Grateful Dead - History of the Grateful Dead v1 (Bear's Choice) (HDCD) (1973)
Rock | EAC Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | covers
Rhino R2 74401-J | HDCD rem: 2001 | 505Mb
This 1973 release was the very last collection that the Grateful Dead authorized during their tenure with Warner Bros. in the late '60s and early '70s. However, this live disc was a sort of melancholy affair, as it centered on material featuring Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (guitar/vocals/mouth harp), who had left the band due to illness in June of the previous year. History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice) is somewhat misleading, as a follow-up never came to pass. Band historians, however, claim that this release was optimistically titled because the label had hoped to issue a series of live recordings (a la Dick's Picks) containing highlights from a variety of vintage Dead performances.