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The Grateful Dead - Reckoning Audio CD

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The Grateful Dead Band: The Grateful Dead
Title: Reckoning
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Release Date: 2006-04-11
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Dire Wolf 2: Race Is On 3: Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie 4: It Must Have Been the Roses 5: Dark Hollow 6: China Doll 7: Been All Around This World 8: Monkey and The Engineer 9: Jack-A-Roe 10: Deep Elem Blues 11: Cassidy 12: To Lay Me Down 13: Rosalie McFall 14: On the Road Again 15: Bird Song 16: To Lay Me Down (Studio Rehearsal) (Bonus) 17: Iko Iko (Bonus) 18: Heaven Help the Fool (Bonus) 19: El Paso (Bonus) 20: Sage & Spirit (Bonus) 21: Little Sadie (Bonus) 22: It Must Have Been the Roses (Alternate Live Version) 8. 9. (Bonus) 23: Dark Hollow (Alternate Live Version) (Bonus) 24: Jack-A-Roe (Alternate Live Version) (Bonus) 25: Cassidy (Alternate Live Version) (Bonus) 26: China Doll (Alternate Live Version) (Bonus) 27: Monkey and The Engineer (Live Version) (Bonus) 28: Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie (Alternate Live Version) (Bonus) 29: Ripple (Alternate Live Version) (Bonus) 30: Tom Dooley (Bonus) 31: Deep Elem Blues (Alternate Live Version) (Bonus)

supernatural performances
The music comes alive and the sound quality is phenomenal. the guys really tapped into something special during these sets. This is One album I return to again and again, and i always come away with a deeper appreciation of the talent and genius of all the guys in the band. Cassidy is one of the best, but then all the songs on here have a little something extra that makes it so listenable and truly enjoyable on many levels. One album I would have in my stranded on an island survival pack.


Near Perfection
This album consistantly tops my list. Whenever you think of what your "favorite" album is, it's always a very tough, or basically impossible, decision. Every track shows the Dead at their best; heartfelt vocals, beautiful solos and instrumental work, a set list that seamlessly blends original and traditional material.

Critics of the Dead will often complain of miscues due to the live performance, excessive "diddling", or sub-par recording quality. You'll have to stop complaining with this album. Was it edited? Who cares.

If you're a fan of acoustic, folk, country, or classic rock and roll, you owe it to yourself to pick up this phenomenal work.


Change those psychedelic light shows
It offends my sensibilties. I dont know what you are but dont put swastikas on light shows. Microsoft had its' head exmained. Their video light show that plays when you listen to the music is a real outrage!

Viva Toledo!.


A live album for Dead fans who don't like the long jams....
I love American folk/old country music, and the Dead were great practioners of this music (check out their studio work on American Beauty and Workingman's Dead). This was my first Dead album (live or studio), and I still enjoy it. Their live stuff usually concentrated on long jams (some of which were wonderful, others not so good), but here (and on Dead Set, a companion piece to this album), they concentrated on great arrangements and singing with soul and depth. There are a lot of wonderful songs here, such as Dire Wolf (better than the studio version), George Jones's The Race Is On, Dark Hollow, the hilarious, wonderful Monkey and the Engineer, and a fine version of Ripple that concluded the original album. For those who don't really dig the Dead's long jamming (there are a lot of people who fall into this category), I suggest buying this album. I don't have the CD reissue, just the original LP, but the original LP is wonderful. .


Grateful Dead's Reckoning is even better!
Then in the early nineties I bought a CD version, and was a little (just a little) dissapointed to discover that "oh, babe it ain't no lie" wasn't on it. I had an album recording of this on cassette tape years ago.
Not only does this double CD have it, but it also has an alternate take.
In addition to all that, I found the second disc a great addition, particulary tunes like "sage & spirit," and "heaven help the fool. " This is a great buy!.


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