 17-18 hours. I know it took me 2 weeks to get a chance to see the whole thing. But......TOTALLY worth watching in it's entirety!!
On another note, I have ordered from Amazon UK many times, and my last few shipments have come with an expected date, followed by an announcement of a "new" expected date. These have never been more than a few days, with the notable exception of Miles Davis "The Lost Quintet", which I ordered in July, but release date was changed numerous times(finally received it in November). again, well worth the wait.

P.S. Back in 1994, we Americans were shortchanged on the Beatles Anthology doc, only getting 5-6 hours, as opposed to the U.K. viewers getting 8 or so. I felt truly cheated until the (I started to say DVD) VHS version came out with at least 8 hours of awesomeness!!

Garcia
Just to show that dead.net aren’t the only company with disappointing service; I ordered #12 from amazon.co.uk and delivery was expected on the release date 20th Dec. Up to 8pm on the 20th delivery was promised that day. At 8pm I got an email saying that due to an unexpected delay the item wouldn’t ship until mid Jan 2020 at the earliest and possible not until early Feb. You have to wonder how a cd can be delayed, so suddenly, for that long. The saving grace is that the music is available to be listened to on Amazon Unlimited so I’m hoping to find some time over the festive period to listen to it.

Ken Burns
A question for US viewers of the series. I’ve just finished watching the 8 one hour episodes on the BBC in the UK. There is only a DVD version being advertised as released here and it doesn’t give any timing for the series although there are 8 discs. Looking at Amazon.com shows DVD and bluRay versions also with 8 discs. The product descriptions suggest that the series had 8 two hour episodes. Is this correct? I find it hard to believe they would take out half the content for European viewers.

Also really enjoying the new release. From the shows released, it stands out as unique from the others. I agree about Sara's contributions, this is well stated in the liner notes too.

Also, Garcia's playing is strong (as is the rest of the band). Alligator comes though brightly. A great addition.

Got to listen to Garcia Live Vol. 12!! Great stuff. You can ALWAYS tell when the band is having FUN!! Would not have guessed that Sarah Fulcher was a white woman on a listening only test. Powerfully strong voice. For that reason, I feel this is a unique entry into the discography. She absolutely TAKES OVER on some songs, but even then, you can hear how the rest of the band is delighted in leading/following her everywhere the tune takes them. A truly joyful listen.

To all: Be safe, Healthy, and (hopefully) Happy this Season of Joy.
Merriweather '85?? I would love that!!