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REPRESS! 2018 EDITION! This is a recording of a cult event, THE GRATEFUL DEAD
live at the Filmore Auditorium on November 19th 1966.
Recorded before
their first album came out, this record features three primeval versions of
tunes from their debut record and eight goodies, standards and originals, that
were not featured on any official studio and live recording up to 1970’s
“Working man’s dead”.
We are right there, on this magic night in November
1966 when psychedelic rock was still something fresh and exciting and the
emerging hippie movement had not exploded yet.
That came half a year
later with the invasion of Haight-Ashbury. But these recordings are not only of
historical importance, their musical value lies on an amazing level.
The
band smokes on stage throughout the performance. The sound is muggy for sure but
each instrument comes through as it should and the simmering duels of guitar and
organ make your head swirl.
This album will certainly make the young
generation of 60s music aficionados go crazy. A new beautiful cover artwork and
some good work on the overall sound quality restoration make this album a joyful
experience.
And be sure, something like this 17 + minutes version of “In
the midnight hour” will have rarely hit your turntable.
The overall
atmosphere is just haunting. Even their official “Live / Dead” album will never
reach this intensity.
The release reminds of the early DOORS or IRON
BUTTERFLY live recordings released in the last few years.
A band at it’s
prime with the world to gain and nothing to lose.
