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Grateful Dead - History Of The Grateful Dead, Volume 1 (Bear's Choice ∙ 50th Anniversary Remaster) LP
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The
Grateful
Dead's
first
true
archival
album,
Bear's
Choice,
was
lovingly
produced
as
a
tribute
to
Pigpen
shortly
after
he
passed
by
none
other
that
the
Dead's
original
soundman
and
benefactor,
Owsley
Stanley,
aka
Bear.
Drawing
from
live
shows
recorded
three
years
earlier
by
Bear
at
the
Fillmore
East
in
New
York
City,
Bear's
Choice
captures
the
Dead
at
an
essential
moment
of
their
history,
as
they
were
about
to
record
Workingman's
Dead
(and
shortly
thereafter,
American
Beauty),
and
were
transitioning
into
becoming
Americana
pioneers,
while
never
losing
touch
with
their
psychedelic
improvisational
roots.
Three
of
the
eight
songs
on
the
album
are
sung
by
Pigpen,
with
Side
1
being
the
definitive
example
of
early
Acoustic
Dead,
and
Side
2
being
electric
blues
and
rock
&
roll,
with
Pigpen
leading
the
charge
on
both
tracks
on
the
second
side.
This
has
been
re-mastered
by
David
Glasser
using
Plangent
Processes
from
the
original
analog
2-track
tapes
recorded
live
by
Bear
and
has
never
sounded
better.
Track-listing
Side
One
Katie
Mae
Dark
Hallo
I’ve
Been
All
Around
This
World
Wake
Up
Little
Susie
Black
Peter
Side
Two
Smokestack
Lighnin’
Hard
To
Handle
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