Grateful Dead

Real Gone continues its ongoing series of Grateful Dead vinyl reissues with the release of one of the band's most momentous concerts.  Dick's Picks Vol. 24: Cow Palace Daly City, CA 3/23/74 captures the Dead's first-ever show with their legendary Wall of Sound, which the label's press release states gave the band's live shows unprecedented clarity despite the enormous, near-bankrupting cost of transporting it from gig to gig.  For its vinyl debut, Real Gone spreads the concert across four 180-gram LPs, mastered from the original tapes by Jeffrey Norman and cut by John Golden.  This pressing was approved not only by Norman and Real Gone's Gordon Anderson, but also by Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux.  Inside the clamshell box is also a four-page insert featuring the original notes from the CD release.  This set is limited to only 1,500 copies (each hand-numbered).