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Official Grateful Dead Thread

KeninDC said:
When purchasing early and/or original Grateful Dead LPs, look for the WB green label. I see that on the "Europe '72" above. Nice catch. Just a bit more mojo from those green label grooves.
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Agreed Ken. I call them Olive WB labels. The Palm label reissues are nice too. The Olive WBs are getting harder to find and get higher prices.
 
ScramMan2 said:
The Palm label reissues are nice too.
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Indeed they are. And usually in better shape than your "olive" WBs. Played my green/olive WB "Workinman's Dead" last night and it has that extra extension that is missing from the old CD that suffers from a teeny bit of no-noise. I've been toying with getting the SACD, but when I'm in a Dead mood, I'm almost always by my trusty turntable.

I'd be interested if anyone has listened to the SACDs and can comment on sound quality.
 
KeninDC said:
Indeed they are. And usually in better shape than your "olive" WBs. Played my green/olive WB "Workinman's Dead" last night and it has that extra extension that is missing from the old CD that suffers from a teeny bit of no-noise. I've been toying with getting the SACD, but when I'm in a Dead mood, I'm almost always by my trusty turntable.

I'd be interested if anyone has listened to the SACDs and can comment on sound quality.
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I had a few of the early CDs -
a couple years back I replaced them with the 2 Rhino HDCD box sets ...
those sound pretty good to me ...
then again, I know my highs are rolled off :banana:
 
I like fact that many of the GD CDs are mastered (or re-mastered) in HDCD. Sound is excellent played back on my Oppo player, to me anyway!
 
If you wanna hear the boys in a kick ass!! 80's moment I strongly recommend tracking this down. There's a great audience copy out there which captured the intensity and more importantly the audience energy, participation and adulation. I'm biased as I was at the show and every time I listen to it it brings back great memories.

It was released as a Dicks Picks as a soundboard and IMHO it did not do justice or capture what transpired that evening between the boys and the crowd.

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ScramMan2 said:
Ticket info at www.dead50.net

I may be going, kids/wife talked me into getting 4 tickets for each day.
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Hey Al, got the Pulse cd yesterday, thanx again for that! Changed the battery and it works fine. On the Chicago thing, maybe you know a good place for pre-show drinks for any AK like minded folks to get together?
 
Seriously, what year is it right now? Wow....


"You will need the following:

*Two #10 size envelopes (business-size 9 ½” X 4” envelopes)
*Postal Money Order(s), or Western Union Money Order(s)
*One 3x5 index card

Your order must be sent in #10 size envelope and should include a money order(s), your 3 x 5 index card, and a #10 SASE.

1. #10 Size Envelope
a) All orders should be sent to us by US mail in a #10 sized envelope addressed to:
GDTSTOO, POB 456 Stinson Beach, CA 94970.
b) Please put the date of the show/s, the number of tickets and price per ticket on the outside of your envelope. If you are including multiply money orders put the price of your ticket prefrence.
c) Write "Any" if you will accept any ticket price or any day.
d) Tickets for multiple shows may be ordered in the same envelope.
e) Taper Tickets should be noted on the outside of the envelope. Taper tickets are limited to 2 per person per show.
f) Do not use any meter strips.
g) Sending your order by Express Mail, Federal Express, DHL, etc., will not expedite your order processing in any way.
h) Everyone should fill out their own order. Duplication may cause for all involved orders to be disqualified.
i) Decorated envelopes are always welcome.

2. Postal Money Order(s), Western Union Money Order(s), Canadian Post in US Dollars and International Postal Money orders in US dollars
a) No other money orders will be accepted.
b) We do not accept cash or personal checks.
c) Make the money order payable to:
GDTS TOO.
d) Send separate money orders for each show day.
e) Keep your money order receipt(s). If your order is not filled, your money order(s) will be returned to you.

3. 3x5 index card.
a) Put your full name; return address, area code, phone number and email address in the upper left hand corner of the card.
b) In the middle of the card, tell us which show(s) you want and the number of tickets you are ordering (4 ticket limit per person per show).
c) Put "Any" if you will accept any ticket price or any day.
d) If Taper Tickets are desired, please indicate on your 3 x 5 card.
e) Include your preference for your return shipment:
Regular mail: Fee is covered by SASE. Our Canadian and overseas patrons must add $2.00 US dollars to their money order for postage. Please do not send a postal coupon.
Priority mail: The fee in the US is $9.00.
For Outside the US the fee is $35.00
FedEx express: The fee for this service is $25.00. FedEx does not deliver to post office boxes and is not available for Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and overseas countries. You can include this fee in your money order. You must also include as sase for this service.
You may include your shipping fees in your (lower priced if applicable) money order

4. #10 SASE
a) Include in your order a #10 self-addressed, stamped envelope with a regular 49-cent stamp.
b) A 70-cent stamp is necessary if you order 8 or more tickets."
 
Over the past week I have been reading a recent buy (Hardcover $0.40 used from Amazon, plus $4 shipping)
"Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped" -
pretty amazing read of how the whole concert ticket industry grew and got monopolized and such.
There was a chapter on the Grateful Dead Ticket Sales and how they got around the whole Ticketbastard monopoly ...

The final insult is how the whole StubHub scalper business became "accepted" and "legitimized" !

Good luck with the show ...
 
Killer Fox said:
Seriously, what year is it right now? Wow....


"You will need the following:

*Two #10 size envelopes (business-size 9 ½” X 4” envelopes)
*Postal Money Order(s), or Western Union Money Order(s)
*One 3x5 index card

Your order must be sent in #10 size envelope and should include a money order(s), your 3 x 5 index card, and a #10 SASE.

1. #10 Size Envelope
a) All orders should be sent to us by US mail in a #10 sized envelope addressed to:
GDTSTOO, POB 456 Stinson Beach, CA 94970.
b) Please put the date of the show/s, the number of tickets and price per ticket on the outside of your envelope. If you are including multiply money orders put the price of your ticket prefrence.
c) Write "Any" if you will accept any ticket price or any day.
d) Tickets for multiple shows may be ordered in the same envelope.
e) Taper Tickets should be noted on the outside of the envelope. Taper tickets are limited to 2 per person per show.
f) Do not use any meter strips.
g) Sending your order by Express Mail, Federal Express, DHL, etc., will not expedite your order processing in any way.
h) Everyone should fill out their own order. Duplication may cause for all involved orders to be disqualified.
i) Decorated envelopes are always welcome.

2. Postal Money Order(s), Western Union Money Order(s), Canadian Post in US Dollars and International Postal Money orders in US dollars
a) No other money orders will be accepted.
b) We do not accept cash or personal checks.
c) Make the money order payable to:
GDTS TOO.
d) Send separate money orders for each show day.
e) Keep your money order receipt(s). If your order is not filled, your money order(s) will be returned to you.

3. 3x5 index card.
a) Put your full name; return address, area code, phone number and email address in the upper left hand corner of the card.
b) In the middle of the card, tell us which show(s) you want and the number of tickets you are ordering (4 ticket limit per person per show).
c) Put "Any" if you will accept any ticket price or any day.
d) If Taper Tickets are desired, please indicate on your 3 x 5 card.
e) Include your preference for your return shipment:
Regular mail: Fee is covered by SASE. Our Canadian and overseas patrons must add $2.00 US dollars to their money order for postage. Please do not send a postal coupon.
Priority mail: The fee in the US is $9.00.
For Outside the US the fee is $35.00
FedEx express: The fee for this service is $25.00. FedEx does not deliver to post office boxes and is not available for Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and overseas countries. You can include this fee in your money order. You must also include as sase for this service.
You may include your shipping fees in your (lower priced if applicable) money order

4. #10 SASE
a) Include in your order a #10 self-addressed, stamped envelope with a regular 49-cent stamp.
b) A 70-cent stamp is necessary if you order 8 or more tickets."
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done....gladly
 
Those are the exact same instructions we followed mail ordering tickets for the GD in the 80's. I did it many, many times. You had to call to find out the dates, and get the instructions. It was exciting, but also a bit stressful. I'm not going that route for these. I will do the Internet presale.
 
I have SASE sent as of 1/20/15. 3 USPS MOs, hoping to get 4 tickets for all 3 days in the $99 section up front. I'm not sure if I'm going yet, kids and wife will use the tickets. My summer work schedule in IL won't be out until 3/5/15.
 
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