2 posts tagged “grateful dead”

As so many pristine early generation soundboard and audience recordings are now instantly available from a variety of websites, it's now become easier than ever to amass once-unthinkable Grateful Dead show collections.  What if you're one of those Deadheads who can't get enough of Europe 72 stuff?  Well than Project 1972 is a dream come true.  Not only can you get all the shows from that year, but how about multiple sources from each night.  And to help navigate this new treasure trove of Dead material, get a Deadhead's Taping Compendium.  Full of show reviews and interviews with members of the Grateful Dead family such as Dick Latvala of Dick's Picks fame.  It's hard to read and not want to go straight to the tapes.

Phil and Friends ran through eight Grateful Dead albums in their entirety during their five night stand at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco.  It started on May 13th with the Dead's self-titled release for the first set and Anthem of the Sun with special guest Bob Weir for set two.  The following night was Aoxomoxoa and Live Dead for the two sets, including two stabs at St. Stephen, which appears on both records.  Jambase has a more comprehensive review of these first two shows.

After a day off came the lovely pairing of Workingman's Dead first set and American Beauty for set two.  These albums were released back to back so it makes sense to see them together in a show.

The second self titled Dead album otherwise known as "Skullfuck" or "Skull and Roses" followed on the next night.  For the second set Phil skipped ahead a decade for a little Dead Set.  Go to etree to get aud copies of these shows, although Phil is likely to release soundboards of the whole Warfield run as he has for other multi-night stands in the past.