I sold off most of my Dead collection on cd
This set - to me- remains fascinating
That point when they are introducing Workingmans dead tunes into the set and their fans are largely acid burnouts and casualties..they can’t be playing for more than 500 folks... it was make or break time
The first cd has some very early performances of tunes like Dire Wolf, Casey Jones, Cumberland Blues (Worst version ever?)
Pigpen is still king but barely
The second set (cd 2 and 3) is a crowd pleasing acid jam fest almost apologetically making amends for set one with all the horrible new short countrified tunes
This is the transition point between acid psych dead and two of the greatest American country folk albums ever cut : WD and American Beauty
They all sound so young singing...Garcia a kid..
