grateful dead remasters

Chazzbo, Dick's Picks is for two-track masters. The Arista releases are all multi-track masters.

Bundy, the "from the Vault" series *has* continued...they just don't call them that any more. "Steppin' Out", "Ladies and Gentlemen...", "Nightfall of Diamonds", "Hundred Year Hall" are all multi-tracks that fall under the "from the Vault" criteria.

Greh, the first batch of Rhino remaster releases came out on Tuesday of this week.

Also, the contract with Arista has now ended, which is why the remasters are from Rhino.

Would love to see som Dead SACDs! It's too bad there's no high-rez format (yet) that can preserve a set without cuts to switch discs. Until then, the Dark Star->Other One->Lovelight from 2/13/70 will remain a two-disc affair :) But they're doing good work at GDM, and Arista/Rhino. I'm glad they keep pumping out the vault releases. Now if they'd just put out the 10/8 and 9/89 shows...

The remasters are on Rhino because the remastered albums were originally released by Warner Brothers, which owns Rhino. Nothing to do with the Arista contract. Rhino, however, *is* rumored to be negotiating with the Dead for rights to the Vault.

danlevy et al, thanks for the tip. i bought the remaster of the 1st dead album yesterday and it made for some GREAT driving around. can't wait to play it on my cd player in the house where i can really hear the thing! ahhh, morning dew...i do believe the album never sounded so good.
having re-read this thread, my next purchase will have to be "Steppin' Out".