Post by Jperdue4Post by unknownAnyway, um, look up "Gans
Honeymoon Tapes" for the sordid story of soundboards which ended up
with the Europe '72 tracks being inserted to replace the original
I googled gans honeymoon tapes with no luck..Any ideas?
http://www.jambands.com/oct98/features/iarrobino.html
"Dick: <...> 9/28[/72] was one I got from Kid when I first met someone
in The Grateful Dead in '79 and I coaxed him out of that show, and I
gave it to five friends who I thought would never give it out and then
and of course, we know what happens when you give a tape out to a
Deadhead taper. I mean let's discuss the phenomenon of tape collecting
and trading. I mean, do you rob your neighbor of his tape collection
because he has it and he won't give it to you? Is he an idiot for
having it and not giving it to you?
[jambands.com]: What I think Dick is referring to here is an incident
known as *The Honeymoon Tape Theft* Apparently, David Gans, host of
The Grateful Dead Hour and author of Playing in the Band, returned
from his honeymoon to find that someone had broken into his home and
robbed him of some uncirculated reels of shows from 1972, specifically
Paris, 5/3 and 5/4. These reels were on loan to him from Dick Latvala
for use on The Grateful Dead Hour. Gans later found out who the thief
was -- a neighbor and friend of his that had access to his home while
he was away. The whole incident sparked much debate within the
Grateful Dead taping community over whether or not this thief was
doing wrong or, that he was freeing the music for all of us to hear."