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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Why pay $40 when you can get it at dead.net for half that?
What a ripoff! This two-CD set is still "in print" and is available from the Dead's web site for $19.98. Someone is trying make bucks from those who don't know...

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Published on August 17, 2008 by J. Polsgrove

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2.0 out of 5 stars I'm a bit disappointed by this release ...
1977 is one of my favorite years for the Dead, and with the recent purchase of "Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings" I asked myself, what of the '77 commercial material is best in terms of sound quality? I already know which shows I enjoy based on performance, setlist and energy, but I really wanted to know which shows have the best sound and balance...
Published on January 27, 2010 by AEOC


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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Why pay $40 when you can get it at dead.net for half that?, August 17, 2008
This review is from: ROAD TRIPS, VOL. 1 NO. 2 OCTOBER '77 (Audio CD)
What a ripoff! This two-CD set is still "in print" and is available from the Dead's web site for $19.98. Someone is trying make bucks from those who don't know...

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2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars I'm a bit disappointed by this release ..., January 27, 2010
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This review is from: ROAD TRIPS, VOL. 1 NO. 2 OCTOBER '77 (Audio CD)
1977 is one of my favorite years for the Dead, and with the recent purchase of "Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings" I asked myself, what of the '77 commercial material is best in terms of sound quality? I already know which shows I enjoy based on performance, setlist and energy, but I really wanted to know which shows have the best sound and balance (instruments and vocals).

The only way I could trick myself into not being biased is make up some mixed CDs of random songs in shuffled order from all the shows, then listen to them independently and give each song its own rating. This is of course subjective as any other review you're going to find, and since my focus was primarily sound quality it is directly related to the quality of my home stereo (which is pretty decent). Just to keep things fair I also threw in one of my favorite bootlegs and an import CD.

Below you will find the results of my little test, ranked from best sound quality (#1) to worst (#15):

01) 06/08/77 - "Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings": Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA
02) 06/07/77 - "Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings": Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA
03) 05/12/77 - "Winterland June 1977: Bonus Cuts": Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
04) 06/09/77 - "Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings": Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA
05) 04/30/77 - "Grateful Dead Download Series, Vol. 1": Palladium, New York City, NY
06) 11/05/77 - Dick's Picks, Vol. 34: Community War Memorial, Rochester, NY
07) 05/22/77 - Dick's Picks, Vol. 3: Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL
08) 05/28/77 - "To Terrapin: Hartford '77": Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
09) 05/07/77 - SBD Bootleg: Boston Garden, Boston, MA
10) 05/19/77 - Dick's Picks, Vol. 29: Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
11) 10/29/77 - "Play Dead" Import CD: Evans Field House, DeKalb, IL
12) 05/21/77 - Dick's Picks, Vol. 29: Lakeland Civic Center Arena, Lakeland, FL
13) 10/11-16/77 - Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 2: Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana
14) 09/03/77 - Dick's Picks, Vol. 15: Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ
15) 12/29/77 - Dick's Picks, Vol. 10: Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA

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