Vinyl Me Please Anthology

I gave AB and Europe 72 a listen today on Spotify, and I gotta say they're not hitting the same spot as Live Dead and Allah. I can see the appeal of their more country-blues stuff, but I prefer the psychedelic jams as opposed to their actual songwriting. They seem to have a very diverse sound though, which is very impressive
Yep, just gave 2 from the vault a listen, and I believe this is more of my jam. 80 bucks is steep, but I think this could cover all of my GD needs for a while.

FWIW, for early era Dead I'm partial to 'Two From the Vault' over 'Live/Dead'. The whole set is unreal, but the version of "The Eleven" blows me away each and every time. The re-press is up for pre-order at LITA, $80 for 4 LPs, but the original press runs in the neighborhood of $300 on 'cogs.

 
Only a small percentage of shows can convey to vinyl without losing something in the process. A lot of shows build off of momentum and ebb and flow, which is easily lost on vinyl.
So true - I've always thought CDs/digital are better for listening to live shows. Even if it's over multiple CDs, that's still fewer (and shorter) interruptions than flipping/changing records.
 
If anyone becomes tempted to pick up Euphoria from VMP, here's another option to their pricing, plus 10% off for signing up for emails ;)
 
SMH, just placed a preorder for the Blues for Allah MoFi. That remains my favorite GD album out of those I've sampled, so I'm fine splurging a bit for a quality pressing. As for "Two from the Vault", is there any estimation on when is the repress coming out? Would it be safe to wait and order once it's up, or should I preorder now?
 
SMH, just placed a preorder for the Blues for Allah MoFi. That remains my favorite GD album out of those I've sampled, so I'm fine splurging a bit for a quality pressing. As for "Two from the Vault", is there any estimation on when is the repress coming out? Would it be safe to wait and order once it's up, or should I preorder now?
It should be shipping any day I think...thought it said Nov. ship date
 
It should be shipping any day I think...thought it said Nov. ship date
Ugh. I like the record, but spending $80 on an album I just found about, and on month where I've spent a little more than I should... Idk. Is there any chance that this record will make it to January?
 
Ugh. I like the record, but spending $80 on an album I just found about, and on month where I've spent a little more than I should... Idk. Is there any chance that this record will make it to January?

With Music Direct (if that's where you ordered from) there's no way of knowing when it will ship. It might not ship/charge you until January. Maybe email them to see if there's a general ETA of when they're thinking it will be fulfilled.
 
With Music Direct (if that's where you ordered from) there's no way of knowing when it will ship. It might not ship/charge you until January. Maybe email them to see if there's a general ETA of when they're thinking it will be fulfilled.
I did order BFA from Music Direct, but I'm currently considering placing a pre-order for the LITA repress of Two from the vault
 
I did order BFA from Music Direct, but I'm currently considering placing a pre-order for the LITA repress of Two from the vault
I believe these on backorder are for the second repress. I don’t know if they will do a third repress or not! It’s anybody’s guess. I’m tempted to go for Two from the Vault as well but I’m going to hold off. In my limited experience so far I kind of agree with what others have said. Live Dead music seems best for streaming/CD versus records. The flow of the live shows get ruined a bit by flipping the records.
 
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