100 Year Hall [Live]

Grateful Dead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 1995)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 1995
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B000002VKA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,010 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Bertha

2. Me & My Uncle

3. Next Time You See Me

4. China Cat Sunflower

5. I Know You Rider

6. Jack Straw

7. Big Railroad Blues

8. Playing in the Band

9. Turn on Your Love Light

10. Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Truckin'

2. Cryptical Envelopment

3. Comes a Time

4. Sugar Magnolia

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Astounding jams and superb sound quality -- buy this one!, August 29, 2005

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Just Bill (Grand Rapids, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hundred Year Hall (Audio CD)

I first heard this CD in the mid '90s when a friend of mine -- a Dead Head whose taste in music I usually respected -- thrust it into my hands and said, "You must hear this." I heard it. But I didn't like it -- then.

Today, nearly 10 years later, I'm amazed that I didn't like Hundred Year Hall. I guess my taste in music has changed a great deal over the years. Thank heavens!

Now, I'm into jam bands, progressive rock and other long-form music of high quality.

So, naturally, when I recently got into the Grateful Dead I started buying everything I could get my hands on -- especially their live material -- because I was blown away by the musicianship and "vibe" of it all.

Of all the Grateful Dead live CDs I own, I think Hundred Year Hall ranks in the top five. Perhaps even in the top three. The sound quality (on this remastered HDCD Rhino release from 2004) is astounding. But more than that, this is a smokin' live set that never lets up. It's one fantastic song after another, played by musicians at the top of their game.

My favorite song on this set is "I Know You Rider." They do this many times, on many of their lives CDs, but it's this version that I can put on "repeat" and listen to all day long.

Other standout tracks include "China Cat Sunflower," "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad," "Truckin'," and of course, the 36 minute "Cryptical Envelopment."

This is a very solid performance from the Grateful Dead from (I think) a 1972 show. Every song is great. Not a weak one in the bunch. And the sound quality -- thanks to Rhino's meticulous remastering -- has never been better.

With all of the Grateful Dead live releases out there (especially now with Dick's Picks), it's possible to overlook this CD. But do yourself a favor and don't. Buy Hundred Year Hall and enjoy one of the best concerts the Grateful Dead ever recorded.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Enjoyable Live CD Set, September 23, 2000

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BDP (Bayonne, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 100 Year Hall (Audio CD)

Hundred Year Hall hold a special place in my heart. I find it truly unique compared to other live releases. Kicking off with a fine version of "Bertha" it takes off from there. In my opinion it has the best "China Cat Sunflower" into "I Know You Rider" I have heard. CD #1 also contains a truly "different", 19 plus minute version of "Turn On Your Lovelight". Softer then one would expect from earlier versions and dominated more by Jerry's guitar work then Pigpen's vocals. If your looking for a raucous version ala "Live/Dead" you won't get it. But that being said, I enjoy it alot. Pigpen is obviously close to the end of his short life and lacks the strong, powerful, out there vocals he usually instills on this classic but the band more then makes up for it with some quick fingered jamming. CD #2 is pure jamming Dead highlighted by a 35 minute "Cryptical Envelopement". All in all a satisfying live CD collection you'll listen to quite often.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Disc 1 is good; Disc 2 is THE DEAD, February 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: 100 Year Hall (Audio CD)

On disc 2 the Dead really get out there, folks. This is not music you listen to every day; know what I mean? True, some of the tunes on disc 1 have been done "better" elsewhere (cf., "Europe '72"), but no matter. Disc 2 has to be heard to be believed. Some of their best Space ever committed to plastic. "Sugar Magnolia" is celebratory as usual, finishing off a darn good show over in Germany in 1972. (I wonder how many in the audience left that hall converted that night.)