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PRE-ORDER: Grateful Dead "Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)" 2xLP (Translucent Lemonade Color Vinyl)

PRE-ORDER: Grateful Dead "Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)" 2xLP (Translucent Lemonade Color Vinyl)

$34.99 USD
$34.99 USD
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THIS IS A PRE-ORDER: We expect this to ship on or around JANUARY 17th, 2025. Any items that are ordered with this will be held until they can all ship together. If you need certain items faster please order them separately.

For the Grateful Dead's second live album, released two years after its predecessor LIVE/DEAD, the band delivered an equally magnificent, but entirely different, Grateful Dead sound. Whereas LIVE/DEAD was a perfect sonic encapsulation of the band at the peak of their Primal Dead era, SKULL & ROSES captures the quintessential quintet, the original five piece band, playing some of their hardest hitting rock 'n' roll (‘Johnny B. Goode,’ ‘Not Fade Away’), showing off their authentic Bakersfield bona fides (‘Me & My Uncle,’ ‘Mama Tried,’ ‘Me & Bobby McGee’), and some originals that would be important parts of the Dead's live repertoire for the next 24 years (‘Bertha,’ ‘Playing In The Band,’ ‘Wharf Rat’).

Of course, the Dead were never defined by one specific ‘sound’ and amongst the aforementioned genres and styles the band brought to this album, they also delved deeply into their psychedelic, primal playbook with an entire side dedicated to their 1968 masterpiece ‘The Other One.’ This is one of the most deeply rich and satisfying tracks preserved on an officialGrateful Dead album, up there with LIVE/DEAD's ‘Dark Star’ and EUROPE '72's ‘Morning Dew.’ SKULL & ROSES sounds as fresh today as the first time I heard it in 1985, and as fresh as it was upon its spectacularly well-received release in 1971.” - David Lemieux

Track List:

Full Length Vinyl 1
  
01    The Other One (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 28, 1971) [2021 Remaster]
01    Bertha (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 27, 1971) [2021 Remaster]
02    Mama Tried (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 26, 1971) [2021 Remaster]
03    Big Railroad Blues (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 5, 1971) [2021 Remaster]
04    Playing in the Band (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 6, 1971) [2021 Remaster]
 
Full Length Vinyl 2
  
01    Me & My Uncle (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 29, 1971) [2021 Remaster]
02    Big Boss Man (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 26, 1971) [2021 Remaster]
03    Me & Bobby McGee (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 27, 1971) [2021 Remaster]
04    Johnny B. Goode (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, March 24, 1971) [2021 Remaster]
01    Wharf Rat (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 26, 1971) [2021 Remaster]
02    Not Fade Away / Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 5, 1

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Any items ordered with Pre-Orders will be held until they can all ship together. If you need in stock items faster please order them seperately.

RETURNS:

Returns are only accepted on damaged or defective items. Return requests must be made within 7 days of delivery. Please save the original packaging.

If you own a Crosley, Victrola or any other lower end turntable that has no ability to adjust the weight of the tone arm and are experiencing skipping on a new record please try the "Penny Trick". Simply place a penny on the top of the cartidge and it should provide enough weight to resolve your issues. While a great entry to the world of vinyl we do recommend upgrading to a turntable with a tone arm that can be adjusted as this issue will randomly occur. We do not take returns in these cases.

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