Saturday, December 16, 2023

Grateful Dead Official Live Albums: Worst to Best

 Dead Set - terrible sound... fire without scarlet, frank without help slip??? Cmon man...

Steal Your Face - weird clunky song selection. Eyes and Playin from that run were so great ... the songs that made it on to this album don't bring anything new to the table

Without A Net - not my favorite era but I like the Branford song

Dead Reckoning - great side of the dead ... wooden and fragile

Grateful Dead - notable for being the only live album with the core 5 lineup... plus bertha, wharf rat, big railroad... 

Europe 72 - a way of life. Amazingly the individual shows with the big dark stars and playins are even better

Live / Dead - life changing. The first 2 minutes of dark star changed the way i listened to music on the spot in real time... shall we go...