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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cannot wait until they rerelease this classic!, August 26, 2004
A Kid's Review
This is probably the best recording to ever come out of the Grateful Dead's vault.If you are new to the dead and have only heard their radio hits like Uncle John's Band or Casey Jones, and buy this, you'll get in my opinion, their best. Oh yeah, the last 2 songs are great, but this is what the Grateful Dead were known for. The first disc opens with classic blues sung by the greatest frontman in the history of rock and roll, the late Great Pigpen McKernan (1945-1973) "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" is the name and it lasts for 14 minutes. That's what the Grateful Dead usually did to the songs, jam. I have to say now that the Grateful Dead were obviously the greatest band ever. Yes, I am a Deadhead but it's pretty plain to see. They could play pretty much everything. This was recorded back on August 23, 1968 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA and is classic prime psychadellic dead.The jams on this gem are priceless and the songs really show that the Grateful Dead were already sprouting out to other genres, especially in their great cover of the Vietnam protest song Morning Dew. I definatly recommend this to a Grateful Dead newcomer and if you are I say WELCOME! WELCOME to the wonderful world of the Grateful Dead. It is clear to me that you have a great taste in music.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but not their best., June 30, 1999
By A Customer
I'd give the first CD 5 stars. In spite of a few slips (like the opening vocals of "The Eleven") the songs are well played and engaging. It also gives an early, early picture of "Dark Star," in which you can see the roots of what was to become one of the great psychedellic extravaganzas of all time. Disk two is weaker. It has a great "The other one," and fair versions of "Lovelight" and "Morning Dew," but "New Potato Caboose" stumbles and mumbles and lacks direction (though the version on "Anthem" is one of my all time favorite dead songs).
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
IN@#&^%#@CREDIBLE!!!, October 3, 1998
Far and Away my favorite live recording from the Dead. For almost a year, this was the only music in my car. I (like one of the other reviewers here) must have listened to this album hundreds of times...a real tribute to what an incredibly close-knit group of musicians this really was, and this was when the band was still in its infancy. Pig Pen is really one of the great blues vocalists of the 60s and 70s; of all time if he hadn't self-destructed. Dark Star/Saint Stephen/The Eleven on this disc is is some of the best live music ever recorded. Death Don't Have No Mercy will chill you to the bone. A complete and brilliant The Other One...and it all ends fittingly with the power being shut off during Morning Dew to stop the show. I get the feeling if they hadn't pulled the plug, the guys would still be playing. If your a casual Dead fan, this album will introduce you to what the Grateful Dead were all about. I'm sure the Deadheads at this show still haven't come down thirty years later. Buy this album and see what all the fuss is about. Worth ten times what you'd ever pay for it.
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