Garcia by Jerry Garcia seconded. Probably my favorite dead-related studio album.Among proper Dead albums, I also have a big soft spot for Wake of the Flood, too.
― methanietanner, Monday, 10 October 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
yah get Wake The Flood
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 10 October 2016 21:38 (seven years ago) link
Live Dead
― a (waterface), Monday, 10 October 2016 21:38 (seven years ago) link
oh wait u said studio
― a (waterface), Monday, 10 October 2016 21:39 (seven years ago) link
The debut is a fun Garage Rock album.
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 October 2016 22:29 (seven years ago) link
...and, y'know, actually better than a lot of 'Legendary Garage Albums'.
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 October 2016 22:30 (seven years ago) link
Yeah it's pretty solid.
― "raw buttin' these toilet seats" (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 00:16 (seven years ago) link
Blues For Allah is very different from AB & Aoxomoxoa, and for me it runs out of gas, but man the studio Franklin's/Help was SUCH a treat the first time I heard it. Like I remember where I was the first time I heard it (in a cab heading to the Newark airport, with headphones on) and the feeling of how it sounded...it's got its ups and downs and is not the equal of the ones you already have, but I'd go with that
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 01:07 (seven years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Grateful_Dead_-_From_the_Mars_Hotel.jpg
listened to From the Mars Hotel for the first time tonight. as usual i like about every other song and there are some downright stinkers ("Money Money"). "China Doll" "Unbroken Chain" and "Ship of Fools" are all atmospheric and slightly trippy, but "U.S. Blues" is the most rockin' uptempo thing on here. they are best when they aren't complicating things too much and just doing a southern rock groove.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 14 October 2016 06:06 (seven years ago) link
"U.S. Blues" is a fun song. makes me think of the Turtles a little. and it has Gerry Garcia saying he's going to steal your wife.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 14 October 2016 06:09 (seven years ago) link
Jerry
Unbroken Chain is so relaxed
― calstars, Friday, 14 October 2016 13:21 (seven years ago) link
Except for that high pitched tone that pans across the stereo landscape
That can be relaxing under certain conditions.
― how's life, Friday, 14 October 2016 13:29 (seven years ago) link
I wonder if people with poor hearing notice it all; also what effect does any does it have on animals?
― calstars, Friday, 14 October 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link
this article suggests that weird sound might represent "the song of the saw-whet owl" -- http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/chain.html
― tylerw, Friday, 14 October 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
Here's a variety of saw-whet owl sounds. Nothing that sounds like tinkling, sadly. In my experience, the "annotated grateful dead" site has some very random and sometimes incorrect annotations in it. I don't know what Dodd's criteria for inclusion are or how carefully he vets entries.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Saw-whet_Owl/sounds
― how's life, Friday, 14 October 2016 14:51 (seven years ago) link
haha, yeah. but it's usually a pretty entertaining site.
― tylerw, Friday, 14 October 2016 14:54 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, it's got some entertainment value. I used to read it frequently before he put out the book. Was disappointed when the book came out and it was just a printed version of the website.
― how's life, Friday, 14 October 2016 15:10 (seven years ago) link
Anyway, Unbroken Chain rules.
― how's life, Friday, 14 October 2016 15:12 (seven years ago) link
i dunno. it's got some really cool parts. one spot even sounds like drum n bass or stereolab for a second. but the basic song is kind of unimpressive. too math rock, too noodly. the high synth is eh, i wayyyyy prefer Hawkwind for that kind of thing.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 14 October 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
i kinda like thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzcOtukqoo8
― tylerw, Friday, 14 October 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
"Loose Lucy" is some southern fried glam. T-Rex via The Allman Brothers.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 14 October 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
Never liked that one. Too loose
― calstars, Saturday, 15 October 2016 00:04 (seven years ago) link
Govt Mule/Allman Bros/Phil & Friends' Warren Hayes has also played with the Dead, and this summer he did some of their songs in concerts w symphony orchestras. He comments on several faves here, where we also get videos of GD versions (live & studio):http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/warren-haynes-on-5-grateful-dead-classics-w442312/blues-for-allah-w442318
― dow, Friday, 21 October 2016 23:49 (seven years ago) link
Take it to the warren Hayes thread
― calstars, Friday, 21 October 2016 23:58 (seven years ago) link
why, when the performances are all Dead
― dow, Saturday, 22 October 2016 00:31 (seven years ago) link
Because warren Hayes is a tool?
― calstars, Saturday, 22 October 2016 01:15 (seven years ago) link
he's not that bad, he can definitely shred.
― brimstead, Saturday, 22 October 2016 02:48 (seven years ago) link
Almanac/calendar's out now:
http://www.dead.net/almanac/img/grateful-dead-2017-calendar-almanac-1200x1200.jpg?a
Whole thing's here, I think, though haven't read it all:
http://www.dead.net/almanac/?cmpid=dn/2016November17/GratefulDeadAlm-main-image-1&eml=2016November17/3805321/6131962&etsubid=33554028
― dow, Friday, 18 November 2016 00:47 (seven years ago) link
Cool interview with Lesh: short but sweet, intriguing bits and dig his fave memory of Garcia (also a fairly recent flashback):http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-last-word-phil-lesh-on-jerry-garcia-memories-sci-fi-w434812
― dow, Friday, 23 December 2016 01:27 (seven years ago) link
Aw,that's a sweet memory to share.
― how's life, Friday, 23 December 2016 12:02 (seven years ago) link
the remaster of live/dead doesn't sound so good does it
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 23 December 2016 14:03 (seven years ago) link
This is great:
"My favorite memory was Lew Welch's line in one of his poems. He was describing looking in the mirror in the morning: "I don't know who you are, but I'm going to shave you anyway."
― calstars, Friday, 23 December 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
live/dead always sounded kind of muddy to me
i'm gonna end up posting on the steve hoffman forums aren't i
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 23 December 2016 21:39 (seven years ago) link
i think the original has a lot more detail
what about the soundstage
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 24 December 2016 00:53 (seven years ago) link
what kinda bloom are we talking about
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 24 December 2016 00:54 (seven years ago) link
you tell us dude
― calstars, Saturday, 24 December 2016 01:12 (seven years ago) link
― Forty Watson & the Jute Gute (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ)
molly
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Saturday, 24 December 2016 04:31 (seven years ago) link
the 4 hour documentary is screening here in a month. psyched, i only started listening to the dead in the last 9 months or so, i've only heard anthem of the sun thru europe '72. i heard about it thru this tweet @0PNthe crowd ERUPTED during the Wall of Sound section of the dead doc. At the mere sight of a homebaked PA system. it was beautiful
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 02:33 (seven years ago) link
hofheinz pavilion 'playing in the band' next
https://archive.org/details/gd72-11-18.set2-sbd.cotsman.9002.sbeok.shnf
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 1 May 2017 02:52 (seven years ago) link
Saw Long Strange Trip tonight. I'm a little more than a fan, much less than an obsessive--bought the Skeletons compilation in high school, then everything up to Europe in fits and starts over the next three decades. I didn't think they needed four hours here. The structure is loose--Altamont isn't mentioned until past the halfway mark, and I don't think Live Dead is mentioned at all ("Dark Star," yes, near the end and very humorously). I was oblivious to the extent of Garcia's heroin habit--not sure if I even knew about it at all. The funniest bit in the film for me was the British road manager describing a key difference in the psyche of Americans and the English.
― clemenza, Monday, 1 May 2017 04:24 (seven years ago) link
question. it's widely accepted that outside of ccr, the dead were the kings of choogle. when would you say the dead first started to choogle?
― Cyborg Kickboxer (rushomancy), Sunday, 14 May 2017 00:31 (seven years ago) link
Somewhat ashamed that someone as lame as al Franken introduced me to it in that documentary, but "Althea" is a great doom-filled dirge
― calstars, Friday, 21 July 2017 03:52 (seven years ago) link
"There's mosquitos on the river...Did you hear what I just heard?"
Probably not, Bob. Probably not.
― calstars, Monday, 24 July 2017 00:08 (seven years ago) link
"Unbroken Chain" came up on recent Discover Weekly playlist. I have to admit it's a lovely tune
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Monday, 24 July 2017 01:18 (seven years ago) link
I got a copy of 1974-05-21 (Edmundson Pavillion, U of Washington) recently. I was pretty impressed by it, as someone who has enjoyed various things but never been a dedicated fan. V cool 46m version of "Playin' in the Band".
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 24 July 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
https://archive.org/details/gd72-08-21.sbd.hamilton.150.sbeok.shnf#
^^ this Dark Star seems appropriate for this afternoon. 45 years ago to the day. it's a good one
― tobo73, Monday, 21 August 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link