"7th March
From the same music scene as Jefferson Airplane, this San Francisco rock group have gone down in history as one of the most important bands of the late sixties/early seventies. Their second album, it is also their first to employ only original tracks. A collection of mostly long songs, often with a jamming style, it is an absorbing and brilliant album, with a true collaborative feel from a group of virtuoso musicians. Also interesting to note is the use of two drummers, that on a ster"
""The Dead's second album was built from multiple live performances and studio takes, which were faded in and out of each track in an attempt to re-create the alchemy of the band's shows. Jerry Garcia said, "We really mixed for the hallucinations, you know?" One listen, and you did.""