Grateful Dead - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Grateful Dead
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Artist: Grateful DeadEdition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Live, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-10-10
Music Label: Arista
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Truckin' - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
- Bertha - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
- Next Time You See Me - Grateful Dead, Forest, Earl
- Beat It on Down the Line - Grateful Dead, Fuller, Jesse
- Bird Song - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
- Dark Hollow - Grateful Dead, Browning, Bill
- Second That Emotion - Grateful Dead, Cleveland, Al [1]
- Me & My Uncle - Grateful Dead, Phillips, John [1]
- Cumberland Blues - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
- Good Lovin' - Grateful Dead, Clark, Rudy
- Drums - Grateful Dead, Kreutzmann, Bill
- Good Lovin' - Grateful Dead, Clark, Rudy
- Sugar Magnolia - Grateful Dead, Hunter, Robert
- Loser - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
- Ain't It Crazy (The Rub) - Grateful Dead, Hopkins, Lightnin'
- El Paso - Grateful Dead, Robbins, Marty
- I'm a King Bee - Grateful Dead, Moore, J.
- Ripple - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
- Me and Bobbie McGee - Grateful Dead, Foster, Fred
- Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
- Turn on Your Love Light - Grateful Dead, Malone, Deadric
- China Cat Sunflower - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
- I Know You Rider - Grateful Dead, Traditional
- It Hurts Me Too - Grateful Dead, Hooker, John Lee
- Sing Me Back Home - Grateful Dead, Haggard, Merle
- Hard to Handle - Grateful Dead, Isbell, Alvertis
- Dark Star - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
- St. Stephen - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
- Not Fade Away - Grateful Dead, Holly, Buddy
- Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad - Grateful Dead, Traditional
- Not Fade Away - Grateful Dead, Holly, Buddy
- Morning Dew - Grateful Dead, Dobson, Bonnie
- New Minglewood Blues - Grateful Dead, Traditional
- Wharf Rat - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
- Alligator - Grateful Dead, Hunter, Robert
- Drums - Grateful Dead, Kreutzmann, Bill
- Jam - Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead
- Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad - Grateful Dead, Traditional
- Cold Rain and Snow - Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead
- Casey Jones - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
- In the Midnight Hour - Grateful Dead, Cropper, Steve
- We Bid You Goodnight - Grateful Dead, Traditional
Music reviews of Ladies & Gentlemen: The Grateful Dead
Music Review: earthbound, raggedy, bluesy -- only Disc 4 really flies
Rating: 3 Stars
SKULL & ROSES has been one of my favorite Dead albums from way back -- I must have heard it for the first time in late '73 or so (see my review). So I'd been meaning to pick this one up for some time now, a bigger selection of the April 1971 Fillmore shows that were also featured on SKULL & ROSES (which also includes a number of cuts from other Spring 1971 shows).
Very disappointing. This is probably a good bet if you like Pigpen, but not so good if you like the Dead for their cosmic jams. There is nothing on here like "The Other One" on SKULL & ROSES, the "Dark Star" is not anywhere near as good as a number of others, let alone the classic from the 1969 LIVE/DEAD, the "Not Fade Away/Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" is not a patch on the one from SKULL & ROSES. It has its little moments, true, like on the very early "Bird Song," but for the most part I don't find that this set lives up to its reputation at all. Credit to whoever put together SKULL & ROSES, they really extracted the best performances! Actually, if you like Pig, BEAR'S CHOICE, a Fillmore recording from a year earlier in 1970, is a better showcase for his talents, with a better "Hard to Handle" than the one here and the extended "Smokestack Lightning."
The one exception, and what makes this set worth seeking out if you're a true Deadhead, is found on Disc Four. Starting with "Alligator," the Dead finally reach take-off velocity and soar into a drum solo from Bill and then an amazing "Jam," which launches a very intense sequence of "Goin' Down the Road," "Cold, Rain & Snow," with Jerry singing out of his skin, and "Casey Jones." Man, what a blast! So ended the night, but Bill Graham comes out only to be heckled, and Pig and the Dead return for a magnificent encore performance of "In the Midnight Hour." Then they close with the traditional number familiar from LIVE/DEAD, "We Bid You Goodnight."
There are tons of live Dead shows, and this one overall is not among the best.
Description of Ladies & Gentlemen: The Grateful Dead
This four-disc set documents the Dead's monumental five-night final run at New York's Fillmore East in April 1971. Coming from the same period as the live Skull and Roses album, it finds the band at its most sinewy--without second drummer Mickey Hart and without much in the way of Pigpen's keyboard work. What stands out here, beyond the intense, emotionally charged yet somewhat playful performances, is the strength and diversity of the repertoire. In addition to the plethora of newer originals, we hear a number of Pigpen's beloved blues shouters: "Next Time You See Me," "Ain't It Crazy," "I'm a King Bee," "Turn on Your Love Light," "It Hurts Me Too," "Hard to Handle," and "In the Midnight Hour." Also of note are readings of lesser-played material such as "Second That Emotion," "Ripple," "Sing Me Back Home," and "Alligator." All in all, it's a worthy celebration of one of the Dead's most legendary venues, as well as a prime slice of vintage Dead music. --Marc GreilsamerGeneral CDs
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