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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
And possibly the best album ever. Admittedly i am a deadhead through and through, but honestly, Darkstar is the most transportative piece of music i've ever heard. I've heard - and love - Miles, Coltrane, Allmans, Mahavishnu, Cream and a whole whost of others, but this album is the group mind as one like never before. Maybe they didn't have the chops the same way McGlaughlin did, but the telepathy between Jerry, Phil, Bobby, Billy, Mickey, Pig and TC is out of site. That's not to say these guys weren't virtuosos, but it's not about the fact that they can play in awkward time signatures, but that they do so with such natural beauty. The music sounds like it is being born right there at that moment in time (i'm far too young - and english - to have been there) and it's one moment sub-aqua - god bless phil for that - the next "rolling thunder" with Jerry's peals and lightning strikes slicing through the bulbous maelstrom. This is the most organic music ever made, yet paradoxically it sounds like the furthest reaches of space. Utterly remarkable. It has sincerely changed my life.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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This is how everybody remembers the 'Dead,as the mouthpiece of the psychedelic movement. It is the the acid/rock album by which allothers are measured.
The band of warriors lead by Jerry Garcia take you on the ultimate journey through space that kicks off with the renouned Dark Star. At clocking over 22minutes its pretty lengthy, but it surprises me every time how tight, but at the same time loose and trippy, the band keep it. Garcia is constantly flowing with ideas which the band pick-up on, and the song never loses its feel.
Other tracks such as 'the Eleven' are more upbeat and jazz-tinged. What makes this album really very special though,is that the 'Dead keep as a unit through-out. They never lose sight of what they are doing. Buy It.
The band of warriors lead by Jerry Garcia take you on the ultimate journey through space that kicks off with the renouned Dark Star. At clocking over 22minutes its pretty lengthy, but it surprises me every time how tight, but at the same time loose and trippy, the band keep it. Garcia is constantly flowing with ideas which the band pick-up on, and the song never loses its feel.
Other tracks such as 'the Eleven' are more upbeat and jazz-tinged. What makes this album really very special though,is that the 'Dead keep as a unit through-out. They never lose sight of what they are doing. Buy It.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Though not a proper deadhead (yet!), this album is incredible. I was a bit skeptical at first; for some reason i thought the grateful dead were a heavy metal band... obviously this was the first of their work that i had heard, and i was hooked from the start.
Darkstar is simply an impressive piece of interplay between the whole band, and while 20+ minutes is very long, it is still a brilliant musical 'journey'. St. Stephen is my favourite track on the album, though all the tunes are great. They are all catchy and stick in your head for days. Live/Dead is a great album, and it should be noted that the sound quality is first rate. If you close your eyes and really listen, you feel like you are there!
Darkstar is simply an impressive piece of interplay between the whole band, and while 20+ minutes is very long, it is still a brilliant musical 'journey'. St. Stephen is my favourite track on the album, though all the tunes are great. They are all catchy and stick in your head for days. Live/Dead is a great album, and it should be noted that the sound quality is first rate. If you close your eyes and really listen, you feel like you are there!
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Remastered & Remixed Live Dead
It is great to have 'Live Dead' remastered on CD, but by the sound of it it has also been remixed for this edition. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jackie P
could do better
This is a rambling work of art but jerry garcia's guitar is out of tune, was he on smack at the time?
Published 3 months ago by freddy
The Record that changed my life
It was June 1970. My girlfriend was doing her O levels and was gated. I went with other friends lonely for the same reason to a party at Dave's. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Grubby
Dead Good
There is nothing I can add to existing reviews without repeating them.
I bought this on vinyl when it came out and while the CD transfer has lost something it's still a great... Read more
I bought this on vinyl when it came out and while the CD transfer has lost something it's still a great... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Doug
Live/Dead - pronouncedly dead
This is not a gripe against the music, which gets 5 stars. (Well, 4/5 - tbh I've never really got the point of "Feedback", but it's conveniently placed on the record, enjoying the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by A. Sajip
Put on the Dead and ......
This was the Dead's fourth album and it was the first time that they had managed to reproduce any real semblance of their live sound onto vinyl. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Dangerous Dave
Sorry I Just don't get it !!
I bought this CD largely because of the numerous amazing reviews "Best Live Album ever etc" What a big mistake ! It's truly awful 1960's self indulgence. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ken
A great introduction to a great band
Let me begin by stating that until a few weeks ago I had never heard any of the Dead's music before (despite being in my 50's). Read more
Published 14 months ago by Alan James
The quintessential live music experience
The Grateful Dead were pioneers of the lenghty, free-form group jam, the rock equivalent of jazz improvisation. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Daniel Margrain
Immerse yourself in this beautiful sonic bath
Everytime I listen to this it just keeps getting better. There's not that much to add to what others have written already about the sublime 'Dark Star'- incredible communication... Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2010 by noc
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