{"product_id":"grateful-dead-from-the-mars-hotel-50th-anniversary-deluxe-cd","title":"Grateful Dead – From The Mars Hotel (50th Anniversary, Deluxe 3-CD Set)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eReview\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Grateful Dead were uncharacteristically well-rehearsed when they entered the studio to record 1974's From the Mars Hotel, if the Angel's Share is any indication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe digital-only collection follows similar treatments of Workingman's Dead, American Beauty and Wake of the Flood. But at 90 minutes and 16 tracks – six devoted to Phil Lesh's \"Pride of Cucamonga\" (two, sans John McFee's all-important pedal steel) and \"Unbroken Chain\" (four, three of which appeared on Wake's Angel's Share) – this edition is shorter than its predecessors by an hour and easier to digest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt kicks off with nimble instrumental runs through \"Scarlet Begonias\" that feature exquisite, perfectly mixed sound. The alternate vocal mix, meanwhile, contains a wobbly percussive element that pie-eyed listeners will eat up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gorgeous acoustic mix of \"China Doll\" previews 1980 and Reckoning by more than a half-decade, while the wordless \"Ship of Fools (Take 7)\" foreshadows \"Standing on the Moon\" by a decade-and-a-half.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor their parts, \"Loose Lucy\" appears in yet another iteration, and an alternate mix of \"Money Money\" confirms nothing can salvage that hot mess of a song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wave that Flag\" has fully morphed into \"U.S. Blues\" by the time the band gets to Take 8 after music-only takes 1, 2 and 4 while the alternate mix of \"Unbroken Chain\" is very similar to the album version.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe keepers of the Dead vault are to be commended for keeping this Share concise and sharply focused on Bill Kreutzmann one-man drumming, Keith Godchaux's still-wildly inventive piano playing and strong ensemble playing and singing from guitarists Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, bassist Lesh and vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux. From the Mars Hotel thus received the strongest Angel's Share treatment to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Kristopher Weiss, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jambands.com\/reviews\/2024\/05\/10\/grateful-dead-from-the-mars-hotel-the-angels-share\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ejambands.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSandwiched between the sprawling psychedelic explorations of Wake of the Flood and Blues for Allah, From the Mars Hotel finds the Dead in a surprisingly focused, almost laid-back groove, with Garcia, Weir, and Hunter all turning in some of their most accessible writing of the decade. The bonus live set captures the Wall of Sound in its earliest touring form, a genuinely historic document of the most ambitious live sound system rock and roll has ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRhino's seventh installment of 50th Anniversary Studio Releases for Grateful Dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom The Mars Hotel is the 7th album and 2nd released on Dead's own label, Grateful Dead Records. The Deluxe Edition features the same remastered and Plangentized audio from the 50th Remaster PLUS the previously unreleased live performance from the University of Nevada-Reno on May 12, 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was the first road show for the infamous \"Wall Of Sound, \" which debuted mere weeks earlier at home on March 23, 1974 at the Cow Palace. Remastered by GRAMMY Award-winning engineer David Glasser, with Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction and Produced for Release by David Lemieux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDisc 1\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1-1. U.S. Blues (4:37)\u003cbr\u003e\n1-2. China Doll (4:08)\u003cbr\u003e\n1-3. Unbroken Chain (6:43)\u003cbr\u003e\n1-4. Loose Lucy (3:20)\u003cbr\u003e\n1-5. Scarlet Begonias (4:18)\u003cbr\u003e\n1-6. Pride Of Cucamonga (4:15)\u003cbr\u003e\n1-7. Money Money (4:22)\u003cbr\u003e\n1-8. Ship Of Fools (5:28)\u003cbr\u003e\n1-9. China Doll (Demo) (2:44)\u003cbr\u003e\n1-10. Wave That Flag (Demo) (5:00)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDisc 2\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n2-1. Sugaree (7:28)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-2. Mexicali Blues (3:51)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-3. Tennessee Jed (8:15)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-4. Jack Straw (4:57)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-5. Brown-Eyed Women (4:59)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-6. Beat It On Down The Line (3:55)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-7. China Cat Sunflower (8:06)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-8. I Know You Rider (6:54)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-9. El Paso (4:32)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-10. U.S. Blues (5:15)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-11. Greatest Story Ever Told (4:50)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-12. It Must Have Been The Roses (5:40)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-13. Me And Bobby McGee (5:41)\u003cbr\u003e\n2-14. Deal (4:46)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDisc 3\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n3-1. Around And Around (6:38)\u003cbr\u003e\n3-2. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo (7:58)\u003cbr\u003e\n3-3. Truckin' (10:09)\u003cbr\u003e\n3-4. The Other One (21:40)\u003cbr\u003e\n3-5. Row Jimmy (8:48)\u003cbr\u003e\n3-6. Big River (5:41)\u003cbr\u003e\n3-7. Ship Of Fools (6:15)\u003cbr\u003e\n3-8. 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