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Title: the first live release
Review: By late 1968, the Dead were in debt to Warner Brothers Records for more than 2 million dollars. Around this time, the first 16 track recorder arrived at Alembic. The band decided to ditch the 8 track recordings that they had been working on and head over to the 16 track. It was at this time that Jerry came up with an idea to help defrey the costs and pay off some of their bills by recording a live album. This album would be made up of three shows: Dark Star->Saint Stephen from 2-27-69 Fillmore West, The Eleven->Turn On Your Lovelight from 1-26-69 at the Avalon Ballroom and 3-2-69 Fillmore West for Death Don't Have No Mercy, Feedback and We Bid You Goodnight. This is a very good album and has become a legendary release for the band. The only problem I have with the remastered version is that Bob's voice is now missing from the end of Turn On Your Lovelight and it doesn't have the cool booklet that the original did.
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