Yeah, I dress more like the partners in your firm than I do like you Tanner.

Come back guys, come back.

Try this, it's all in one.

For many Deadheads, the release of Hundred Year Hall: 4-26-72 (1995) in September 1995 is inextricably linked with the passing of Jerry Garcia (guitar/vocals) a few weeks earlier. This double-CD features just under two-and-a-half hours of highlights from the Grateful Dead on April 26, 1972 at Jahrhundert Halle in Frankfurt, Germany. The band was in the midst of its Europe '72 excursion, not to mention a state of transition. Chronic health issues would force co-founder Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (vocals/organ/harmonica) off the road for good in less than two months. Ultimately in his stead was the recent arrival of the husband and wife team Keith Godchaux (piano) and Donna Jean Godchaux (vocals), who are joined by mainstays Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann (percussion), Phil Lesh (bass/vocals), and Bob Weir (guitar/vocals). While there is no typical Grateful Dead concert, the contents admirably represent the septet's strengths, as well as providing an adequate cross-section of material unique to the era. The two discs are sequenced to loosely replicate two respective sets. The first is filled with shorter and self-contained tunes and the second opens up an opportunity for outings of a comparatively expansive nature. The youthful exuberance empowering the songbook staples "Bertha," "Me & My Uncle," and the "China Cat Sunflower"/"I Know You Rider" medley is complemented by a thoughtful "Playing in the Band" -- heard in its exploratory infancy. Disc One then closes with a slightly above average reading of the R&B rave-up "Turn on Your Lovelight" that glides effortlessly into a fair to middlin' "Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad." Weir has obviously been conserving his energies as the party is shifted into overdrive. Although lyrically a train wreck, "Truckin'" develops nicely with Garcia and Lesh standing out for their melodic counterpoint. "Cryptical Envelopment" -- which should be ID'ed as "The Other One" -- is an improvisation lover's dream with the machine hitting on all cylinders. The exchanges range from delicate to impassioned, weaving an aural tapestry that unravels into the arresting and rarely unveiled ballad "Comes a Time." The emotional zenith is capitalized upon by Weir as he sends home the whole affair with a suitably hot and sweaty "Sugar Magnolia." Parties interested in hearing additional selections from the show should check out the 2001 Europe '72 CD reissue "bonus track" with McKernan wailing on an exemplary "Two Souls in Communion" -- one of only a dozen times it was played.

Hundred Year is still the disc that, even moreso than Europe 72 itself, made me fall in love with The Dead.

I am currently listening to the Ryan Is Dead compilation.

Infrared Roses is a live compilation album by the Grateful Dead. It is a conglomeration of their famous improvisational segments "Drums" and "Space."

Somewhere in the middle of the second set of a Grateful Dead concert came a period of musical improvisation. This part of the concert is commonly referred to as "Space," and came right after a drum solo or duet. Infrared Roses is a compilation of these performances. There are no recognizable songs from the band's repertoire on this release.

Holy Shnikies. I don't think I can handle that. (Bring. It. On.)

... buying tapes of live shows

did this happen?

Drawing upon the same spring 1990 East Coast tour that produced Without a Net, Dozin' at the Knick mixes performances from three successive shows performed at Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, NY, March 24-26. It contains most of the first set from March 26, all of the second set from March 24, and the second half of the second set from March 25. Deadheads might have preferred that the March 24 show be presented in its entirety instead, but at least the best feature of that show is included, namely a nearly eight-minute version of the rarely performed (and never before released on record) jam "Your Mind Has Left Your Body," here playfully renamed "Mud Love Buddy Jam." The Dead had reinvigorated their live shows in the fall of 1989, meanwhile reintroducing many of their older songs. By the spring of 1990, they were back to a more conventional repertoire (though this album contains such fairly unusual selections as "The Wheel" and the a cappella "And We Bid You Goodnight"), but their performance standard remained high, as demonstrated on this well-performed collection.

Disc 1

"Hell in a Bucket" (Barlow, Mydland, Weir) – 6:08
"Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:36
"Just A Little Light" (Barlow, Mydland) – 4:45
"Walkin' Blues" (Johnson, arr. Weir) – 6:11
"Jack-A-Roe" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 4:14
"Never Trust A Woman" (Mydland) – 7:06
"When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) – 5:02
"Row Jimmy" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:26
"Blow Away" (Barlow, Mydland) – 11:14

Disc 2

"Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 10:08
"Uncle John's Band" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:01
"Lady With A Fan" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:35
"Terrapin Station" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:45
"Mud Love Buddy Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 7:53
"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzman) – 9:41
"Space" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 9:39

Disc 3

"Space" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 1:03
"The Wheel" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:45
"All Along the Watchtower" (Dylan) – 7:45
"Stella Blue" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:32
"Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 7:24
"We Bid You Goodnight" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 2:21
"Space" (Garcia, Lesh, Mydland, Weir) – 1:31
"I Will Take You Home" (Mydland) – 4:17
"Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:59
"Black Peter" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:08
"Around and Around" (Berry) – 5:57
"Brokedown Palace" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:20

That's a nice set I haven't heard in a while. Twist my fucking arm, DJ.

Looking forward to it as well. I haven't heard "Hell in a Bucket" in forever.

I remember Dozin being heinously bad when it came out - that 89/90 Tour does not benefit from clarity of sound.

I'll give er a whirl and see if my perception has changed