Two from the Vault

Two from the Vault

by Grateful Dead
Two from the Vault

Two from the Vault

by Grateful Dead

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record - Remastered)

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Overview

As the title implies, this was the second complete show to be issued from the Grateful Dead's tape vaults. In contradiction of the "technical information" liner notes essay, this release was derived entirely from the second night of a two-night run (August 23 and 24, 1968) at the Shrine Theater in Los Angeles. These performances were documented using what was then a state-of-the-art multi-track machine provided (and administered) by the Dead's record company, Warner Brothers. After being shelved for nearly two-and-a-half decades, the band's longtime sonic gurus Dan Healy and Jeffrey Norman digitally reconstructed and released this aurally accurate and musically motivated performance. The set list is fairly typical of the band's mid-1968 repertoire. Having just issued their second platter, Anthem of the Sun, a month earlier, the Dead were concentrating fairly heavily on material from that disc -- including most of the first side. The extended "That's It for the Other One" suite is executed with the acidic fury associated with this era of the Grateful Dead. The band is also looking forward to their upcoming projects. These include Aoxomoxa -- their next studio effort -- which contains "Saint Stephen." However, the track appears in the context of their 1969 release, Live/Dead, linked with "Dark Star" on one side and "The Eleven" on the other. (Also from the genre-defining double-LP set is "Death Don't Have No Mercy" and "(Turn On Your) Lovelight"). The developmental stage of these tunes is nothing short of aurally palpable. The band is able to achieve -- if not arguably surpass -- much of the same energy that drove the versions which became indelibly stamped into the psyche of the counterculture, as well as Deadheads world wide. Two from the Vault is a fun ride, as well as a glimpse into the immense improvisational talents of the Grateful Dead in the late '60s. ~ Lindsay Planer

Product Details

Release Date: 04/07/2023
Label: Future Days
UPC: 0826853060813
Rank: 22210

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Grateful Dead   Primary Artist
Bill Kreutzmann   Drums,Percussion
Bob Weir   Guitar,Vocals
Jerry Garcia   Guitar,Vocals
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan   Drums,Organ,Vocals,Harmonica,Keyboards,Percussion
Phil Lesh   Bass,Vocals,Guitar (Bass)
Mickey Hart   Drums,Percussion
Tom Constanten   Organ,Keyboards

Technical Credits

Sonny Boy Williamson II   Composer
Bill Kreutzmann   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Bonnie Dobson   Composer
Bob Weir   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Joe Gastwirt   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Don Pearson   Engineer
Deadric Malone   Composer
Dick Latvala   Tape Archivist
Joseph Scott   Composer
Jeffrey Norman   Engineer
Jerry Garcia   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Rev. Gary Davis   Composer
Tim Rose   Composer
Brian Gold   Photography
Robert Peterson   Composer
Dan Healy   Producer
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Robert Petersen   Composer
Robert Hunter   Composer
Phil Lesh   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Mickey Hart   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Tom Constanten   Arranger,Producer
Tom Scott   Composer,Composer
Grateful Dead   Arranger,Composer
Sonny Boy Williamson I   Composer
Timothy Harris   Cover Art
Patricia Harris   Project Director
Rosie McGee   Photography
Harper Barnes   Liner Notes
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