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10-28-2005, 01:16 PM
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The title says it all. I checked out allmusic.com, but they have something like 85 official recordings so I don't know where to start.
More specifically I'm looking for the psychedelic stuff, long jams etc. |
10-28-2005, 02:22 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 3rd stone from the sun | | | Live Dead - this album is live from I think 69. Great stuff. Phil kills. This sounds like what you want so start there. I could make endless suggestions, but I'll stick to the best answer to your request.
Also, check out archive.org They have tons of free Dead for downloading. The Dead played a long time and went through stylistic phases, so the year/era you pull from can sound very different. Their direction, their specific drug use, and other factors make their sound vary quite a bit.
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10-28-2005, 02:24 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 3rd stone from the sun | | | Also...
Most of their live shows had "psychedelic stuff, long jams, etc." Their studio work never captured this. Some studio recordings were great, some weren't, but very little represented what they did live. |
10-28-2005, 03:16 PM
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Live/Dead (1969)
Dick's Picks (1996, recorded 1970) |
10-28-2005, 04:00 PM
| | Howzit brah | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kauai, HI | | | Sounds like you're after the older stuff. I'd say get anything pre 1980 - back when Jerry could still play AND sing. '77 & '78 were my favorite years, Phil would even sneak in some fretless back then.
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10-28-2005, 11:20 PM
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10-28-2005, 11:44 PM
| | | Check out http://deadshow.org/Dan/
Just drag and drop any concert link into the playlist window of your Winamp player and listen to the stream......no downloading needed. You gotta have broadband though....of course. http://www.deadshow.com/
This site used to have a bunch of shows too but is temporarily down and out.
I saw the Dead more than a hundred times. These experiences and memories are a true blessing in my life. The Dead were a sloppy mess sometimes, but when they were "on", they were a "band beyond description".
IMHO I think the years 1972-74 were the best days of the Grateful Dead......check out some shows from that era.
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10-29-2005, 01:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Diego | | | I would go with:
Aoxomoxoa
Anthem of the Sun
Live/Dead
Workingman's Dead |
10-29-2005, 09:33 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Cambridge, Mass. | | | long jams
Duuuuuuuuuuuude. you must go to this site http://www.archive.org
here you will find thousands of hours of dead soundboards free for the downloading. if u want the good experimental dead, choose 1968 thru 1972, cant go wrong
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10-29-2005, 10:02 PM
| | Howzit brah | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kauai, HI | | | Nice call - I can't even count all the times I've lost my mind listening to Aoxomoxoa. Mars Hotel is also -the bomb-
some jerry Freaks in certain circles won't even listen to anything past '75 - talk about experiMental...(these same people claim that Steely Dan -sold out- after Pretzel Logic; and I agree with that, Aja Shmaja - that's another story, but nothing against Chuck Rainey...)
I've actually read some kids post somewhere on this doomed internet that was like - what is Drums>Space and why do they play it every night?
haha
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10-30-2005, 04:53 AM
| | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | | wow, 10 pages of Live Greatful Dead recordings. Awesome, thanks guys! |
10-30-2005, 05:03 AM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | Live...Europe 72
Studio......American Beauty and Workingmans Dead.
Just my two pennies of course 
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10-30-2005, 05:24 AM
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Is there a certain download limit on archive.com? |
10-30-2005, 09:42 AM
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No download limit on archive.org as far as i know. Remember, when dealing with the Dead and its music, youre dealing with the first major band that went out of its way to accomodate tapers and free flowing bootlegs. It was never cool to ask for money for live Dead recordings unless your name was Dick Lavalla of Dick's Picks infamy, by which time the party was largely over anyway).
Other than current new bands desperate for any airplay, i doubt there are many established acts that get away with free taping and trading....
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