It contains the complete concert performed on december 31, 1978. Sold by village music world and ships from amazon fulfillment. Grateful dead played more shows there than any other artist, including the venues epic closing in 1978. Within the liner notes grateful dead archivist david lemieux describes the winterland run as follows. The closing of winterland wikimili, the free encyclopedia. With jerry garcia, donna godchaux, keith godchaux, mickey hart. Grateful dead the closing of winterland, december 31. The grateful dead the closing of winterland cd1 mp3.
Download series volume 7 is a live album by the rock band the grateful dead. Videos, dvds and dvd audio grateful dead family discography. Easy wind jam black peter playing in the band lazy lightning. The deads new years eve sendoff to the winterland theatre is one big party, and an exceptionally well played show to boot.
December 31, 1978, an album by grateful dead on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. The closing of winterland show was also released as a 2 dvd set. As the name suggests, it was recorded live at the winterland ballroom in san francisco, california on may 30, 1971. Grateful dead the closing of winterland album film. The closing of winterland, december 31, 1978 by grateful dead.
Grateful dead live downloads and online music streaming of 12311978 at closing of winterland. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The dead turn up the heat at winterland winterland 1973. Dead the closing of winterland rockin the rhein with the grateful dead.
Less is more is certainly not a lesson the grateful dead can ever say they took to heart. Its an odd thing, and i cant really pin down the reason why but in my case, that year never filled me with the desire to collect every single note of it. For information about other releases that include music from this period see the 1978 section of the dead by date page. The closing of winterland 2003 is the audio only companion to the twodvd title of the same name. Disc one disc one of closing of winterland could not have had a better intro.
Grateful dead live at winterland arena on 19781231. The annual run of concerts that the grateful dead would perform around new years eve were always mindmelting, but the closing of winterland documents one. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Get the grateful dead setlist of the concert at winterland arena, san francisco, ca, usa on december 31, 1978 and other grateful dead setlists for free on. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer and. The closing of winterland bonus cd grateful dead initial release. A bonus cd that was distributed with preordered copies of the closing of winterland cd and dvd sets. The closing of winterland could be the best live release put out by grateful dead productions. Keeping the grateful dead songbook alive and well, alaska style.
More or less the only significant flaw i can find with the closing of winterland is that the album is simply too long, constituting a bit of a sonic marathon to get through, and perhaps some editing could have yielded a terser, tighter release. The complete recordings delivers three full concerts. Anyone got a download link for the may 1977 box set. The album includes most of the second set from that concert, as well as the encore. This ninedisc box set captures every mindbending note recorded at winterland during the bands legendary threenight residency in november 1973a run of shows that grateful dead archivist david lemieux argues is among the very finest. Mit ihrer bestellung erkennen sie unsere allgemeinen geschaftsbedingungen an. The closing of winterland is a fourcd live album by the grateful dead. May 30th 1971 is an album by the rock group the grateful dead. The title derives from the fact that it was the last concert in san franciscos winterland arena, which was shut d. The dead celebrated the closing as an approximately fivehourlong party. This show has been commercially released as the closing of winterland source soundboard status. Even by dead standards, this was an epic showwinterland is loaded with the deads peculiar revisions of rock and prerock idioms.
Over time, donna jean would also contribute a good amount of vocals to some grateful dead songs. Closing of winterland is an essential release aptly recapturing a watershed moment not only for the grateful dead and their extended family and followers, but for the entire san francisco music scene as well. December 31, 1978 by the grateful dead and 50 million. One major difference between the two is that these cds only contain the standard stereo 2. The closing of winterland video grateful dead songs. When i want to hear live music, i want to hear the vibe and energy, the ambience, the warts and all passion. The closing of winterland bonus cd grateful dead family. The dead can be appreciated indeed, probably must be appreciated as a kind of continuing, evolving, shifty performance of the grateful dead. Excluding bootleg recordings, rock band the grateful dead usa have released. Be the first to know about the grateful deads exclusive limitededition releases, breaking news on the band, community events, and so much more.
In october 1974 the grateful dead held five hometown concerts at winterland in san francisco that preceded their drastically scaled back touring which lasted until mid1976. Grateful dead the closing of winterland december 31. In front of an audience that included such celebrity guests as dan aykroyd, john cippolina and ken kesey, the grateful dead performed 27 songs, including fire on the mountain. There are probably better played dead shows from 1978 alone, but this is my favorite grateful dead live release. December 31, 1978 by the grateful dead on amazon music.
Not fade away live at winterland, december 31, 1978 norman petty, buddy holly, charles hardin holley. The setlist program grateful dead setlists, listener. Grateful dead winterland arena, san francisco, ca jun 9, 1977 jun 09 1977 grateful dead raceway park, englishtown, nj sep 3, 1977 sep 03 1977 last updated. Bill graham put a billboard on the side of winterland for new years eve 1978, the night the grateful dead closed the dilapidated old hall, which had an appointment with the wreckers ball. The closing of winterland the grateful dead movie and how i learned to dig the dead by benjamin h. The closing of winterland is a concert film featuring the seminal jam band performing a sixplus hour show to mark the last night of san franciscos legendary winterland arena.
Grateful dead not fade away winterland 123178 youtube. Grateful dead onlinemusic of 12311978, closing of winterland. Our set list includes all eras of the dead plus some original and other cool tunes. The dead celebrated the closing as an approximately fivehourlong party and invited some.
Grateful dead interviews 123178 winterland official. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. The complete recordings spotlights the grateful deads threenight run in a ninedisc boxed set that features every note remastered in. Grateful dead tribute band specializing in the music the band played during the 60s and 70s. A video compilation of performances taken from the german beat club programmes. The gd performed three full sets that night, plus an encore, so there is something for every gd fan to enjoy. San franciscos winterland was a dive, a dump, and a favorite stopover for artists on their way up, their. The title derives from the fact that it was the last concert in san franciscos winterland arena, which was shut down shortly thereafter. The last show at winterland is one of the best gems the dead have ever played.
The dead celebrated the closing as an approximately fivehourlong party and invited some guests including guitarist john cipollina of quicksilver messenger service and ken kesey as well as. A double dvd release of the closing of winterland grateful dead show on december 31, 1978. Highlights of the grateful dead performing at winterland. The closing of winterland dvd set, grateful dead, 2003.