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I was going to throw you an email with that request. I guess I don't have to now.

Listened to Desire again last night. I would definitely put it in my top five. I listened to the SACD version and I think the mix sounds fine. It is a pretty unique sounding Dylan disk, so I can definitely understand if someone might not rank it as high as some. It does sound like his band, at these sessions, is having fun. Rob Stoner's bass playing is pretty solid throughout. The Allen Ginsberg liner notes are a fun read, too. Reading the notes made me wish I had Desire on vinyl. To those who have it on vinyl, where were the liner notes printed?

True. The CD's must sell, otherwise I don't think he would sell them.

There is a record store in a Chicago Suburb that still sells Zeppelin boots (at $30-$75 a pop), that I have seen on torrent sites. It would be nice to see a Peter Grant or a Richard Cole type walk in the the store with a bat. Not that I condone violence, but it pretty shameless for an person (not involved with the band organization/record company) to make money off of them, especially now a days when you can get it for free. (Now getting illegal bootlegs for free on the internet is a whole different discussion.) They even sell Dead boots, which really blows me away. (okay back to Springst

Below is from Nels' notes on his website... see the end of http://www.nelscline.com/coward.html NOTE: I hear that quite few CD trays have immediately fallen out/off of your CD package, the one I was just writing about just now with the fabulous artwork. Recalls/repairs are underway, but some may suffer. The Cryptogramophone IMPRINT is offering sympathy/discounts and will soon provide (YouTube, are you paying attention?) a little film about how you can repair yours, and I will show you the way! After I figure it out myself. Apparently, it involves Krazy Glue...

It's kinda funny that someone told him that Thurston County sounded like Radiohead. Thanks for the link, I always forget about his rather extensive Website. I looking forward to getting this CD. And Louie, be careful opening the CD packaging.

John Kass, of the Chicago Tribune, wrote a bit about LaHood in one of his columns. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columni...,4983113.column

Which Dylan covers?

working fine for me.

Dude from band explains.

I think the quality and availability of the 5/8/77 tapes were a large part of the reason why these tapes always topped people's list. I agree that there are better played 77 shows. Plus if you have not heard the show before: it is well worth the listen.

I downloaded it overnight and I listened to parts of it this morning. It is certainly different from the super crisp soundboard. I enjoy the distant yelling, screaming, and whistling during Morning Dew. It's definitely worth the download. The pictures of the venue in the comment section are interesting also, I never saw the venue before. It reminds me of European train station. http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bartonhallve5.jpg

http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_Grateful_Dead.htm http://www.archive.org/details/GratefulDead My introduction was the Skull and Roses and Dead Set records. Dead Set may not be the best, but it's a good introduction for the later phase of their career. The first link is their discography, rather daunting to look at, especially if one is trying to figure out what to purchase. The second link is their live shows that are streaming or and some(the audience recordings) can be downloaded. 1971 and 1972 shows, to me at least, are the most "accessible", though 1972 at times get's out there (

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/reco...e-line-rarities A Pitchfork review of The Memorial Collection and Down the Line.

http://expectingrain.com/ Today, the Expecting Rain site has a decent comprehensive collection of links on The Day the Music Died.

It looks like the original seeder pulled it. Not sure if this link is valid any longer.

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=522027

Have not listened to it yet, but it's up @ bt.tree.

It's done. He's out. The vote was 59 for impeachment and zero against.

J.D Salinger can write the liner notes.

Now Dylan's Things have Changed...Liking these tunes. Hopefully Obama is not just passing through.

Thank you, indeed.

Well I guess it's "really" official. Chief Justice Roberts swore in Obama tonight (again) at the White House. I heard Roberts brought a cheat sheet this time.

up at the fest web site now, too. http://www.10klf.com/

It was a bit interesting to me that the Obama's first dance song at these balls was to Etta James' song "At Last". Must admit Beyonce performance with the Obama's dancing was pretty cool. (Is Etta James still performing? Although Beyonce did a great job, why didn't James perform it?) But At the Mid Atlantic gig, the Dead should have been asked to play it while the First couple danced, since the Etta performed with the Grateful Dead in the early 80's (82 new year i believe?). I just streamed it off of Archive a few weeks ago, I never heard it before. It sounded like Etta was having fun on sta