April 23, 2024
GRATEFUL DEAD 2011 ROAD TRIPS VOL. 4 NO. 2 APRIL FOOLS' 88 THREE CD SET
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great show, enjoy Detailed item info Album Features Artist: Grateful Dead Format: CD Release Year: 2011 Record Label: Rhino Genre: Rock & Pop Details Distributor: n/a Recording Type: Live SPAR Code: DDD Album Notes For career Deadheads, the late '80s was a bittersweet time. In 1986, Jerry Garcia lapsed into a diabetic coma that nearly killed him. He was out of commission for five months, and fans were rightly concerned that they'd seen the last of their favorite traveling band. But lo and behold, in 1987 the Grateful Dead bounced back with their first-ever Top Ten album, In the Dark, and -- even more startlingly -- a Top Ten single, "Touch of Grey." For a band who had always shrugged off the recording studio in favor of their life-changing, celebratory live gigs, this was quite a development, and not surprisingly, it resulted in an exponential increase in the size of their fan base, which was already bursting at the seams. In retrospect, however, it would seem that those newbies to the scene were witnessing a band that was offering diminishing returns. From the evidence present on this three-CD compendium of tracks recorded in East Rutherford, N.J., on March 31 and April 1, 1988, the Dead had become more or less predictable and somewhat frayed. That isn't to say there aren't moments of inspiration and near-brilliance here. The medley
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