New Sealed Grateful Dead Giants Stadium 14 CD + BLU-RAY Box set East Rutherford

  

You'll get exactly what is pictured in my listing. Production of the set is limited to 10,000 individually numbered copies and will be available in two incarnations. 4,000 copies of the 14CD/2DVD set. 6,000 copies of the 14CD/Blu-ray set. By 1987, the Grateful Dead had lived many of their nine lives but were about to embark on one not a soul had seen coming.

In The Dark, their first studio album in seven years, had spawned a hit A TOP 10 SINGLE FOR THE GRATEFUL DEAD? And "Touch Of Grey" begat a new generation with their fanny packs and their MTV and their undeniable quest to join the party already in progress. And boy, did the Dead let them in! But not without fine-tuning their sonic vibes to meet the new demand.

"The Swamp, " as Giants Stadium was affectionately known, along with the grandstands the Dead had been frequenting, would seemingly equate with BIGGER and LOUDER, but the band remained determined to give equal weight to the more subtle, oblique elements; to the exploratory improvisation and rhythmic complexities; to the fine details of the most heart-rending ballads as well as the weirdest dissonances in the jams. With GIANTS STADIUM 1987/1989/1991, we retrace this journey from their 1987 breakthrough to their 1989 revelation ("the closest they ever came to sounding like a really polished stadium-level rock act, but the band's penchant for breaking out of the constraints of song structure and into freewheeling improvisation will remind you just who you're listening to here") to their transformative return in 1991, aided by elegance of Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby. GIANTS STADIUM: 1987, 1989, 1991 features five previously unreleased shows that were recorded at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on: July 12, 1987; July 9 and 10, 1989; and June 16 and 17, 1991. Originally recorded by John Cutler, each show has been mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, CA, and mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering. The first three shows are mixed from 24-track masters.

The final two from 1991 are the only Grateful Dead shows ever recorded to 48-track masters. GRATEFUL DEAD GIANTS STADIUM 1987, 1989, 1991. Available For Pre-Order Now Only At Dead.

Net, Set For Release on September 27. LOS ANGELES - The Grateful Dead started outgrowing theaters in the late-Seventies as the number of Dead Heads flocking to its summer tours soared. By 1987, the transition to stadiums was necessary to accommodate the arrival of a new generation of fans who'd recently discovered the band through "Touch of Grey" - the Dead's first and only Top 10 single. Today, on what would have been Jerry Garcia's 77th birthday, Rhino announces the details for an upcoming boxed set that explores the evolution of the Grateful Dead's stadium concert experience. GIANTS STADIUM: 1987, 1989, 1991 includes five previously unreleased shows that were recorded at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on: July 12, 1987; July 9 and 10, 1989; and June 16 and 17, 1991.

Each show has been mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, CA, and mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering. The first three show are mixed from 24-track masters and the final two from 1991 are the only Grateful Dead shows ever recorded to 48-track tape. Production of the set is limited to 10,000 individually numbered copies and will be available in two incarnations: 4,000 copies of the 14CD/2DVD set; and 6,000 copies of the 14CD/Blu-ray set. "The five shows in this boxed set include music from three very distinct peaks in the Grateful Dead's performing career, " says David Lemieux, Grateful Dead archivist and the set's producer.

The first show finds the Dead on top of the world, carrying the renewed energy following Jerry's return to performing in late 1986. What they brought to the stadium in 1991 is still the stuff of legend. Altogether, this very brief span of slightly less than four years in the Grateful Dead's career is presented with five exceptional shows, demonstrating how different the Dead could be, all the while remaining unmistakably true to their unique sound. GIANTS STADIUM: 1987, 1989, 1991 touches on the Grateful Dead timeline at three interesting points in the group's history.

The first show in the collection was recorded on July 12, 1987, just a few days after the band released In The Dark, the first (and only) Top 10 album the band made during its long, strange trip. In addition to live staples like "Ramble On Rose" and "Morning Dew, " the show featured performances of six songs from their surprise-hit album, including "Hell In A Bucket" and West L. At both shows, the group previewed several songs from its then-forthcoming studio album Built To Last, including "Foolish Heart, " "Victim Or The Crime" and Just A Little Light.

" As a special treat, members of the Neville Brothers sat in for several songs during the July 10, 1989 show, playing on "Iko Iko, " "Sugar Magnolia, " and "Knockin' On Heaven's Door and more. The final two shows in GIANTS STADIUM were recorded on June 16 and 17, 1991, about a year after the untimely death of keyboardist Brent Mydland in July 1990. For these shows, the band featured two new keyboardists, Vince Welnick and Grammy®-winner Bruce Hornsby. The new members brought with them a renewed energy and a sense of exploration of repertoire that reinvigorated the setlists.

Along with playing rarities like "Saint Of Circumstance" and "Might As Well, " the band also wove "Dark Star" in and out of the setlist, making no less than six distinct appearances during the show. Both June 1991 shows were recorded to 48 tracks of analog audio tape, the only recordings in the Grateful Dead's vault that went beyond 32 tracks. The second show (6/17/91) is widely considered to be one of the greatest shows the Dead played in its final decade of performing.

The entire concert was filmed and the performance is included with the GIANTS STADIUM collection on either two DVDs or a single Blu-ray, both with a surround mix by Norman.