Bertha/Mama Tried/Big Railroad Blues/Playing In The Band/The Other One/Me & My Uncle/Big Boss Man/Me & Bobby McGee/Johnny B Goode/Wharf Rat/Not Fade Away-Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
The Grateful Dead are best remembered as a live band which might explain why this self titled double album was released so soon after their last double live set. (US:25)
“As a jam band, The Grateful Dead definitely are good at improvisational jamming along to a simple beat, and after their mingling in psychedelic stuff, they have now formed into a country rock band, and one of my most favourite. Big Boss Man is probably my favourite example of all these aforementioned characteristics.”
“This is a great live album. My pet gripe with Skulls & Roses is that its jam packed with overdubs, almost to a point where you forget it's a live album. There are some great highlights and the album overall is a decent representation of the live sound the Dead would really be known for from the 70s onward. However, all the overdubs ruined the album for me, but it's nowhere near terrible.”
“The Dead's second live LP, issued a year after the psychedelic expanses of Live/Dead, solidifies the band's remake as purveyors of mellow roots rock with a set of country and traditional rock covers, plus a few straightforward originals and one extended improvisation.”
“Not to be confused with the Dead's 1967 debut, this is an untitled double live album recorded mostly in New York in spring 1971. The material presented here are mostly covers, the originals are all songs that appear on a Dead album for the very first time. One of these songs is the classic Playing In The Band which has remained a live favourite throughout their entire career. Another highlight is the eighteen minute jam The Other One which starts off as a boring drum duet but really takes off when the others come in.”
“Another live offering from the world's most notorious live act, this album served as an introduction to the wealth of new material the Dead had written. This album also served to establish the fact that their turn towards more traditional rock & roll, with a slight country flavour, was no fluke.”
“This is a very good album which explores the many different styles of this classic band. Jerry, Bobby, and Pig Pen all have their time on lead vocals and each have strong moments.”
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