Brace Yourselves: 60 CD Box of Grateful Dead '72 Europe Tour Due In Fall

Wow...Europe 72 tour in multi-track..hard to say no to that.

 

It's good to see an official release of Rotterdam 1972 (Rotterdam is less than 10 miles away from where I live), but 60 discs and $400? No thanks.

 

This made me laugh out loud--thanks for that!

 

Incidentally, there are precedents for this kind of project: I believe the Allman Brothers Band have released complete tour sets in big box/crate formats, but these are of course recent tours, and presumably not multitracks.

 

not what I need to read as I tackle the Christmas bills.

 

38 shows, 84 CDs, yours for $849.

http://www.hittinthenote.com/cart/p...andbrsummer-set-2009br38-concerts-84-cds.aspx

 

One of their greatest tours. I'm in!


Incidentally, anyone else remember this hoax? In reading the old thread, I'm a little more receptive to the idea now than I was five years ago....

http://stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=51447

 

Except that the band played at the Hollywood Festival in the UK two years earlier, in 1970.

Edit: Not wanting to nitpick of course. Sounds like a fair investment, it might sell out on pre-orders alone again just like the Fillmore set. Especially since that caused so much reactions. I will pass though, $400 is a lot of money!

 

They played a show in France in June 1971 as well.

 

What, are they trying to bankrupt me?

 

C'mon, isn't there anything else worth listening to than these same songs over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over?

 

Ah yes, indeed! Thanks for mentioning

Some of the most important Grateful Dead film footage in my opinion. Ranks among the best early circulating film of the Dead, together with Sunshine Daydream.

 

Well you know what they say: three sixty time's the charm!

 

I have heard that Phil consults Deadbase to aid his memories of what he and the band did. Guess he didn't get to it this time.

 

at least it's better than some compilations of the exact same versions for 30 years but we don't know any bands that would do that...

 

Nothing to complain about here, this has been many Heads' fantasy forever.

But I won't be buying it. I simply don't need all those first sets, and in all honesty, would never listen to more than a handful of the discs. Not that almost every second set isn't worthy, I just don't have the time for it.

Now, if they do a Fall '73 box, if they have tapes with the same quality of the Winterland box, I would probably buy that despite not having room for it in my life.

 

Very intriguing. 60 CDs is a LOT of music. The price may be too much. I would imagine that there will be some other stunning archival sets issued during the fall from other acts as well. This past fall, you had box sets by Springsteen, The Who, Hendrix, Elvis Presley, etc etc., as well as other archival releases. It could be another pricey 4th quarter.

 

!!!! Take..my...money...now.... My fave year, my fave tour..$400 for this? I'd find a way to pay $4000 if I had to. I pray this does not fall through

 

I'm in.

 

Betcha if added together 20 discs would be drum solos...