{"product_id":"grateful-dead-live-dead-2-lp","title":"Grateful Dead — Live \/ Dead (2-LP)","description":"\u003ch4\u003eDouble Black Vinyl LP\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded live at The Fillmore West and the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, California, in 1969, and originally released on November 10, 1969, \u003cem\u003eLive\/Dead\u003c\/em\u003e was the first 16-track on-location recording. Among the finest of rock’s live documents, \u003cem\u003eLive\/Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is a snapshot of the Grateful Dead circa 1969, applying the free-jazz lessons of John Coltrane to their finely-tuned, manic and flowing boogie. It was the first released piece of evidence that the Grateful Dead were a wholly different, multi-headed animal live than the one in the studio. \u003cem\u003eLive\/Dead\u003c\/em\u003e was also the culmination of the group’s evolution into what’s now considered the vintage San Francisco sound — having perfected it, the Grateful Dead would soon leave it for fresher musical pastures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile each of the \u003cem\u003eLive\/Dead\u003c\/em\u003e selections calls to mind a specific trick from up the band’s sleeve, the opening four songs (later dubbed “the holy quartet” by Deadheads) best indicates the Dead’s burning trajectory. “Dark Star” lays out a wide-open musical terrain, allowing the band to leap anywhere from its minimalist-riff launching pad and its two verses of T.S. Eliot-inspired psychedelic prose. “St. Stephen” explodes like a shiny metallic cloud-burst, Bob Weir’s fervent vocals carrying it like a holy torch. “The Eleven,” a thunderous fury of a composition based on “The Twelve Days Of Christmas” and played in 11\/4 time, continues the rumbling. By the time Pigpen ends the continuous sermon with a raucous sci-fi-R\u0026amp;B take on Bobby “Blue” Bland’s “Turn On Your Lovelight,” the Dead have seemingly sailed every corner of their musical universe and crash-landed with aplomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReleased: 3\/18\/08\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMI\/AMS\/MONO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58745980027264,"sku":"081227368012","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/1384\/1792\/files\/Grateful-Dead-Live-Dead-2-LP_5d55c579-3347-4c87-b4e2-5ad13594ca23.jpg?v=1787903723","url":"https:\/\/vinylvers.com\/products\/grateful-dead-live-dead-2-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}