You don't think there will be another FTP site down the line?! It's a cat-and-mouse do-it-now-before-you-catch me game, one that numerous bit torrent sites have been doing, and which I fully anticipate will continue especially in light of GDP's actions. There are plenty of GD boards circulating right now on four bit torrent sites, so for now, there's your source for downloading Grateful Dead boards! Besides, I got to the point that the only GD boards I was downloading were only the ones meticulously re mastered by Charlie Miller. The main difference is that there is now one less method to acquire a copy of a given GD board. If it sounds like shit, I won't listen to it! Life is too short to listen to shoddy quality recordings, and to these ears, there were too many poor quality and flawed recordings on to begin with. If you weren't listening to layers of cassette hiss or a poor transfer, you had to deal with fast pitch making it sound more like Jerry and the Chipmunks and fast pitch is a major buzz kill for me, because that exists throughout that given recording far more so than the occasional pop. If you relied on streaming from and other sites - and I know people who did just that instead of downloading - then that was your mistake to begin with.īesides, a good number of the GD boards that were on - particularly the years from 1979 – 1986 - were of lousy quality anyway.
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I foresaw this happening a long time ago, which is why my philosophy for downloading has been: "If you can download it, do it now." As a result, I have a library of Grateful Dead recordings and many artists I'll enjoy for many years to come. Take a look at the latest John Lennon 2-CD compilation how many times can you see the same material be repackaged?! Many artists - not to mention large recording companies - are far, far stingier about their body of works and recordings more than the Dead. GDP had and has NO obligation to put up the soundboards on ! Please cut the "Jerry said" crap, because unless you wrote the words and the music, only your copies of the recordings you acquire are yours! Hunter and Barlow penned (most of) the lyrics, and the musicians wrote the arrangements none of the music is copyrighted to the general public. The REAL problem is that many Deadheads have become spoiled brats!īesides an obvious business decision, people are tending to forget the simple fact that the music the Dead made was and is theirs, and it is their right to do what they please with it, whether we like it or not. In fact, the actions taken by Grateful Dead Productions ( GDP) are not the genuine issue here. While you reserve the right to publish a story for a given artist as you see fit, here is one longtime music lover who is disappointed that you have not addressed both sides of the removal of Grateful Dead (GD) soundboards from.
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