Grateful Dead : Live at the Cow Palace - New Year's Eve 1976 ! +++ Spirit Of '76 !! - ' Live At The Cow Palace - Bonus Disc CD ' !!! : The " Complete ! " 4 CD Set ! : Very-Rare ! Bonus Disc CD ( Spirit Of '76 ) included !!! : 4 CD : 2007 (1976/2007) Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. / Rhino ( GDP / Rhino ) - R2 74816 / PRCD 400168 : The Very-Rare ! " Bonus Disc ! " 4-CD Set !!!
The Grateful Dead ' Live ' in Daly City, California ( CA ) - Live At The Cow Palace on December 31, 1976 ! ... New Years Eve 1976-1977 ( 3-CD ) +++ Including ... The Very-Rare !! Spirit of '76 Bonus Disc CD ( 1-CD ) ! featuring Eight ( 8 ) Rare Tracks !! of 1976 Grateful Dead Recorded ' Live ' in Boston, MA ( 6/9/1976 ) - Cincinnati, OH ( 10/2/1976 ) - Williamsburg, VA ( 9/24/1976 ) & Columbus, OH ( 9/30/1976 ) !!!! ... The ' Complete ! ' 4-CD Set !! ... The Live At The Cow Palace Original ! " Bonus Disc CD Set " release - from 2007 !!!!!
Dead Fans !!!!! Offered here is The Grateful Dead ' Live ' at the Cow Palace in Daly City, CA - on New Years Eve 1976-1977 ( The Complete Show ! ). And ... in addition -- Very-Rare ! - Elusive !! & Amazing !!! Grateful Dead " Spirit of '76 " Bonus Disc CD ( 1-CD ) which was included ' Only ' with the Pre/Early-Order releases of the Grateful Dead Live at the Cow Palace 3-CD Set way back in 2007 ! This Amazing ! " Spirit of '76 " Bonus Disc CD consists of Eight ( 8 ) rare tracks from four ( 4 ) different Shows / Venues on the 1976 Summer & Fall Tours !!! Wow ... pretty much, Wow !?!! That's about all I could think when I first heard this release upon it's debut way back in 2007. As with much of 1976 during the Summer & Fall Tours, that Good Ol' 'saying' definitely holds true with the Live-Magic ! contained on this " Spirit of '76 " Bonus Disc - - - When Phil's On The Band's On !!!!! After I listened to this one in entirety for the very first time, I vividly remember playing it again ! in entirety the very next day - because it was just that good, or at least to my ears. I usually never do that ( rarely ! ), because there is just so much other worthy music to get to - especially today, in this digital age. You know, so much Grateful Dead - and so little time !! But my goodness ... the musical tones and creative versions ( & segue-transitions ! ) here just fully-demonstrate that the Band was thrilled to be back & rip-roaring after their Late '74-Early '75 brief group ' Hiatus ', and this is truly one of the neatest ' transitional ' periods of all-time for the Grateful Dead ! Their sound as a unit was genuinely changing, and whoever thought any change was even needed !?! Just some really amazing " evolution " here ... right on the heels of '77 !!! My focus always seemed to be on the Spring through Fall / Winter Tour in 1977 ( arguably at their very-best ) in this Prime-era overall, but there is some real freshness & creativity to this ' Complete ' 4-CD Live At The Cow Palace Set ( with the Bonus Disc CD ! ) that really shines through & through - before set lists got a bit more " settled-into " throughout '77, which is really the only worthy criticism of that period that I have ever heard and/or discussed ( i.e. only 3 Morning Dews played in 1977, etc.. ). In my personal opinion this 4-CD Set is way beyond a " Must-Have ! ", with all Dead Fan seriousness. It is extremely scarce & rare in this Complete 4-CD format - and of course ... it's extremely-Hot ! ( Naturally ... ! ) The Band is ultra-tight, fluid & just ' On ' ... and this 2007 release is truly just a complete no-brainer - for Any ! Post-Hiatus Late-'70's G.D. Fan !!! And probably the neatest part ( other than the caliber of these performances, obviously ... ) is that there are tracks from 4 ' Different ' Venues / Shows on this " Spirit Of '76 " Bonus Disc CD ! -- from the 1976 Summer & Fall Tours prior, in Boston - Cincinnati - Williamsburg ( Virginia ) & Columbus ( Ohio ) !!!! Always fun to compare & contrast the energy, mood, and all of that other Grate ! Live-G.D. stuff - you know ... the most vital & important info !! You bet ... I'm a " Cow Palace New Year's Eve 1976-77 " And ! " Spirit of '76 " Fan !!! A through and through Stellar ! & most-importantly ' Complete !! ' 4-CD release. Enjoy !!!!!
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Grateful Dead - ' Live ' at the Cow Palace - New Year's Eve 1976 - 1977 - ( 3-CD Set ) :
DISC 1 :
Promised Land
Bertha
Mama Tried
They Love Each Other
Looks Like Rain
Deal
Playing In The Band
DISC 2 :
Sugar Magnolia >
Eyes Of The World >
Wharf Rat >
Good Lovin' >
Samson & Delilah
Scarlet Begonias
Disc 3 :
Around And Around >
Help On The Way >
Slipknot ! >
Drums >
Not Fade Away >
Morning Dew
Encore 1 : One More Saturday Night
Encore 2 : Uncle John's Band > We Bid You Goodnight
Grateful Dead - Spirit Of '76 - ' Live ' At The Cow Palace Bonus Disc - ( 1-CD " Bonus Disc CD " ) :