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DISCID=a3129c0a
DTITLE=Grateful Dead / Wake of the Flood [Remastered]
DYEAR=1973
DGENRE=Country-Rock, Jam Rock
TTITLE0=Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
TTITLE1=Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
TTITLE2=Row Jimmy
TTITLE3=Stella Blue
TTITLE4=Here Comes Sunshine
TTITLE5=Eyes of the World
TTITLE6=Weather Report Suite
TTITLE7=Eyes of the World [Live]
TTITLE8=Weather Report Suite [Studio Acoustic Demo]
TTITLE9=China Doll [Studio Outtake]
EXTD=Beyond Description (1973-1989) - Disc 01 of 12 : Wake Of The Dead
EXTD=\n2004 Warner Bros. Records / Rhino Entertainment Company\n\nOrig
EXTD=inally Released October 15, 1973\nCD Edition Released October 10,
EXTD= 1995\n'Beyond Description' CD Compilation Released October 26, 2
EXTD=004\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: (Beyond Description) \n\nAmazon.com Edi
EXTD=torial Review (Beyond Description)\nAs the Grateful Dead story co
EXTD=ntinues with this 12-disc sequel to the equally outsized The Gold
EXTD=en Road (1965-1973), the band leaves the relative comfort of the 
EXTD='60s (hey, it suited them just fine) and heads into a period that
EXTD= will provide them with greater rewards as a performing outfit, a
EXTD=nd greater challenges as a studio entity. The post-'60s Dead flou
EXTD=ndered nearly as often as they soared--at times haphazardly tryin
EXTD=g to play the game as defined by more disciplined bands of the '7
EXTD=0s and '80s, at other times succeeding almost in spite of themsel
EXTD=ves. This was a time when they allied themselves with such unlike
EXTD=ly coconspirators as hit-minded mogul Clive Davis (after their ow
EXTD=n label fell by the way) and Fleetwood Mac producer Keith Olsen. 
EXTD=They consciously reached for commercial gold and fell short, then
EXTD= found it on their own terms--by recording the 1987 studio album 
EXTD=In the Dark in a vacant auditorium.\nAs with the first Rhino box,
EXTD= Beyond Description (1973-1989) gets the kind of state-of-the-art
EXTD= remastering one would expect from the sonically ambitious bunch.
EXTD= Again, each disc is fleshed out with smartly selected outtakes, 
EXTD=demos, and live recordings. Two thoroughly annotated and striking
EXTD=ly illustrated booklets pull the package together. This is where 
EXTD=the long, strange trip leads, and if there were some wrong turns 
EXTD=along the way, so be it. That's what happens when you don't follo
EXTD=w the map. --Steven Stolder \n\nAmazon.com Album Description (Bey
EXTD=ond Description)\nThis monumental 12-disc assemblage presents the
EXTD= band's amazing, long strange trip from 1973 to 1989, encompassin
EXTD=g the albums released on their own Grateful Dead Records label an
EXTD=d later Arista. It's an essential companion piece on Rhino's firs
EXTD=t 12-CD Dead box, The Golden Road (1965-1973), which spotlighted 
EXTD=the entirety of their early Warner Brothers output and concurrent
EXTD= evolution from a scruffy hippie outfit in the Haight to one of t
EXTD=he biggest bands on the planet. Including studio masterpieces and
EXTD= live landmarks alike, Beyond Description enhances this repertoir
EXTD=e with the sonic brilliance of 2004 mastering technology and a we
EXTD=alth of newly discovered supplemental material. It's an extraordi
EXTD=nary portrait of a legendary band. \n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: After s
EXTD=atisfying their nine-title/dozen-disc deal with Warner Brothers, 
EXTD=the Dead began their own record labels -- Grateful Dead Records (
EXTD=for group releases) and Round Records (for solo projects). Wake o
EXTD=f the Flood was the first Dead disc issued entirely under the ban
EXTD=d's supervision -- which also included manufacturing and marketin
EXTD=g. Additionally, the personnel had been altered as Ron "Pigpen" M
EXTD=cKernan had passed away. The keyboard responsibilities were now i
EXTD=n the capable hands of Keith Godchaux -- whose wife Donna Jean Go
EXTD=dchaux also provided backing vocals. It had been nearly three yea
EXTD=rs since American Beauty -- their previous and most successful st
EXTD=udio album to date -- and, as always, the Dead had been honing th
EXTD=e material in concert. A majority of the tracks had been incorpor
EXTD=ated into their live sets -- some for nearly six months -- prior 
EXTD=to entering the recording studio. This gave the band a unique per
EXTD=spective on the material, much of which remained for the next 20-
EXTD=plus years as staples of their concert performances. However, the
EXTD= inspiration and magic of the Grateful Dead's music has always be
EXTD=en a challenge to capture in the non-reciprocal confines of a stu
EXTD=dio. Therefore, while Wake of the Flood was certainly as good -- 
EXTD=if not arguably better than -- most of their previous non-live ef
EXTD=forts, it falls far short of the incendiary performances the band
EXTD= were giving during this era. There are a few tracks that do tap 
EXTD=into some of the Dead's jazzier and exceedingly improvisational n
EXTD=ature. "Eyes of the World" contains some brilliant ensemble playi
EXTD=ng -- although the time limitations inherent in the playback medi
EXTD=um result in the track fading out just as the Dead start to reall
EXTD=y cook. Another highlight is Bob Weir's "Weather Report Suite," w
EXTD=hich foreshadows the epic proportions that the song would ultimat
EXTD=ely reach. In later years, the band dropped the opening instrumen
EXTD=tal "Prelude," as well as "Part One," choosing to pick it up for 
EXTD=the extended "Let It Grow" section. The lilting Jerry Garcia ball
EXTD=ad "Stella Blue" is another track that works well in this incarna
EXTD=tion and remained in the Dead's rotating set list for the remaind
EXTD=er of their touring careers. ~ Lindsay Planer\n\nAmazon.com Custo
EXTD=mer Review\nMeasures more than the planting and growing, April 1,
EXTD= 2003\nReviewer: Brett Ahlstrom (Petersham, MA United States) \nT
EXTD=his album has a warm, earthly feel. Like black dirt open and beck
EXTD=oning, the handles of wooden horse-drawn plows worn shiny from se
EXTD=asons of leathery hands, sun and wind worn skin, iron, rust, clay
EXTD=, water, grass, stone, the first snowflakes of the autumn and the
EXTD= last of the spring... a tear shed as the heart opens.\n\nAmazon.
EXTD=com Customer Review\nMeasures more than the planting and growing,
EXTD= April 1, 2003\nReviewer: Brett Ahlstrom (Petersham, MA United St
EXTD=ates)\nThis album has a warm, earthly feel. Like black dirt open 
EXTD=and beckoning, the handles of wooden horse-drawn plows worn shiny
EXTD= from seasons of leathery hands, sun and wind worn skin, iron, ru
EXTD=st, clay, water, grass, stone, the first snowflakes of the autumn
EXTD= and the last of the spring... a tear shed as the heart opens.\n\n
EXTD=Amazon.com Customer Review\nWake of the Flood has aged gracefully
EXTD= over time, February 27, 2002\nReviewer: J. A. Polsgrove "Deadhea
EXTD=d" (Tucson, Baja Arizona)\nWhen I first bought this album when it
EXTD= came out, I was a senior in high school. (Shows my age, eh?) Par
EXTD=t of it I LOVED, part of it I hated. For me, Here Comes Sunshine 
EXTD=is one of the 5 best songs in the Dead catalogue, and I was thril
EXTD=led when they played it at my last show (Vegas, 5/19/95). I love 
EXTD=the song so much I have a big smiling sunshine tattoed on my uppe
EXTD=r left arm. Another GREAT song from this album was Eyes of the Wo
EXTD=rld, which proved to be a phenomenal springboard or landing platf
EXTD=orm for nice, long jams. Row Jimmy and Stella Blue both are cut f
EXTD=rom the same cloth, with Stella being really soaring when Jerry w
EXTD=as on, and flat when he wasn't. What I hated about the album was 
EXTD=the whole Weather Report Suite. Hands down, Jerry was a better so
EXTD=ng writer than Bobby, and whenever the Dead would go into WRS>Let
EXTD= It Grow at shows, I'd head for sodas or the bathroom. As I've go
EXTD=tten older, I've come to appreciate the song a bit more, but just
EXTD= a little. I've got mixed feelings about Mississippi Halfstep. At
EXTD= times (and I'm talking about live performances), it was great if
EXTD= it fit in with the flow. Other times, Jerry's voice croaked and 
EXTD=Halfstep was an excuse to wander around and check out the crowd. 
EXTD=It's a fun tune, but ya gotta be in the mood for its bouncy rhyth
EXTD=m... Overall, Wake of the Flood is a very, very good album. It do
EXTD=esn't rank with Workingman's or American Beauty, but it's not far
EXTD= behind. I own it mostly for HC Sunshinee and Eyes... My recommen
EXTD=dation, check out Dick's Picks series for these tunes and buy the
EXTD= album if you find yourself becoming one of those people (like me
EXTD=) who has to have EVERYTHING... Still, three decades on, few albu
EXTD=ms from the early '70s have aged as well as Wake of the Flood. It
EXTD='s a classic, albeit a minor one.\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\n
EXTD=where do I begin...?, June 8, 2001\nReviewer: Ryan "fattymcgee" (
EXTD=Ohio)\nOnce upon a time, I loved the Grateful Dead. Those were sa
EXTD=d days really, because I look back now and I wonder what the hell
EXTD= I was thinking. Anyway, during these darkest days I wrote a five
EXTD=-star review of this less than great album (and it became a spotl
EXTD=ight review for Christ sakes!) Now I'm here to take back nearly e
EXTD=very word I said because I can't figure out how to delete this da
EXTD=mn thing.\nI must say that this is one of the poorest albums in m
EXTD=y collection. It lacks any sort of energy whatsoever and the addi
EXTD=tion of Keith and Donna Godchaux was like adding salt to the snai
EXTD=l that was the Grateful Dead. The end result of this album is a d
EXTD=isaster with a few decent songs on it, and believe me, I'm being 
EXTD=quite liberal with the term "decent".\nDeadheads, Aspiring Deadhe
EXTD=ads, and Deadhead-wannabees, I'm pleading with you from the botto
EXTD=m of my heart please don't buy this album. If you want to listen 
EXTD=to the Grateful Dead don't waste years of your life buying every 
EXTD=damn album they've released because there are way too many. The o
EXTD=nly Grateful Dead albums anyone should ever own are: Workingman's
EXTD= Dead, Dick's Picks Vol. 4, and American Beauty (in that order, t
EXTD=oo). Take my advice... there is a wealth of good music out there 
EXTD=waiting to be found and I encourage you to do your best and find 
EXTD=it. Where to start? Bob Dylan, of course. He single-handedly save
EXTD=d me from a fate worse than death: poor music taste.\n\nAmazon.co
EXTD=m Customer Review\nThe Dead's second best album., May 11, 1998\nR
EXTD=eviewer: A music fan\nThis is the Dead's second best studio album
EXTD= ever. The only bad song on the album is Keith's only song ever r
EXTD=ecorded, Let Me Sing Your Blues Away. But everything else is stel
EXTD=lar. 4 of my favorite Dead songs ever: Here Comes Sunshine, Row J
EXTD=immy, Eyes of the World, and Weather Report Suite are all on one 
EXTD=disc. Wow! If you like the Dead and don't have this album, or are
EXTD= looking for a good disc to discover the Dead, this is a sure bet
EXTD=.\n\nHalf.com Album Credits\nBill Atwood, Contributing Artist\nDo
EXTD=ug Sahm, Contributing Artist\nJoe Ellis, Contributing Artist\nMat
EXTD=thew Kelly, Contributing Artist\nVassar Clements, Contributing Ar
EXTD=tist\nGrateful Dead, Producer\nThe Grateful Dead, Producer\n\nAlb
EXTD=um Notes\nThe Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir (vocals, guit
EXTD=ar); Bill Kreutzman (vocals, drums); Keith Godchaux (keyboards); 
EXTD=Phil Lesh (bass); Donna Godchaux (background vocals).Additional p
EXTD=ersonnel: Sarah Fulcher (vocals); Doug Sahm (12-string guitar); V
EXTD=assar Clements (violin); Matthew Kelly (harmonica); Martin Fierro
EXTD= (saxophone); Frank Morin (tenor saxophone); Bill Atwood, Joe Ell
EXTD=is (trumpet); Pat O'Hara (trombone); Benny Velarder (timbales).\n
EXTD=\nOriginally released on Grateful Dead (4002).\nAll tracks have b
EXTD=een digitally remastered.\n\nWAKE OF THE FLOOD finds the Dead at 
EXTD=a transitional point between the art-rock adornments of TERRAPIN 
EXTD=and the country-folk influences of their earlier work. The result
EXTD= is an album of finely crafted songs that bows to the familiar ro
EXTD=ots conventions while exploring some intriguing new ground. "Eyes
EXTD= of the World" and "Weather Report Suite" are extended, complex p
EXTD=ieces, among the jazziest things the Dead ever recorded, and they
EXTD= have the inviting air of discovery about them. Robert Hunter and
EXTD= Jerry Garcia's songwriting hits a peak on the delicate ballad "S
EXTD=tella Blue" and the bouncy, uplifting "Here Comes Sunshine." YEAR
EXTD=: 1973
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