Live/Dead [Remastered] - Grateful Dead > Reviews

Advantages: Only the best live music you'll ever hear performed by human beings
Disadvantages: none

Live Dead is as compelling now as it must have been when it was spontaneously created in 1969, and the epic Dark Star is its heart - an utterly compelling, ornate musical conversation by a band at the top of its form.. and at that time taken seriously by its peers. This is music that cannot be easily categorised or imitated but for a brief shining moment the band redefined rock music, because it played as an ensemble, not as a series of soloists. ... Read review

Advantages: The first stunning live double album released by the mighty Grateful Dead.
Disadvantages: Not easily accessible to first time "Dead" listeners,especially improvised sections.

This was the first Live Double Album released by these ground-breakers of psychedelic rock. Spawned in the Haight-Asbury area of San Francisco,this music evolved from folk,bluegrass,jazz and blues roots,and has become a powerful and lasting part of American culture. This album features a new direction,and a new line-up in the metamorphosis of the band,in that Tom Constanten came along on keyboards in Nov 1968,and Mickey Hart began his still existent ... Read review