Go to Heaven (Dig) [Original recording remastered, Extra tracks]

Grateful Dead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Extra tracks
• Label: Grateful Dead / Rhino
• ASIN: B000EOTFE4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,082 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Alabama Getaway

2. Far From Me

3. Althea

4. Feel Like A Stranger

5. Lost Sailor

6. Saint of Circumstance

7. Antwerp's Placebo (Plumber)

8. Easy to Love You

9. Don't Ease Me In

10. Peggy-O (Bonus) (Studio Outtake)

11. What'll You Raise (Studio Outtake)

12. Jack-A-Roe (Studio Outtake)

13. Althea (Live)

14. Lost Sailor (Live)

15. Saint of Circumstance (Live)

Editorial Reviews

This 1980 LP marked their 15th anniversary and introduced the Hunter-Garcia staples Alabama Getaway and Althea and Bob Weir faves Saint of Circumstance and Lost Sailor . Six bonus cuts include live versions of the last three tracks mentioned above and a studio outtake of Jack-A-Roe !

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alabama Getaway, November 5, 2002

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Bilbo Baggins (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Go to Heaven (Audio CD)

I remeber this album as one of the first Dead albums that the production started sounding full and worthy of the dead rythym section in the studio. Alabama Getaway is a perfect blend of commercially slick radio friendly sound while still retaining Jerry and Bob's superior technique and road earned mastery of subtle riffing and rythmic augmentation. Althea is so Deadly it defines the power of artistic hippy musical apptitude. I love this album because it is presentable to the mainstream but retains its freak flag flying high buried deep in the highest production fidelity money can buy. If you don't have a fully developed dead ear for psychadelic sound you can start your journey on track number one of Go to Heaven and work your way back to the first Dead Album. Enjoy the research. My the force be with you.

28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars C'mon folks, lighten up!, June 1, 2006

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Richard D. Hodgson (Madera, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Go to Heaven (Dig) (Audio CD)

Ok, granted, nobody's gonna mistake this album for "Workingman's Dead" or "American Beauty". But it isn't a genuinely bad album, either. It appears that I'm the first to review the Rhino re-issue, but judging by some of the reviews of the earlier Arista release you'd think that the Dead had commited some kind of crime against humanity in releasing this album. 'Tain't so! The fact is, if you listen to it for what it is (and what it isn't) and with an open mind, you'll soon realize that there's some pretty good stuff here. Althea, for example, is a great song and would have fit in very nicely on, say, "Mars Hotel". "Lost Sailor" and "Saint Of Circumstance" are both decent cuts as well-- despite some other people's negative views-- and would not be out of place on Weir's "Heaven Help The Fool". And the updated "Don't Ease Me In" is a fun and well-played alternate version. In fact, in my opinion, there's not a truly bad song on this album. A lot of people knock Brent's contributions. Alright, no one will ever confuse him with Robert Hunter. But his songs aren't really bad, either. It seems that some people who smugly consider themselves "experts" on the Dead (the same, presumably, who continually bash "Steal Your Face") have tried to make beating up on this release some kinda national passtime, and it was actually out of print for awhile as a result. That's really too bad. If you TRULY love 'em, you know that ANY Dead is good Dead-- some is perhaps just a little bit "less" good. This album is, in general, "less good" compared to some. But it ain't at all bad, either. And by the way, about the cover art. Doesn't anybody get the joke?

In addition to the remastered album (which sounds very good), there are also several bonus cuts, including alternate, studio versions of "Peggy-O" and "Jack-A-Roe". Overall, a nice package. But you'll never know if you don't climb off'a yer high-horse and give it a chance! It's not their best, to be sure. But it's certainly worth owning!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Go to heaven" uneven, December 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Go to Heaven (Audio CD)

Well, there's been much criticism for the title and indeed the sleeve photograph, but actually this Dead record can be judged more favourably on the contents. Side two is a little dark, with the exception of "Saint of Circumstance", but side one contains some jewels. "Feel like a stranger" is very strong, "Alabama Getaway" surprising and "Lost sailor" and "Far from me" quite nice. But prince among ordinary citizens is "Althea", which has become one of my favourite Dead songs.

"Go to Heaven" may not be an excellent studio album, but we all know that the Dead were at their best when playing live. You won't go to heaven with this one, but you won't go unrewarded.

Hans Wigman.