| RHINO
UNCOVERS THE BEST OF THE WEST WITH THE DEAD
Highlights From the Dead's Historic Four-Day
1969
Concert Series Remastered for Three-Disc
Set
Available from Rhino November 1
LOS ANGELES - One of the greatest concert
albums ever recorded, the Grateful Dead's
landmark 1969 Live/Dead, immortalized the
band at its cosmic zenith performing on
its home turf in San Francisco. One of the
best is about to get better as Rhino Records,
in collaboration with Grateful Dead Productions,
revisits those shows for GRATEFUL DEAD FILLMORE
WEST 1969. The three-disc set includes more
than three previously unreleased hours of
the very best free-form performances from
the Dead's legendary stand at the fabled
Fillmore. The collection will be available
November 1 at regular retail outlets and
at www.rhino.com
and www.dead.net
for a suggested price of $34.98.
A stellar album, Live/Dead was also the
first successful 16-track live recording
in music history at a time when two track
was the standard and eight track was considered
state-of-the-art. FILLMORE WEST is mixed
from those original 16-track master tapes
and contains 19 iconic Dead songs presented
in pristine HDCD. Recorded between February
27 and March 2, 1969, FILLMORE WEST distills
the essential moments from all four Fillmore
concerts and features original vocalist
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Jerry Garcia
on guitar and vocals, Mickey Hart and Bill
Kreutzmann on drums, Phil Lesh on bass and
vocals, Bob Weir on guitar and vocals, and
Tom Constanten on keyboards.
The first disc of FILLMORE WEST mixes covers
of classic blues like Sonny Boy Williamson's
"Good Morning Little School Girl"
and a charged version of the signature Bobby
"Blue" Bland tune "Turn On
Your Lovelight" with "Doin' That
Rag" and a revved-up shuffle version
of "Cosmic Charlie" from the Dead's
1969's Aoxomoxoa. The second disc is a tape
trader's delight that includes for the first
time in HDCD the much-sought-after February
28 Fillmore performances of "Dark Star,"
"St. Stephen," "The Eleven,"
and the brooding cover of Rev. Gary Davis'
"Death Don't Have No Mercy." The
final disc is highlighted by a 55-minute
marathon that sandwiches the customary drum
break and improvisational jam between the
Dead's "Alligator" and "Caution
(Do Not Stop On Tracks)" along with
a complete version of the band's traditional
closer "We Bid You Goodnight,"
originally cut short on Live/Dead.
The deluxe packaging for FILLMORE WEST features
a 72-page hardbound booklet filled with
nearly 100 rare photos and extensive liner
notes including a new essay by longtime
Dead publicist and biographer Dennis McNally.
GRATEFUL DEAD: FILLMORE WEST 1969
Track Listing
Disc
1
1. "Morning Dew" (2/28/69)
2. "Good Morning Little School Girl"
(2/28/69)
3. "Doin' That Rag" (2/28/69)
4. "I'm A King Bee" (2/28/69)
5. "Cosmic Charlie" (2/27/69)
6. "Turn On Your Lovelight" (2/28/69)
Disc
2
1. "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (3/1/69)
2. "Mountains Of The Moon" (3/1/69)
3. "Dark Star" (2/28/69)
4. "St. Stephen" (2/28/69)
5. "The Eleven" (2/28/69)
6. "Death Don't Have No Mercy"
(2/28/69)
Disc
3
1. "That's It For The Other One"
(3/2/69)
- "Cryptical Envelopment"
- "The Other One"
- "Cryptical Envelopment"
2. "Alligator' (3/2/69)
3. "Drums" (3/2/69)
4. "Jam" (3/2/69)
5. "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)"
(3/2/69)
6. "Feedback" (3/2/69)
7. "We Bid You Goodnight" (3/2/69)
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