Grateful Dead [Import]

Grateful Dead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Bros UK
• ASIN: B000002KAG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,196 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)

2. Beat It On Down The Line

3. Good Morning, Little School Girl

4. Cold Rain And Snow

5. Sitting On Top Of The World

6. Cream Puff War

7. Morning Dew

8. New, New Minglewood Blues

9. Viola Lee Blues

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captured Fun for Playback, May 17, 2000

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Eliphas Levi "eliphas" (Baton Rouge, LA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grateful Dead (Audio CD)

I came to the Grateful Dead because--well, because of who they are, long before . . . very long before I actually was sober and straight-headed enough to contemplate their music. By and large I'm a Jerry fan and his signature guitar-work transporting (lazy hazy summer days in a lawn chair with a beer under a tree listening the Grateful Dead . . . camping . . . it's all good!). This album is grossly underrated because it really does underscore their popular genius despite their youthful musical limitations. The songs on this album capture the organ-tinged psychedelia of the Height-Ashbury scene, but do not totter into overly-indulgent "jams" that turn many listeners off (only one song does, and its a pretty good listen anyhow). Here, too, we get a strong sense of the Dead's blues roots, and why they let Weir sing. Early on, at least, Weir's youthful voice can actually carry a tune! The album is a good, head-nodding groove and rivals most of the studio albums that have been released to date. While the production and engineering is not top notch for its day, it really does highlight their talents. A must for any serious music collecter for its historical AND musical signficance. Ultimately, however, the reason why this album deserves high praise is because it manages to capture a sense of "fun." One of the best recordings of "fun" this century.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Dead, March 5, 2000

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"jmdiresta" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grateful Dead (Audio CD)

The vocals are disjointed, the levels are off, and the songs are generally way too fast. But it doesn't matter, and you won't care! This is the most raw Grateful Dead you will ever hear. Golden Road is a jolly good time, Minglewood and Beat it on Down the Line have got the fury, and Morning Dew and Viola Lee are the Dead we all know and love.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Honest Debut, August 12, 2002

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Scott McFarland (Manassas, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grateful Dead (Audio CD)

I don't agree with any assessment of this album as "rushed". It sounds to me like a solid debut album, up there with the Beatles and Buffalo Springfield and whoever else you care to mention, that prefigures the band's sound and approach for many years to come (a diverse, confident mix of blues, folk, and rock).

To those who complain that the tracks are too short to get "psychedelic", I point to the closing 10-minute version of "Viola Lee Blues" which is pretty trippy. Including the clever little trick that Jerry does which makes it seem as if the LP is stuck. On that track, as well as "Cold Rain and Snow", "Cream Puff War", and "Morning Dew", each sung by Garcia, Jerry comes across as by far the most interesting band member. But Pigpen and Weir each make reasonable contributions (singing covers).

It's "of it's time" and it holds together reasonably well. About half of it's brilliant, and that's a pretty good ratio.