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23 Aug 2007, 6:05 pm

The Gratetful Dead

Just got 'American Beauty' 'bout 2 weeks ago, what a great album!! !

A sweet album for all you lot, especially those who like the 'Woodstock Era' (like me)



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23 Aug 2007, 8:22 pm

squatterandtheant wrote:
The Gratetful Dead

Just got 'American Beauty' 'bout 2 weeks ago, what a great album!! !

A sweet album for all you lot, especially those who like the 'Woodstock Era' (like me)


The Grateful Dead were NOT a band that did their best work in the studio. A more proper introduction to the band would be through bootleg concert tapes and CD's, and the 'official bootleg concert CD series entitled 'Dick's Picks' . When they had bad nights, they were BAD, but when they had good nights, they were phenominal.


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23 Aug 2007, 9:22 pm

Fogman wrote:
squatterandtheant wrote:
The Gratetful Dead

Just got 'American Beauty' 'bout 2 weeks ago, what a great album!! !

A sweet album for all you lot, especially those who like the 'Woodstock Era' (like me)


The Grateful Dead were NOT a band that did their best work in the studio. A more proper introduction to the band would be through bootleg concert tapes and CD's, and the 'official bootleg concert CD series entitled 'Dick's Picks' . When they had bad nights, they were BAD, but when they had good nights, they were phenominal.


I dig what you say Fogman. I heard this said before. I must look further!



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25 Aug 2007, 4:48 pm

Forget CDs, Get their concert DVDs.



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25 Aug 2007, 6:39 pm

Fogman wrote:
The Grateful Dead were NOT a band that did their best work in the studio. A more proper introduction to the band would be through bootleg concert tapes and CD's, and the 'official bootleg concert CD series entitled 'Dick's Picks' . When they had bad nights, they were BAD, but when they had good nights, they were phenominal.


I had a roommate in college who was a fanatical deadhead and can verify this. He traded and had a ton of their live bootlegs and really that's all he listened to. The studio albums would only come on rarely. I think live improvisation is really what the Dead were all about.

I didn't really get into them heavily but enjoyed some of the live stuff he played sometimes - especially when it went really "far out".