Grateful Dead

Can someone please explain to me why reserved tix are $215.00+fees?

Glad to hear it, Snafu- I haven't heard the 45 rpm lp releases of Workingman's Dead and American Beauty yet because my turntable is currently mothballed, but I've got the hybrid sacds, and they sound AMAZING! The hi-res format, the re-mastering (which is generally substantially more important than the format, and which MoFi aced in this case), even the packaging are all top-notch. Even on a typical cd player, which can only play the cd layer these discs should sound better than all previous cds. Until I hear the lps, and I'm sure those will be comparable, if not even better, these SACDS are the editions of these albums that I'll be listening to. While I haven't heard the HDTracks versions, as I generally don't download yet, and don't want to pay $200-$250 for a package of albums of which some later ones are- cough, cough- not top-notch- it would be hard to imagine the downloads would sound be much better than these, if at all (though with the plangent process used there, possibly they could).Actually, if anyone has listened to both the SACDS plus the HDTracks downloads of those two albums, I'd be interested to hear their feedback on the comparison.

I think it being centrally located in the country is why they chose Chicago. Bay Area, everyone east of the Rockies is driving. Chicago, everyone east of the Rockies can theoretically drive there.