Scott Dolan

I actually agree with fasstrack. Now, I do use my earbuds quite a bit at work, and when I'm mowing the yard, for example. But, when I'm out and about I really like to take in what is going on around me. Whether or not it be interacting with others, listening to nature, or the sounds of the city.

That's interesting. What if John McLaughlin was a fan of John McLaughlin, but John McLaughlin wasn't a fan of John McLaughlin? Awkward. What if Jon McLaughlin and John Mclaughlin were really John McLaughlin?! You know, like a Clark Kent/Superman kinda deal. Well, only they went by the same name, I guess. So there's a difference...

No, I got your point entirely. I just saw no reason to get so upset about it. Click the link, read the very first sentence, breathe in, breathe out, move on.

That you're too lazy to to look at the forum once you click on a link. Then choose to whine about it as though it's the fault of others? Yes, you've made that perfectly clear.

Probably because most of us are capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time. That's the reason why we have a miscellaneous sub forum here.

I actually got into baseball very late in the game, when we moved here in 2002. I started listening to Royals games in the mid 2000's after a co-worker told me there is nothing like listening to baseball games on the radio. He was right.

Ah, so they DON'T sound like transistor radios! And that higher-pitcher squeal and warbling...where has it gone?!

Transistor radios did indeed have a sound unto themselves. And I can dig the nostalgia angle. Though oddly enough, I have a very different reaction to them. More along the lines of, "ugh, remember when all radios sounded that way?!" I'm about as happy to re-live those days as I am the days of tooling around in my sister's 1976 Ford Pinto. Bad is bad, nostalgia can't fix that...

Packaged speaker cables?! I've never seen that before. What were they, crappy little 24AWG cables?

There's always the chance someone will buy the place and keep everything intact. I always thought the kids would do something with it, but they can't seem to get along with each other these days. It would be sad to see it destroyed, but we got a lot of outstanding music from it.

I don't "upgrade" iTunes until I absolutely have to these days, ever since iTunes 11 lost my entire music library. I had it all backed up, but it was still a pain in the ass to get things back on track.

Who gets the UMRK?

iTines as a program is about as clunky as they come, and seemingly gets worse with every "update". But, the store and service is top notch, and something I've never had a problem with.

I don't know, this is still one of the most active online message boards I run across.

We invested in one of these for each of our vehicles. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Stanley-600-Peak-Amp-Jump-Starter-J309/14560015?action=product_interest&action_type=title&item_id=14560015&placement_id=irs-106-t1&strategy=PWVUB&visitor_id&category=&client_guid=de6e1e69-d115-4c20-934f-7518c659f764&customer_id_enc&config_id=106&parent_item_id=13035281&parent_anchor_item_id=13035281&guid=7a7ac336-c654-43c3-8bf8-55fa357a9934&bucket_id=irsbucketdefault&beacon_version=1.0.1&findingMethod=p13n Just a few weeks after we purchased then I had to jump start my truck with it. Worth every penny.

Listening to it now. BTW, what do GD and SBD stand for? I keep seeing them come up regarding live Dead recordings. I'm assuming SBD is shorthand for soundboard?

Thanks, brother!

OK, well how about this. Is there any one series that is best to start with?

Nah, I'm not a resale kind of guy, Lon. I pretty much always give things away that I no longer have a use for. The Fillmore date does strike me as a must have. So I'm going to get 29 first, and follow that up with 4. As for sound quality, some opinions I read made some of the dates sound like The Olatunji Concert would be an upgrade. But, I think you nailed it with your assessment underlining the differences in ears between the average Rock/Pop collector, and Jazz collector. Some of our finest releases have highly questionable sound quality. Just think how a Rock/Pop listener would react to the sound quality of things like the Hot Fives & Sevens. Or Spiritual Unity...

I can't even imagine what an 80 disc boxset would even look or feel like. Must be pretty impressive aesthetically. I prefer the early years as well, but there are some interesting moments on Without A Net. Unfortunately, not enough to justify a double cd... BTW, what are the best DP's in your opinions? I've seen 4, 8, 15, 31, and 36 mentioned a LOT. Also, is the sound quality of these really as bad as some make it out to be?

Do you have the four disc set, or the 80 disc set?

Just had a hankering to fall down the Dead rabbit hole myself. Going to grab Dick's Picks 29 per jazzbo's inadvertant recommendation!

Yeah, and I really only consider myself a casual fan. To this day I only own Dead Set, Without A Net, and the movie soundtrack box. But goddamn, more and more recently I find myself jonesing for some live Dead. So why not indulge? I almost wish I had ponied up for the 30 Trips Around The Sun box... What a beast that must be to get through!

WOW! I think jazzbo may have nailed it! Thanks, everyone! Oh, and I do have Dead Set. Little Red Rooster and From Of The Devil from that album are my favorite versions. Thanks again! I knew I came to the right place. Oddly enough, one of the concerts that made up DP29 was recorded in Lakeland, FL. Which I used to live 15 minutes away from...

My wife and I were having lunch recently and the restaurant had a Dead concert playing. It was one of the most outstanding sets I've ever heard, that ended with Fire On The Mountain. I know this is probably akin to a blind man looking for a needle in a haystack while wearing heavy winter gloves, but are any of you familiar with any of the released live material where at least one of the discs ends with Fire On The Mountain? I dug through MANY of them on All Music, but came up empty.