with a cable connection now, I was able to download some old Grateful Dead. I guess I'm a geezer. I lost interest in the group when Workingman Dead adn American Beauty came out. those recordings got them a new larger audience. I like the raw psychedelic Dead. admittedly the time machine of music swallows me whole. not in a nostalgic good old days way, but time's mystery. I'll always like the Dead, even with their excesses. they retained an integrity thru all those logn strange trips. they went back to the studio for the first time in years (for "Touch of Gold"), and looked for ways to keep it fresh. one such thought was to record in the dark. as whichever of the group who repored this said, it didn't really work out. good effort tho.