For 50 bucks (I got my for roughly that amount on ebay IIRC), Portland is fine and there are some good sides to play. It is exhausting to play all the way through at 6lps.
Not sure if you're looking to listen to any Phish studio material, BUT their latest release Sigma Oasis is possibly their best release in over twenty years, and in my opinion, probably the best studio material that represents them now. Great ballads, high quality studio production, and studio jamming that is purely their sound.
I'd also throw in One From The Vault and Red Rocks '78. But Europe '72 will always be my favorite, and Cornell '77 is a great SBD and approachable show for new listeners.
I've never been a big Phish guy myself, but completely agree on their new album. Highly enjoyable.
Yea—agree. Ghostly is also just color versions of other pressings too so that one in particular wasn’t worth the price. Blue Note might be the only one so far IMO that was worth the price. Similar pressings of those albums in good shape would have cost me more than the box And one release has never been on vinyl.180g x 8 = 1.44 kg/box
1.44 kg x 7500 = 10800 kg
10800 kg = 11.9 tons
I don't have any Grateful Dead music, and have not really gotten into them. I like exploring musically, but buying a box set to explore is pretty crazy to me. I'll seek out an individual record for $20, but not fork out $300+ to discover new music. I felt the same about the Ghostly, was and still am curious about it, but not willing to pay that much for introduction.
For what it's worth, that set is really nice.
Yeah, I have the Blue Note, and despite the issues, I like it. I am planning on getting the Herbie Hancock. Hopefully there is not too much overlap with what I have, and even then they should be better quality.
Red Rocks 78 would make a solid vinyl release. And there were multiple Red Rocks shows that year, the reference is to 7/8/78.
That set is pretty great. Would make sense for VMP to do a Red Rocks set if they got to pick one not on vinyl.
Would be 5 lps, but the flow would work well looking at the timings. That alone would likely be $100 retail
For less than $100, go buy the Rhino pressings of Live/Dead, Workingman's Dead and American Beauty (should cost you about 60-75) and sample some live shows from different eras on the Internet Archive or streaming, and then go from there.
Yeah, I have the CD box set, and it gets way more playtime. With Phish I mainly use the Live Phish app, it is just easier to stream those shows. The only Phish vinyl I spin is a live one, which as a comp lends itself to spinning and flipping better than a full show I agree that the Red Rocks 78 is fantastic and is a fun, loose version of the band.
Agree it's probably not the best initial dive, but I'm in the same predicament as you. I might try to find the Rhino pressings as @wmeugene said and go from there. I have a lot of them as high-res FLAC as well right now and beefed up my digital setup at home but if its something I find myself listening to a ton, might just buy the albums individually.
The Rhino Live Dead sounds really good. I have thr MoFis of the others I recommended and they of course sound amazing, but at 50 bucks a pop I don't know if I can recommend for someone jumping in.
If there are 7,500 maybe it will also be sold via Dead.net, didn’t Ghostly sell copies of their box via their online store?
If they are selling them on Dead.Net, I think that would increase the likelihood that we get something unique.
