best grateful dead cd.

i want to buy a new grateful dead cd, probably studio album, but maybe a live one, with songs that are mostly upbeat ones. i already have the greatest hits, american beauty, aoxomoxoa, the europen one (with the guy and the rainbow ice cream cone) and without a net. i know, i dont have many cds of theirs, but i hardly buy cds. i listen to the grateful dead everyday, and i need a change in songs.

please tell me whats the best

 

my personal favourite is Aoxomoxoa

 

Yeah, go with Aoxomoxoa or Live/Dead if that isn't the live CD you already have; the latter is not studio but still a classic.

 

i got the Gd box set for x mas. 65-73. its incredible but expencive. if you like live music you can get most of their shows of db.etree.org. but a the album im into most is birth of the dead.

 

oh, that sounds good

 

If yer lookin for upbeat, I would reccomend either Blues for Allah or Terrapin Station. But any Dead album is awesome in my opinion. Enjoy!

 

I only really like Aoxomoxoa... their studio stuff sucks so much, for the most part, compared to all their live stuff.


www.gdlive.com

 

aoxomoxoa is great if you liked american beauty and want a more psychedelic sound. blues for allah is more jam oriented with help on the way and king solomon's marbles. better yet, get em both!!

 

I'd suggest Terrapin Station if you can find it (maybe used) just for the title song alone.

 

Anthem of the Sun

 

Mars Hotel is their best studio album - not that I've listened to one in the past ten years.

Without a Net is live, but very upbeat for the most part. You can't go wrong with that. I would however suggest not wasting your money on commercial CD's and just going to www.archive.org and downloading shows from there. It's literally a Grateful Dead candy store.

 

i just bought that one. it's great!

 

is it just called live, or is there a certain title?

 

It's called "Live/Dead." The Saint Stephen > Eleven > Lovelight here is terrific, imo. Then again, if you're looking to get into their live stuff as a whole, check out archive.org, not just this album.

 

I got the 65-73 box set(The Golden Road) as a birthday gift last year and I just got the 73-89 box set(Beyond Description) for christmas.
They're both awesome, especially the bonus tracks that come with them.

 

as far as non boot leg releases go, I reccomend Dozin' at the Nick.

Grateful Dead - Dozin' At The Knick CD
$23.00

3 CD set from the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, NY from March 24-25-26, 1990. Don't let the title fool you - the music on this new set (the fourth in a series of multi-track gems from The Vault) is anything but sleepy. HDCD.

yes straight cut and pasted from Dead.net

 

oh! that's the live cd i have! WITHOUT A NET!

 

I love the china rider/ looks like rain from that set...

 

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