Talk:Live/Dead

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 * I have added a fair use rationale for the image. — Mudwater  00:37, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

The word "acid" on the back cover
The article says, "The top part of the word "Dead" on the back cover spells "acid", a slang term for LSD." Recently an anonymous editor added a "citation needed" tag, which I'm about to remove. Here's why. Normally a description of an album cover does not require a citation. For example, if the Blues for Allah article said, "The front cover depicts a skeleton with long white hair, wearing a red robe and red sunglasses and playing a violin", no one would tag it with "citation needed", I hope, because a quick look at the album cover shows that this is true. Well, the back cover of Live/Dead was recently removed from the article -- see -- so you can't see it there, but take a look at it here. To me, it's quite obvious that the top part of the word "Dead" spells "acid" -- in black letters, with embedded red skulls and crossbones -- so, a citation should not be required here either. Yes, the lettering is not perfect, but it's quite clear, and keep in mind also that the San Francisco album and poster art of the era often used lettering that was stylized or "psychedelic" looking. As usual other editors are encouraged to post their opinions here. — Mudwater (Talk) 01:37, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

concert listings can't be right
>> "Dark Star" and "St. Stephen" pairing was taken from the February 27, 1969 show at the Fillmore West; "The Eleven" and "Turn On Your Lovelight" were from the January 26, 1969 show at the Avalon Ballroom;

This can't be right. St. Stephen and The Eleven are on side two and the former blends right into the latter. The point where Jerry modulates down into the new theme for The Eleven is just plain beautiful and moves me every time. A friend had that sequence played at his funeral. Larry Seltzer, Contributing Editor - ZDNet 21:21, 29 April 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lseltzer (talk • contribs)


 * Editing in order to hide a cut between two different source tapes, or the scissoring out of some parts of a long track, had progressed quite a bit already around 1969/70. Check out We Gotta Live Together on Jimi Hendrix's original Band of Gypsys album or the editing seams in the same guy's final improvisation on the Best of Woodstock double album (both of those were issued in 1970 and the source tapes were likely inferior audio-wise to those of Live/Dead) - and compare with the later unedited versions on Live at Fillmore East and Live at Woodstock respectively. There was heavy editing involved to trim down those tracks (on We Gotta Live Together to create a more dramatic, concise opening) but it's impossible to really hear the cuts on the original releases.


 * If Garcia had been using roughly the same way of modulating into The Eleven night after night (which is likely, the set list was effectively fixed at these shows), there would have been no problem at all in crossing those two audio streams to make it sound like a single recording. 83.254.154.164 (talk) 14:58, 30 May 2015 (UTC)