Regarding the Grateful Dead

I got into a rather involved discussion with a good friend of mine tonight concerning this band.

She stated how their youtube videos sound like shit...and she is correct.

I explained to her that Deadheads strive for the perfect recording to try to re-create what they KNOW that the Dead sounds like after being at a concert. The Grateful dead had a perfect and clean sound system that you would actually "sense" in your chest while they played. This will never be captured on tapes, CDs, Dick Pick's, whatever.

Here is a a Syracuse 1984 concert that I attended. Go to the streaming section, double click on "Jack Straw". This is the best one I ever heard live...people were hugging each other and jumping up and down during the final jam.

Is this intensity captured on this recording? Nah.

http://www.archive.org/details/gd1984-10-20.nak300.carpenter.wise.andrewf.33341.sbeok.flac16

Well not really. there aome incrdible vids out there. but so many people tried to tpae, vid the band that there i some that is not as good. But most of thema re freaking incredible.

What is great is that the shows from Shoreline 2days ago are already there, and sound perfect. You just gotta sort them, read the raings and the comments and then put them on a playlist.

I have gone to plenty of show by myself. I go to the men's room, and while walking back to my seat...I get caught up in some jam, and start dancing like a fucking maniac in the fucking hallway for the rest of the show.

And you don't care what you look like!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN1eRIijITU Or me?

:blush: similar

They opened with it at the 1993 show in Chapel Hill, NC I was at - and it was smokin! Probably not the best version I've ever heard but it sure got me goin! Getting ready to listen to the link you posted now.

BTW - you CAN d/l the soundboard shows that archive.org now only lets you stream (thanks to the GD selling their stuff to Rhino records) by getting the m3u file, change it to .txt, and you'll see the links for the individual songs which you can save and listen to on an mp3 player or convert to cd audio. It's not FLAC, but still - free soundboard. Like here's the show you posted - but in soundboard -- http://www.archive.org/details/gd84-10-20.sbd.mattman.15673.sbeok.shnf As far as saving the soundboard mp3's - here is the soundboard mp3 of that show's Jack Straw I grabbed out of that m3u file -- http://www.archive.org/download/gd84-10-20.sbd.mattman.15673.sbeok.shnf/gd1984-10-20d1t09_vbr.mp3 Give it a shot. Oh, and enjoy. :hippie:

Which is one reason I can't understand why the corporations (music/TV/whatever) are so paranoid about content being seen in this format. It's not like you could sell flash video to anyone.

:evilgrin:

go here http://gdvodcast.ning.com/ Sign up, be my friend if you like (bennyboy)and then 24 hour streaming GD vids. Shows as tehy happen,w ebcasts,etc....

www.gdradio.net streams clean clear crispy shows 24hrs a day.

The grunzychannel (google that one) has tons of GD and other jam type bands 24/7 too.

And then Sirius. www.sirius.com .....72 hour trials all the time. the Grateful Dead channel, jamOn, Springsteen etc.. love it.