Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Dire Wolf 2. Race Is On, The 3. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie 4. It Must Have Been the Roses 5. Dark Hollow 6. China Doll 7. Been All Around This World 8. Monkey and the Engineer 9. Jack-a-Roe 10. Deep Elem Blues 11. Cassidy 12. To Lay Me Down 13. Rosalie McFall 14. On the Road Again 15. Bird Song 16. Ripple
DISC 2: BONUS MATERIAL: 1. To Lay Me Down - (Studio Rehearsal) 2. Iko Iko 3. Heaven Help the Fool 4. El Paso 5. Sage & Spirit 6. Little Sadie 7. It Must Have Been the Roses - (Alternate Live Version) 8. Dark Hollow - (Alternate Live Version) 9. Jack-a-Roe - (Alternate Live Version) 10. Cassidy - (Alternate Live Version) 11. China Doll - (Alternate Live Version) 12. Monkey and the Engineer - (Alternate Live Version) 13. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie - (Alternate Live Version) 14. Ripple - (Alternate Live Version) 15. Tom Dooley 16. Deep Elem Blues - (Alternate Live Version)
| Details | | Producer: | Betty Cantor-Jackson, Dan Healy, Jerry Garcia | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia (guitar, vocals); Bob Weir (guitar, vocals); Brent Mydland (keyboards); Phil Lesh (bass); Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann (drums, percussion). Recorded live at The Warfield Theater, San Francisco, California between September 25 and October 14, 1980; and at Radio City Music Hall, New York between October 23 and October 31, 1980. By late '79, the Dead were beginning a new phase of their existence, with the addition of keyboardist/vocalist Brent Mydland, who added some bluesy grit to the band's sound. This 1980 live document presents the band in a rare acoustic set that finds Mydland settling in nicely, and the other members sounding distinctly invigorated, despite the homey, back-porch arrangements. To complement the stripped down circumstances, the Dead reached into both their folk bag and the more traditional-sounding corners of their own catalog. The traditional "Jack-A-Roe" and "Deep Elem Blues" are given respectful but lively treatments. Beautiful Hunter-Garcia ballads "China Doll" and "It Must've Been the Roses" are rendered with poignancy. "Dire Wolf" and "Dark Hollow" (among others) make a convincing case for the Dead as the godfathers of alt-country.
Editorial Reviews [I]t's the acoustic segment that shines; It's almost a primer, with crowd-pleasing songs from the previous decade and the odd surprise....The band's interaction is magical and intuitive... Mojo
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