The Bakers Dozen: Live At Madison Square Garden is a nicely curated live compilation that hits the jams vs songs dynamic well… The Baker's Dozen: Live At Madison Square Garden
Telling someone to start with 3.0 Phish is kinda' like recommending someone new to the Dead that they check out a post-Brent show.
Yeah I'm not too into those Vince shows. Not that I haven't heard some nice stuff from that era, but it is definitely my least favorite. My favorite Dead era is 72-74, especially songs like "Playin," "Dark Star," and "The Other One."
I think telling someone to check out The Bakers Dozen is closer to telling them to check out Spring 90.
Without A Net was the first live Grateful Dead I ever heard and I haven’t stopped listening since 1993. He’s not asking for the greatest show, he’s asking for a good first listen. Even if someone likes mid-70s Dead I have a hard time saying jump into Summer ‘95 Phish for your first experience, I’d probably steer closer to Clifford Ball. Edit - I obviously missed the Sun Ra reference. In that case jump right into Fall 94 or Summer 95. Tweezer from “A Live One” will have a lot of abstract art rock sheets of sound stuff as well.
Just got back from tonight’s show in Chula Vista and Oh. My. God. Just insane. The first set was as jammed out and exploratory as a great second set. And tonight’s second set got DARK. Just incredible energy, incredible playing. Best I’ve seen in a long time. And I brought my 11 year old daughter with me, which made it a real dream come true.
On paper, it looked fantastic, and from what you say I'm glad to hear it sounds like it was played at least as well as the four Bay Area shows this year, which were phenomenal.
I hope they’re covering an album this year. Random comments around the innerwebz have suggested they’re teasing some Pink Floyd, especially recently(Fall). Meddle was released 10/31/71 …cuz that would be pretty, pretty, pretty good!!!
I thought the 3 disc set was kind of a weird set of selections so far as highlights go. A good set still worth getting, but a bit of a head scratcher. Been awhile since I chased this thought around so can’t think of specific examples.
I remember thinking that like some Grateful Dead live albums it showed that the band doesn't tend to agree with the fans in picking the show highlights. Including another version of "Roggae" was one example.
Broke my 2019 spell and played 10/23/21 Chula Vista today after reading about it this morning. Ho. Lee. Freaking. Crap. If this wasn't worthy of 5/5 stars, then nothing is. I didn't take notes but my jaw was on the floor from start to finish.
'Ello. I'm Phishing it up tonight in Inglewood. Yay! First show I've been to since, erm, oooh, since a Trey band show in Houston just before 'it all'. Reasonably excited. Free parking on the street on a Sunday too which makes things easier. Killer headache though. Booo.
