Grateful Dead Steal Your Face 1974

Steal Your Face is a live album by the Grateful Dead.

It was recorded during their farewell tour at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco between October 16 and October 20, 1974.

The band had been pioneering a new sound system (known as the wall of sound) but it made touring harder than before because of the more complicated set-up when they changed venues.

These concerts also provided the source for The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack which has been much better received.

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The Allman Brothers Band 2nd Set 1994

An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set is a live album by The Allman Brothers Band.

The majority of the album was recorded in 1994.

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Grateful Dead History of the Grateful Dead Volume One (Bear’s Choice) 1970

History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice) is a live album by the Grateful Dead.

It pulls its songs from concerts recorded at the Fillmore East in New York on February 13 and 14, 1970. These are also featured in Dick’s Picks Volume 4.

Compiler Owsley Stanley (Bear) wanted to pay tribute to Pigpen when it was being produced.

In 2001 four more tracks from February 1970 were added to the album including a second version of Smokestack Lightnin‘.

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The Allman Brothers Band Live At Ludlow Garage 1970

Live At Ludlow Garage 1970 is a live album by The Allman Brothers Band.

It was recorded live at Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati, Ohio in April 1970 and was finally released in 1990.

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The Allman Brothers Band Live At The Atlanta International Pop Festival 1970

Live At The Atlanta International Pop Festival July 3 & 5, 1970 is a live album by The Allman Brothers Band.

This album captures the two shows at the festival in Byron, Georgia nearly a year before the famous At Fillmore East album.

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Grateful Dead Dick’s Picks Volume 4 1970

Dick’s Picks Volume 4 is a live album by the Grateful Dead.

It was recorded at the Fillmore East in New York City on February 13 and February 14, 1970 and features the third sets from both concerts. It was released in February 1996.

Dick’s Picks are archival live recordings selected by the Grateful Dead tape vault archivist Dick Latvala and were named after him.

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The Allman Brothers Band Eat A Peach 1971

Eat A Peach is a part studio and part recorded live in concert album by the Allman Brothers Band.

A deluxe version of Eat A Peach adds the final Fillmore East show on June 27, 1971. Availability of this seems limited in the United States but it’s available as an mp3 download in the UK.

Fresh from the success of Live At Fillmore East, the Allmans decided that you can’t have too much of a good thing and especially after the tragic loss of band leader Duane Allman on October 29, 1971.

Mountain Jam, One Way Out and Trouble No More were live recordings.

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Grateful Dead Live At The Cow Palace New Years Eve 1976

Live At The Cow Palace: New Years Eve 1976 is a live album by the Grateful Dead recorded in Daly City, near to San Francisco in California.

This concert recording catch the Dead between the Blues for Allah and Terrapin Station studio albums and follows their break in performing live in concert regularly between 1974 and 1976.

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Grateful Dead Steppin Out With The Grateful Dead England 72

Steppin Out With The Grateful Dead England 72 is a live album compiled from the concert performance in England by the Grateful Dead in April & May 1972.

Europe 72 was an extremely successful live album for the Grateful Dead but it excluded many of the classic songs. While these have been picked up on Europe 72 volume 2, the albums lack a concert feel.d

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Grateful Dead Closing of Winterland December 31 1978

Closing of Winterland: December 31 1978 is a live album by the Grateful Dead. This was the last rock concert at San Francisco’s Winterland Arena and was released in 2003.

The venue had been the band’s spiritual home after the closure of the smaller Fillmore West and it was fitting that the Dead were the last band to play at the venue which was home to The Last Waltz.

The gig went on for so long that breakfast was served to the crowd at dawn.

Grateful Dead Closing of Winterland December 31 1978

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