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GRATEFUL DEAD

Rhino R2655956 (2CD). 2021. Grateful Dead, prod.; Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor, David Glasser, engs.

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SONICS

As the 1960s became the ’70s, the Grateful Dead went through, the group found its mojo. In 1970, the band released its two greatest studio albums, and . But the Dead made its bones on live performances, and early in ’71 they decided to make another live record even though they had enough songs for another studio album.

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