Audio CD review:
Grateful Dead - Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72

Grateful Dead - Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72

Band: Grateful Dead Title: Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 Rating: Release Date: 31 August, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Cold Rain and Snow 2: Greatest Story Everr Told 3: Mr. Charlie 4: Sugaree 5: Mexicali Blues 6: Big Boss Man 7: Deal 8: Jack Straw 9: Big Railroad Blues [Live] 10: It Hurts Me Too [Live] 11: China Cat Sunflower 12: I Know You Rider/Happy Birthday to You 13: Playing in the Band 14: Good Lovin' 15: Ramble on Rose 16: Black-Throated Wind [Live] 17: Sitting on Top of the World 18: Comes a Time 19: Turn on Your Love Light 20: Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad 21: Not Fade Away 22: Hey Bo Diddley 23: Not Fade Away 24: Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu 25: Black Peter 26: Chinatown Shuffle 27: Truckin' [Live] 28: Drums [Live] 29: Other One [Live] 30: Paso [Live] 31: Other One [Live] 32: Wharf Rat [Live] 33: One More Saturday Night [Live] 34: Uncle John's Band 35: Stranger (Two Souls in Communion) 36: Dark Star [Live] 37: Sugar Magnolia [Live] 38: Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) [Live] 39: Brokendown Palace

Customer Reviews A sonic theophany! Such exalted musical perfection is simply inconceivable without Love and Power from on High. It was this music that convinced me there is a God. A stunning testamony to the fact that popular music can be art, and a magnificent demonstration to the power of that art to bring us glimpses of the Great Beyond. The Dead at the top of their game Ever since it was released, it has been a steady companion, which in 35 years never lost its musical power, creativity, poetry, joy of life, spirituality, humanism, and incredible craftmansship of these six musicians at work. To kick off with a cliche: if I could take one CD to a lonely island, it would be "Europe '72". "Steppin' Out" is a wonderful and welcome addition to the Dead's official live album of their legendary European tour. After their arguably two best studio albums, "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty" and before losing Pig Pen and Keith Godcheaux who have never since been adequately replaced, the Dead were at the top of their game when they crossed the Atlantic, and "Steppin' Out" is the best proof of that. Garcia's and Weir's vocals have never been better. Their guitar dialogues are downright telepathy. In the band's most complex compositions like "Jack Straw" or "Uncle John's Band" the Dead are as self-assured and tight as in rockers like "Big Railroad Blues" and in the jams of "Truckin'" and "Dark Star". . . and it is sheer Rock'n Roll magic to listen to Pig Pen leading the band through "Good Lovin'" and "Turn on your love light". In short: "Steppin' Out" is a great contribution to the Grateful Dead legacy and their musical universe. Another Great Live Document It is also poignant, as this was the last overseas tour that Pigpen played. This 4 cd set is superbly recorded and the band is fearless. Listen to him perform here, and you'd never know. Oh yes, some great jams too. . You can see a complete list of all Grateful Dead discography, or go back to the Grateful Dead tabs