Grateful Dead – History of the Grateful Dead Vol 1 (Bear’s Choice) on 180g vinyl

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Artist:Grateful Dead |Label:Warner Records |Format: LP |Genre: Rock|Album Condition: New | Cover Condition: Sealed

GRATEFUL DEAD
History of the Grateful Dead Vol 1 (Bear’s Choice)
Warner Records 2721 – re-issue LP

The Grateful Dead’s first true archival album, Bear’s Choice, was lovingly produced as a tribute to Pigpen shortly after he passed by none other that the Dead’s original soundman and benefactor, Owsley Stanley, aka Bear. Drawing from live shows recorded three years earlier by Bear at the Fillmore East in New York City, Bear’s Choice captures the Dead at an essential moment of their history, as they were about to record Workingman’s Dead (and shortly thereafter, American Beauty), and were transitioning into becoming Americana pioneers, while never losing touch with their psychedelic improvisational roots. Three of the eight songs on the album are sung by Pigpen, with Side 1 being the definitive example of early Acoustic Dead, and Side 2 being electric blues and rock & roll, with Pigpen leading the charge on both tracks on the second side. This has been re-mastered by David Glasser using Plangent Processes from the original analog 2-track tapes recorded live by Bear and has never sounded better.

includes;
Side 1 – Acoustic side – Live at The Fillmore in SF 1970Katie Mae
Dark Hollow
I’ve Been All Around This World
Wake Up Little Susie
Black Peter
Side 2 – Electric side –Live at The Fillmore in SF 1970
Smokestack Lightnin
Hard to Handle

NEW SEALED LP