The early Grateful Dead?

dude, terrapin's like 77... so not early

 

Pigpen is grate at vocals. I really like turn on your lovelight. He's jsut perfect for that song.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYmIu_njso4
you should love this then they really get groving in this song. I like the way pigpen is jsut in the shadows jamming out on his congas...
and Hart and Kreutzmann's cowbell. Damn i love it
Oh yes and today is Jerry Garcia's birthday
happy birthday Jerry
rest in peace
cheers:cheers2:

 

Man I wish I'd been round back then to actually see em live. The older cats were so lucky. Our generation seems to have missed almost all of the good music.

 

don't jump in without reading the previous posts we where saying what our fav. album is

 

my bad man... i must not have caught that. crazy how it went from 'early grateful dead' to 'favourite dead album' tho... anyway. iffin you want some really early stuff... download (or buy ) 'mother mcrees uptown jug champions'. it is acoustic jugband stuff, but tis most delightful for your head.

 

its cool man

 

77-79 was killer... I got like 80 shows from that era... early 80's though was intense aswell Check out Scarlett > Fire with a on Dick Picks 6....

 

late 60's to the late 70's is the best of the Dead. much of the 80's and 90's is hit or miss. i have never been a big fan of the early stuff, just doesn't seem as evolved.

 

anthem of the sun is their best

 

if your just gettin into the dead, you could check out sugarmegs.org, it has most or all the shows they played available for free streaming and downloading, and most or all the shows from thier sideprojects. its a good way to get a feel of what they sounded like at different times, and also most of thier 'greatest' 'hits' never appeared on any of thier albums.

 

What do you they became irrelevant? To music? That doesn't make much sense, just because they were less bluesy. Late 70's were some of there best years. I mean they always incorpoated blues into their shows, they were never a blues band. Thats what was so great about them, they took all different styles of music, and blended it all into some great rock and roll. I definitely agree with you on ripple, some of my favorite lyrics by them.

 

If you like the very early Dead, you must get a copy of Trouper's Hall in LA, March 1966. The sound quality is astonishing.

 

I love early Grateful Dead. 66 & 67 were great years. Fresh and full of energy. The first Grateful Dead album is one of the best albums of the ''Summer Of Love''. I'm not big on Grateful Dead studio albums, but their first album is probably one of their best, along with ''Workingman's Dead'' and American Beauty''. I like the live stuff the best. Gimme a nice clean crisp soundboard recording.

Agreed. ''Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966'' is great CD.

A 'must get' for every hardcore Grateful Dead fan...



Walking The Dog
You See A Broken Heart
Promised Land
Good Lovin'
Standing On The Corner
Cream Puff War
Betty and Dupree
Stealin'
Silver Threads and Golden Needles
Not Fade Away
Big Railroad Blues
Sick and Tired
Empty Heart
Gangster of Love
Don't Mess Up A Good Thing
Hey Little One
I'm A King Bee
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)

All these songs were recorded early 1966 in the studio or live in concert.

 

Damn, I thought I knew everything about the Dead, but I never heard of this one. Where can you get it?

 

It was released about 4 years ago. I ordered mine through the Grateful Dead website. Sign up for a newsletter and you get all the latest Grateful Dead info on new releases. As far as ''Rare Cuts & Oddities 1966'' goes, it's out of print already. I think it might of been a limited time offer, which sucks and I have no idea why?

But the good news is you can download it for $11.49 through Amazon.com, which isn't that bad.

You can sample and download the songs here...
http://www.amazon.com/Rare-Cuts-Oddities-1966/dp/B001W2DBGA

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I love the early stuff because it is so raw and unrefined,Pigpen definitly rocks and adds a dimension that they never really came close to again.I dont really have an absolute favorite era though,to me it all seems to evolve through time.Each decade brings something new to their sound as well as something is lost,all part of the magic that was the Grateful Dead.Im very happy to see that truely the music never stops,the band members continue to grow and carry the music to new places.

 

I would agree. All of their stuff is great but most of their tracks that I love are from this time

 

66 dead is fucking sick. just listen to 66-11-19, they're just rowdy as all hell and you know everyone was having a good time. the cold rain and snow from that show is probably my favorite

http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-11-19.sbd.seff.41.sbeok.shnf

there's a cleaned up version on qualitybootz but I can't seem to find it right now. but really, they're just going at it like mad men... great stuff

 

oh yeah my god if you guys haven't heard Hard to Handle from phil zone (1971-08-06 iirc) you need to do so IMMEDIATELY

everyone is so on fire the crowd is hyper everyone is into it it's fantastic. it really shows you how integral the audience is to the music, they and the band just feed off each other during jerry's solo until it all boils up and erupts likea fucking volcano I just get chilsl thinking about it hot damn