Top Ten Best Grateful Dead Live Albums

The Grateful Dead are famous for their outstanding live performances, so these are the best of the best (that were released officially).

The Top Ten

1 Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings

I had just discovered this beautiful and cool album!

2 Cornell: 5/8/77

3 Europe '72: The Complete Recordings

4 Dick's Picks Volume Eight: Harpur College, Binghamton, Ny - 05/02/70

5 Dick's Picks Volume Four: Fillmore East, 2/13-14/70

6 Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead: Fillmore East New York City April 1971

7 Sunshine Daydream: 8/27/1972 Old Renaissance Faire Grounds, Veneta, Or

8 The Closing of Winterland

9 Dick's Picks Volume 36: 9/21/72 the Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pa

10 Without a Net

The Contenders

11 Live Dead

12 The Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)

13 The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack - Winterland, SF, Ca: 10/16-20/1974

14 Dick's Picks Volume 12 - Providence, Ri - 06/26/74 Boston Garden - 06/28/74

15 Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings

16 Go to Nassau: 5/15 - 16/1980

17 Wake Up to Find Out: 3/29/1990 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, Ny

18 Red Rocks: 7/8/78

Admittedly, I am partial to the spring 1977 shows. I could never truly pick a favorite show from any era. But I had to comment on this '78 gem. Estimated > Other One (sick! ) > Eyes... just wow. It will change your life man!

19 Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Believe It If You Need It

20 Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3, Fillmore East, 5/15/70

A more intimate version of the Harpur College experience. Mixed vocals forward. A++

21 Steppin' Out With the Grateful Dead: England '72

22 Reckoning

23 Three from the Vault: 2/19/1971 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, Ny

24 Formerly the Warlocks: 10/8 - 9/1989 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Va

25 Academy of Music, New York City, March 1972

Shows in this week-long run can be found on Dick's Picks 30 and Dave's Picks 14, as well as a couple bonus cds out there. The shows have a raw but bluesy feel mixed with some of the refinement displayed later that summer in the Europe '72 tour. It's the best of all worlds.

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