Grateful Dead – Two From The Vault: Remastered (Limited Edition 4-LP Vinyl)
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The Shrine Auditorium shows from August 1968 captured the Dead at a pivotal moment, just weeks after Mickey Hart joined the band and transformed their rhythmic foundation into the dual-drummer configuration that would define them for decades. This particular evening documents a band still metabolizing that new chemistry, with Pigpen very much a frontman presence and the psychedelic explorations that would later stretch into marathon improvisations still finding their shape.
First time ever on vinyl! Limited four vinyl LP pressing in a gatefold Stoughton 'tip-on' M-Pack jacket. Following on the heels of Light in the Attic's vinyl LP release of One From The Vault comes the next in the trilogy of From The Vault releases by The Grateful Dead.
These releases are distinguished from the more abundant Dick's Picks series in that Dick's Picks are 'direct from the soundboard' recordings, while the From The Vault series was professionally recorded on multi-track tape and then mixed down (decades) later for release. Recorded live at the Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles) in 1968, this is the worldwide vinyl debut of this legendary show, featuring the 6-piece line-up of Pigpen, Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Kreutzmann, and Hart, freshly remastered in 2014 by Joe Gastwirt for maximum mind expansion. Nine dynamic songs on eight sides of wax - five songs weigh in around the 15-minute mark, while three others touch down close to 10 minutes.
This is the Dead at their most improvisational while still retaining the Blues-Rock roots of the 'Pigpen' years.
Tracklist
Side A
A1. Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl (15:59)
Side B
B1. Dark Star (11:20)
B2. Saint Stephen (4:40)
Side C
C1. The Eleven (14:27)
Side D
D1. Death Don't Have No Mercy (8:23)
Side F
F1. New Potato Caboose (14:16)
Side G
G1. Turn On Your Lovelight (17:13)
Side H
H1. (Walk Me Out In The) Morning Dew (7:13)
UPC: 826853060813
Label: Future Days Recordin
Release Date: 4.7.23
Format: LP Vinyl