1974 Grateful Dead Live
! ... through the One & Only ! " Wall of Sound !!! " - inside the
Bay Area !! ... at the Good Ol' Cow Palace !!!!!
The Glorious! 1974 " Wall of Sound " !!! Was this the '
Sound-Beast ' that sucked in the Grateful Dead and dragged them down ??!
As a Dead Fan myself - I think not - I believe it Amplified their Fantastic
Musicianship ! & Sound !! to a pristine-level, like no other band ever
!!! However, I've certainly heard & read many tales of how this
Monster ! of a sound system dragged them down ( both Band & Crew ! ) due to
its sheer square foot size, and financial drain to keep it pumping. To my
ear, 1974 is an immaculate period for the Band - and it is easy as an outsider
to wonder why a band playing like this would hang it up ( possibly for good ? -
yet, so-thankfully ' not ' ) in October of '74 at the Winterland, announcing
what would be billed as " The Last One " - thus the last Grateful
Dead Concert ever ?? Music & sound wise, this 3/23/74 Cow Palace Show
is incredible and offers everything one would expect & hope for in a '74
performance : U.S. Blues - B.T. Wind - Scarlet - China > Rider -
Weather Report Suite ( and that's just on CD One ! ) -- CD 2 takes it way-deep
and multidimensional ... the Playin' > Uncle John's > Morning Dew >
Uncle John's > Playin' is just big stuff - big-time, creative &
Legendary ! Musicianship by the Dead. The Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia
at the end merely ices this cake of bliss. Inside the Liner Notes, Bear
does his thing ( like only Bear can-do ... ) offering details, specs,
talking-up / promoting & rightfully bragging about the " Wall
". The 3/22/74 San Francisco Chronicle article sums this scene up in
a way that almost nobody could do better with a title-article stating "
The Dead : Committed to Sound Perfection ". Yes. And that they
are indeed. I mean people ... here are just a few brief notes on the
" Wall " that I can't help but share with you : Six ( 6 ) Independent
Sound Systems ( one each-unique for Vocals, Lead-Guitar, Rhythm-Guitar, Piano,
Bass & Drums ) ! --- Eleven ( 11 ) separate Channels ! --- Forty-Eight ( 48
) Amplifiers ! --- And yes ... Six-Hundred-Forty-One ( 641 ) Speakers
!!! Though I'm certain being fortunate enough to play through, or just
listen to this System-of-a-System live is pure Joy & Bliss -- but imaging
hauling it around, and feeding ( paying-for ) all the fuel in its hungry tank
!?! Those of you who saw it, I'm so Amazingly-Happy ! for You ! as that
does indeed enshrine you officially as a very-important part of Rock 'n Roll
History !! The Music & Concert World will never see anything like
this again from a standpoint of size, quality & just blatant genius-dialed
audible perfection. Here in the new millennium, wealthy bands like say
the Rolling Stones - U2 or even Metallica can try ... but nothing can - or ever
will - hold-a-candle to the sound-perfection of the Grate ! " Wall Of Sound
!!!!! ".
TRACK LISTING >>>
Grateful Dead ' Live ' at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California ( CA ) on
March 23, 1974 ( 3/24/1974 ) :
CD ONE :
U.S. Blues
Promised Land
Brown-Eyed Woman
Black-Throated Wind
Scarlet Begonias
Beat It On Down The Line
Deal
Cassidy
China Cat Sunflower >
I Know You Rider
Weather Report Suite
CD TWO :
Playing In The Band >
Uncle John's Band >
Morning Dew >
Uncle John's Band >
Playing In The Band
Big River
Bertha
Wharf Rat >
Sugar Magnolia
* Item Condition * : This Very-Rare !! ( 2004 GDP, Inc. / Rhino release -
R2 76477) Dick's Picks 24 Twenty Four ( Cow Palace - Daly City, CA - 3/23/74 )
2-CD Set is Factory-Sealed ! This CD Set has been listed as ' Good ' instead of " Brand New / Factory-Sealed " due to a thin hair line internal surface crack on back side of plastic 2-CD Case ( approximately 2" / please see photos ( close-up photo #17 ) ). This 2-CD Set was purchased retail ( factory-sealed ) from my local independent record store upon it's release ( in 2004 ), and has been very carefully stored inside additional protective plastic in my professional CD rack ever since ( for 20-years ). Please see all photos & close-up photos provided. Photos included are of the actual item you will receive. The S.F. Bay Area ! " Proving-Ground !! " ... for the " Wall Of Sound !!! " - at the Good Ol' Cow Palace ! on Spring Tour '74 !! -- Enjoy !!!
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