Greatful Dead help for a newbie

**laseranimal** · 09-05-2005, 07:17 AM

For whatever reason, I'd never listened to the Dead

randomly typed Greatful Dead into limewire and took a listen

I'm hooked

Unbeliveable music

Anyone wanna help point me in the right direction as to what albums/live shows I should definately check out?

**basom** · 09-05-2005, 07:26 AM

thats wierd.

man, when i was 16 i couldnt get enough of them. by the time i was 171/2, i wanted to forget all i had learned about them. so, i forget.

as for albums, i used to like europe '72.

**jonesy** · 09-05-2005, 07:31 AM

dead heads

A
A To E Flat Jam
Alabama Getaway
Alice D. Millionaire
All Along The Watchtower
Alligator
Althea
And
And We Bid You Good Night
Antwerp's Placebo (The Plumber)
Are You Lonely For Me Baby?
Around And Around
The Ascent
Attics Of My Life

B
Baba O'Riley
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Beat It On Down The Line
Beautiful Jam
Beer Barrel Polka
Believe It Or Not
Bertha
Betty And Dupree
Big Boss Man
Big Railroad Blues
Big River
Bird Song
Black Muddy River
Black Peter
Black Throated Wind
Blow Away
Blues For Allah
Born Cross-Eyed
Boston Clam Jam
Box Of Rain
Brent Blues Jam
Brokedown Palace
Brown Eyed Women
Built To Last

C
C C Rider
California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On)
Candyman
Can't Come Down
Cardboard Cowboy (aka The Monster)
Casey Jones
Cassidy
Catfish John
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
Caution Jam
China Cat Sunflower
China Doll
Chinatown Shuffle
Clementine
Cold Jordan
Cold Rain And Snow
Comes A Time
Cosmic Charlie
Crazy Fingers
Cream Puff War
Cryptical Envelopment
Cumberland Blues

D
Dancing In The Street
Dark Hollow
Dark Star
Days Between
Deal
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Deep Elem Blues
Desolation Row
Dire Wolf
Distorto
Doin' That Rag
Don't Ease Me In
Don't Mess Up A Good Thing
Drums
Dupree's Diamond Blues

E
Early Morning Rain
Easy To Love You
Easy Wind
El Paso
The Eleven
Empty Heart
Epilogue
Equinox
Estimated Prophet
Eternity
Eyes Of The World

F
Far From Me
The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get
Feedback
Feel Like A Stranger
Fire In The City
Fire On The Mountain
Foolish Heart
France
Franklin's Tower
Friend Of The Devil
From The Heart Of Me
Funiculi Funicula

G
Gangster Of Love
Gentlemen Start Your Engines
Gimme Some Lovin'
Gloria
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
The Golden Road (To Unlimited devotion)
Good Lovin'
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Good Times (aka Let The Good Times Roll)
Gotta Serve Somebody
Greatest Story Ever Told
Groove #1
Groove #2

H
Hard To Handle
He's Gone
Heaven Help The Fool
Hell In A Bucket
Help On The Way
Here Comes Sunshine
Hey Bo Diddley
Hey Jude
Hey Little One
Hey Pocky Way
High Time
Hollywood Cantata
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

I
I Know You Rider
I Need A Miracle
I Second That Emotion
I Want You
I Will Take You Home
I'm A Hog For You
I'm A King Bee
I'm A Man
I've Been All Around This World
If I Had The World To Give
Iko Iko
In The Midnight Hour
In The Pines
It Hurts Me Too
It Must Have Been The Roses
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World
It's All Over Now
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
I've Seen Them All

J
Jack-A-Roe
Jack Straw
Jam
Jam Into Days Between
Jam Out Of Foolish Heart
Jam Out Of Terrapin
Joey
Johnny B. Goode
Just A Little Light
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

K
Katie Mae
Keep Rolling By
Keep Your Day Job
King Solomon's Marbles
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
KY Jam

L
Lazy Lightnin'
Lazy River Road
Let It Grow
Let It Rock
Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
Liberty
Little Red Rooster
Little Sadie
Looks Like Rain
Loose Lucy
Loser
Lost Sailor
Lunatic Preserve

M
Maggie's Farm
The Main Ten (Playing In The Band)
Mama Tried
Man Of Peace
Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
Mason's Children
Me And Bobby McGee
Me And My Uncle
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
Mexicali Blues
Might As Well
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)
Milkin' The Turkey
Mind Left Body Jam
Mindbender (Confusion's Prince)
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
Mock Turtle Jam
Mona
Money Money
Monkey And The Engineer
The Monster (aka Cardboard Cowboy)
Morning Dew
Mountains Of The Moon
Mr. Charlie
Mud Love Buddy Jam
The Music Never Stopped
My Brother Esau

N
Never Trust A Woman
New Minglewood Blues
New Potato Caboose
New Speedway Boogie
Next Time You See Me
No MSG Jam
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Not Fade Away

O
Oh Boy
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
Ollin Arrageed
On The Road Again
One Kind Favor
One More Saturday Night
The Only Time Is Now
Operator
Orange Tango Jam
The Other One
Overseas Stomp (Lindbergh Hop)

P
Pain In My Heart
Passenger
Peggy-O
Phil Solo
Picasso Moon
Playing In The Band
Playing Jam
Prelude
Pride Of Cucamonga
The Promised Land
Proto 18 Proper

Q
Quadlibet For Tender Feet
Queen Jane Approximately

R
The Race Is On
Ramble On Rose
Revolution
Rhythm Devils
Ripple
Rockin' Pneumonia and The Boogie Woogie Flu
Rosalie McFall
Rosemary
Row Jimmy
The Rub (aka Ain't It Crazy)

S
Sage And Spirit
Saint Of Circumstance
Saint Stephen
The Same Thing
Samson And Delilah
Sand Castles And Glass Camels
Scarlet Begonias
Seastones (aka Phil & Ned)
Serengetti
Shakedown Street
She Belongs To Me
Ship Of Fools
Sick And Tired
Sidewalks Of New York
Silver Threads And Golden Needles
Sing Me Back Home
Sittin' On Top Of The World
Slipknot!
Slow Train
Smokestack Lightnin'
So Many Roads
Space
Spam Jam
Spanish Jam
Spinach Jam
Spoonful
Stagger Lee
Standing On The Corner
Standing On The Moon
Stars And Stripes Forever Tuning
Stealin'
Stella Blue
The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)
Stronger Than Dirt
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Sugar Magnolia
Sugaree
Sunrise
Sunshine Daydream
Supplication

T
Take A Step Back
Tastebud
Tennessee Jed
Terrapin Station
That Would Be Something
That's It For The Other One
They Love Each Other
Throwing Stones
Till The Morning Comes
To Lay Me Down
Tom Dooley
Tomorrow Is Forever
Tomorrow Never Knows
Tons Of Steel
Touch Of Grey
Truckin'
Turn On Your Lovelight

U
U.S. Blues
Unbroken Chain
Uncle John's Band
Unusual Occurences In The Desert

V
Victim Or The Crime
Viola Lee Blues
Visions Of Johanna

W
Wake Up Little Susie
Walkin' Blues
Walking The Dog
Wang Dang Doodle
Watkins Glen Soundcheck Jam
Wave That Flag
Way To Go Home
We Can Run
We Leave The Castle
Weather Report Suite Part 1
Weather Report Suite Prelude
Weirdness
Werewolves Of London
West L.A. Fadeaway
Wharf Rat
What'll You Raise
What's Become Of The Baby
The Wheel
When I Paint My Masterpiece
When Push Comes To Shove
Whiskey In The Jar
Who Do You Love
Wood Green Jam

Y
You Don't Have To Ask
You See A Borken Heart
You Win Again

Unique titles devised solely for an album or TV series
73rd Star Bridge Sonata
Apollo At The Ritz
Can She Type?
Cease Tone Beam
Children's Zoo
Clouds Cast
Crowd Sculpture
Dark Matter Problem/Every Leaf Is Turning
Estrella Oscura
Fault Forces
Foldback Time
I Of Newton
In Revolving Ash Light
Infrared Roses
Kentucky Rye - Part I
Kentucky Rye - Part II
Kentucky Rye - Part III
Little Nemo In Nightland
Magnesium Night Light
Novature (Formless Nightfall)
Parallelogram
Phil Zone
Post-Modern Highrise Table Top Stomp
Pouring Velvet
Recedes (While We Can)
River Of Nine Sorrows
Riverside Rhapsody
Silver Apples Of The Moon
Sparrow Hawk Row
Speaking In Swords
Speed of Space
Suite From 'Nightcrawlers'
Suite From 'The Misfortune Cookie'
Suite From 'The Shadow Man'
Through
Transilience
The Twilight Zone '85 End Credits
The Twilight Zone '85 Main Title

**Black Market** · 09-05-2005, 07:49 AM

pssssstttttttt......it's GRATEful Dead not greatful......

**Woodsy** · 09-05-2005, 11:54 AM

Dick's Picks,
any and all

**Lostinthetrees** · 09-05-2005, 01:24 PM

My picks:
Skullfucker (Skeleton w/ Roses entwined) - live, excellent sound and tight arrangements. it has always been my favorite.
Live Dead - classic SanFran street party set.
Workingman's Dead - classic; mix of influences; blues/boogie/jugband/bluegrass.
American Beauty - classic; acoustic w/ great vocal harmonies.
One for the Faithfull - live acoustic set. small hall w/ intimate sound.
Europe 72 - another live set but electric. "China Cat" turns into "Going down that road..." not bad at all!
Wake of the Flood - very good, too. "Eyes of the World" is a favorite.

I would explore that deadhead link that was provided. plenty of info, links, and tunes.

**Aldo** · 09-07-2005, 07:26 AM

for starters, www.gdradio.com. you can't miss with any Dicks Picks. I'm assuming you've probabaly got at least one friend that's a head. Tell him or her what you've asked us, I'm sure you'll be well taken care of.

**lemon boy** · 09-07-2005, 07:48 AM

grateful dead/grateful dead (a live album) which contains the screamingest johnny b goode ever recorded (ie: the greatest Rock N Roll song ever)

**cj001f** · 09-07-2005, 09:57 AM

American Beauty & Workingman's Dead. The albums that started it all.

**biggins** · 09-07-2005, 10:39 AM

Cornell '77 (which I imagine is now a Dicks Pix) got me and many others pretty psyched a few moons ago.

**DMC Freeride** · 09-07-2005, 11:05 AM

The new Dicks Picks from 71 are awesome!

**Artie Fufkin** · 09-07-2005, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by laseranimal

Anyone wanna help point me in the right direction as to what albums/live shows I should definately check out?

Check out "With Out a Net", it's a double live cd from 1990. It's not one show, but just songs from shows from 1990 prior to the passing of Brent Mydland spliced together. It's not classic Dead, but the Eyes of the World w/Branford Marsalis is worth the cost. There are variety of songs from different eras.

**Pinner** · 09-12-2005, 10:04 PM

Nugs.net

**stump832** · 09-12-2005, 11:02 PM

Alphabetical lists rule.

**H-man** · 09-13-2005, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by Artie Fufkin

Check out "With Out a Net", it's a double live cd from 1990. It's not one show, but just songs from shows from 1990 prior to the passing of Brent Mydland spliced together. It's not classic Dead, but the Eyes of the World w/Branford Marsalis is worth the cost. There are variety of songs from different eras.

Well said Artie. Also, I think that the China/Rider is pretty good. It is certainly not a bootleg, but it gives some of the feel of live Dead with better sound quality.

Like Artie said, "Live With Out a Net" is a pretty good start.

**powderfinger** · 09-13-2005, 03:11 PM

http://www.archive.org/audio/etreeli...rateful%20Dead

Almost 3,000 shows there!

**bagtagley** · 09-13-2005, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by stump832

Alphabetical lists rule.

Cut and Paste represent!

**homerjay** · 09-13-2005, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by powderfinger

http://www.archive.org/audio/etreeli...rateful%20Dead

Almost 3,000 shows there!

Download San Bernadino 1977. Do it.

**stump832** · 09-13-2005, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by homerjay

Download San Bernadino 1977. Do it.

Specific recommendations are lame. See above for alphabetical cut/paste styleee.

**fez** · 09-13-2005, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by laseranimal

For whatever reason, I'd never listened to the Dead

randomly typed Greatful Dead into limewire and took a listen

I'm hooked

Unbeliveable music

Anyone wanna help point me in the right direction as to what albums/live shows I should definately check out?

in my misspent youth i saw dead shows all over the east.
but my advice for a newbie is
it's GratefulL Dead. you may get more hits on limewire that way. though there is really no need to bother with limewire with all the shortens and flacs on www.archive.org

**Aldo** · 09-14-2005, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by stump832

Specific recommendations are lame. See above for alphabetical cut/paste styleee.

Specific recommendations to one of the rippingest shows in the rippingest year are accepted. Back off alphabet boy!

**Artie Fufkin** · 09-14-2005, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by powderfinger

http://www.archive.org/audio/etreeli...rateful%20Dead

Almost 3,000 shows there!

That's alot of shows...

I have a box of shows on casette that if they are on the archive I would like to download the shows and get them on cd and my ipod. I took a look at the audio FAQ.

A question from a FLAC and SHN JONG to anyone that's used this site, what format do you recommend/or have had good luck with for downloading the shows , any advice on downloading the shows and getting them onto cds or ipods etc?

**wtp** · 09-14-2005, 10:22 AM

How about some Jerry performing at Squaw Valley? It's not Dead stuff - more like bluegrass if you can dig it. Jerry with David Grisman (mandolin player from Old and In the Way among others) and a couple of songs with Bela Fleck from '91. The Friend of the Devil is off the fucking chain.

Downloadable at GDLive.com

Or some old-ass Dead? Get Dick's Picks 22 recorded at King's Beach Bowl (North side of Tahoe). February of '68. One of the drummers (don't remember which) broke his wrist skiing during the trip.

Any other ski-related Dead I am missing?