Audio CD review:
The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack

The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack

Band: The Grateful Dead Title: The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack Rating: Release Date: 15 March, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: U.S. Blues 2: One More Saturday Night 3: China Cat Sunflower 4: I Know You Rider 5: Eyes Of The World 6: China Doll 7: Playing In The Band 8: Scarlet Begonias 9: He's Gone 10: Jam 11: Weirdness 12: The Other One 13: Spanish Jam 14: Mind Left Body Jam 15: The Other One 16: Stella Blue 17: Casey Jones 18: Weather Report Suite 19: Jam 20: Dark Star 21: Morning Dew 22: Not Fade Away 23: Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad 24: Uncle John's Band 25: Big Railroad Blues 26: Tomorrow Is Forever 27: Sugar Magnolia 28: He's Gone 29: Caution Jam 30: Drums 31: Space 32: Truckin' 33: Black Peter 34: Sunshine Daydream 35: Playing In The Band 36: Drums 37: Not Fade Away 38: Drums 39: The Other One 40: Wharf Rat 41: Playing In The Band 42: Johnny B. Goode 43: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo 44: We Bid You Goodnight

Editoral Review Typically expansive in scope, yet tightly focused in the interplay of its performances, the anthology kicks off with a brisk slate of upbeat early favorites and then settles back as the band wends its way through spacious, jazzy jams ("Eyes of the World," "Playing in the Band," "Weather Report Suite"), roots-conscious workouts, and the fervent mysticism of Deadhead touchstones like "Dark Star. More than just a significantly expanded soundtrack to the new DVD edition of the band's 1974 documentary, the five discs here (taken from a five-night stand at San Francisco's fabled Winterland in October) also document the end of an early Dead era, capturing extensive highlights from the band's final gigs before beginning a performance hiatus that would last until 1976. " The recordings also capture the return to action of drummer Mickey Hart after a three-plus-year layoff, and showcase separate percussion solo interludes from both Hart and Bill Kreutzmann. Containing a considerable number of rich live takes that failed to make the DVD set's bonus outtake disc, this is a an expansive, riveting evocation of the band's early '70s prime--a must for any dedicated Deadhead. --Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all The Grateful Dead discography, or go back to the The Grateful Dead tabs