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Includes 2 untitled hidden tracks following "And We Bid You Goodnight."
Recorded live at The Fillmore West and the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California in 1969. Originally released on November 10, 1969.
Among the finest of rock's live documents, LIVE DEAD is a snapshot of the Grateful Dead circa 1969, applying the free-jazz lessons of John Coltrane to their finely-tuned, manic, and flowing boogie. It was the first released piece of evidence that the live Dead were a wholly different, multi-headed animal than the one that recorded in the studio. LIVE DEAD was also the culmination of the group's evolution into what's now considered the vintage San Francisco sound--having perfected it, the Grateful Dead would soon leave it for fresher musical pastures.
While each of LIVE DEAD's selections calls to mind a specific trick from up the band's sleeve, the opening four songs (later dubbed "the holy quartet" by Deadheads) best indicates the Dead's burning trajectory. "Dark Star" lays out a wide-open musical terrain, allowing the band to leap anywhere from its minimalist-riff launching pad and its two verses of T.S. Eliot-inspired psychedelic prose. Here, it is a dark-hued and majestic sea of ambience and intensity. "St. Stephen" explodes like a shiny metallic cloud-burst, Bob Weir's fervent vocals carrying it like a holy torch. "The Eleven," a thunderous fury of a composition based on "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" and played in 11/4 time, continues the rumbling. By the time Pigpen ends the continuous sermon with a raucous sci-fi-R&B take on Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Turn On Your Lovelight," the Dead have seemingly sailed every corner of their musical universe and crash-landed with aplomb.
LIVE DEAD was the first 16-track on-location recording.
1969 Remastered W/ 1 Hidden Bonus Track.
The Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir (vocals, guitar); Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan (vocals, organ, congas); Phil Lesh (vocals, bass); Tom Constanten (keyboards); Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann (drums, percussion).
Producers: Grateful Dead, Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor.Down Beat (1/02, p.74) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...A righteous document of [their] improvisatory discourse...flowing from strength to strength..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.153) - "Taking in jazz improvisations, blues, feedback and Pigpen howling and snarling through 'Turn On Your Love Light,' it was a revelation. It's still the most thrilling, compelling document of this most magisterial of bands." Grateful Dead Live Dead Songs Live Dead Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   LIVE DEAD
I purchased this CD because my LP technology cannot be applied in my car. This is a milestone Dead album; DARK STAR and ST STEPHEN are immortal, and although much of the music is less accessable from a contemporary viewpoint, what works still works well.
My only criticism is that the remastered sound lacks the "open sound" of the live performance. This is not what one hears when listening to the LP. Otherwise, very good Dead.
Submitted by edbarkan (Manalapan, NJ) 
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best legal live album
Every band has a cd that is a must, I feel this is it for this band. I have introduced naysers to this album and anyone who enjoys instrumental ambiant, dark at times, jamming, will surely love this gem released during the psycadelic period of the grateful dead. They players in the band almost form one entity as the songs smoothly transcend into each other and in some cases, go so "out there". This album touches your emotions and gives you feeling. Dark -> St Stephen -> Eleven is worth it alone...the bass bombs in the eleven, the far eastern musical influence of jerrys guitar in dark star...there are many momements if you just give this a listen with an open ear.
Submitted by BoneBoy (New Jersey)
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This is a great cd from the start with the 26 mintue long Darkstar (great for when you've got a case of the red eye... but then again what grateful dead song isnt?). But by far the best thing on this CD is St Stephen my favorite song by the dead. Ive been looking for a good live version of this song and i've found it on this CD.
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