Grateful Dead Dick's Picks Vol. 12-Providence Civic Center 6/26/74 & Boston Garden 6/28/74 (Limited, Hand-Numbered 180-Gram 6-LP Set) - When we were offered the most welcome opportunity of choosing another InchvirginInch (as in never released on vinyl before) volume from the Dick's Picks catalog, we did our Dead diligence, combing through the many chat rooms online to see which one the fans really wanted to see come out on LP. It will come as no surprise that opinions were varied and vehement... but a consensus emerged that Dick's Picks Vol. 12-Providence Civic Center 6/26/74 & Boston Garden 6/28/74 was the one. Which is interesting, because that Pick is a little different, combining the second sets of two different nights instead of offering a single show. But it's the exception that proves the rule-the playing is so extraordinary, and the repertoire so unusual, that one can understand why Dick Latvala played more curator than archivist here. Side A picks up the second set from Providence three songs in, featuring a short jam that leads into what many have labeled the most extraordinary live version of InchChina Cat SunflowerInch ever recorded, complete with a sublime transition (InchMud Love Buddy JamInch a.k.a. InchMind Left Body JamInch) into InchI Know You Rider.Inch The revelatory moments continue throughout the Providence set, highlighted by a dazzling, 15-minute InchSpanish Jam.Inch But the second set of the Boston show-which appears here complete, after a superb encore performance of InchEyes of the WorldInch from Providence-is the one that has passed into legend among Dead fans (a performance of Phil Lesh and Ned Lagin's electronic music piece InchSeastonesInch provides an appropriately adventurous interlude). The set boasts one of the most renowned live jams of the band's career, a flawless, 14-minute InchWeather Report Suite Prelude/Pt. 1/Pt. 2-Let It Gr

The Grateful Dead - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81 (ROCKTOBER) [VINYL LP] date 10/06/2023

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Grateful Dead's iconic Europe '72 Tour with the original Europe '72 album, newly remastered. Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction, with mastering by GRAMMY® Award winning engineer Dave Glasser, Produce d for by David Lemieux. In another industry defying move, The Grateful Dead followed up their first Gold Record, the 1971 live showcase SKULL & ROSES, with another live album, one that to most fans and critics surpassed even the excellence of the previous offering. From April 7 to May 26, 1972, the Dead performed and recorded 21 live concerts, plus a set in a television studio, with every night being an exceptional display of the magic that was uniquely the live Grateful Dead. These concerts and this tour, 50 years later, are still considered one of the highest of high points in The Grateful Dead's performing career. In an era when a double album was rare enough, the Dead outdid even their own lofty standards by producing a 3 LP masterpiece that to this day is considered one of the finest live albums ever produced. Remastered from the original analog tapes, the album has never sounded better. Album Tracks 1. Cumberland Blues (Live at the Empire Pool, Wembley, England) [2022 Remaster] 2. He's Gone (Live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) [2022 Remaster] 3. One More Saturday Night (Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, England) [2022 Remaster] 4. Jack Straw (Live at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, France) [2022 Remaster] 5. You Win Again (Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, England) [2022 Remaster] 6. China Cat Sunflower (Live at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, France) [2022 Remaster] 7. I Know You Rider (Live at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, France) [2022 Remaster] 8. Brown-Eyed Women (Live at the Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark) [2022 Remaster] 9. Hurts Me Too (Live at the Ly