grateful dead remasters

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".

If you like the Pizza Tapes, you HAVE to get "So What". It is recorded in the same studio and by the same person as the Pizza Tapes (Dawg Studios and Dave Dennison). The imaging on track #2 "Bag's Groove" makes me shiver every time I hear it.

I have all of the Dick's Picks but its sooo hard to pick a fovorite. The Bears Choice from the Golden road boxset is realy cool! Also, the So Many Roads Box set has some amazing recordings ( I think Dick picked these tunes out too).

Enjoy!