To be frank, I'd avoid the very best of since other than the WD/AB material, the versions of songs on the very best of are inferior to their live counterparts. I'd go Europe 72 if you're looking for vinyl. The audio quality is great (as a commercial release, it is multi-track and well produced) and the music is from the middle of the pinnacle of live Dead.
And there is a remastered version being released in July
Depends on the live era you prefer. My favorite live era is 72-74 but the late 1970s into the very early 1980s and then the late 80s into the early 90s were exceptionally fun and exciting eras as well. The late 60s live really has its fans as well (though it’s not my favorite).
Welp, my productivity has gone down the tubes.
Their mixes for the last album ("ready or not") are wonderful. As are the 90s comp. The guy putting them together is really very judicious about what they throw in
Thats awesome. I was looking at a few of his write ups on the 70s ones he put out and he definitely puts a lot of thought into it. I was just thinking the other day about how it would be nice to cut out fluff in some of these archival releases and listen to a truncated show with all the meat and that is exactly what he does on some of his. I dont need to hear johnny b good for a millionth time haha.
"Tuning '77" - a seamless audio supercut of an entire year of the Grateful Dead tuning their instruments, live on stage. Chronologically sequenced, this remix incorporates every publicly available recording from 1977, examining the divide between audience expectation and performance anxiety.
Source: all 1977 recordings from archive.org's collection, as of 12/05/2012.
Michael David Murphy
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Here's a jpg for album art:
Yup, I own almost as many Solo/Side Project Dead albums as a do proper Dead studio albums.
a lot of those solo record cuts feature real, real heavy in the live sets. you could be forgiven for not knowing where half or more of any given show was from, if you only know the dead from their studio albums. they love each other, bob's cowboy songs, birdsong, deal, sugaree, to lay me down, loser, the wheel, rubin & cherise...
The studio version of “Playing In The Band” is off Ace too.
yeah but donna's not out of tune in it so i don't really count it as a "real" PITB
Happened not too long ago, we all need workingman
I got Workingman but need AB. I was on the fence about it since I have the 70s MoFi release of it but my 70s MoFi isn't in the BEST shape....has some noise in sections. By the time I went to get the 45, it was sold out everywhere.Happened not too long ago, we all need workingman
