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    THE BEST OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD LIVE is the ultimate live collection, a two-disc set with recordings selected from the band’s official live albums on Warner Bros. and Arista, plus a few tracks from their many archival live releases, beginning with “St. Stephen” – from the group’s first official live album, 1969’s Live/Dead – and ending with the poignant “So Many Roads,” taken from the band’s final concert at Chicago’s Soldier Field in July of 1995

    “We wanted to follow up the 2015 The Best Of The Grateful Dead studio set with a live counterpart, and have focused our efforts on the band’s primary live albums as well as some key tracks from archival concert releases,” says band archivist and producer David Lemieux. “Just as there was nothing like a Grateful Dead concert, there is also nothing like a live Grateful Dead recording; it’s no secret that as good as the Dead’s studio recordings were, they excelled in front of an audience, and this set provides an overview of just how great the Dead were live in concert.”

    THE BEST OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD LIVE will also be available as Apple Lossless and HD FLAC digital downloads on release day.

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    Long Strange Trip
    I am not buying this new one-but I thought Long Strange Trip was excellent. I only got it for the Dark Star-but I found myself listening to both cds all the way through. Like you, I have got most of it-but not all-and what I have got works well being placed in this strange new concept.
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    Like many I probably have all of this, but I'm intrigued enough to hear these songs in this order. I pre-ordered it on amazon with that new Doors thing coming out. Almost the same with the Long Strange Trip soundtrack, which I oddly enough enjoyed immensely. Sometimes a particular song juxtaposition elevates the proceedings.
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    Where are the selections from
    Where are the selections from STEAL YOUR FACE (1976) and DYLAN & THE DEAD (1989)? It's a shame these albums don't get any love because I sure love them! "Stella Blue" "IT Must Have Been The Roses" "Mississippi Half Step" are all great tracks from Steal Your Face. "Joey", "Knockin on Heaven's Door" "All Along the Watchtower" from Dylan & The Dead WITHOUT A NET also is conspicuous in its absence. China/Rider, Let It Grow. Of course the selected Eyes of the World is also on Without a Net
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    grateful dead live best of
    how can you have a best of live grateful dead with out any pigpen tracks. rewriting history again. a total disgrace.
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    how can you have a best of live grateful dead with out any pigpen tracks. rewriting history again. a total disgrace.
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    Jerry said it was another attempt to try an explain the unexplainable.
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    icecrmcnkd
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    Had it on VHS.Yeah, the tarot cards during Terrapin, that’s the point when my Dad walked in the room....
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    So Far-JimJohn
    I had completely forgotten about the "So Far" dvd. I bought it on video when it came out, about 1987, and played it so many times. Nevertheless, when I first read your post, I thought it was a strange idea to show this to someone who had never heard the band, as a means of turning them on. But when I think back, 30 years ago, I can remember doing precisely that. I took it round to my parents house to watch, so they and my brother could see what the band was all about. I also lent it to a girl I had started going out with about that time too. Its many years since I have seen it-I never got a dvd of it. In fact I don't even know if one came out in England. My favourite track, apart from "Uncle Johns", was the "Playing In The Band". I can remember liking the way the film synchronised with the music. I also seem to remember images from a pack of Tarot cards being shown during "Terrapin Station.
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    I would supplement with the "So Far" DVD. It's kind of like the concept of Dead show in a nutshell. I also really like the Uncle John's on it. Btw, that DVD should to be sold individually instead of just as a part of that big DVD collection.
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    I agree w/ daverock
    When you limit yourself mostly to Warner/Arista choices, you limit a lot of the great live jam material. Within those confines, I'd like to have at least seen some of the hybrid Anthem tunes. Nothing from from GDead Records and later Rhino archival releases (plus DP recordings) certainly short-change any truly great live compilations. Also, "career-spanning" tends to weaken the collection. I do like the few selections from Skull F*ck and Europe.
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THE BEST OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD LIVE is the ultimate live collection, a two-disc set with recordings selected from the band’s official live albums on Warner Bros. and Arista, plus a few tracks from their many archival live releases, beginning with “St. Stephen” – from the group’s first official live album, 1969’s Live/Dead – and ending with the poignant “So Many Roads,” taken from the band’s final concert at Chicago’s Soldier Field in July of 1995

“We wanted to follow up the 2015 The Best Of The Grateful Dead studio set with a live counterpart, and have focused our efforts on the band’s primary live albums as well as some key tracks from archival concert releases,” says band archivist and producer David Lemieux. “Just as there was nothing like a Grateful Dead concert, there is also nothing like a live Grateful Dead recording; it’s no secret that as good as the Dead’s studio recordings were, they excelled in front of an audience, and this set provides an overview of just how great the Dead were live in concert.”

THE BEST OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD LIVE will also be available as Apple Lossless and HD FLAC digital downloads on release day.

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That’s the answer to your question. 35 shows from 87-92 have been released. And that doesn’t count the 9 from 87-95 in 30 Trips.
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