Grateful Dead

It's not my favorite album, but I don't hate it. I have the original 76 vinyl LP, the 89 CD that sounds greatly improved, and now the 2017 180g vinyl LP reissue that really sounds excellent. I thought is was very good in 1976, it wasn't a real GD show but a collection of songs recorded live. SYF doesn't stand up to Europe '72, Skullfuck, or Live/Dead, in my opinion.

You are right-maybe I should read it! I am sorry that my post looked as though I was dismissing it as a document. It was just such an unexpected thing to come across on here. I am not keen on reading at much depth online, so if I did read it, it would probably be in book form.

...Not the Shrine Auditorium but the Shrine Exposition Hall which was adjacent to the Auditorium...had many a wonderful evening there...

Recorded by - Bill WolfAssistant Engineer- Fred Bradfield Mixing - Bear and Phil Lesh at Burbank Studios Stereo Synthesis - Bear, John Neal with thanks to Dr. Haas Chief engineer - John Neal Engineers - Steve Brimmer, Frank Jones, Andy McDonald, Jim Walker Mastering - Bear, Bob McCloud Photography - Andy Leonard, Mary Ann Mayer, Cadillac Ron Grateful Dead logo - Robert D. Thomas Lettering - Rick Griffin Art Coordination - Mary Ann Mayer Record Live: October 16-20, 1974 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA Notes One of the most criticised Dead albums. Both song selection and sound quality of the original release failed to impress a large number of heads, by some it was given the alternative title 'Steal Your Money'. The theory behind the song selection has been explained as a desire to present an album of songs rather than jams and the need to avoid songs that had already appeared on live albums. Various excuses have been given over the years for the original sound quality. In an interview Garcia said; None of us liked it. I'm sure even Phil and Owsley didn't like it that much ... I think part of it was that we were not working, and we didn't have anything else to deliver. The sound quality is greatly improved on the CD reissue. The songs on Steal Your Face are thought to come from the following shows; Casey Jones - October 17, 1974 Ship Of Fools, Beat It On Down The Line, Big River and Sugaree - October 18, 1974 Mississippi Half Step, Black Throated Wind, U.S. Blues and El Paso - October 19, 1974 Promised Land, Cold Rain And Snow, Around And Around, Stella Blue and It Must Have Been The Roses - October 20, 1974 Reissues

...” life is but a dream on the way to death.” ....

I gotta stick up for Steal Your Face, too. The first car I drove in high school just had an 8-track player and I only ever had 4 tapes for it: "Steal Your Face", Hunter's "Tiger Rose", "Cats Under the Stars", and Jefferson Airplane's "Bark". Those tapes were my driving soundtrack for a couple of years. I LOVED "Steal Your Face". It was the first I ever heard the mellow live sound of 74. The first I ever heard "Black Throated Wind" and "Sugaree". My first live "Stella Blue" and "Ship of Fools". It was the only live Dead I had from 73-74 and for me it was pure gold. "Steal Your Face", "Tiger Rose", and "Cats Under the Stars" all got heavy rotation, but "Bark", not so much, except for "Third Week in the Chelsea"- what a gem of a tune!

I really appreciate the shout out to Moonie. What a nutter. Read a Keith Moon bio the next time you're bored. What an inspiration. I mean, what a damaged wasted life/amazing drummer rock legend. Reminds me of this great refrigerator magnet we have of like an early 1960s broad tossing her hair back, "I hate being bipolar. It's awesome!" I'm revisiting Steal Your Face. For all the shit thrown on it, I still hold it as one of the Grateful Dead's great performances. I'm not kidding, it's charming warts and overdubs and all. The backstory of how they had to throw this piece of shit together is great. Seriously, I love Steal Your Face. Beats the hell out of anything coming out from new bands today.

He'd be a mere 72.The best professional Keith Moon type drummer there ever was. I liked Moonie's drumming on Pinball Wizard and the rest of the Tommy "rock opera." I was a Who fan before the Grateful Dead rammed their Truckin' single in my ears. The only time I saw The Who with Moon was at The Spectrum in December 1975.

My other favorite Keith. The clip from 5:40 to 6:00 playing Christmas live is the darndest thing I've ever seen from a drummer.

One was great, especially for its individual and historic natureThree is good, but not one off my favorite releases, but DOS has always rocked my boat! The songs, how they were played, sounds good, and yaasss, great Lovelight. But I’m with Daverock about that whole New Potatoe etc, still just blows me away. Phil on lead bass, phew, gives me chills just talkin bout it! I don’t have the rerelease. Is it worth the upgrade?