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almost bought this and i don't even have a record player - the show is just that good.

Your sarcasm just makes you sound immature. Why so protective of the corporation?

How dare they release an amazing show like this on vinyl when it was already available on CD and USB as part of a box set they only release Keith S&^T for the Dave's Picks ----- So AGAIN --- HOW DARE THEY release 4/25/77 on Vinyl for Record Store Day when it was also available on CD and USB as part of a box set. I swear --- if they only had a little f&^^%^n variety. How dare they try to turn a profit for work that a lot of people did. P.S. jrf68 is hilarious and I'm really glad they are releasing this (and 4/25/77) on vinyl. and FYI (for someone who may not know whats happening in the world) there are people selling individual shows from the 30 Trips box on eBay --- and Dead dot Net paid me to say all of this. How else could afford all the stuff they release?

to those that want it. I'm not into vinyl. I have Live Dead and the first GD album framed in my rock and roll den but I stick with cd's for listening. That being said this is an important show and I'm glad it's being offered on vinyl. I am sure it sounds amazing on a nice hifi. Kudos to TPTB for continuing to put out awesome stuff for the fans to buy( or not ). It's a real blessing to be a fan of the Dead and still be receiving these ageless treasures.

I'd rather listen to Phil's liver.

economics is a branch of philosophy. i don't equate dead.net's business practices with good economics. a degree in economics is quite different than a degree in accounting or finance. the two aspects of economics that influenced me most during my studies were externalities & utility functions. as for david bowie... i love david bowie. my point was dave lemieux's birthday greeting to him made me nauseated, because i envision dave lemieux only listening to changesbowie (a greatest hits album). yes, it was an uncalled for shot at dave lemieux, but i seriously doubt he cares what i think. believe it or not, i'm actually a chilled person most of the time, although i have been known to go ballistic if something sets me off. perhaps i use the internet to vent my frustration far too often, but where else can you say what you really think? if i talked to people in person the way i talk on the computer i'd probably have 2 permanent black eyes and zero friends. ----

You only get under my skin when you purposely attack people. All your other opinions are provocative yet useful. Though you cross the line like Trump tends to. Like when you said that Dave Lemieux's birthday greeting to David Bowie in the DaP 17 video made you nauseous, that is most definitely not useful. It's outright attacking someone for no reason. So what if he likes Bowie & happened to remember to give him a shout out on his birthday? Good thing he did & it's kind of horrible that he passed on a couple days later. I understand you hate Dave for the releases under his direction, but that is flat out rude. Not sure why you act like that unless you are in fact trying to get under people's skin. All that being said you are entitled to say things as you please.

that would be cool, unfortunately, the cost would be prohibitive. Some of those shows would take up 4 or 5 discs of wax, now what would be that cost? Throw a dog a bone? 4 platters for 90.00? 5 for 100? Doesn't matter anyway, who's got that kind of scratch to buy them all? Not for what you would get. Besides, they really would not put out some of those shows on vinyl that are only 2 track Healy recordings would they? Well maybe, anything for a buck nowdays, right? Pfox, when you say things like "I like K. west" it kinda makes you a target right from the get go. The guy is a flipped out whack job and for that reason only I wouldn't give him the time of day, well alone buy any of his music. It may be good (not) but who cares, the guys a joke. You say the dead's organization is good economics, yet you constantly complain about almost every release, pray, which shows would you like to see released? I would love some more pigpen, and some more 80's shows, but they ain't gonna do it, so all the bitching in the world is not going to make that happen. So, why do you do it? It makes no sense. I got to say this, some of the comments against you have been down right mean, nasty and totally uncalled for, but like you say, some people ain't gonna learn what they don't want to know. Spacebrother, you have felt this pain also, and I feel for you cause you just want more 80's, and that's cool and the comments against you in the past have also been mean, just mean spirited. Love the dead and the music, hate the drama. And yes, this package is overpriced in my opinion. But like PT Barnum said, there's a sucker born every minute.

i just post my opinions. i really don't care if i get under the skin of some people. almost everything i write is well thought out. i rarely attack individuals on this site. my barbs are almost always reserved for the band or management, but i get why people don't see it that way. there are scientific studies which show that it is almost impossible to change the opinion of others even when they are faced with facts or scientific evidence. the reality is most of you don't read what i write anyway. the majority who respond to my posts just skim through them to find something to throw back at me. i tried to make the best of this situation. since i couldn't get this show on CD i decided to buy 2 pigpen era shows i didn't have: (dick's picks 4 & dick's picks 16). as for kanye west; i do like his music. the albums: "college dropout", "late registration" & "my beautiful dark twisted fantasy" are better than any studio album the grateful dead ever recorded. i'm not so keen on his publicity stunts, or some of the stuff he tweets, but to be honest i'm not sure if he really is that guy, or if he just pretends to be to get as much media attention as possible. ----