I'm finding it difficult to sort through them. I was just trying to listen to 4.27.71... and I can't figure out if I prefer it or not yet. The stereo seems to have wider separation (I think), and the bass seems to be more pronounced. I find the bass more pronounced on a lot of them, actually. Now more Phil is never a bad thing... but it is interesting that they have quite different feels (at least to me on my system). I'd love anyone else's reflections on these PCMs . Remind me again what the PCM actually means in this context? I know it's been covered... I just can't find it. Sigh.
After being skeptical of JGB for some time I am finding some pretty high energy stuff from around 1980 and 81.
IWT also. Spot on review. Also proposed to my wife that afternoon in Tiburon and we still going strong.
[QUOTE="Archtop, post: 18169596, member: This is exactly why I don't listen to JGB. I want to hear Jerry sparring with a worthy adversary/compatriot in Phil, not Jerry dragging a lame mule up a sand dune.[/QUOTE] Why dontcha tell us how you really feel?!? Did Phil ever sit in with JGB?
The February 1980 tour has some very worthy music. Saw my first JGB show on that tour, 13 Feb in Albany, and that was amazing.
All of this is true, which is why I noted that magic moment as "Jerry & Phil." I've had that show on tape since c. 1980, and I have never grown tired of that transition from Dark Star > Eyes of the World. Simply extraordinary.
Let me just state this: There are really only two reasons to read this board: I want facts; I want opinions. Often when asking for facts, we get some of those and a whole boatload of other stuff. At least when I give my opinion, I can guarantee that it's genuine even if it's not factual.
I was playing with ya and really do appreciate your insight. I had to laugh at the lame mule up a sand dune! I don't think it's THAT bad but, I know for a fact that its your honest opinion. Funny stuff!! Now back to DB8 for me!
Exploring the Fillmore West run of June 1970. On 6/5/70 during a very good "Other One" there is a feedback shriek in the jam after the first verse and someone says "goddamn it!"
On the recently received DP8, they added back Cold Rain and Snow, which was mysteriously omitted on the CD release. Seems they missed the vocal intro but pushed it back a bar or two seamlessly Fantastic guitar sound on the main riff!! No sound issues or tape cuts
24 February 1974- Winterland. Goes well with my morning chai. btw- this is Dave's 13, for those of you who never identify the dates of what you're listening to. Playing In The Band. Spacious = Delicious.
Certainly needless hyperbole on my part, but there you have it. I wouldn't use the term bad, and I really like his work on double bass, but I find his electric playing to be hopelessly stilted and cloyingly repetitive. In fairness, I think Jerry wanted the repetitive aspect for JGB, so there's that, but there's a good reason why I almost always reach for '72-'74 King Crimson, Zappa and Grateful Dead and (almost) anything Sun Ra. Collective improvisation (of the at least semi-structured variety) is something that scratches an itch so deep that I can't really articulate how good it feels.
Oh heres to my sweet Satan. The one whose little flag would make me sad Whose power is Satan He will give you 666 His power is Satan
Garcia said once that he and John Kahn always liked the same things in music. Something I think Garcia would have never said about Lesh or Weir.
Really? Where did you buy this? I'd be tempted to pick one up, the omission of Cold Rain has always bugged me.
Oh, for God's sake. Now we're talking about the late 80s JGB in terms of "THAT bad"? Not even you, unravelled, just that it's gotten to this point. The Seals band was a really good band. But it was the Jerry Garcia showcase. And that's what was amazing about it, because Garcia was amazing. Listen to that album from 1991. He is on fire throughout, and way more than I ever heard him catch fire with pre-1978 JGB. But at least I now understand how some people could rate that stuff higher, if you're talking about the rest of the band and how assertive they were. I have always gone to JGB for a concentrated blast of Jerry. Sometimes even with the Dead I find myself listening to him rather than the keys during a keyboard solo. Listen to how his guitar roars and chirps and strains at the traces when Seals is soloing, and the beauty and power of his playing throughout:
Can anyone speak to the quality of the Brookvale DP Vinyl reissues? I am considering picking up volume 8 now that it is out... even though the completist in me is gonna go nuts wishing the other 6 they have released were on my shelf!
