We've had a great 18 years!

[barryn]

Thank you all for many years of dedicated service. I'll miss this place. Good luck to you all in your future plans!

[ivory]

All things must pass.
Thank you so much.

[SimonC]

Thanks for all your efforts. Much appreciated.

[fidelbootlegs]

thanks youuu

[halfstep]

Thank you for carrying the torch for so long! Amazing!! Good people and excellent music. All the best!

[maggie7]

sad to hear this news...this has truly been an inspirational part of my life for 18years...as a taper, and music enthusiast! thanks so much for your efforts in keeping this site healthy for so many years! peace!

[daddyray]

Maggie! wow!

[ledwhofloyd]

Originally Posted by jpeace

LL is a taper friendly band site. If there isn't a taper section at the show it doesn't go there. It's also primarily a Grateful Dead site, and as such is overrun with 100 versions of a show with minute differences. Hard to sift through

LL is ok with bands that aren't explicitly taper friendly with taper sections, but yes, they do not want bands that are explicitly anti-taper. So there is an NAB list. Similar to dime.

One of the main prohibitions on LL is liberated bootlegs. If you are recording the shows, then that is not a problem for you.

LL is centered around jam bands, but jam band fans typically have diverse tastes, so I do not think they would object to most of your recordings. Stuff in the general realm of rock, blues, bluegrass, country, jazz.

The reason why I suggest LL to you is that the info you upload for shows never gets deleted from the site. For dime, you are right that the info does get deleted after a period of time with no seeders. You should keep in mind that the info can still be accessed indirectly by downloading their mail archive.

That being said, I was unaware LL isn't currently accepting new members until the new year - bit of a problem there.

[[email protected]]

Huge thank you from me. This been a huge part of my musical life and I will miss all the music, as well as the friends I've made, on here. Sad news indeed, but let's be thankful for a great run.

[tdcrjeff]

Originally Posted by ledwhofloyd

LL is ok with bands that aren't explicitly taper friendly with taper sections, but yes, they do not want bands that are explicitly anti-taper. So there is an NAB list. Similar to dime.

One of the main prohibitions on LL is liberated bootlegs. If you are recording the shows, then that is not a problem for you.

LL is centered around jam bands, but jam band fans typically have diverse tastes, so I do not think they would object to most of your recordings. Stuff in the general realm of rock, blues, bluegrass, country, jazz.

The reason why I suggest LL to you is that the info you upload for shows never gets deleted from the site. For dime, you are right that the info does get deleted after a period of time with no seeders. You should keep in mind that the info can still be accessed indirectly by downloading their mail archive.

That being said, I was unaware LL isn't currently accepting new members until the new year - bit of a problem there.

Not so much overrun with Grateful Dead shows these days, but there sure are a lot of Widespread Panic shows.

[ilgebra]

The Traders' Den is the first bittorrent site i ever joined. I had seen Sharing the Groove a few times by accident but never joined. The idea of downloading shows seemed beyond my capacity in terms of my ability and in terms of the computer i had at the time.

Soon after returning from Cream at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2005, I started seeing links to shows posted here. I decided that, although it was probably too complicated to download them, i'd give it a shot because i wanted a souvenir and the DVD was still 6 months away. So i asked a coworker and he gave me links to a client, decompression software, and some information on what to do and I joined this site and downloaded my first of many shows here and, eventually, elsewhere.

As the first site i ever joined, this one is special and that's why i'm making a comment. Many sites that i joined over the year (Boot City, Hunger City, this city, that city) are gone and i moved on to others but i have to comment on this one, being the very first. I'll miss it but understand the rationale behind closing it down.

Thank you for making the past 18 years a lot more musical, Traders' Den!

[dorrcoq]

Originally Posted by ledwhofloyd

That being said, I was unaware LL isn't currently accepting new members until the new year - bit of a problem there.

They did actually let me in when I pointed out how many uploads I had here (although I haven't yet figured out how to upload there). I was also told that they were unaware of the closing of TTD, but now will reconsider their stance and possibly open up registration to TTD members.

[dorrcoq]

Originally Posted by tdcrjeff

Not so much overrun with Grateful Dead shows these days, but there sure are a lot of Widespread Panic shows.

I noticed that, too. I always hated the Dead. And never saw the attraction with WSP.

[Cyndiotta]

Originally Posted by hey man

whatever, I'm going to Everyday Jones

hahahahahaHAHAHAhahahaha

[Cyndiotta]

Originally Posted by hey man

does this mean I won't be getting my STG t-shirt?

OMG...you're pulling out all the old laughs.....trying to figure out who you are....not recognizing your handle? Thanks for the chuckles...you took me back to earlier days of STG.