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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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    Seth Hollander
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    Yep, not for "us", indeed.
    "30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN: THE DEFINITIVE LIVE STORY 1965-1995 serves as an introductory sampler to the Dead’s live canon"but "THE BEST OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD LIVE is the ultimate live collection" Which one do I buy my nephew who doesn't like GD but wants to be cooler than his friends with their studio best-ofs?... Oh, hold on, kids download so this must be for my wanna-be-cool uncle... This does look like a good product for "newbies", but most of those young people don't buy/play CDs. This IS a pretty good comp if you're someone who doesn't really give a shit. At 2 CDs it really couldn't be what it claims to be, but it is a fair try. I expect to see it often at BigBox stores (Walmart, Best Buy, Target, etc). An odd byproduct of the 2 Disc limitations is that the 1st disc is Bobby-heavy while the second is almost all Jerry. Kinda the opposite of their actual performance balance historically... And that "Blow Away" gets my vote for BOAT, but it pales beside anything Pig did... Remember when reading GDM marketing blurbs about upcoming DaPs or boxes that the same people called this "the ultimate live collection".
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    They do have the back and forth with Bobby and Jerry on the 5/3 version that was chosen for this compilation. As you astutely noted, they didn't start the back and forth for a couple more shows (it was in fact the Amsterdam show on 5/10); however, the 5/3 version is the one they used for the original Europe '72 LP that came out in 1972, and they doctored it to allow for the inclusion of Jerry doing the back and forth with Bobby. I noticed all of the Europe '72 tracks they selected were from the original LP.
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    Oh come on folks
    If you haven't noticed, there are a million newbies out there experiencing the Dead's music for the first time. Believe it or not, there ARE people out there who didn't pre-order the entire Europe Box set. So give the folks a break, Dave is releasing the GOODS (Eugene, Red Rock, Binghamton, etc. etc.) and those of us who are on board know where to go for our fix. A little intro sampler for the younger crowd isn't such a bad thing, and we can nitpick all day long about their selections, but really, quit yer bitchin.
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    I love this release and think it's spot on. Some of us older dead-heads that started seeing shows in the late 70's don't have the ability to get out like we used to. I would love to see more content released on DVD and would instantly buy the second they were released.
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    SO Typical.....UHHGGG!
    Not one "previously unreleased" song in the collection....and "best of Live" without a Scarlet>Fire?!?! WTF!
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    WHOSE PICKS?
    A mish-mash may be fine as an intro for newbies, but why it doesn't include a killer version of Deal, in preference to - say - Feel Like A Stranger or Bird Song, is a bit of a mystery, not to mention the surprising number of selections from the somewhat tepid Dead Set.
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    No Pigpen?
    not very "Grateful"
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    andyman1970
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    Looking forward to it.
    Well, judging from the comments looks like there are a few snowflakes even in the Dead community. If you're not interested why bother with replying? Do you think they're going to scrap this and make a CD catering to you? Guess what, you can do that yourself by burning a cd or creating a playlist. Personally I think this is a great selection of songs for when you don't have time to listen to an entire show. Thanks to the guys who put this together. I for one am Grateful for this.
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    They could of at least added the edited Lovelight from Live/Dead that was released on the Warner Bros sampler Big Ball...oops
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    They could of at least added the edited Lovelight from Live/Dead that was released on the Warner Bros sampler Big Ball...
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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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