![]() ![]() ![]() This is the kind of high concept RSD release I can wholeheartedly support. The Bangles/The Three O’Clock/The Dream Syndicate/The Rain Parade – 3×4 (Yep Roc) This is Garcia at his most relaxed and charmed. They round the whole thing off with a rendition of the Dead’s “Ripple” that audibly sends the audience into a frenzy. The warm rapport that these gents had with one another is evident throughout, as they run through a range of American traditional folk songs and blues gems. This collection, originally released on CD in 1988, was culled from shows that the group played in New York and Los Angeles, and, it went straight to DAT from the soundboard, it sounds as clear as being in the room as it happened. While they only lasted a couple of years, a number of their live performances were committed to tape. In the late ‘80s, for example, he started the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band with his old running mate Sandy Rothman, longtime collaborator John Kahn and New Riders of the Purple Sage member Sandy Rothman. ![]() It’s a style that he brought to the Dead and one that he returned to frequently in his solo career. Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – Almost Acoustic (Round)Īs all good Deadheads know, Jerry Garcia didn’t start off in the rock world, but as an acolyte of folk, country and bluegrass, playing in various acoustic combos around the Bay Area in his earliest days as a working musician. Rather than run down every fresh bit of wax in the marketplace, we’ll home in on special editions, reissues and unusual titles that come across our desk with an interest in discussing both the music and how it is pressed and presented.Īs Record Store Day’s Black Friday is this week, we are offering up a special edition of the column that looks at some of the limited edition releases coming out this Friday, including reissues of a live recording by Jerry Garcia’s bluegrass side project, Sheryl Crow’s debut album and some choice singles from the Chess Records catalog. Record Time is Paste’s monthly column that takes a glimpse into the wide array of new vinyl releases that are currently flooding record stores around the world. ![]()
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