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Just bought 'The Very Best of Grateful Dead' on Saturday.
Can't believe it's taken me so long!!
Great stuff. If I invest in a studio album, is 'American Beauty' the place to start?
Can't believe it's taken me so long!!
Great stuff. If I invest in a studio album, is 'American Beauty' the place to start?
Cymru Am Byth
PJ albums, at the moment!! -
1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
PJ albums, at the moment!! -
1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
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Exactly.
SHOW COUNT: (149) 1990's=3, 2000's=53, 2010/20's=89, US=109, CAN=15, Europe=19 ,New Zealand=2, Australia=2
Mexico=1, Colombia=1
Upcoming: Sacramento, Vegas x2, Manchester, London, Chicago x2, NYC x2, Fenway x2, Aucklandx2, Gold Coast, Melbournex2
"Dozin at the Knick" is pretty fucking good live show.
Toledo, Ohio (September 22, 1996), East Troy, Wisconsin (June 26, 1998), Noblesville, Indiana (August 17, 1998), Noblesville, Indiana (August 18, 2000), Cincinnati, Ohio (August 20, 2000), Columbus, Ohio (August 21, 2000), Nashville, Tennessee (April 18, 2003), Champaign, Illinois (April 23, 2003), Noblesville, Indiana (June 22, 2003), Chicago, Illinois (May 16, 2006), Chicago, Illinois (August 05, 2007), West Palm Beach, Florida (June 11, 2008), Tampa, Florida (June 12, 2008), Columbus, OH (May 06, 2010), Noblesville, Indiana (May 07, 2010), Wrigley Field (July 19, 2013), US Bank Arena (October 01, 2014), Lexington (April 26, 2016), Chicago Night 2 (August 20, 2018), Boston Night 1 (September 02, 2018), Nashville (September 16, 2022), St. Louis (September 18, 2022)
Although, I'm not quite sure where to start! May get more familiar with the tracks of the 'Best Of' album first.
Thanks again.
PJ albums, at the moment!! -
1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
they have a few compilations out these days...when i was starting to learn the songs i bought "the best of the grateful dead...what a long strange trip it's been". its a great way to get to know the songs, but like everyone says once you get past that, the real beauty lies in their live shows.
http://www.archive.org for live shows
here's the track listing to the cd i bought, as described above:
1. New, New Minglewood Blues
2. Cosmic Charlie
3. Truckin'
4. Black Peter
5. Born Cross-Eyed
6. Ripple
7. Doin' That Rag
8. Dark Star
9. High Time
10. New Speedway Boogie
Disc: 2
1. St. Stephen
2. Jack Straw
3. Me & My Uncle
4. Tennessee Jed
5. Cumberland Blues
6. Playing in the Band
7. Brown-Eyed Woman
8. Ramble on Rose
NOW!
best offcial release IMHO
The "pure jerry" releases are also very good
Yes,,,, that's the one! That album is a masterpiece to me!
I was a deadhead before most peeps on this board were born.
I bought their first one when it came out.
American Beauty was still the original lineup with some added friends, and it came out after Phil Lesh's dad died and the band's manager absconded with all their money, and they were busted in New Orleans. (Busted, down on Bourbon street
The first song, Box of Rain is for his dad and such a beautiful song.
Attics of my life is one of the great Dead songs, too.
Their harmonies were at their peak on this album. It's laid back and it's on my player right now, since I saw this thread!
I like Wake of the Flood, too, and Workingman's Dead as studio albums, too.
Live was their forte, though, there is so much it's hard to even start, but Europe '72 is a classic.
Reckoning is good, too! It's a live show acoustic on CD.
Dick's Picks also have some great sounding shows.
Otherwise,,,,, you'll have to peruse the 7 trillion live show archives.
Among several things to thank the Grateful Dead for:
Better live sound. They always were putting together the best sound systems that they could, as they wanted their fans to have the best experience available. Bands like Pink Floyd and the Stones also did, too, and followed the Dead's lead.
Better ways to record shows in the audience. They always allowed people to tape shows, and had "taper" sections later at their live venues where you could plug right into the soundboard.
Bongo sales.. Haha, I've never seen so many people sitting playing bongos as before a Dead show!
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They removed the televised version, but this is them singing the national anthem on opening day in Candlestick Park. It's hard to nail that song! :cool:
Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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As for Live Albums, the Dicks Picks are good, you can also download a bunch of live (audience recordings) from Archive.org. There are a number of live releases that aren't Dicks Picks - Live Dead, Reckoning, Go To Nassau, Hundred Year Hall, Without A Net, One From the Vault and Two From the Vault - That are really good as well.
Hell, anything with a long Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On the Mountain or China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider is worth picking up.
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"Listen up, and listen good,” said Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, who currently fronts his own band, RatDog.
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I'd have to give the thread starter a nod and say American Beauty IS the place to start ... and i would pick Hundred Year Hall as a first live release.
Beyond that, i'd also suggest sticking to early Dead ... pre '72 to get your feet warmed to them ... after around '72 (or see the Europe '72 disc) ... they had this obnoxious wench of a wife of their keyboardist singing ... and she ruins just about everything her voice touched ...
If I opened it now would you not understand?
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Yeah, but when Keith died and Donna left, they picked up Brent Mydland, who I thought added a lot to their sound. Most of the mid late 80's live output is good. Studio wise, it was pretty scary (Go To Heaven anyone?)
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The album cover to ''Go To Heaven'' is a good one.
Brent's voice was perfect with the dead's songs. It's still sad about Vince taking his own life last yr.
Wow your the first person I've heard that didn't like Donna. I love the boots and tapes with her singing.
''Fallout from the Phil Zone'' is a great double disk of some of Phil's fav songs. Good stuff
That is just nonsense.
I'm real close to getting hooked up with Sirius now that the Dead have their own station.
Pigpen was the best.
~Michael Bolton
alright, you've probably bought something by now, but i really needed to throw in my 2 cents on this one, american beauty is a good album, but it's way too clean, and the songs are all like 3 minutes long, it was made for the radio, and is completly not representative of the dead. go with dick's picks or stuff from the vault, or if you feel like dancing go for fallout from the phil zone, or the 2/11/69 shows from the fillmore, or pretty much anything that's not studio, i just downloaded europe '72 the other day, it's pretty fuckin awsome, although i was a bit disapointed to learn that they overdubbed some vocals and stuff afterwards
Albert Einstein
But to the OP - I think American Beauty is their best studio recording, hands down.
Count me in as #2. Not a big fan of Donnas work with the dead. Too much off key wailing over the music.
And on a side note, I'd be happy to never hear another boot with a cover of Dancin' in the Streets on it.
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arg, same, she bothers me so much, what was the band thinking
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