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The Closing of Winterland
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0081227805524
Format: Box set, Live, Original recording reissued
Label: Grateful Dead / Wea
Manufacturer: Grateful Dead / Wea
MPN: 78055
Number Of Discs: 4
Publisher: Grateful Dead / Wea
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Studio: Grateful Dead / Wea
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Editorial Review:
This 4 CD set contains the entire Grateful Dead performance from the Closing of Winterland on 12/31/78, mixed from the 24-track analog master tapes, and includes a 24-page booklet containing photos and essays.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - I was at this concert, but I NEVER knew it was on CD
I was at this concert, but I NEVER knew it was on CD and it was
a fabulous show !
With Quicksilver Messenger Service to boot.
Forget The Blues Brothers. Their performance is a throwaway and
even tho the entire Dead had the flu, it was still something
to see and experience after having gone to Winterland, pretty much
once week if not more than that for about 8 years.
I hope you're sittin down, because the regular price at Winterland for this ... Read More
Rating:  - The one I keep coming back to....
DO NOT HESITATE-I've acquired many dead shows through various means and this is the one I keep coming back to. It has everything, including some sit-ins that really compliment the sound (beginning on "I Need a Miracle" you hear the harmonica infused) along with John Cippolina from Quicksilver on the 20 minute marathon "Not Fade Away". This show has it all, please do not wait, I say this for your own good, it is worth twice what you can get it for. 4 cds for 20 bucks, that's 5 bucks a disc. You deserve ... Read More
Rating: - Must Have
A classic album; one of my favorites. For any Dead fan or anyone wanting to give live Dead shows a shot, a fantastic choice. HIGHly recommended.
Rating: - Lots of blah-blah here about pre-this-or-that, but this may be their greatest
I used to sit and listen to these guys jamming in the gym at College of Marin on lazy afternoons back in 1964. I saw them at the Filmore in SF in 1966. After that, only once in the early 80s at an outdoor concert in Oregon. They were never bad, but they definitely got better with time, regardless of whether there were occasional slumps. And whether their playing got better or not is beside the point; the music itself got phenomenally better. I listened to this particular concert live on the radio from a ... Read More
Rating:  - Actually, 3 and 1/2 stars
The Dead were not at their best in 1978. Inner problems and drug abuse were really affecting the band skills. Anyway, they were such an impressive live ensemble that they could sound really good even on bad nights. Not that this was a bad night, but neither an outstanding one. Anyway, there are really nice moments, and most of them have to do with the (at least for me) undoubtfully most talented member of the band, Mr.Garcia. His solos are always sprinkled with beauty. He always plays nice, and he always ... Read More
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