Grateful Dead Dave's Picks 2020 Subscriptions

Mine wound up being about 16,000 something. It was later established that the higher the number, the better the sound. So way to go!

 

Who's the bloke bloody babblin' to himself then?...knew a Welsh tart used to stand out at Fistral in Newquay same as yer man....
the lads called 'im "Low Tide Larry" they done...knackered on barley wine and mandrax he was....screamin about bloody
Plaid Cymru he done....smelled like week old cornish yarg yer man did...Lysergic Simon spiked yer man WELL proper one
night at the arms in Padstow he done...Larry was never well after Simon spoke to 'im...and spoke Simon did, my son...last we
seen of yer man, the lad was standin' outside the bloody Swansea City FC stadium with the bloody coppers after gettin' the boot fer
knickin' bangers from the food que...a bloody shambles it was to, mate

 

Yet they’ve not gone there with Dave’s Picks...

Also, my Alpine box still hasn’t happened.

 

My box priorities:

Ark - April 1969
Any 1972

Please and thank you!

 

Agreed on the first sentence.

HALLELUJAH, CAN I GET A WITNESS!! on the second.

I’m all for CDs still being issued, but there’s no reason to not offer hi-res downloads. An official streaming service is not a bad idea either. Not sure if I’d go for that, but maybe.

I wish they’d just digitize the whole damned vault and let people choose what they want, ala carte, at a reasonable price. I don’t need fancy packaging and limited editions at inflated cost.

 

It’s not about what “we” need. It’s about a business model that works and makes money for them. The current Dave’s model is successful. Raking in cash.

Now, if we all agreed to boycott the Dave’s series and sales plummeted, well...

 

Oct 89 > Best of the Greek > Oct 73 in that order.

 

Maybe bring back The Download Series?

 

What’s up with Springfield civic center sneakily holding down the fort. The 70s shows are practically all solid and occur on or right around peak months of Dead playing. Give us that that DaP 36 10/2/72. Double up on that 74 and sting me with that 6/30/74...or same with that 77. 4/23/77..gimme gimme

 

And well we're at it let's get some more Baltimore Civic Center shows out there like 3/26/73 (Wolfman Jack intro to Ramble on Rose cmon) and 5/26/77.

 

Oh my...how have I not heard this yet (Wolfman jack intro). This is awesome. Pretty killer set list I’ll be checking this out

 

It must be Opposite Day!

 

That Baltimore show is off the chain.

 

I remember liking it a lot back in the day. Those March shows were all loooooonngg.

 

Perhaps a "Civic Center" box is the way to go, lots of options with that one.

 

A Philadelphia 89 set would make for a fine (smallish) box. Or perhaps in combo with some other Fall 89 shows. While all the great ‘89 “Dark Star” shows have been released, there are still plenty of great shows from that wonderful tour. I know the writer in the third Taping Compendium says the 10.20.89 philly show is his fave of the year even! I don’t know if I’d go that far, but it speaks to the quality of the Fall 89 tour still untapped. I love that 89 Philly run. And there’s quality left in the Meadowlands run and other couple of tour stops.

 

Philly and Charlotte for sure...then maybe a pair of the unreleased Meadowlands shows to round it out.

 

10-20-89 would make a great Pick whenever Dave is ready to move beyond the Reagan years. Great Scarlet>Fire and possibly my favorite Hey Pocky Way.

 

With a Dave's Picks subscription you pay upfront, but do not know what 3 of the shows will be. With box sets, you know what you are paying for. If Dave's Picks has more than one post 1979 show per year, I will cancel my subscription. And one post 1979 show every three years would be about right.

 

Can you cancel a subscription ?

 

You pay for each year. Within that year, I do not believe that you can cancel.

 

LOL at folks threatening that they’ll cancel their sub if Dave dares to release too many shows outside of their ‘70s “safe zone”. I’m sure that Rhino/GDP are shaking in their boots about this “lost” revenue.

 

And if you sell any of the copies you don't like they cut off your hair.

 

Why would you wanna do that?

 

Not sure but I think they use the Buy The Ticket Take The Ride policy for subscriptions