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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2005 at 12:47
Originally posted by Spartacus Spartacus wrote:

prog fans such as us have a more open heart for the avent garde. 


Heh heh, except neo prog fans . Whoops! Did I say that out loud?
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Points: 72 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2005 at 11:34
I second 2 From the Vault.  I would also recommend Dick's Picks Volume 3.  I never quite got the Dead until I heard DP3, a classic show from 1977.  One thing you need to understand about the Dead is that they are not really a psychedelic band at all, despite their public view of being such.  If psychedelic is what you are looking for then, as was stated earlier, Anthem of the Sun and Aoxomoxoa is the way to go.  The true essence of the Dead lies somewhere between country, folk, and jazz.  This essence is only truely represented in a live setting.  Of special interest for prog fans is the Dead's space and drum jams played live throughout the 80s and 90s.  Many deadheads loath these weird improvization jams, but prog fans such as us have a more open heart for the avent garde.  For a good example of Space-Drums check out Dozin' at the Knick from 1990.

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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2005 at 11:22
http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collect ion=etree&cat=Grateful%20Dead&PHPSESSID=d6d9c44e282e 62b719b42d084a4cbe4b

Check out those; start with the most popular one (~four hours long). It's free, so you've got nothing to lose .
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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2005 at 07:56
Nobody knoes this record?
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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2005 at 02:17
Recently buy "two from the vaults" in remastered hdcd (2004) by rhino

THIS IS SIMPLY THE BEST DEAD RECORDS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This 1968 concert is incredible!!!

they are at their best!!!
all their best pieces are there:

Disque : 1
1. Good Morning Little School Girl
2. Dark Star
3. Saint Stephen
4. Eleven
5. Death Don't Have No Mercy

Disque : 2
1. That's It for the Other One: Cryptical Envolvement/Quadlibet for Tender
2. New Potato Caboose
3. Turn on Your Love Light
4. (Walk Me Out in The) Morning Dew

If there's one record to have from them, that's it!!!!
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Points: 2632 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2005 at 23:16

Rob:

Anthem of the Sun and Aotomotapoeia are probably the two most psychedelic albums in their catalogue, not including the Live/Dead album, which is arguably to live/jam/psychedelia what ITC is to prog.

However, for my money, GD's best album is Blues for Allah, which is practically prog in places.

Peace.
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Points: 246 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2005 at 21:36
Terrapin Station is a great album. The title track is as prog as the dead
get. They usually are not my cup of tea, so I wouldnt know where to tell
you to go from there. I know Spartacus is a big dead fan, maybe he'll see
this post and let you know...
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Points: 916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2005 at 19:59
I don't usually reccommend best ofs but theirs is good.  Workingman's Dead and Terrapin Station are supposed to be good ones also but I don't know anything about them
"O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love
'n you should have us all
O' you should have us fall"
"Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart
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Points: 476 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2005 at 19:50
This isn't a plea for them to be put into the archives at all!

I'm new to their music, and have heard some songs from their American Beauty album which seems to have a distinct country-ish flavour, but I would like to hear their earlier psychedelic stuff. Does anyone recommend a place to start? I was thinking perhaps their Live/Dead album...
And Jesus said unto John, "come forth and receive eternal life..."
Unfortunately, John came fifth and was stuck with a toaster.
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