The Spring 1990 GD box, however, is infuriating. $200, which doesn’t include the shipping costs, and that price probably could’ve been lowered considerably had they not thrown a bunch of other swag in that box. How about just the music, dammit?!?

Limiting it to just 9000 copies (and according to dead.net, there’s only about 3000 left) means anyone who would like it has to pretty much scrounge up the cash NOW, since once it’s gone it’s gone. In spite of the trouble they went to putting this set together, there’s not going to be any selling the individual shows later, not even making them available for download later. What would be the harm of making downloads available, after the print run is sold out, or maybe producing discs on demand? Instead, just nothing. I think that’s crap.

The 3/22/90 (Ontario) show is especially great. It circulates as a good sounding bootleg, but I’d love to have a pristine, professionally mastered copy. The shows from the Knickerbocker were great too. Unfortunately, it’s shell out $200 now or nothing.

Because the Dead organization used to be a lot more fan-friendly than this, and this kind of crummy business practice shouldn’t be encouraged, I’ll pass.