Pink Floyd

"I've had the Pink Floyd library in hi-rez for decades. It's called vinyl."

Another reason why I suspect these releases are targeting younger, newer PF fans ( a much bigger and I suspect profitable target audience) and not aging audiophiles to whom PF vinyl recordings have represented some of the best vinyl recordings in the rock/pop genre for at least 4 decades now.

That definitely helps explain the yawn factor here at least.

Yeah. There is another thread full of excited folk. I decided to let them have their fun. :-)

"Whatever you say about the music, one thing I liked about Dead shows was being allowed to answer the call as needed ;)"

For sure, at a Dead show they were either too stoned to notice or too much into "jamming" to even care, take pictures, record do what ever you want, we're just gonna play....I mean who else played 5 hour concerts er..jam sessions?

As Jerry Garcia once said, the Grateful Dead are a lot like licorice. Many people don't like licorice, but those who do really like it a lot. Count me as one who likes licorice. If you hadn't seen them live enough times, you can't weigh in here, sorry. The appeal of the Dead was the lack of a standard setlist, the idea that out of chaos and cacophony could come beauty. Yes, there were many nights they weren't "on" but when they were, they were one of the best live bands of all time, sorry folks. They had certain periods (68-74, 77-78, 88-89) in which they were really "on" due to their sound, personnel, sobriety, lack of sobriety, etc. The Dylan (86) era wasn't their top form. Their songbook of original compositions is a huge contribution to American popular music, too. And, Pink Floyd is awesome. No yawns here.

No doubt Deadheads are a special breed!