Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (Live)

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David Lemieux-Produced 50th Anniversary 180g Vinyl 2LP Reissue with New 2021 Remaster by Grammy Award-Winning Engineer David Glasser and Tip-On Jacket Packaging!

“For theGrateful Dead’ssecond live album, released two years after its predecessorLive/Dead, the band delivered an equally magnificent, but entirely different sound. WhereasLive/Deadwas a perfect sonic encapsulation of the band at the peak of their primal Dead era,Skull & Rosescaptures the quintessential quintet, the original five piece band, playing some of their hardest hitting rock ‘n’ roll (“Johnny B. Goode,” “Not Fade Away”), showing off their authentic Bakersfield bona fides (“Me & My Uncle,” “Mama Tried,” “Me & Bobby McGee”), and some originals that would be important parts of the Dead’s live repertoire for the next 24 years (“Bertha,” “Playing In The Band,” “Wharf Rat”).

“Of course, the Dead were never defined by one specific sound’ and amongst the aforementioned genres and styles the band brought to this album, they also delved deeply into their psychedelic, primal playbook with an entire side dedicated to their 1968 masterpiece “The Other One.” This is one of the most deeply rich and satisfying tracks preserved on an officialGrateful Deadalbum, up there withLive/Dead’s“Dark Star” andEurope ’72’s“Morning Dew.”Skull & Rosessounds as fresh today as the first time I heard it in 1985, and as fresh as it was upon its spectacularly well-received release in 1971.” –David Lemieux

Not only didSkull & Rosesserve up supremely fine tunes, it was also the one that scored theGrateful Deadtheir very first Gold record, introduced the world to the iconic skeleton babe Bertha, and asked the questions – Who are you? Where are you? How are you? – giving birth to the first official generation of Dead Heads. Celebrating its50th anniversaryin 2021, the album has beennewly remastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer, David Glasser using Plangent Process speed correctionand comes pressed on180g vinyl 2LPwith Tip-On jacket packaging and sticker insert. Produced for release byDavid Lemieux.

LP1

1. Bertha (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 27, 1971)
2. Mama Tried (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 26, 1971)
3. Big Railroad Blues (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 5, 1971)
4. Playing in the Band (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 6, 1971)
5. The Other One (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 28, 1971)

LP2

1. Me & My Uncle (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 29, 1971)
2. Big Boss Man (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 26, 1971)
3. Me & Bobby McGee (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 27, 1971)
4. Johnny B. Goode (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, March 24, 1971)
5. Wharf Rat (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 26, 1971)
6. Not Fade Away / Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 5, 1971)