Grateful Dead (Official Thread)

[Garrett]

Just showing some love!

Grateful Dead



Photo by Ken Friedman

Grateful Dead / 6-14-1991




​

 

[Garrett]

Though Reckoning is my favorite Grateful Dead album, If I was to recommend 1 CD to the new fan it would be "The Very Best of the Grateful Dead". Normally I tried to avoid compilation albums but with the extent of the Grateful Dead`s discography, it`s hard to pick just one or two albums to understand this band but this one pretty much covers their career.



1. "Truckin'" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh, Weir) – 5:08
* Originally released on the 1970 album American Beauty.
2. "Touch of Grey" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50
* Originally released on the 1987 album In the Dark.
3. "Sugar Magnolia" (Hunter, Weir) – 3:19
* Originally released on the 1970 album American Beauty.
4. "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:28
* Originally released on the 1970 album Workingman's Dead.
5. "Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:46
* Originally released on the 1970 album Workingman's Dead.
6. "Friend of the Devil" (Dawson, Garcia, Hunter) – 3:24
* Originally released on the 1970 album American Beauty.
7. "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 4:33
* Originally released on the 1975 album Blues for Allah.
8. "Estimated Prophet" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:38
* Originally released on the 1977 album Terrapin Station.
9. "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20
* Originally released on the 1973 album Wake of the Flood.
10. "Box of Rain" (Hunter, Lesh) – 5:20
* Originally released on the 1970 album American Beauty.
11. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:40
* Originally released on the 1974 album From the Mars Hotel.
12. "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" (Garcia) – 2:12
* Originally released on the 1967 album The Grateful Dead.
13. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:50
* Originally released on the 1972 live album Europe '72.
14. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 3:48
* Originally released on the 1978 album Shakedown Street.
15. "The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:35
* Originally released on the 1975 album Blues for Allah.
16. "Hell in a Bucket" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:38
* Originally released on the 1987 album In the Dark.
17. "Ripple" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:10
* Originally released on the 1970 album American Beauty.




​

 

[Beautiful Loser]

I'm skiing in Colorado today and one of the guys workin' the ski lift was jammin' out to Sugar Magnolia. He was very much stoned. Just thought I'd share with you guys!

 

[Big Ears]

I do not think I have ever heard anything by Grateful Dead. The New Riders of the Purple Sage got some airplay here in the early seventies. Which is their (Greateful Dead's) best or most representative album?

 

[Khor1255]

Wow, you must live in paradise. Just kidding. I think it might be American Beauty or something like that from the early 70s. They play a few songs of theirs on the radio but from what I understand they were by far a much better live act than any studio albums have captured.

 

[Big Ears]

Classic Rock magazine's Buyer's Guide to Grateful Dead says:

Essential Classics

Live/Dead 1969
American Beauty 1970

Superior Reputation cementing

Workingman's Dead 1970
Wake of The Flood 1973
Blues for Allah 1975
Reckoning 1981

Good Worth exploring

Anthem of the Sun 1968
From the Mars Hotel 1974
In the Dark 1987

Avoid

Dylan and the Dead 1989

 

[Khor1255]

Anthem of the Sun might be the one I heard that I really liked. Rather than typical Dead country laced boogie jams it sounded quite progressive if I am rememberng correctly.

I'm not much of a fan but I think the 1970 - 73 albums are the ones most referenced by people who really like The Dead.

 

[E-Z]

I've got there first few albums from GRATEFUL DEAD to AMERICAN BEAUTY just basically for the sake of having them in my collection although i rarely listen to them.

A rock fan friend of mine says that the real hardcore dude's that are into the 'Dead' and are known as 'Deadheads' to them it's more then just the bands music they're into, to be a Deadhead it means living a life outside of the 'norm' and basically believing in wot the band member's were into totally.

I ain't knocking Grateful Dead fan's cos as far as i'm concerned we're ALL rock fan's together it's just that i'm not a big fan of there 'roots music' but i respect there past achievements in rock music.

 

[coltrane2]

So pleased this thread has been kicked off. Can't quite call myself a Dead Head (yet), but have enjoyed American Beauty, Anthem Of The Sun Live Dead and Workingman's Dead for a while and have just got hold of Aoxomoxoa, Wake Of The Flood, Europe '72 and Skull & Roses.

Truly triply and original band and I'm sure I'm going to end up obsessed with 'Em.

Any tips on getting further into their catalogue and history would be gratefully received (pun unintended). Would not know where to Start with Dick's Picks!

 

[LG]

^^Garrett and Groovy are our two resident "Deadheads"...I have only skimmed the surface of their catalog and almost every Dead fan I've ever talked to says the same thing, they are more fun live than on studio albums. I am not sure I agree just yet and honestly haven't got the time to do a really in depth study of the band.