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LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
edited July 2011 in Other Music
Didn't see a thread about the band so I thought I would start one. Sirius had a show on from 9/2/78 on today.
Great fuckin set.

Ive never seen them live but the mid to late 70s are my favorite era to listen to.

http://www.archive.org/details/gd78-09- ... sbeok.shnf

Jack Straw, Friend Of The Devil, Minglewood Blues, Dire Wolf, Looks Like Rain, Stagger Lee, I Need A Miracle, Peggy-O, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication Good Lovin', Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain-> Estimated Prophet-> Eyes Of The World-> Drums-> Sugar Magnolia, E: One More Saturday Night

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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Grateful Dead rock. Love "Box of Rain".

    Did they sell out that show at Giants Stadium?
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  • rollingsrollings unknown Posts: 7,125
    They never ever did not sell out.

    Except for when they played the desert in Egypt (there was some pointy seats still available)

    1978 Jack Straw

    Was Donna singing in key or off?
  • HorosHoros Posts: 4,518
    Will be playing Grateful Dead all day today at work honoring the start of the Oregon Country Fair!
    #FHP
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,427
    viewtopic.php?f=9&t=138957&hilit=+dead

    I am a child of the brent era. Love me some late 70s early 80s JGB as well.
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Get_Right wrote:
    http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=138957&hilit=+dead

    I am a child of the brent era. Love me some late 70s early 80s JGB as well.

    I'm with you. Have a hard time getting into the Donna shows, especially if they include a Dancin' in the Streets. Brent had such great harmonies with Jerry, both vocally and instrumentally.
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,427
    merkinball wrote:
    Get_Right wrote:
    http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=138957&hilit=+dead

    I am a child of the brent era. Love me some late 70s early 80s JGB as well.

    I'm with you. Have a hard time getting into the Donna shows, especially if they include a Dancin' in the Streets. Brent had such great harmonies with Jerry, both vocally and instrumentally.
    some donna is ok
    but I cant take the sudden wails in the middle of otherwise great jams
    the closing of winterland DVD is a nice donna performance
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Get_Right wrote:
    merkinball wrote:
    Get_Right wrote:
    http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=138957&hilit=+dead

    I am a child of the brent era. Love me some late 70s early 80s JGB as well.

    I'm with you. Have a hard time getting into the Donna shows, especially if they include a Dancin' in the Streets. Brent had such great harmonies with Jerry, both vocally and instrumentally.
    some donna is ok
    but I cant take the sudden wails in the middle of otherwise great jams
    the closing of winterland DVD is a nice donna performance

    Point taken. Just got through Good Lovin' on the orignal posters link, and I did notice how well she fit in on that. Moving onto the Scarlet --> Fire portion of the set and turning up the speakers. Love this combo of songs.
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  • CobCob Posts: 858
    LOVE 76-78 and 79-83, but I think some of my favorite is 1989-1991, even after Brent died, some of those shows are just AWESOME, even though a lot of Deaheads just brush it off because they think nothing was as good as the 70's.
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    BabaBooey1979 wrote:
    Didn't see a thread about the band so I thought I would start one. Sirius had a show on from 9/2/78 on today.
    Great fuckin set.

    Ive never seen them live but the mid to late 70s are my favorite era to listen to.

    http://www.archive.org/details/gd78-09- ... sbeok.shnf

    Jack Straw, Friend Of The Devil, Minglewood Blues, Dire Wolf, Looks Like Rain, Stagger Lee, I Need A Miracle, Peggy-O, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication Good Lovin', Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain-> Estimated Prophet-> Eyes Of The World-> Drums-> Sugar Magnolia, E: One More Saturday Night

    Discuss

    That second set is fantastic.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    Ripple.

    *sigh*
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  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    unlost dogs wrote:
    Ripple.

    *sigh*
    There's a street called ripple lane near my house. I've been eyeing that thing for years.
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,321
    "Touch of Grey" gets played a lot on radio. Occasionally radio also will play "US Blues", which is among my favorite Grateful Dead songs along with "Mexicali Blues and St. Stephen's".
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  • PKTrekGirlPKTrekGirl Posts: 747
    I like The Dead. I think that when i was younger, I didn't appreciate them as much as I should have (thought they were 'too mellow' :lol: )...but over the past year, I've starting re-acquainting myself with their music - went out and purchased about 4 - 5 of their CDs, and have been watching some of the footage on YouTube.

    I am thinking of buying a few more albums - which ones are the best ones? I already have:
    The Grateful Dead
    Workingman's Dead
    American Beauty
    Live/Dead
    Europe 72

    I'm pretty broke, so I can't go crazy and buy a bunch. I'd like to buy maybe 2 more in the near future.
  • HorosHoros Posts: 4,518
    In The Dark - Even though it's commercialized it's got some tasty jams on there.
    howshelleywasborn.gif?
    #FHP
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,427
    PKTrekGirl wrote:
    I like The Dead. I think that when i was younger, I didn't appreciate them as much as I should have (thought they were 'too mellow' :lol: )...but over the past year, I've starting re-acquainting myself with their music - went out and purchased about 4 - 5 of their CDs, and have been watching some of the footage on YouTube.

    I am thinking of buying a few more albums - which ones are the best ones? I already have:
    The Grateful Dead
    Workingman's Dead
    American Beauty
    Live/Dead
    Europe 72

    I'm pretty broke, so I can't go crazy and buy a bunch. I'd like to buy maybe 2 more in the near future.
    I wouldn't waste my money on too many studio records.
    Maybe Mars hotel, shakedown street, wake of the flood or terrapin station
    and I did spring for the all good things jerry solo box set of studio records
    The live stuff is what you want
    Dead set and reckoning (1980 compilations), one from the vault, skull and roses
    Most of the dicks picks
    and any of the "pure jerry" series for the jerry garcia band-warner theater 78, keene college 80, SF 1977

    tons of grate music:
    http://store.dead.net/store/music
  • PKTrekGirlPKTrekGirl Posts: 747
    Yes, I agree about the live stuff vs studio stuff.

    In fact, given the company I'm in, I'll tell you that, in a way, live PJ is what sort of gave me the idea to loop back around and re-discover The Dead (or really, discover them, since my main previous exposure to them was In The Dark via MTV of the 80's :lol: ).

    I don't think that it was until PJ and the bootleg collection that I ever really understood the idea that, for some bands, the studio albums were really just the 'coming attractions'. I've seen many bands live/heard them on live recordings, and I think that before PJ, the only band I was really impressed with live was Bruce Springsteen. With the vast majority of bands, it's nice to see them live for the excitement of the show, etc...and some of them are reasonably good. But very few are so good live that you await the live albums/bootlegs with the same (or more) anticipation that you do the studio albums, so that you can fall in love with the songs a second time as you discover what can be done with them live.

    Of course, I'd heard all the stories about Dead concerts and the Deadheads, etc. But I think it was the PJ bootlegs that finally connected the dots for me and made me curious: perhaps The Dead were another band that is in that rare category of bands whose studio albums are only the beginning?

    Of course, I have to buy some studio albums to acquaint myself with the music, and all, which is sort of the reason I asked the question. The Dead have a huge catalog...and I want to get enough of the studio stuff to appreciate the songs even more, live. Get that 'two 'fer' experience you get with PJ. :D But yeah...I know that the real gold is in the live stuff. :D
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,427
    PKTrekGirl wrote:
    Yes, I agree about the live stuff vs studio stuff.

    In fact, given the company I'm in, I'll tell you that, in a way, live PJ is what sort of gave me the idea to loop back around and re-discover The Dead (or really, discover them, since my main previous exposure to them was In The Dark via MTV of the 80's :lol: ).

    I don't think that it was until PJ and the bootleg collection that I ever really understood the idea that, for some bands, the studio albums were really just the 'coming attractions'. I've seen many bands live/heard them on live recordings, and I think that before PJ, the only band I was really impressed with live was Bruce Springsteen. With the vast majority of bands, it's nice to see them live for the excitement of the show, etc...and some of them are reasonably good. But very few are so good live that you await the live albums/bootlegs with the same (or more) anticipation that you do the studio albums, so that you can fall in love with the songs a second time as you discover what can be done with them live.

    Of course, I'd heard all the stories about Dead concerts and the Deadheads, etc. But I think it was the PJ bootlegs that finally connected the dots for me and made me curious: perhaps The Dead were another band that is in that rare category of bands whose studio albums are only the beginning?

    Of course, I have to buy some studio albums to acquaint myself with the music, and all, which is sort of the reason I asked the question. The Dead have a huge catalog...and I want to get enough of the studio stuff to appreciate the songs even more, live. Get that 'two 'fer' experience you get with PJ. :D But yeah...I know that the real gold is in the live stuff. :D

    Grate post. The big difference between PJ and the Dead in that sense is that PJ has made some great records. The chasm between the quality of studio records and the quality of shows is MUCH larger when you are talking Dead. Highly recommend the Jerry Garcia band stuff as well-anything from 74-84.

    And there are a couple of other bands IMHO that bring it live like PJ, Bruce and the Dead.
    Wilco and MMJ-and both happen to make good studio material as well.
  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    The closing of winterland is a great album.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00011CYK ... 39-6484153


    I have a bunch of dicks picks that are great too. I'll post them later.
  • tripview94tripview94 Posts: 9
    1978 was a unique year and sound for the dead,
    vastly different from those classic 77 shows and also different from 79
    i have many bootlegs from that year..all on tape though
    a lot of low output boards floating around
    Red Rocks 7/8/78--one that stands out
  • Arthur Digby SellersArthur Digby Sellers Posts: 259
    The Grateful Dead made great studio albums, it just wasn't always their strong suit. There really aren't albums better then American Beauty.

    I am more partial to the years 1973-1974 and 1977. There is definitely good shows in other years, but there aren't any bad shows from the years I stated. Cornell '77 is a great one to check out and the next night in Buffalo I like even better. You can stream these shows on archive.org if you want. I think you can download the audience recordings there, but not the soundboards any more. You used to be able to and it was a wonderful thing while it lasted. I think you can still download SBDs on http://bt.etree.org/?searchss=&cat=8 . You have to know how to download bit torrents, but it aint hard. You can get lots of other bands on etree too including some Pearl Jam ( http://bt.etree.org/?searchss=&cat=137 ). I have so much Grateful Dead it's not even funny.
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  • PKTrekGirlPKTrekGirl Posts: 747
    Get_Right wrote:
    Grate post. The big difference between PJ and the Dead in that sense is that PJ has made some great records. The chasm between the quality of studio records and the quality of shows is MUCH larger when you are talking Dead. Highly recommend the Jerry Garcia band stuff as well-anything from 74-84.

    And there are a couple of other bands IMHO that bring it live like PJ, Bruce and the Dead.
    Wilco and MMJ-and both happen to make good studio material as well.

    Thanks so much for this info. I will keep that in mind. Sounds like with the Dead, I need to put MUCH more of an emphasis on the live stuff - much moreso than with PJ.

    I also thank the poster who provided a place to download some shows. I know how to download, so that should not be a problem. I'll buy a couple more CDs (any strong recommendations, given what I already have? I should probably buy In The Dark...and maybe have $$ for 2 other CDs...) and download a few shows and have some fun.

    That torrent site has a ton of shows on it. Any recommendations for a complete n00b who has ZERO Dead bootlegs to her name?

    (heh. Just what I need - another band with a massive collection of boots. I've already got an external HD full of PJ and Bruce...not to mention a bunch of the PJ boots on CD :lol: )
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    PKTrekGirl wrote:

    That torrent site has a ton of shows on it. Any recommendations for a complete n00b who has ZERO Dead bootlegs to her name?

    (heh. Just what I need - another band with a massive collection of boots. I've already got an external HD full of PJ and Bruce...not to mention a bunch of the PJ boots on CD :lol: )

    Stream or download from Archive.org. The soundboard shows are stream only, but the audience recordings are downloadable. That should keep you busy for awhile! I'll post later with some recommended shows.

    http://www.archive.org/details/GratefulDead
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  • Jack StrawJack Straw Posts: 92
    PKTrekGirl wrote:
    I like The Dead. I think that when i was younger, I didn't appreciate them as much as I should have (thought they were 'too mellow' :lol: )...but over the past year, I've starting re-acquainting myself with their music - went out and purchased about 4 - 5 of their CDs, and have been watching some of the footage on YouTube.

    I am thinking of buying a few more albums - which ones are the best ones? I already have:
    The Grateful Dead
    Workingman's Dead
    American Beauty
    Live/Dead
    Europe 72

    I'm pretty broke, so I can't go crazy and buy a bunch. I'd like to buy maybe 2 more in the near future.

    I highly recommend "Ladies and Gentlemen". Its a 4 disc compilation from their run at the Fillmore East in 71. Gotta love the Pigpen era. Probably the best version of "Turn On Your Lovelight" I've heard on there. As well as great versions of "China Cat Sunflower", "Ripple", "St. Stephen", "Hard To Handle", "Me and Bobby McGee", and many others. The whole set is great.
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  • BoltOfLightnin'BoltOfLightnin' South Jersey Posts: 708
    Only saw the Dead once...at JFK Stadium...either '88 or '89. Wow.

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  • Two BirdsTwo Birds Posts: 256
    July 9th, 1995 was the anniversary of the last Dead show at Soldiers Field. We amazingly enough were at those last shows. We should have stayed to see Pearl Jam but had to return home :D . My Daughter now has a facination with all things Dead, must have something to do with the fact she actually was conceived that year and was born listening to the Dead. I probably saw about 15 Dead shows in the early 90's ahhh the memories. Long live the Dead!
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