[2015-03-31] The Grateful Dead "The Best Of" 2CD set (Grateful Dead/Rhino/Warner)

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:11 am

Description
The Ultimate Gateway to the Grateful Dead featuring 2-CDs of the band's most iconic studio recordings.

The collection's 32 tracks feature music from every Grateful Dead studio album and cover the key waypoints on the band's mystical musical journey. Arranged chronologically, the tracks reflect the evolution of the group's sound and its membership across more than two decades from 1967's The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) to 1989's Standing on the Moon. In between, listeners will find the essential tracks that made the band such a cultural phenomenon, including such fan favorites as St. Stephen, Casey Jones, Sugar Magnolia, Friend of the Devil, Scarlet Begonias, and Hell In a Bucket.

• 32 tracks
• Includes the rare Dark Star single
• Includes music from every GD studio record
• Includes the entire Terrapin Station suite
• More than two and half hours of music
• Mastered from the original anlalog master tapes by Grammy-wunning David Glasser
• First two-CD set featuring music entirely from the band s studio recordings
• Mastered in HDCD

Tracklist
CD1:
1. The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) [2:09]
2. Cream Puff War [2:28]
3. Born Cross-Eyed [2:04]
4. Dark Star (Single Version) [2:41]
5. St. Stephen [4:26]
6. China Cat Sunflower [3:40]
7. Uncle John's Band [4:42]
8. Easy Wind [4:59]
9. Casey Jones [4:24]
10. Truckin' [5:03]
11. Box Of Rain [5:17]
12. Sugar Magnolia [3:17]
13. Friend Of The Devil [3:21]
14. Ripple [4:10]
15. Eyes Of The World [5:16]
16. Unbroken Chain [6:45]
17. Scarlet Begonias [4:19]
18. The Music Never Stopped [4:35]
19. Estimated Prophet [5:35]

CD2:
1. Terrapin Station [16:10]
2. Shakedown Street [4:59]
3. I Need A Miracle [3:36]
4. Fire On The Mountain [3:46]
5. Feel Like A Stranger [5:06]
6. Far From Me [3:39]
7. Touch Of Grey [5:47]
8. Hell In A Bucket [5:35]
9. Throwing Stones [7:18]
10. Black Muddy River [5:58]
11. Blow Away [6:09]
12. Foolish Heart [5:10]
13. Standing On The Moon [5:20]

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NoPhoneNoPoolNoPets · 17 Jul 2007

I'm not sure who chose the songs for this latest compilation, but this is not necessarily what I consider the "best of" The Dead.

NoURider · **Joined:** 21 Jul 2006 **Posts:** 3310

Yeah, no matter what the tracklisting, this is just a lame idea in general for the 50th. I am quite confident that they will be offering some special stuff this year (I am amazed - not really - their mail order requests surpasses the capacity of their scheduled shows for the 4th of July weekend). It will be interesting if they even have a public release via ticketmaster on the now pushed back date from 2-14 to 2-28.

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

No "Alabama Getaway"? One of their few actual charting singles...#68, but still...

NoURider · **Joined:** 21 Jul 2006 **Posts:** 3310

agreed Jimbo. For the target audience, needs to be included.

Walter P · 20 Sep 2006

Jimbo wrote:

No "Alabama Getaway"? One of their few actual charting singles...#68, but still...

They're saving that one for the Target exclusive bonus tracks.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:15 am

Walter P wrote:

Jimbo wrote:

No "Alabama Getaway"? One of their few actual charting singles...#68, but still...

They're saving that one for the Target exclusive bonus tracks.

You made that up.

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:52 pm

Wow ... it's currently rated at 4.8 out of 5 stars at Amazon, and buyers are raving about how great the remastering is. Check out this review, for example:

http://www.amazon.com/review/R15UPJBKGT ... g=imwan-20

Maybe this compilation isn't so redundant after all.

Mark MN · 13 Aug 2012

I bought this. I'm not a huge Dead fan, but like some of their songs. The disc sounds great.

DanO · 30 Jul 2006

I like it. Sounds great to me too. I just wish they would've put their version of "Good Lovin'" on there.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Why? What a waste of cd plastic material. The Dead is a band where a 2 disc b/o makes no sense. Maybe a 20 disc............

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

If it had Alabama Getaway and Good Lovin I would consider it. Somehow it has Touch Of Grey.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

Btw......Lyle Lovett did a very nice version of Friend Of The Devil the other night.

NoURider · **Joined:** 21 Jul 2006 **Posts:** 3310

I was wondering about the 2015 remastering. Are we expecting a new rollout of the catalog? The only reference I have seen is just tracklisting. Not interested in this title (currently revisiting the Dave's picks series waiting on 14)...but curious if any more info.

Mark MN · 13 Aug 2012

Geff R. wrote:

Why? What a waste of cd plastic material. The Dead is a band where a 2 disc b/o makes no sense. Maybe a 20 disc............

Why? Because some like me are casual fans. Others are big fans and have everything. I'm certainly not going to buy a catalogue as big as the GD for a few songs I like.

I think that's why 'best of's' are created for the most part. The part I hate is when a best of is put out with 2 "new" songs. It's bullshit when they do that as they always leave off songs that would've been better.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

JohnG wrote:

Btw......Lyle Lovett did a very nice version of Friend Of The Devil the other night.

I think Dwight Yoakum (??, some country dude anyway ) did that on a very nice Dead Tribute cd in the 90's.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Mark MN wrote:

Geff R. wrote:

Why? What a waste of cd plastic material. The Dead is a band where a 2 disc b/o makes no sense. Maybe a 20 disc............

Why? Because some like me are casual fans. Others are big fans and have everything. I'm certainly not going to buy a catalogue as big as the GD for a few songs I like.

I think that's why 'best of's' are created for the most part. The part I hate is when a best of is put out with 2 "new" songs. It's bullshit when they do that as they always leave off songs that would've been better.

Agree w/ your last sentence. There are also already a few Dead b/o's.

Gary Dunaier · 20 Jul 2006

Geff R. wrote:

The Dead is a band where a 2 disc b/o makes no sense. Maybe a 20 disc............

Wrong. Someone not familiar with the Dead but curious about their music needs something basic, entry-level. A larger collection may indeed make more sense, especially if you're already into the band and you've formed an opinion of what songs really are the best, but unless the actual retail price for such a collection is super-mega-bargain-basement, it would be overwhelming to the point that a potential newbie might decide it's too much to deal with at once, and not bother at all.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Just played Disc One and it is fantastic. It's amazing how much music is on this set.

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

If you put together the Golden Road and Beyond Description box sets, you get everything they recorded and released up to 1989, with copious bonus tracks. Anyone wanting to delve deeper can then start on the (seemingly) hundreds of live releases from the vaults.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

I just want the originally associated live albums to join the 2 box sets Jimbo refers to in hi res (HD Tracks has already done a 96/24 Warner/UA/ Arista studio box), as the Dead were so much better live than in the studio; & imo, the 6 originally released live albums were the cream of the crop.

Galley · **Joined:** 20 Apr 2010 **Posts:** 696

FYI, this is available at Target for $13.00.

[2015-03-31] The Grateful Dead "The Best Of" 2CD set (Grateful Dead/Rhino/Warner)

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