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Warf Rat · 11-07-2005, 05:05 PM

This site has every show ever played. They are all free and you can listen, or download.
I have waisted untold hours on this, but my collection is growing daily.

It serves as a great walk down memory lane, if you were ever on tour.

Have fun.

Hint: try Niagra Falls 4/17/1984

Enjoy!!!!!!!

hunnychile · 11-07-2005, 05:37 PM

Fantastic linkage, dude. Oh yeah! Flashback city and the tunes are most memorable!

HuGDe ThanX....

Spektr · 11-07-2005, 08:46 PM

I go to Archives for most of my live show needs. They have a wide array of incredible performances by a myriad of bands and quality ranges from MP3 to flac. Great site, way to give people the heads up!

paddyjoe · 11-08-2005, 04:34 AM

Wow, great site Warf Rat! Only went to one Dead show, but re-living it now. Thanks man.

maleficent · 11-08-2005, 05:13 AM

Oh god, does this bring back so many very happy memories.... especially the summer 1984...

Daoust · 11-08-2005, 05:20 AM

Huuuuuuuuuuuge Dead fan here. Thanks for the site!

Warf Rat · 11-08-2005, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by maleficent

Oh god, does this bring back so many very happy memories.... especially the summer 1984...

The memories are endless, but 1984 rocks. I recomend Alpine Valley 7/7/1984. I was a great show and the Americana Hotel will never forget the party that went on after the show.

I would love to here more stories about, great shows, and great scenes. Maybe we need a new thread?

maleficent · 12-01-2005, 10:30 AM

Fan fury prompts Dead to reconsider

Quote:

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- What a short, strange trip it was.

After the Grateful Dead angered some of its biggest fans by asking a nonprofit Web site to halt the free downloading of its concert recordings, the jam band changed its mind Wednesday.

Internet Archive, a site that catalogues content on Web sites, reposted recordings of Grateful Dead concerts for download after the surviving members of the band decided to make them available again.

Band spokesman Dennis McNally said the group was swayed by the backlash from fans, who for decades have freely taped and traded the band's live performances.

"The Grateful Dead remains as it always has -- in favor of tape trading," McNally said.

He said the band consented to making audience recordings available for download again, although live recordings made directly from concert soundboards, which are the legal property of the Grateful Dead, should only be made available for listening from now on.

The soundboard recordings are "very much part of their legacy, and their rights need to be protected," McNally said.

Representatives for the band earlier this month had directed the Internet Archive to stop making recordings of the group's concerts available for download. But fans quickly initiated an online petition that argued the band shouldn't change the rules midway through the game.

"The internet archive has been a resource that is important to all of us," states the petition, which also threatened a boycott of Grateful Dead recordings and merchandise. "Between the music, and interviews in the archive we are able to experience the Grateful Dead fully."

The Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995 following the death of guitarist and lead singer Jerry Garcia. The group once set concert attendance records and generated millions of dollars in revenue from extensive tours. Members of the group have played in various guises since.

With concert tickets now removed as a source of revenue, sales of the band's music and other merchandise have become increasingly important in an age where music is distributed digitally instead of on CDs, vinyl and cassette tapes.

And the arrival of Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes online music store, and other similar sites, means free downloads can be seen as competition, said Marc Schiller, chief executive of Electricartists, which helps musicians market themselves online.

The band sells music on iTunes and exclusive shows through its Web site.

"When the music was given away for free to trade, the band was making so much money touring that the music was not as valuable to them," Schiller said. "Apple iTunes has made digital downloads a business."

The Grateful Dead's freeform improvisational style led to vastly different sounding songs, from year to year or even night to night. A song that lasted four minutes during one performance could be stretched to 20 minutes during a different show.

Fans eager to explore the varying versions frequently built large collections of shows spanning the band's 30-year career. The band even encouraged recording of their live shows, establishing a cordoned section for fans to set up taping equipment.

Representatives from the Internet Archive didn't immediately return a telephone call seeking comment Wednesday.

Interesting...

and good on the band..

rofgilead · 12-02-2005, 04:37 PM

That's too bad still, they took away the soundboard recordings.. I'm sure lots of those sounded really nice.

hunnychile · 12-02-2005, 05:35 PM

This morning on KFOG is San Francisco, Dennis McNally said some good things, esp. - I'm paraphrasing - the fact the remaining band members were bummed out that the whole "taper thing" has lost it's special feeling of community (they always had the corner for the tapers at live concerts) & that it used to be a way for Dead Heads to make friends and share favorite tunes. The digi downloading of iTunes is a whole other story. No interaction between tribes, no vibes...

11-07-2005, 05:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Warf Rat Psycho Location: Philadelphia	Are you a Dead Head? Then you must see this. This site has every show ever played. They are all free and you can listen, or download. I have waisted untold hours on this, but my collection is growing daily. It serves as a great walk down memory lane, if you were ever on tour. Have fun. Hint: try Niagra Falls 4/17/1984 Enjoy!!!!!!! __________________ A day late, and a dollar short.

11-07-2005, 05:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
hunnychile Alien Anthropologist Location: Between Boredom and Nirvana	Fantastic linkage, dude. Oh yeah! Flashback city and the tunes are most memorable! HuGDe ThanX.... __________________ "I need compassion, understanding and chocolate." - NJB

11-08-2005, 05:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	Oh god, does this bring back so many very happy memories.... especially the summer 1984... __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

11-08-2005, 05:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
Daoust "I'm sorry. What was the question?" Location: Paradise Regained	Huuuuuuuuuuuge Dead fan here. Thanks for the site! __________________ I have faith in a few things - divinity and grace But even when I'm on my knees I know the devil preys

12-02-2005, 05:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
hunnychile Alien Anthropologist Location: Between Boredom and Nirvana	This morning on KFOG is San Francisco, Dennis McNally said some good things, esp. - I'm paraphrasing - the fact the remaining band members were bummed out that the whole "taper thing" has lost it's special feeling of community (they always had the corner for the tapers at live concerts) & that it used to be a way for Dead Heads to make friends and share favorite tunes. The digi downloading of iTunes is a whole other story. No interaction between tribes, no vibes... __________________ "I need compassion, understanding and chocolate." - NJB

11-07-2005, 08:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Spektr Copacetic Location: Nati	I go to Archives for most of my live show needs. They have a wide array of incredible performances by a myriad of bands and quality ranges from MP3 to flac. Great site, way to give people the heads up!

11-08-2005, 04:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
paddyjoe through charlatans phone Location: Northcoast	Wow, great site Warf Rat! Only went to one Dead show, but re-living it now. Thanks man.

12-02-2005, 04:37 PM	#9 (permalink)
rofgilead Crazy Location: Nowhere	That's too bad still, they took away the soundboard recordings.. I'm sure lots of those sounded really nice.