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The original CD version of this album is unavailable. And that is a good thing. A new, remastered version has been made, but currently is only available in the boxset The Golden Road. If you don't want to buy that boxset, but want this, wait until the remastered version comes out (don't by this original version used).

Even in the LP version, this was not a great live album, when compared to the Dead's previous live albums (except maybe Steal Your Face). All of the gread Dead live albums brought out something new. They just weren't live retreads of the same material on previous studio albumsmore…. Also the sound quality was excellent and the audience noise was edited out, so it sounded as good as a studio recording.

Steering from the path of previous live albums, this album does include much audience noise. There is cheering and screaming in the middles of songs. It isn't as bad as some other groups, but it is still distracting and unnecessary.

About half of the tracks on this album are just retreads of studio material, without anything new or interesting added. They are rather pointless, when the studio versions are better. These include Sampson and Delilah, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Loser, Greatest Story Ever Told and Brokedown Palace.

There are some great tracks, that are worth having, like the slowed down version of Friend of the Devil, and the very energetic Fire On the Mountain and Deal. At this time, the band was very tight and energetic. These are fantastic renditions of those songs (although, I have heard even better versions).

A poor job was done putting this album on CD the first time. The track Space was dropped because of time considerations (at that time, the maximum lenghth of a CD was only 74 minutes). On some of the import versions, Space was kept, but Drums was dropped. Also, the reports are that the sound quality was weak on the original CD's.

The remastered CD is much, much better. The sound quality is better, all the tracks are included and there is a bonus CD that is better than the original.

WHY WAS A TRACK DROPPED OFF THE ORIGINAL CD? When the CD was developed, the original target time was 74 minutes. But variation in the bit size and sample speed was allowed, to allow for manufacturing variations. But, the manufacturing is so precise, those sloppy specs are not needed. To get 80 minutes on a CD, manufacturers started using the far side of the limit, with the smallest bitsize and fastest sample rate.

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Grateful Dead - Dead Set (1990) Retail CD

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