Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack (5 Disc Box Set)

More than just a significantly expanded soundtrack to the new DVD edition of the band's 1974 documentary, the five discs here (taken from a five-night stand at San Francisco's fabled Winterland in October) also document the end of an early Dead era, capturing extensive highlights from the band's final gigs before beginning a performance hiatus that would last until 1976. Typically expansive in scope, yet tightly focused in the interplay of its performances, the anthology kicks off with a brisk slate of upbeat early favorites and then settles back as the band wends its way through spacious, jazzy jams ("Eyes of the World," "Playing in the Band," "Weather Report Suite"), roots-conscious workouts, and the fervent mysticism of Deadhead touchstones like "Dark Star." The recordings also capture the return to action of drummer Mickey Hart after a three-plus-year layoff, and showcase separate percussion solo interludes from both Hart and Bill Kreutzmann. Containing a considerable number of rich live takes that failed to make the DVD set's bonus outtake disc, this is a an expansive, riveting evocation of the band's early '70s prime–a must for any dedicated Deadhead.

Tracklisting :

DISC 1

US Blues
One More Saturday Night
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Eyes of the World
China Doll
Playing In The Band

DISC 2

Scarlet Begonias
He’s Gone
Jam
Weirdness
The Other One
Spanish Jam
Mind Left Body Jam
The Other One
Stella Blue
Casey Jones

DISC 3

Uncle John’s Band
Big Railroad Blues
Tomorrow Is Forever
Sugar Magnolia
He’s Gone
Caution Jam
Drums
Space
Truckin’
Black Peter
Sunshine Daydream

DISC 4

Weather Report Suite
Jam
Dark Star
Morning Dew
Not Fade Away
Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad
Soundcheck

DISC 5

Playing In The Band
Drums
Not Fade Away
Drums
The Other One
Wharf Rat
Playing In The Band
Johnny B. Goode
Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo
We Bid You Goodnight