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**For sale in store only**
For our second vinyl expedition into the Grateful Dead vaults (having sold out of Dicks Picks Vol. 34), weve landed on one of the most momentous shows in the bands long history: the March 23, 1974 show at the Cow Palace that marked the first appearance of the famous (or infamous, depending on which Dead Head you ask) Wall of Sound concert PA! And, since the calling card of that amplification system was its crystal-clear fidelity, we have taken absolutely no chances with the sound on this vinyl release: the show was mastered from the original analog tapes by long-time Dead engineer Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering, and the venerable John Golden (whos cut lacquer for everyone from Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings to Jonathan Wilson to Soundgarden) at Golden Mastering cut the lacquers. It took two rounds of test pressings to run the approval gauntlet of Norman, Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux, and Real Gones own Gordon Anderson, so rest assured youre getting the very best vinyl listening experience we can deliver, and the 180-gram vinyl pressing ensures minimum warpage and surface noise. In short, youll hear the same unprecedented sonic clarity that Bear envisioned when he put together the Wall of Sound PAand indeed the set includes the note from Bear that accompanied the original CD release as part of the 4-page, full-size, full-color insert that lies inside the color hardshell box containing the four LPs (which are housed inside poly-lined sleeves).
Aside from the debut of the Wall of Sound, the 3/23/74 show is notable for several reasons. First, it featured the debut of two songs, Cassidy and Scarlet Begonias, that were to become staples of the bands repertoire. And, second, this show marked the third and last appearance of the Playing in the Band/Uncle Johns Band/Morning Dew/Uncle Johns Band/Playing in the Band medley, and you can see whyit would be very, very hard to top this performance, which stretched its Playing in the Band segments almost to their breaking point. Its a peak show from a pivotal period in the bands developmentand were only pressing up 1500 hand-numbered copies of this 4-LP set! Once theyre gone nothins gonna bring em back
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