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Auggie

(33,150 posts) Tue Nov 25, 2025, 12:29 PM Nov 2025

Definitive Grateful Dead studio and/or live album?

Curious what the Lounge thinks

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Definitive Grateful Dead studio and/or live album? (Original Post) Auggie Nov 2025 OP

Workingman's Dead Thunderbeast Nov 2025 #1

American Beauty EYESORE 9001 Nov 2025 #2

Overall, live, but Workingman's Dead 50th Anniversary is an exception. quaint Nov 2025 #3

Live. Live live live live live Alpeduez21 Nov 2025 #4

LOL ... okay, but which live album? Auggie Nov 2025 #5

Mine av8rdave Nov 2025 #6

Ah, another Brent fan. quaint Nov 2025 #7

Thunderbeast

(3,819 posts)

1. Workingman's Dead

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 12:30 PM

Nov 2025

EYESORE 9001

(29,732 posts)

2. American Beauty

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 12:58 PM

Nov 2025

I believe this album represents a shift from whatever TF Abraxas was to a more folksy sound more usually associated with the Dead.

quaint

(5,080 posts)

3. Overall, live, but Workingman's Dead 50th Anniversary is an exception.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 01:02 PM

Nov 2025

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Alpeduez21

(2,053 posts)

4. Live. Live live live live live

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 06:05 PM

Nov 2025

The albums are something to have but even the Dead admit live recordings is where it’s at

Auggie

(33,150 posts)

5. LOL ... okay, but which live album?

Reply to Alpeduez21 (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 09:03 PM

Nov 2025

av8rdave

(10,656 posts)

6. Mine

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Wed Nov 26, 2025, 01:35 AM

Nov 2025

Studio: In the Dark
Live: Europe ‘72

quaint

(5,080 posts)

7. Ah, another Brent fan.

Reply to av8rdave (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 26, 2025, 02:22 PM

Nov 2025

Overall, not my favorite studio album, but those keyboards, yum.

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