Red Mosquito

Phil and Bobby are about to play Workingmans Dead at interlocken

Link:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/slackavt

I need some help here. My wife is a huge Dead fan and had seen them quite a bit in the eighties and nineties. I want to put together some discs of shows she's been to and need to know if there are good sources out there for live recordings.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I need some help here. My wife is a huge Dead fan and had seen them quite a bit in the eighties and nineties. I want to put together some discs of shows she's been to and need to know if there are good sources out there for live recordings.

http://db.etree.org/
http://bt.etree.org/

Thanks. I guess more specifically are there soundboard quality recordings out there or is it mostly audience stuff?

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Thanks. I guess more specifically are there soundboard quality recordings out there or is it mostly audience stuff?

Most likely there are soundboards. Make me a list and I'll provide you with direct links.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Thanks. I guess more specifically are there soundboard quality recordings out there or is it mostly audience stuff?

The etree torrent site has a ton of soundboards and some great matrix mixes too.

Just cause it soundboard doesn't make it better. There are alot of great audience sources out there for dead shows. Get a list of the ones you need and check the Archive. Get ready, its a rabbit hole.


So, 11/30/80 is getting an official release, should be a good one.

super nintendo chalmers wrote:Get ready, its a rabbit hole.

Man, you weren't kidding...

daves picks 8 leaked and its pretty awesome

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I need some help here. My wife is a huge Dead fan and had seen them quite a bit in the eighties and nineties. I want to put together some discs of shows she's been to and need to know if there are good sources out there for live recordings.

https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead

that's archive without the s

This is great. Third ever wall of sound show.

Of all the things I've done so far in my life, being a dead head is/was definitely the most heavenly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfZXA0VQl1c

this song, the wheel, has no normal song structure.

there's no verse, no chorus, no bridge. it's just different distinct "parts", with a repeat or two.

No wonder they mess it up here

Disc 3 of this set is off the chain--highly melodic, almost telepathic improvisation, particularly on a few extended jams in the form of ''Dark Star'' > ''Mind Left Body'' and ''Eyes of the World'' > ''Stella Blue.'' On his best nights Garcia was just untouchable as a guitarist, on par with the finest jazzmen and rock guitar gods. But more and more I'm convinced that the Dead's secret weapon was the tasteful, jazz-flavored drumming of Bill Kreutzmann--propulsive and conversational during the extended improvs, relaxed and unintrusive during the gentler moments, but always contributing these little accents in unexpected spots, perfectly in sync with the more melodic components of the music. I would have picked him for the Dream Band tournament in a heartbeat.

I should probably get some more Dead. I only have a handful of material with a little bit of live stuff, and some studio stuff. That includes: Europe '72, What A Long Strange Trip It's Been Disc 1 (no idea where disc 2 is), American Beauty, Dick's Picks Volume 8, and Shakedown Street. What should I get next? I'm leaning towards Workingman's Dead.

Live Dead

super nintendo chalmers wrote:Live Dead

Live/Dead is the album that really opened my ears to their improvisational capacity and made a fan out of me. Workingman's is great too though.

How is Dicks Picks 8? I have been trying to find a copy on eBay for a while but all the copies are so expensive.

8 has the acoustic set which is pretty cool. June 70 has se great opening acoustic sets , 7/7/70 comes to mind. DP 12 came on the shuffle today, that might be in my top 5 shows of all time.

Yeah, that's a favorite of mine too. That long improv after ''Weather Report Suite'' is awesome.

Kevin Davis wrote:Yeah, that's a favorite of mine too. That long improv after ''Weather Report Suite'' is awesome.

Yeah, pretty much every note from that show is perfect.


But if anyone is looking for a good studio record, I can't reccomend Garcia's Reflections LP enough.

The first half is pretty much the Dead as the backing the band and the second side is JGB. I'd say it nudges Garcia as my favorite solo record, but it totally holds its own with the other GD studio efforts.

My wife is turning me into quite the Dead head. Going to see Bob Weir and Ratdog in August down in Charleston.