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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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    LedDed
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    Ladies...
    I counter with, "Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead." \m/
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    For the ultimate intro to Live GD, I recommend "Without a Net"
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    How can thete been a live list without those 3 from may 77 i mean really. That is Dead 101 friendsPeace and love Greg
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    nice collection - glad no unreleased tracks
    Good to see them regenerating previously released material to attract more future fans and glad there's not an "unreleased" track which may have made me contemplate an unnecessary purchase. Prices do see steeper on this summer tour at least at Great Woods (Xfinity Ctr) vs last two at Fenway. Wished it was at Harborlights (BoA Pav) instead. Careful at Great Woods - they used to use an undercover cop that looked like an older hippie complete with Tie Dye. Seen him in action a bunch of times. Nabbed a buddy back in the 90's.
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    Definition of a "hippie."
    When I was a kid, growing up in Boulder, Colorado, hippies were everywhere. It was a beautiful place, in the '60's, and a great state of mind.Anyway, my father's favorite joke, at that time, was his definition of a hippie: "A Jack that looked like a Jill that smelled like a John." He thought this was one of the funniest things he had ever heard. I guess after four or five martini's anything is....funny! Needless to say we often had very loud discussions about the Vietnam war. We would rant and rave at the dinner table until my little redheaded mother would tell us to be quiet. God I miss all my hippie friends. Mr. Pete--------------> aging hippie
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    Compilations
    It always surprises me how Dead compilations are constructed. They have always had an image, in England, of playing very far out "acid rock". So it is likely that anyone interested in hearing them, who has not done so before, would be expecting something a bit more out there than a simple collection of songs. Compilations like this one seem to present the band as song based rather than jam based. It was ever thus. I was quite shocked when I bought my first Dead album-Working Mans Dead, back in 1975. It sounded alright-but it was hardly cutting edge. The next one I got Steal Your Face was even more of a surprise. It was only when I heard Anthem that I heard something I could relate to. From that point on my interest snowballed. But to give newcomers a sense of the bands power, I would base a compilation more on extended jams-Dark Star-St Stephen-The Eleven, The Other One, Playing in The Band and so on and so forth.
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    Nice set, although I wish they included a China Cat>I Know You Rider from '72.
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    Nice set, although I wish they included a China Cat>I Know You Rider from '72.
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    "you bring home one van of
    "you bring home one van of Hippy Murderers and suddenly that's all your about"
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    4/21/72 Beat Club, Bremen, West Germany (full show on video)
    ...a taste of the classic era. For the old of soul and young at heart. ;=P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Uu57h7H18
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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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