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The Grateful Dead - Europe '72 Audio CD

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The Grateful Dead Band: The Grateful Dead
Title: Europe '72
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Cumberland Blues 2: He's Gone 3: One More Saturday Night 4: Jack Straw 5: You Win Again 6: China Cat Sunflower 7: I Know You Rider 8: Brown-Eyed Woman 9: It Hurts Me Too 10: Ramble on Rose 11: Sugar Magnolia 12: Mr. Charlie 13: Tennessee Jed 14: Truckin' 15: Epilogue 16: Prelude 17: Morning Dew

Greatful Dead
He highly recommends it. This is a great CD, it was a gift to my husband.


It doesn't get any tastier than this....
With the exception of One More Saturday Night (no disrespect to their performance or the recording, I just never cared for this song), every song on CD1 is musical perfection. In my opinion, the first CD is one of the best issues of released Dead music, live or studio. From the the controlled epileptic seizure Cumberland Blues to the laid back He's Gone, Brown-Eyed Woman, to the best recording ever of China Cat->Rider, this is a keeper. Just as my mother weened me on Revolver and Yellow Submarine, I kept my 2 daughters contantly exposed and rocked to China Cat->Rider, and the rest of CD 1. CD 2 bores me a bit, or maybe it's just because CD 1 is so interstellar incredible, I keep starting it over at track 1, never really giving CD 2 a chance.


Captures The Dead during a classic period
A great He's Gone , Tennesee Jed,Mr. The 2 disk set contains fabulous versions of several of the Dead's standards but for me the medly of China Cat and I Know You Rider is the highlight. Charley , need I say more. . . This was my favorite live recording when it first came out and has remained one of the Dead cds I listen to on a regular basis. After all these years it still packs a punch. The Dead were the quintisential live band and this is the way to hear them at their creative peak.


great dead live set...
Make this a purchase, but get live/dead also because it has all different songs, and then look at other live releases. but not the only one you should get. The dead have a lot of good recordings, just pick and choose among them. This one has become a staple of great dead songs in my collection. It is amazing how many good songs they have, and how intimidating it seems to get their best stuff, but you can't go wrong with this release even though some people feel it isn't up to scratch.


I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anyway
But what you have here is a solid piece of music gold. People can disect this CD all they want. Europe 72 is a much more laid back CD than earlier dead CDs (Live/Dead for instance) but it is just as good as anything from their earlier days. . . maybe even better.

I'm not going to sit here and bore you with repetative comments about this album's brilliance, I would just like to comment on its finale.

The first time I heard Morning Dew I was not prepared for the emotions I'd feel. It begins quiet. . . very quiet. Jerry's guitar comes swooping in and it gets under way. The song is about nuclear holocaust, if you didn't know, and I really think it has that emotion in it. They originally recorded this song on their first CD, The Grateful Dead, but that was a quicker, less poignient version. This one is slow, pensive, precise. I thought that the verses alone were enough, that it couldn't be anymore beautiful. . . woa, boy was I wrong. The solo is SOO amazing that I can't even describe. The notes just rip into your heart and into your soul. You can feel all the emotion that Jerry put into it. Then it fades into the verses again. And before it finishes they begin an outro. The outro is just like the solo, but even better. I am completely uncapable of relating to you how amazingly heartfelt and powerful the solo and outro are. I have been brought to tears many times by this masterful piece. Jerry's guitar is crystal clear and you can hear it weep throught this song. Even describing it, I can feel that special feeling I get when I listen to it. I only hope that you feel the same way when you listen to it. . . . .

but I guess it doesn't matter anyway.


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