NEW SEALED 2X LP
Ships in a sturdy LP mailer with added padding for maximum protection
LIMITED HAND NUMBERED EDITION OF 3500 WORLDWIDE
REMASTERED FOR VINYL FROM ORIGINAL TAPES FOR THE FIRST TIME
ETCHED SIDE 4
It s the kind of place where you can easily imagine spirits roam say on a Halloween evening featuring a band called the Grateful Dead. For, on that 1971 night captured on this, the only single CD release in the entire Dick s Picks series, here presented on a three-sided double-LP the group played the most ethereal, dreamy, and, yes, spooky version of Dark Star ever recorded it s almost as if Jerry Garcia was communing with his ancestors and maybe John Coltrane for the first seven minutes of his beautifully structured, contemplative and yearning solo. Then, after the vocal verse, Garcia, rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, and bassist Phil Lesh take turns suggesting a new improvisational theme before the band telepathically picks up on a two-note theme and Garcia launches into some of the most ecstatic guitar playing ever captured on tape anywhere labeled by some the Tighten Up jam after the Archie Bell the Drells song others hear an embryonic Eyes of the World . The rest of the show keeps flying high the whole band is on fire during Sugar Magnolia, a rare, early- 70s performance of St. Stephen the final live version until 1976 swaggers like it should, and a great Not Fade Away / Goin Down the Road Feeling Bad / Not Fade Away medley rounds out the show a hallowed performance indeed.
Now, Dick s Picks Vol. 2 has seen a very limited vinyl release before, but that release cut its lacquers from CD files. Well, as the recent saying goes, Lordy, there are tapes Yup, Jeffrey Norman of Mockingbird Mastering has gone back to the original Scotch reel-to-reel tapes pictured in the gatefold inner spread to bring you a brand, spankin new master of this utterly amazing show. The Well Made Music boys Clint Holley and Dave Polster cut the lacquers, and guess what? This baby was pressed on 180-gram black vinyl at Gotta Groove Records, which is headquartered in that s right Columbus. Yep, it s a homecoming all around, and we swear, though we know this Pick like the back of our hand, we heard some new things this time around, and oh, that Garcia guitar tone That s where the vinyl advantage kicks in. Limited edition of 3500 hand-numbered copies and we have a little something extra for you on side 4 take a look at the picture
Side 1
Dark Star/Jam
Side 2
Sugar Magnolia
St. Stephen
Side 3
Not Fade Away
Goin Down the Road Feeling Bad
Not Fade Away
Side 4
Blank
