GRATEFUL DEAD - SKULL & ROSES [SYEOR 2025] (2xLP)

RHINO'S 2025 START YOUR EAR OFF RIGHT EDITION. CLEAR "LEMONADE" YELLOW VINYL 2xLP. "For the Grateful Dead's second live album, released two years after its predecessor, LIVE/DEAD, the band delivered an equally magnificent but entirely different Grateful Dead sound. Whereas LIVE/DEAD was a perfect sonic encapsulation of the band at the peak of their Primal Dead era, SKULL & ROSES captures the quintessential quintet, the original five-piece band, playing some of their hardest hitting rock 'n' roll ("Johnny B. Goode," "Not Fade Away"), showing off their authentic Bakersfield bona fides ("Me & My Uncle," "Mama Tried," "Me & Bobby McGee"), and some originals that would be important parts of the Dead's live repertoire for the next 24 years ("Bertha," "Playing In The Band," "Wharf Rat"). Of course, the Dead were never defined by one specific ‘sound’ and amongst the aforementioned genres and styles the band brought to this album, they also delved deeply into their psychedelic, pri