Postcards of the Hanging

Grateful Dead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 31, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grateful Dead / Wea
• ASIN: B0002T2Q6A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,041 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. When I Paint My Masterpiece

2. She Belongs to Me

3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

4. Maggie's Farm

5. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

6. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

7. Ballad of a Thin Man

8. Desolation Row

9. All Along the Watchtower

10. It's All Over Now Baby Blue

11. Man of Peace [*]

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 31-AUG-2004

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars When Bob and Jerry hung out, what did they talk about?, December 3, 2005

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Wendell Chancellor (Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Postcards of the Hanging (Audio CD)

There is a danger in reviewing the Grateful Dead. As a guy with kids, a job, and a mortgage, I am certain to fumble details that are common knowledge among true deadheads. I apologize in advance.

"Postcards from the Hanging" makes me believe there is a different way to live. It combines the loose, behind-the-beat Dead interpretations of some of the best poetry of the twentieth century. The result is a longing to live cleaner, easier, more creatively, and closer to the heart. This is what art is supposed to do.

So maybe I am not as discriminating as some of the other reviewers (there probably are better verisions), but nervertheless I was moved.

"Postcards" for me combined two sentimental memories. I was taken back to when I was thirteen, taping "Blood on the Tracks" off of Stereo X in the basement on a Sunday night. I was taken back to when I was 21, working in the lumber yard and listening to all-Grateful-Dead Saturdays on Utah's start-up community radio station. How could I resist this combination of two heroes from simpler times?

I was unable to resist another combination--"Dylan and the Dead." Ouch. (Who wanted to include eleven minutes of "Joey"?) Stay away from "Dylan and the Dead." Confidently immerse your ears in "Postcards."

Look, for the Dead to be about psychedelic interpretation of folk music--which on some level they were, they had to do Dylan's work. Dylan was and is the godfather of all post-modern American folk music. The combination is a natural one. For the casual fan of the Dead, this is probably the most accessible package of their Dylan work.

And yes I do agree that Jerry is by far the better voice for Dylan's lyrics. When Bob and Jerry got together, what did they talk about?

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Covers, August 1, 2005

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Michael Canter "Buck Dancer's Choice" (Naperville, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Postcards of the Hanging (Audio CD)

The Grateful Dead is probably the most famous "cover band" of all time. And the artist they covered more than any other was Bob Dylan, and this is their best work covering his songs.

Whether you are a fan or not, or a fan of Bob Dylan or not, you should enjoy this cd very much. "Desolation Row" is the best track on the disc, though "Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again", "When I Paint My Masterpiece" and "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" are strong efforts. A previous reviewer recommends "Dylan and The Dead" vs. "Postcards.........", but trust me, this is a MUCH BETTER collection. Do yourself a favor and pick this up. If you are Dead fan it is a must have. If you are not, it is still a great disc to listen to and you will soon be a Dead-head afterwards.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Simple twist of Dylan, December 1, 2006

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Dark Star-The Other One (The Bus To Never Ever Land) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Postcards of the Hanging (Audio CD)

This is a pretty good collection of tunes. The copy I have also has the bonus disc with Queen Jane and The Mighty Quinn. The All Along The Watchtower is the one now available on Truckin' Up To Buffalo. It Takes Alot To Laugh features members of the Allman Brothers Band.