GRATEFUL DEAD - BIRTH OF THE DEAD VOLUME TWO - THE LIVE SIDES 180 GRAM Vinyl LP

Expected: Spring 2025

The legendary Bay area rock superstars the Grateful Dead scored for decades a plethora of wonderful recordings throughout their incredible career. Spearheaded originally by the late great Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, the late Phil Lesh, Bill Kruetzmann and the late Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, these five gentlemen set the world on fire with their magnificent artistry and musicianship unparalleled to this day.

With their very first San Francisco live gigs and when they were locally known as The Warlocks, the historical importance of these debut concert recordings would soon become a blueprint for the music world as the Grateful Dead would become one of the biggest concert attractions of all time.

Over two decades ago, the Grateful Dead unearthed 14 super rare live recordings from the mid-sixties. None of these recordings were ever previously released at the time. Recorded in San Francisco from a July 1966 performance, when they were signed to the Scorpio Records label, this ultra rare concert tape simply became manna for the fans and was truly a find for any collector of fine rock and roll and early psych and garage rock fare.

Dead fan favorite Viola Lee Blues kicks off the rare collection, and then the fireworks light up as future Grateful Dead classics like Don't Ease Me In and the stellar Jimmy Reed classic Big Boss Man truly become a very important and interesting listen to any fan of the Dead or classic rock in general.

Tracks:

LP 1

SIDE 1

1. Viola Lee Blues
2. Don't Ease Me In
3. Pain In My Heart

SIDE 2

1. Sitting On Top Of The World
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
3. I'm A King Bee

LP 2

SIDE 1

1. Big Boss Man
2. Standing On The Corner
3. In The Pines
4. C4 Nobody's Fault But Mine

SIDE 2

1. Next Time You See Me
2. One Kind Favor
3. He Was A Friend Of Mine
4. Keep Rolling By

Label: Friday Music Two