GRATEFUL DEAD Dave's Picks Volume 1 5/25/1977 5xLP Box/LIMITED 5000/SEALED

  

Dave's Picks Volume 1: Richmond, Virginia 5/25/77. US, Rhino Records, Catalogue #.

Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2022 Rhino Records/Grateful Dead Productions label deluxe 5xLP boxset/presentation of Dave's Picks #1, featuring the Grateful Dead's live performance from their May 25th, 1977 gig at The Mosque in Richmond, Virginia. NOTE: BRAND NEW/FACTORY SEALED ITEM! NOTE: NUMBERED, LIMITED VINYL EDITION OF 5000 COPIES ONLY! Chances are if you're a Dead Head you're already well-versed in the glorious spring of 1977. Back a year since their mid-'70s performing hiatus, and fresh from recording their Terrapin Station album in L.

There were fantastic new songs (including the "Terrapin Station" suite, "Estimated Prophet" and "Fire on the Mountain") and their older tunes seemed imbued with new vigor and vitality. Every stop of the tour, which stretched from the third week of April (beginning at the Spectrum in Philadelphia) through the first week in June (back at Winterland in San Francisco), presented some new wrinkle or interesting variation on the repertoire, as songs were moved around, unusual combinations were explored and the septet continue to solidify and mature. Which is a fancy way of saying the band was on fire -y'see, there's a reason why this is the ninth show from that tour to be released! The song list from 5/25/77 might not reveal much out of the ordinary (though it's great selection of tunes), but the playing is definitely extraordinary. The first set contains outstanding versions of favorites such as "Mississippi Half-Step, " "Jack Straw, " "Cassidy" and "Lazy Lightning" > Supplication.

And the second set is primo-grade'77 from start to finish. The buoyant "Scarlet Begonias" > "Fire on the Mountain" that kicks things off sets the tone, but then the rest of the set is a deftly played medley starting with "Estimated" and moving into "He's Gone, " a primal drum workout from Mickey and Bill, a heart-pounding version of "The Other One" that's split by "Wharf Rat" (the only time those songs were played in that sequence), a joyful "Wheel, " and then a double-dose of Chuck Berry to bring it all back to rock'n' roll basics. Talk about a thrill ride! Tracks on this 5xLP box set are as follows. A1 Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo.

B1 They Love Each Other. E2 Fire On The Mountain. F2 He's Gone >. G2 The Other One >. H2 The Other One >. Protecting corrugated cardboard record mailer with filler pads. We are record collectors here, too, and we pledge to package your records (or any other item) in a way in which we would like to have records/other items packaged, sent to us and received by us as well. If a customer REQUESTS that we unseal a factory sealed record to send with the LP and inner sleeve on the outside of the cover (to protect the cover from any potential seam-splitting during transit) we will do so. We do this for all new AND used items that are in our stock.

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