I admittedly am very picky about which GD recordings I'll invest in. Much of it has to do with the recording quality as well as the playlist. There were a number of CD's in the DP catalogue which left me unimpressed due to recording issues. What comes to my mind most often is a shallow low end so that Phil Lesh starts disappearing (not dynamically) into the lower registers and the kick drums sound as though they're made out of cardboard. Personally, I can't see much reason for putting recordings like these onto vinyl pressings. The other draw-back is having to get out of my rocking chair to flip sides every half an hour. For the record collection that I own, this side flipping isn't such a big deal but I wouldn't want to do it for bootleg Dead shows.
I'm solely a mono vinyl guy since I continue to own and upgrade only mono cartridges and this rules out the GD on vinyl anyway. I'll take my money to the classical music store as this remains my steady diet of choice to begin with.
I'm solely a mono vinyl guy since I continue to own and upgrade only mono cartridges and this rules out the GD on vinyl anyway. I'll take my money to the classical music store as this remains my steady diet of choice to begin with.