grateful dead dick's picks

Tda44:

Downloading is the way to go, definitely. There are some tremendously good sounding shows out there for free (better than many of the Dick's Picks I have). The place you want to go is here:

http://bt.etree.org/

At the top of the page, there is a link to download a BitTorrent client (called Bit Tornado). After that and a high speed internet connection, you are all set.

It is very worth your time to check out how this works, and you can get all the info you need at this site. Presently there are a few hundred GD shows available, and you can read the comments to see how they sound and what the performance is like. Great tunes for the price of a blank.

You shouldn't have much trouble getting free downloads by following Rlwainwright's advice, but if you feel the need to spend money, there are also downloads available through the Grateful Dead website: deadnet.com as well as the Apple iTunes store. If you go via iTunes be aware that you can only get it in a lossy format, ie., it won't be as good as Flac. I've heard a few of the official downloads and a couple from circa 1976 and 1977 were pretty good shows (depends what you like though). Or, if you want to buy my cassette tape collection, send me an email. I don't listen to my tapes anymore, lack the time to transfer them to digital, and was thinking of trying to sell them on ebay. Probably have about 50 plus shows, give or take, many are audience tapes though there are some decent soundboards in there too. Just don't know what to do with them these days since I don't even have a cassette player except in my car. Anyway, good luck and let us know what shows you find and like.

Well done Rlwainwright! I've been meaning to look into that very process as I am a big Govt Mule fan.

Wonder if anyone out there knows if the Breakfast with the Dead morning show at the US Festival (82 or 83?) was ever recorded and if it was where I could get a copy thanks.

Also try Futhturnet.org. I'm pretty sure it doesn't require ANY thinking (it's been a while!).

Also try losslesslegs and dimeadozen.