The complete Portland Memorial Coliseum show from 5/19/74
6 LP Set
180-gram Vinyl
Limited to 7,500 copies
Release Date: September 7th, 2018
The complete Portland Memorial Coliseum show from 5/19/74
6 LP Set
180-gram Vinyl
Limited to 7,500 copies
Release Date: September 7th, 2018
I'll admit it does seem crazy to have only one 6 minute song on a side. This could have been condensed greatly. But I have found myself playing this album more than any other Dead show this year. It's hardly picture perfect...but I keep getting drawn back to it. Far more than I am to Dave's 34 -even though, logically speaking, that is a better show and recording.
I am deterred from buying this release mostly because they have chosen to track this show onto 12 (twelve!) sides, which is just ridiculous. It can be very easily packed into 9, saving one entire disk, without interfering with its running order or making any one side longer than about 24 minutes. Vinyl is already inconvenient - making you change a disk every 10 minutes (or 6) even more so! Reading the mix issues many are talking about just confirms my belief that I don't need this. Too bad - hot show, love vinyl.
The complete Portland Memorial Coliseum show from 5/19/74
6 LP Set
180-gram Vinyl
Limited to 7,500 copies
Release Date: September 7th, 2018