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1990: So Glad You Made It is a two-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded in March and April 1990, and comprises of songs from the band's 18-CD box set Spring 1990.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By Zenkoji
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
It should by now have ceased to surprise me how little appreciated the Dead are in this land of ours. But preparing to write this, I took a look at Dozin' at the Knick on Amazon, and was surprised and a bit saddened again: one reviewer on Amazon UK, over fifty in the US. Yet, much lesser American bands (without being invidious, Velvet Underground, for example) have a strong following. I don't understand it: do you?
For me, there has never been and probably never will be, a band who can hold a candle to the Dead. And no matter what your favourite Dead era is (for what it's worth, mine is the Europe 72 band), this selection of tracks from a US tour in Spring 1990, when the band were collectively energised and inspired, is almost certain to delight. For starters, there is no duplication here of legitimate material you may already have. To quote from the booklet (the whole package is really nice), 'One "rule" we set for ourselves was not to include performances that had been previously released, and we set a limit of three repeated song titles from Without a Net.' Both cds generously push the 80 minute limit. There are some nice covers, there's a beautiful Attics of My Life, and a compelling Morning Dew which at times verges on ferocity. But it's all good.
So, unless you can afford the limited edition 18 cd set, this distillation is a priceless gem for just over a tenner.
I was looking forward to starting uni and working a factory job in the summer of 1972, when two students at the end of their first year suggested I check out an album called American Beauty by a band I'd never heard of. I am glad I listened to them, and eternally grateful, wherever they may now be ... what a long and wonderful trip it's been.
For me, there has never been and probably never will be, a band who can hold a candle to the Dead. And no matter what your favourite Dead era is (for what it's worth, mine is the Europe 72 band), this selection of tracks from a US tour in Spring 1990, when the band were collectively energised and inspired, is almost certain to delight. For starters, there is no duplication here of legitimate material you may already have. To quote from the booklet (the whole package is really nice), 'One "rule" we set for ourselves was not to include performances that had been previously released, and we set a limit of three repeated song titles from Without a Net.' Both cds generously push the 80 minute limit. There are some nice covers, there's a beautiful Attics of My Life, and a compelling Morning Dew which at times verges on ferocity. But it's all good.
So, unless you can afford the limited edition 18 cd set, this distillation is a priceless gem for just over a tenner.
I was looking forward to starting uni and working a factory job in the summer of 1972, when two students at the end of their first year suggested I check out an album called American Beauty by a band I'd never heard of. I am glad I listened to them, and eternally grateful, wherever they may now be ... what a long and wonderful trip it's been.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I'm certainly not a Deadhead; a Deadhead being the accepted name for die-hard fans of the band and who, if they can afford, buy every single (an inappropriate word given that most of their releases are multi-volume live sets) thing issued. I most certainly do not. I doubt if I own more than a quarter of their live output. True, I also have the two massive box sets of their official major label releases (with lots of extra tracks) but that doesn't make me a Deadhead. I most certainly have not nor have I any intention of buying any of the massive live sets (like the complete Europe 72 concerts or the one from which this collection is culled). But equally I can't deny that I'm a big fan and they are my favourite band.
I'd like to propose another class of GD fan called: (and ripping of shamelessly from Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead -I'm also a horror movie buff) The Deadite. The Deadite is an enthusiast GD fan but not obsessively so. They're someone like, well, me who had to have this compilation but not the massive set from which it's compiled.
And, buy, am I glad I did. Clocking it at around 79 minutes on each of the two discs, you couldn't possibly get more for your money, and a reasonable price it is too. Later period Dead isn't as fashionable as their 70's heydays but this set goes some way to correcting the image of later period as somehow inferior. Let me tell, om these discs, the band are on fire. They are as tight and as sharp as I've ever heard them. Maybe it's the production or better quality drugs, I don't know. What I do know is that, because it's a well chosen compilation, there isn't a dud track here. You could even use it as a introduction to someone who's never heard the Dead before.
No question, this is one of their best live releases ever.
I'd like to propose another class of GD fan called: (and ripping of shamelessly from Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead -I'm also a horror movie buff) The Deadite. The Deadite is an enthusiast GD fan but not obsessively so. They're someone like, well, me who had to have this compilation but not the massive set from which it's compiled.
And, buy, am I glad I did. Clocking it at around 79 minutes on each of the two discs, you couldn't possibly get more for your money, and a reasonable price it is too. Later period Dead isn't as fashionable as their 70's heydays but this set goes some way to correcting the image of later period as somehow inferior. Let me tell, om these discs, the band are on fire. They are as tight and as sharp as I've ever heard them. Maybe it's the production or better quality drugs, I don't know. What I do know is that, because it's a well chosen compilation, there isn't a dud track here. You could even use it as a introduction to someone who's never heard the Dead before.
No question, this is one of their best live releases ever.
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I hadn't really heard too much music, but their look said a lot. However this seems to cover it all.
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