- Recorded by Dan Healy; Betty Cantor-Jackson; John Cutler; Owsley Stanley; Kidd Candelario
- Mastering by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering, Petaluma, CA
- Art & Design By Justin Helton & Once Upon A Time
Narrowing down the Grateful Dead's touring career and live performances to 60 CDs, 20 venues, and more than 450 songs is hard enough. Narrowing THAT down for 3CD and 6LP sets is a monumental undertaking, but with so much great music to select from, it's one of the most enjoyable compilations we've ever assembled. This nearly four hour collection contains one song (or two, or three...) from every show in the Dead's new road tripping boxed set, ENJOYING THE RIDE, which brings together music from 20 (21...) of the most essential venues in Grateful Dead and Dead Head history. This compilation is crafted with songs spanning the 25 years in the boxed set, 1969-1994. Drawn from such iconic venues as Red Rocks, Frost Amphitheatre, Greek Theatre, Fillmores East and West, Madison Square Garden, Alpine Valley, and many more, THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED features such classics as "Truckin'," "Eyes Of The World," "Scarlet Begonias," the title track, and plenty of under the radar tracks like "Big Boy Pete," "My Brother Esau," and "Doin' That Rag." This is a career-defining live collection filled with some of the greatest tracks performed at their greatest venues. - David Lemieux
Mastering technique
This is a nice looking set, but compilations can either be amazing or distracting.
For the Dead Admin, can you provide any information of whether each song fades in/out on the vinyl or was it mastered so it feels seamless? And was any care taken to group together recording from the same audio engineer? Dead shows sound so different depending on who was recording them. Each has their own signature. Thanks!
Perfect
Great idea on mixing up the tracks for a vinyl release. Generally when I listen to GD, I go for complete sets/shows. When I spin records, I'm looking for lots of variety. So this will be perfect for slipping in some great live GD when I'm in that sort of mood.
(and an ongoing series along these lines would be terrific)