Vinyl Me Please Anthology

botherly said:
Stupid question and I could probably just google, but what's the sourcing on the rhino releases? They sound decent? I've always been on the fence with rhino.
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The Rhino releases, as most of their stuff, sounds good.

Problem is for $450, you can do the following:

WD MoFi (50)
AB MoFi (50)
Wake MoFi (50)
Rhino Live Dead (20)
RTI E 72 (60)
Warfield '80 (40) (Same live shows as Reckoning)

Roughly $270.

Have $180 left over to either buy a full show or round out your vinyl collection

And the MoFis sound-wise are the definitive editions
 
bdm105 said:


according to this

Workingman's Dead
American Beauty
Live Dead (2LP)
Europe '72 (3LP)
Wake Of The Flood
Terrapin Station
Reckoning (2LP)
Without a Net (3LP)
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Workingman's and American Beauty just felt too obvious. They're also essentially like a continuation of one another recorded during the same period. I think a lot of us saw that coming, but if you're trying to represent the band's diverse history, including 2 albums that came out in the same year isn't the most effective move. Looks like everything but the top three are what I put on my list, though, and those are the 3 that I expected them to include, but didn't want them to, because everyone has them. Great albums, though, if you have nothing. The Without A Net is appealing, but the target isn't the hardcore collectors and, honestly, it probably shouldn't be.
 
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This feels like those Greatest Hits compilations that throw in the one rare track to try to entice the hardcore in buying. Without A Net is the one everyone wants and hasn't been pressed in ages, but hell if I'm paying $450 for this when I already own half the box in vinyl and all of it on CD. I can complete my vinyl collection of these, even dropping 100-150 on Without A Net for under 250.
 
MikeH said:
I believe Ghostly was also all easily available in non-color variants. BN might be the only one not easily available for cheaper. Zamrock too has some not repressed but supposedly most will be repressed in the next year or so by Now-Again.
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I only did the BN box, so the idea of getting good reissues of hard to find/expensive records was what sold me. I think the Dead.net crowd will laugh and selection at the price of this release. So lets see how long it lasts
 
wmeugene said:
The Rhino releases, as most of their stuff, sounds good.

Problem is for $450, you can do the following:

WD MoFi (50)
AB MoFi (50)
Wake MoFi (50)
Rhino Live Dead (20)
RTI E 72 (60)
Warfield '80 (40) (Same live shows as Reckoning)

Roughly $270.

Have $180 left over to either buy a full show or round out your vinyl collection

And the MoFis sound-wise are the definitive editions
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Without A Net is $120 or so on top of that. Still a rip off price though.
 
MattS said:
I only did the BN box, so the idea of getting good reissues of hard to find/expensive records was what sold me. I think the Dead.net crowd will laugh and selection at the price of this release. So lets see how long it lasts
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Yep I did BN and Zamrock since it likely won’t be much more expensive than reissues from Now-Again and most were albums I have wanted to buy anyway. I stayed away from the others and actually really like both boxes. I’m out for this one too.
 
MikeH said:
Without A Net is $120 or so on top of that. Still a rip off price though.
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If someone was doing this from scratch, I wouldn't necessarily point them to Without A Net. I like the Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It or the Wake Up To Find Out (3/29/90) both better from that era for roughly the same money. I would recommend getting a full show with the $180 left over in my fantasy budget, perhaps with Anthem of the Sun for 20 bucks or so as well.
 
wmeugene said:
If someone was doing this from scratch, I wouldn't necessarily point them to Without A Net. I like the Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It or the Wake Up To Find Out (3/29/90) both better from that era for roughly the same money. I would recommend getting a full show with the $180 left over in my fantasy budget, perhaps with Anthem of the Sun for 20 bucks or so as well.
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Agreed, have both, love both. Without a Net is really for the completist factor.
 
Do the Grateful Dead reissues normally come out on coloured vinyl? Are the chances some of these (not yet reissued) get standard black reissues in the near future? I only ask because the last anthology that was coloured vinyl came out in black like a week after the drop...
 
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