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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: grateful dead: fillmore west 1969, the complete recordings, limited ed, 10-cd (Audio CD)
This was released as a 10,000 limited edition set. Sales had fallen off the last couple of years on Grateful Dead releases before this was released and it was thought that 10,000 would be enough for everyone who wanted one to be able to get one. Unfortunately, this was not the case. At the time, the Dead still hadn't entered into a full time contract with Rhino/Warner Bros and this box was sold by the Dead without Rhino's help as Rhino choose to go with a three cd edit believing that people wouldn't be buying different versions of the same song. There currently is a push by some inside GD folks to get this rereleased in some form. Part of the hold up seems to be something to do with the artwork. The Dead are currently about halfway into their contract with Rhino/Warner Bros. at the end of which alo the rights will return to the band. I think that this will more than likely be rereleased with slimmed down artwork and/or rereleased at the end of the Dead's current contract with Rhino/Warner Brothers.
By late '68, the Dead had become in debt to their then record company Warner Brothers. The band had begun recording their third album for the label and were experimenting with the then new 16 track recorder. It was during this period that an idea arose, "why not use the 16 track tape recorder to record live shows and make a live album?". This also meant that, since making an live album was relatively inexpensive, they could pay off some of the debt. The band originally tried recording the New Year's Eve show but as is the case with new recording gear, it didn't go well. The band give it another try, recording several runs starting in January and running into March (1-24, 25, 26-69 Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, 2-11, 12-69 Fillmore East in New York City and 2-27, 28/3-1, 2-69 at the Fillmore West. 2-27-69 (Thursday): The first set opens but the band seems a bit distracted and, while there are moments, the first set is only so so. The band comes out for the second set and whatever the problems were in the first set have been worked out by now. The band starts with a nice Dupree's Diamond Blues before leading into an even better jam of Mountains Of The Moon->Dark Star->Saint Stephen->The Eleven->Turn On Your Lovelight for the ages. The Cosmic Charlie enocre is the icing on the cake. 2-28-69 (Friday): The first set tonight gets off to a much better start with a great Morning Dew and features A quality versions of songs like Doin' That Rag and I'm A King Bee among others. The second set starts with a great That's It For The Other One->Dark Star->Saint Stephen->The Eleven->Death Don't Have No Mercy which must have had steam coming off the stage. That's It For The Other One is better than yesterday's first set version while the rest isn't quite as good as yesterday's second set but good nonetheless. The show ends with an explosive rendition of Alligator->Caution (Do Not Step On Tracks)->Feedback->We Bid You Goodnight. 3-1-69 (Saturday): The first set starts off with a jam of That's It For The Other One->New Potato Caboose->Doin' That Rag-> Cosmic Charlie. That's It For the Other One, Doin' That Rag and Cosmic Charlie are hot while the New Potato Caboose was already becoming a bit of a rarity by this point in time as the band is somewhat rusty on it. The second set starts with good versions of Dupree's Diamond Blues->Mountains Of The Moon. Dark Star->Saint Stephen->The Eleven->Turn On Your Lovelight is downright blistering. The encore is a terrible version of Hey Jude. 3-2-69 (Sunday): The first set stars with a classic fantastic take on Dark Star->Saint Stephen->The Eleven->Turn On Your Lovelight. The second set opens with a nice Doin' That Rag. That's It For The Other One->Death Don't Have No Mercy is a mindblower while a great Morning Dew gives us a chance to recover.The show ends with another blistering run through of Alligator->Caution (Do Not Step On Tracks)->Feedback->We Bid You Goodnight.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beyond Five Stars - Invent A New Rating!,
This review is from: grateful dead: fillmore west 1969, the complete recordings, limited ed, 10-cd (Audio CD)
Obviously, you can't buy this. You know that if you're here looking. Maybe if you're lucky Amazon will point up a few used copies for sale. If there are any, be aggressive and get one. If there aren't, go to ebay and do a search. Because frankly, my friend, if you are a deadhead, there is no greater grail than this. Only 10,000 copies were originally issued and they are now very eagerly sought after. I had to pony up more than $200 for my copy, and it doesn't have a case, a bonus disc, or particularly good packaging (the booklet is falling apart). But ya know what? I don't care. I'm ecstatically happy, because I have two versions of "Dark Star" (February 1 and 2, 1969) that you can't get anywhere else. For those alone, this was worth it. And the topper: Those weren't even the best part. The highlight was hearing the "Dark Star" that we all know so well from 'Live/Dead' in the fresh context of coming out of "Mountains of the Moon." I mean, I knew that in these early sessions "Mountains" tended to precede DS, but it wasn't until I heard this rendition, with newly remastered sound, that I was able to rediscover my all-time favorite piece of music in a thrilling new way. The evocation of the intro is different, the sound of the guitars is different (it has to do with reverb)...
I really can't be much more specific. All I can say is: If "Dark Star" is as fundamentally essential a piece of music to you as it is to me, you HAVE TO track this down. Not: You ought to. Not: Hey, it would be a good idea. No. You: HAVE TO. Regardless of cost. Whatever you pay, it will be worth it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Of Course This Gets 5 Stars,
By Riley (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: grateful dead: fillmore west 1969, the complete recordings, limited ed, 10-cd (Audio CD)
A marvel to hear, you get every note recorded in state of the art (for that time) sound, which means it sounds amazing.
If you can get your hands on this set in a reasonable way please do so but over $600 is too much.
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