Grateful Dead

Thanks for the info.

I’m surprised that the Woodstock Box was limited to 1969 copies. That would make sense for a Box that had bonus material, but not the sole release. I suspect that they probably could have sold more copies had they been available.

I also suspect that all of the artists agreed to the release due to the 50-year copyright law in Europe.
I think that a reissue gets you another 50 years.

But, that law is causing a lot of Box Sets to get released - Dylan, Floyd to name two, and I think that Led Zep May have put something out.

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

beyond, beyond insane.

laughable.

I used to be the "ticket master". From around 1990 to maybe 2000, maybe a little bit longer, I would call Ticketmaster on multiple phones (2 or 3) 20 - 25 minutes before the typical 10am ON SALE time. I would typically be put on hold for anywhere between 5-15 minutes. If you called too close to 10am you would get a busy signal, and you were basically f***ked. The key was to get off of the hold music and on with a real operator around 9:45 - 9:50am. At that point, I would start asking about ticket availability for other shows that were already on sale. "yeah, how much for 2 first level tickets for Neil Diamond". They would look it up and we'd talk about it; that would kill 5 minutes. "no I don't think so, I'll pass on those. What about the Black Crowes?" And it took forever for them to do their computer lookups back then. Then around 9:55 I would casually ask, "anything going on sale today? Rush? yeah I've heard they're pretty good (this was my target band of course). "oh they don't go on sale for 5 minutes? well do you have any promotions you can tell me about until then?" And it worked every time. 2nd row on the Test For Echo Tour, right in front of Alex Lifeson was the best I did. 2112 in its entirety for the first time ever. Natural Science for the first time since Permanent Waves. The first of the two set Rush tours. Anyway, this method never failed to get me within 10 rows of the band.

I don't even understand the system now. I guess people can sell their tickets like eBay on stub hub? Is that what's going on? I was just checking out Dead and Co pricing and there's a pair for $4500 each. wtf happened to scalping laws? I know they existed because Rodge got busted scalping Doobie Brothers tickets. Or wait.....was it Rerun got caught recording the show with a big-ass cassette player. Oh now I remember. Scalping episode was Stevie Wonder.

Anyone know the face value of a Dead & Co ticket?

What did I call them, twirlers? heh. Thanks for the feedback guys, I was just curious. My cousin and I were thinking about going to see Dead and Co again (we were rained out of the second set about 20 minutes in at Camden last year). This brought back memories of our Albany days (his really, I just visited with some frequency). We saw them 11 to the end for our good guy Jerry. I remember thinking they were f***king awesome that night. I was only marginally familiar with them in those days, but I was a big time concert goer, and I had no insight into any health or performance issues with Jerry (and after all, this was pretty much pre-internet).

....I remember seeing them at my first show in April '86, so at least since then. I recall thinking, "whoa! I've never seen that before." Prior than that, I went to heavy metal/punk shows, so all I knew was headbanging and mosh pits.

If I tried that I'd probably end going through the window !

I looked at my ‘Beyond Description’ box and there was no mention of a bonus disc, but then I checked where I have the discs stored separately and there it was! I must give it a spin.

please consider an 85 release.

the naysayers will say "nay", but I say, "GD85!!!"

6/27/85, for example.

great singing group from the 70s

rubberband man
games people play

I remember reading about them.

One twirl and I am DONE. How can you spin continuously without vomiting severely? Especially if you are in Lysergia?

Jerry, God? He himself said something to the effect, "I am no god; just ask my children."

That applies to all of us, come to think of it.

My dog, on the other hand, thinks I am pretty cool.

"Arf", she says.