Grateful Dead

Take a deep breath lol.
I knew you DR were going to say that.
My point is only votes are useless if you can’t control the sample properly.
So if you say everyone at dnet can vote, how will you know that say BTK hasn’t voted 467 times for 1970 etc.
AND, how many people who buy many of the releases, but don’t ever come hang here would not get represented.
That’s all I was trying to suggest: if your going to have releases based on votes, then how do you ensure proper sampling? Sorry I didn’t offer a more comprehensive idea, was only trying to show how it might not work. Certainly didn’t mean to exclude or rile anyone up ffs.

EDIT: Petah, set and setting for sure! That’s why my preference is all the years because “some times you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t” variety is the spice of life etc. So I’m the same way: different eras for different needs, like choosing different albums to listen to by the same band.

UPON FURTHER REVIEW: perhaps they use All the mail addresses?
I believe you have to use an email address to make online purchase?
If so, then send non manipulative, use by addressee only email?
That way anyone who’s purchased anything in (imagine you could adjust variable) say the last five years from deadnet would get a vote. Yes the resellers probably have duplicate addresses but again, would they really skew things that much? You’d think resellers would be down with whatever is going to sell?
It would be nice if we got to have input, I unfortunately don’t see it happening.

A must-listen

I agree Daverock. Everyone should be allowed to vote. It should just be an open vote on the dead.net. Even if Dave gave us a choice of say 5 or 10 that are releasable quality I think that would be great.

...Isn't the brightest bulb, nor is that invisible hand so smart. For instance, 3/1/69, one of the premier primal Dead shows is available on vinyl for just $59.99 a year after its release online and in person at Newbury Comics. They also had 4/7-8/72 vinyl sets for $125-135. Just happened to poke around. Too bad the glut in the marketplace for Dead items didn't happen a few years ago, but now that it's here, there are more reasonable prices to be had on vinyl releases one may have missed.

I don't like the idea of only allowing subscribers to vote about future releases, if such a thing came to pass. I have been buying live releases by The Dead since 1975 - all the stand alone releases, all the Dicks Picks, all the Road Trips, all the box sets and all the Dave's picks up to around 2020. Then I decided there were some shows from some years I didn't want. I went off the idea of paying for shows before knowing what they were. So I stopped subscribing. This surely shouldn't bar me from having a say about future releases. To say such as me isn't as invested in Dead releases as someone who subscribes is absurd.
Also, obviously, different people like listening to The Dead in different formats. L.P.s and cds are great for me - but I am not interested in downloads. With some it may be the other way round. It should be a good thing that there are these different formats that cater to differing tastes. I don't think it's wise to assume everyone enjoys listening to the band the same way you do.

WOW

I’m up for a new series where Dave lists 5 shows to choose from, 1 each from 5 periods:
65-71
72-75
76-Feb 79
Brent era
Vince era

You can cast a single vote after you have paid for your pre-order and there are no refunds if you don’t like the show that gets the highest votes.

Considering that PNW Box and STL Box didn’t sell out right away, pre-hiatus years may not always get the highest votes.

Great Idea Oro! I have a Deadbase around the basement somewhere. Should have been doing it years ago!!! Yeah picking shows is just so subjective. I also find my mood, mellow, antsy, stressed, for whatever reason changes my liking of different shows at different times. Thanks for the help!

LOL…what..?..too soon?

Gulp, embarrassed to admit, I have no Joni.
Just was reading about Asylum years reissue and realized I have none.
Ok sports fans, if you could only pick one or two….?

Did voices on Joni Mitchell's cover of Twisted from Court and Spark?
The one I thought was called My Analyst Told Me.
Never knew that was them. "Chick is twisted, boop shoobie, man."
All-stars all over that 1974 release.
Robbie Robertson guitar on Raised on Robbery.
"A little money ridin' on the Maple Leafs. Along comes a lady in lacy sleeves."
Cheers