deadheads: Best sounding Dicks Picks....top 5

Don't have them in front of me, but have to second Slipknot's choices. Also would add Terrapin Station and Without a Net as some of the best sounding and best performances (not DP's I know). Starting with DP 15 I believe, they went with HDCD encoding, which really helped out sound wise. The sole reason I won't go with one of those upsampling players, unless I can defeat it and use the HDCD.

Hey...love all 36 DP's....some are better than others and that depends on what era of the Dead you enjoyed the most. I persoanlly liked the early to mid seventies. Anyway..... I miss new Dick's Pick's....it really is too bad there will be no more.....Latvala !!!!!

I've also found the board mixes available from Ratdog and Phil and Friends to be very good. Phil and Friends Chicago show summer of 06 with Joan Osborne is one of the best.

Terrapin on Super Disc is to DIE 4!!!!

I'm not all that impressed with Dozin's performance.

Don't have them all but for sheer enjoyment I like 5/2/70. This was a tape a upgrade many times over the last 25 years. Exceptional show.

Also Don't have'em in front of me. I Recently picked up the Dead Live in Hamburg(?)Germany '72, not certain if it's a DP or not. Both the recording and performance is quite good!From the Europe '72 Tour. Also check out both One and Two 'From the Vault'-even though not a DP, IMHO must haves. There is a DP live in Oaklahoma from 78(?) or early 80's, don't recall the #, but it has a picture of a wheat field on it which I like. I'm also not that crazy about the Dozin'. Another good live one is a 4 cd set on Arista "Ladies & Gentleman, The Greatful Dead" from the Filmore. Hope this helps.