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The Grateful Dead - Fillmore West 1969 Audio CD

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The Grateful Dead Band: The Grateful Dead
Title: Fillmore West 1969
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Release Date: 2005-11-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Morning Dew 2: Good MOrning Little School Girl 3: Doin' That Rag 4: I'm A King Bee 5: Cosmic Charlie 6: Turn On Your Lovelight 7: Dupree's Diamond Blues 8: Mountains of the Moon 9: Dark Star 10: St. Stephen 11: Eleven 12: Death Don't Have No Mercy 13: That's It For the Other One 14: Alligator 15: Drums 16: Jam 17: Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 18: Feedback 19: We Bid You Goodnight

The "complete" live/dead experience
3cd worth of material with a very nice booklet to go with, mastered in HDCD sound so if you got one of those compatible player the sound if enhanced. This is the "complete" live/dead album experience. Overall excellent performances of the Dead at their finest! Apparently there seems to be a very very expensive and very very limited 10CD version of this release which comprises the whole of the 4 night shows at the Fillmore in 69.


Rosetta stone for live recordings.
I own mostly live recordings because to me there is always more feeling and creativity captured in most "good" live recordings. This is hands down my favorite live album of my collection of music. THE DEAD pull this off remarkably. It doesn't matter if you don't care much for the Dead's sound. They sound like a bunch of musicians playing their hearts out. They were on top of their game in this Fillmore run. It is just fantasticly performed. I had a chance to buy the 10-disc set of this run at the Fillmore. I chose instead to pick up the "condensed" 3-disc version. I have been kicking myself ever since. This music is THAT GOOD!!!

This is also an incredible value. I paid more than Amazon is offering for this. After listening to the great sounds performed by these talented young lads from San Fransisco and the incredible digital sound, I would have gladly paid as much for this as the price tag on the 10-disc set. I KID YOU NOT AND CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH JUST HOW INCREDIBLE THIS LIVE EXPERIENCE WILL BE FOR ANY FAN OF MUSIC.

All in all, if you love live music and want to be blown away--buy this disc. It is an incredible value and a treasured recording that will stand the test of time. This is my most highest recommendation out of my collection. THIS IS A MUST HAVE. Buy and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!.


GREAT (but)
I was one of the lucky ones to pre-order in time. Great LIVE Dead , but if you stumble across the 10 cd set , buy it. This three cd set does a great job of showcasing more of what became "Live / Dead" , one of the best live albums ever by any band , but if you ever see that 10 cd.


Absolutely essential
If you haven't heard the Dead Live then start with this or Live Dead. These 3 discs (there is a limited edition 10 disc set which has obviously sold out!!)are a continuation of Live Dead.

You will realise why to many they were America's greatest improvisational rock band. The playing, the interplay between the musicians - particularly Garcia and Lesh is staggering. And how about a big hand for Bill Kreutzman on drums?.


Fillmore West 1969
I don't like the fact that since 2001, the idea seems to be to erasing Bob's voice from the last 4 to 5 minutes of Lovelight on all the multitrack releases. Pretty good performances. Disc 2 starts with a cool pairing of Dupree's into Mountains Of The Moon. The Dark Star that follows is very good and it was recorded the night after the Live Dead version as is the following Saint Stephen. The Eleven is always nice to hear and this is no exception. Death Don't Have No Mercy is strong also. The That's It For The Other One that starts off the third disc is powerful. The Alligator/Caution jam is one of the best.


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