THE GRATEFUL DEAD Live / Dead 1969 UK WARNER 2LP 1st PRESS
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THE GRATEFUL DEAD Live / Dead 1969 UK WARNER 2LP 1st PRESS

THE GRATEFUL DEAD
Live / Dead

1969 UK WARNER BROTHERS (WS 1830) FIRST PRESSING
RECORDED FEBRUARY 27th, 1969, AT FILLMORE WEST
GREAT LP, NICE ORIGINAL COPY

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE ORANGE WB LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS: auto-coupled 1/4, 2/3
Record One: WS 1830 A-2 *T STEREO / WS 1830 D-1 *T STEREO
Record Two: WS 1830 B-1 *T STEREO / WS 1830 C-1 *T STEREO
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E.J. Day Group, London and Bedford"
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES, MATCHING WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING" PRINTED IN BLUE

Jerry Garcia guitars, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann drums
Phil Lesh bass guitar, vocals
Pigpen vocals, congas, organ
Tom Constanten keyboards
Bob Weir guitars, vocals
Mickey Hart percussion

Just three years into their recording career, the Mothers of Invention released The Grateful Dead's fourth title was their first extended concert recording. Spread over two LPs, Live/Dead (1969) finally was able to relay the intrinsic sonic magnificence of a Dead show in real time.
Additionally, it unleashed several key entries into their repertoire, including the sidelong epic and Deadhead anthem"Dark Star" as well as wailing and otherwise electrified acidic covers of the Rev. Gary Davis blues standard "Death Don't Have No Mercy" and the R&B rave-up "(Turn on Your) Lovelight."
Finally, the conundrum of how to bring a lengthy performance experience to the listener has been solved.
The album's four sides provided the palette from which to replicate the natural ebb and flow of a typical Dead set circa early 1969. Tomes have been written about the profound impact of "Dark Star" on the Dead and their audience.
It also became a cultural touchstone signifying that rock music was becoming increasingly experimental by casting aside the once-accepted demands of the short, self-contained pop song. This version was recorded on February 27, 1969, at the Fillmore West and is presented pretty much the way it went down at the show. The same is true of the seven remaining titles on Live/Dead.
Few recordings have ever represented the essence of an artist in performance as faithfully as this.
It has become an aural snapshot of this zenith in The Grateful Dead's evolution and as such is highly recommended

Side 1: Dark Star (23:15)
Side 2: Saint Stephen (6:45) / The Eleven (9:39)
Side 3: Turn On Your Love Light (15:30)
Side 4: Death Don't Have No Mercy (10:30) / Feedback (8:52) - We Bid You Goodnight (:36)

LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Clean, unmarked labels with just a few spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Some marks are visible but none of these have any real significance to the sound
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT / EXCELLENT+
Record One plays with little surface on the quiet into to "Dark Star" and there were a few clicks noted here and there (nothing continuous) but these are more than compensated for by the sound quality on this first pressing.
Record Two plays beautifully with no audible issues of note
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
The gatefold is crisp, clean, sharp with little to fault

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