The Golden Road -1965 - 1973-

Grateful Dead: Beyond Description (1973-1989) As the Grateful Dead story continues with this 12-disc sequel to the equally outsized The Golden Road (1965-1973), the band leaves the relative comfort of the '60s (hey, it suited them just fine) and heads into a period that will provide them with greater rewards as a performing ...	All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions Jerry Garcia fed an insatiable appetite for music in the '70s, a decade when the Grateful Dead released seven studio albums and three live collections. Simultaneously, he embarked on a solo career that, like the Dead's '70s records, alternately attempted to harness and indulge Ga...	The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics Do you know the way to Fennario? Or wonder where the Nuthatch winters? What is the "Buck Dancer's Choice?" And where do the four winds dwell? If these are questions that leave you wondering then David Dodd's The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics may just be the skeleton key...	Fillmore East: April 1971	Creedence Clearwater Revival Popular but not hip, basic but not shallow, rooted but not retro, Creedence Clearwater Revival distinguished themselves in the late 1960s and early 1970s through these contradictions. This six-disc set is the definitive Creedence collection, offering superbly remastered versions ...
Complete Studio Recordings As Basil Bunting wrote about Ezra Pound's Cantos, "There are the Alps... you will have to go a long way round/if you want to avoid them." Led Zeppelin's work is the central fact of 1970s rock & roll; in its loving homage to and shameless piracy from the blues, its glorious and wr...	Fillmore West 1969 The 1969 double album Live/Dead holds a special place in the Deadhead universe; indeed, many band members and their inner circle consider it to be the band's best overall collection as well. This expanded, three-CD edition is culled from the same February/March '69 shows at th...	Three from the Vault Readied in the early '90s (but not released until the summer of 2007) this multi-tracked document of a strong twenty-song, two-hour set by the Dead from February 1971 in Port Chester, NY brims with subtle pleasures and myriad rave-ups. The sound is immaculate throughout, thanks t...	The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack More than just a significantly expanded soundtrack to the new DVD edition of the band's 1974 documentary, the five discs here (taken from a five-night stand at San Francisco's fabled Winterland in October) also document the end of an early Dead era, capturing extensive highlights...	Live at the Cow Palace: New Years Eve 1976 If you're a died-in-the-tie-dye fan, you've probably already heard a tape of this show and will be pleased to know that here it sounds amazing; the entire three hour performance is included, mixed and mastered off of original 16-track live master recordings. If you're not already...

The order I never recieved
I have never recieved this order. I contacted the seller and have never heard from them. I filed a claim with Amazon and have never heard from them. My credit card has been charged and yet no item. I will be contacting my credit card company as well as the better business bureau. A $100 may be not much to you but the way economy is today it is a lot to me.

Marvelous!!!
As a veteran of many many shows from 1976 until the sad bitter end, I find a good amount of joy contained in this large black box. Living a "Workingmans" lifestyle in the rural California Central Coast area helped me forge a strong connection with the philosophy of the Dead. My old vinyl is long gone, most of my cassettes, and CDs passed on to my grown boys, these compilations (Along with "Beyond Description", and Jerrys' own "All Good Things"), take me back on my personal, "Long Strange Trip". For me it's much more than the simple music...It's the remembering of my own friends embodying "Jack Straw, "Black Peter", and "Sugar Magnolia". I've had my own "High Time", and "Good Love". I also know the sting of "Looks like Rain", and "Me & Bobbie McGee". In some odd way this music has become "The Attics of My Life". Merrily I move along, looking for yet another adventure in my life. This is what the Dead was all about.

There best years where 1965 -69 this is a great box set !!!
I am a big fan of Psychedelic Music of the late 60s. So that being said you know where I am coming from. I am also not a country / folk fan. I'm a Rock & Roll Fan. So that being said I love the Dead from 1965 to 1969 and after that its hit and or miss. I like some of there later songs and some of there live jams. This is an Awesome !!! CD if you are into 60s Psych music. I consider this the Deads best Album right with Aoxomoxoa then Anthem of the Sun then Live Dead in that order there best four Albums. My reaction to Workingman's Dead and American Beauty (Both great Albums if you like that type of music) is this a Rock band? Where are the electric Guitars? Sorry I love the Deads early Rock Music.

WOW!!! Says An Old DEADHEAD
Better late than never, Amazon's latest price was the clincher and happy I got the box. Here in New York City you can purchase the single Cd's for under 7 dollars digipak and all,and being content with the original CD's that were approved by the Dead and the remastering by Joe Gastwirt, it was only a matter of time (years) in my case till I prepared myself for the wealth of bonus material enclosed in this testament to the Dead. For starters this box is made for the fans in typical Rhino quality, the lavish booklet,indepth liner booklet on each CD(get DK's book on The Dead..The Illustrated Trip as an adjunct)outrageous bonus material encompassing about 1/2 of the music makes it all worthwhile and a precious souvenir and statement of enduring value capturing the band at their peak. As to the sound, well, I never heard "Box Of Rain" sound better with such bass clarity,warmth and feel..As to the rest of the CD's one can see that the utmost care was taken in presenting the best mixes available. Being fortunate to have seen the band at Englishtown NJ, The return of the Dead after their hiatus and independence from Warner Brothers on the Wake Of The Flood tours, and basically the staple band of us growing up in the 70's, I am now contemplating the 2nd box. You won't be sorry on this one.

This is it !
The Dead's studio material has always been under-appreciated when compared to their live releases. Is it justified ? Probably. The Dead were always better in a live setting, but the studio stuff is still essential. When Rhino chose to release this 1st box, they satisfied both camps. The original studio albums with TONS of previously unreleased live material. I find myself programming the CD player to stop after each original studio disc , getting a beverage of choice , and then tracking the bonus material. Totally different listening experiences.This makes me appreciate , even more , just what quality those studio releases had.