Release Date: 24 February 2023
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 848064015444
Genres: Rock Classic Rock
Description
You live life long enough, you learn that the only thing that doesn't change is that things change, and of all the bands in the rock and roll pantheon, the one that embraced change the most—even welcomed it—is indisputably the Grateful Dead.
No other group experienced the same personnel turnover or carved out such a wide stylistic swath of repertoire in the course of its 30-year career. And on Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 1—Fall '79, the Dead once again employs its unique brand of musical jiu-jitsu to emerge stronger than ever.
The five shows excerpted here display the band fully hitting its stride with
new member Brent Mydland, offering fresh takes on some of the oldest
songs in its library, including a boogie-fied "Dancing in the Street" (leading
into "Franklin's Tower" for one of just three times ever), a briefly reggaefied
"Morning Dew" (the only performance in a two-year span), and "Good
Lovin'" winding up a medley that features a most satisfying "Wharf Rat." And
if it's new stuff you're after, this Trip features the fourth performance ever of
"Alabama Getaway" (the Dead was busy recording Go to Heaven during this
tour). Notes by Blair Jackson accompany; mastered by Jeffrey Norman in
HDCD sound. Available for the first time ever at music retail!
Tracklisting
X-Ray Spex
Loudon Wainwright III
The Donnas
Tiny Tim
Petula Clark
Willie Nelson
Willie Hutch
Various Artists
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead, Aum, Flying Burrito Brothers
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
