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The LMA is the section of the Internet Archive that is concerned with documenting recordings of live shows. They also store copies of the shows on their servers and provide them for download. The Dead were the most recorded band in history and their fans basically created the whole taping scene which flourishes to this day. So it's no surprise that the Archive contains more recordings of the Dead than of any other band.
This is without a doubt the most complete collection of Grateful Dead mp3 downloads available anywhere. The only drawback here and it's a big one is that the soundboard SBD recordings can only be streamed and are not available for download. I guess they were a little disturbed to find out that the music which they were planning on selling to support their retirement was so easily available for free. This is understandable to me now - of course the band deserves to profit from the music they worked their whole lives to create.
But at the time it was a huge blow to tape collectors and fans - some took it very personally. At first ALL recordings were taken down but after a gigantic uproar from angry deadheads online and in the press, the band allowed the audience AUD recordings to be put back up. After all, they did allow taping at their concerts.
Technically the recordings are the property of the tapers who made them. Plus they shouldn't have much impact on album sales because the SBDs often sound better but not always. Initially I was as disturbed by this as everyone else how dare they?
But then I found that the SBDs are still pretty easily available if you know where to look. And there are still thousands of audience recordings available from the LMA.
Some of these actually sound better than the SBD version of the same show. I used to be a SBD snob but I've had a serious change of heart. The widespread availability of low gen AUD tapes has really affected my thinking.
The lossless files that are available are usually directly from the master tapes and many sound fantastic. I find many SBDs have virtually no crowd noise at all, making them sound sterile and lifeless. I get a huge kick out of hearing the crowd roar after Jerry lets it rip with a really sweet solo. As far as I'm concerned a really good recording made from the audience is the closest you can get to actually being there.
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