Fillmore East: April 1971 | 
| Artist: Grateful Dead
Label: Grateful Dead / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 36473
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.9
MPN: 78942
UPC: 081227894221
EAN: 0081227894221
ASIN: B0002VETHC
Release Date: August 31, 2004
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Truckin' | | • | Bertha | | • | Next Time You See Me | | • | Beat It on Down the Line | | • | Bird Song | | • | Dark Hollow | | • | Second That Emotion | | • | Me & My Uncle | | • | Cumberland Blues | | • | Good Lovin' | | • | Drums | | • | Good Lovin' |
Disc 2
| • | Sugar Magnolia | | • | Loser | | • | Ain't It Crazy (The Rub) | | • | Paso | | • | I'm a King Bee | | • | Ripple | | • | Me and Bobbie McGee | | • | Uncle John's Band | | • | Turn on Your Love Light |
Disc 3
| • | China Cat Sunflower | | • | I Know You Rider | | • | It Hurts Me Too | | • | Sing Me Back Home | | • | Hard to Handle | | • | Dark Star - Tom Constanten, Grateful Dead | | • | St. Stephen - Tom Constanten, Grateful Dead | | • | Not Fade Away - Tom Constanten, Grateful Dead | | • | Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad - Tom Constanten, Grateful Dead | | • | Not Fade Away - Tom Constanten, Grateful Dead |
Disc 4
| • | Morning Dew | | • | New Minglewood Blues | | • | Wharf Rat | | • | Alligator | | • | Drums | | • | Jam | | • | Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad | | • | Cold Rain and Snow | | • | Casey Jones | | • | In the Midnight Hour | | • | We Bid You Goodnight |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 29 more reviews...
Ton of Great Music July 14, 2006
Scott McFarland (Manassas, VA United States)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is kind of a companion piece to the "Skull & Roses" live album recorded during this same time frame and beloved by fans. It's culled from a 5-night run at the Fillmore East, a closing run actually. The fidelity is great - clear and strong and crisp. The band were a stripped-down 5-piece, down to one drummer and only Pigpen on keyboards. They would alternate between styles all night and between Garcia, Weir, and Pigpen taking lead vocals. They had a large songbook and could go in one of many directions at any point in time.
There's lots of hard-rocking Dead here, and lots of Pigpen fronting blues-edged material. There's lots of Garcia and Weir here too. Lots of country-inflected stuff, lots of psychedelic tinged jamming, lots of rock and roll. There's just boatloads of stuff. There are many great moments, starting with the opening version of "Truckin'" that boogies slow and strong and proves Bill Kreutzman a superb drummer. 1971 was a fine vintage and this is a caseload of the stuff.
 Transitional Dead May 10, 2007
Rodrigo N. Espineira (Malaver , Argentina)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've always seen the `71 Dead as a band changing its sound, or making it more diverse (EVEN more diverse). The dual drum attack was gone with Mickey Hart, Tom Constanten keyboard work was gone too, and new numbers were being added to the band's repertoire. Thus, the Dead's sound was changing. Bob Weir was gaining more well-diserved prominence on stage, usually performing cowboy-like songs (El Paso, Me & Me Uncle), and the sound of the group in general was tighter, less free-form-jam-rock. Anyway, that year featured some expanded "Other Ones" and "Dark Stars" too. So, as you can see, it is not easy to describe what was exactly going on, for it was band with a really continiously-evolving sound. To these ears of mine, it is a year of transition, the immediately preeceding step to the extremely beautiful `72 tour when the sound got richer (EVEN richer).
Anyhow, amongst this confusing commentary, there is surely a certainty: it is a very nice set (recommended most of all for people who have already got into the Dead world). The sound quality is simply great and clear, Pigpen was (as the liner notes rightly say) in his last healthy tour (the "Lovelight" included here is one of the best ever released); Jerry Garcia was playing beautifuly as always; Bob Weir was, as I said before, really growing, Phil Lesh kept on being an outstanding driving force; Kreutzmann was playing better than ever and we even get some nice keyboard touches from special guest T.C.
Who cares 'bout reviews anyway? Let there be songs to fill the air.
The closing of the Fillmore East October 13, 2006
Dark Star-The Other One (The Bus To Never Ever Land)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This for the most part is picked very well. There are some noteworthy moments that didn't make the cd for various legal reasons like The Beach Boys and Duane Allman. This has the only currently released versions of I Second That Emotion and Ain't It Crazy as well as including an electric Dark Hollow and Ripple. This album also draws on alot of Pigpen material which wasn't used on Grateful Dead like Hard To Handle, ect. TC returns for the Dark Star jam on disc three. The jam after Alligator is one for the books. Some people are not as fond of this period as I am, the jams are REAL short as were the shows during this time, I actually perfer the jazzier period of '72-'74 to spring '71, but this is a pretty good collection of the era in question. Get this with Grateful Dead(Skull & Roses) and relive some really cool music from the spring of '71.
The Dead before they died December 2, 2004
James Ratto (Sunland, CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Want to jam to The Dead, but not with the out of tune and out of time stumbles that plague many of the Dick's Picks selections? Want to hear Jerry on fire, before the H days? Wanna hear Pigpen belt out his best, raunchy and raw blues ever recorded. Buy this album. Despite the absence of Mickey Hart on this set, the band is amazingly tight, cohesive and enthusiastic. Personally, this album beats most other live Dead CDs, except maybe One and Two From the Vault sets. This 4 CD set has it all. "Bird Song" in its infancy, Pigpen growling out "Good Lovin" (possibly best track on all 4 CDs), "King Bee", "Hard to Handle", "Alligator", and of course "In the Midnight Hour"....if you're a Pig fan, you gotta buy this album. One of the highlights is track number 6 on CD 4, simply titled "Jam", and it does. Nine minutes of what the Dead do best, and there are no hiccups here. Jerry's best vocals appear on "Sing Me...", the old prison blues tune. There are no drags here, no reason to advance to the next track. Set some time aside (about 4hr) and listen to it in its entirety. Forget the slow and plodding Dick's Picks, this album simply is a must have.
Have you ever been to . . . Electric Dixieland? January 9, 2007
John Dewey Stewart (Park City, KS United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a recording of the band a little over halfway between Live/Dead and Europe '72. Mickey Hart is gone, Tom Constanten is still playing keyboards. Newer material like "Truckin'" and "Bertha" are now on the set list.
The undisputed masters of turn-on-a-dime improvisational music, they've now added a tight-as-nails groove - without taking anything away from the spontaneity. The Dead are tighter than they have ever been in the past, evolving toward the concert sound they would have for the rest of their career.
This is a great, well-recorded live album - sonically as pure and direct as Europe '72, but with slightly different arrangements. The instruments are crystal-clear and distinct, and the vocals are right out front.
The Dead were basically an electric Dixieland band - never playing a song the same way twice, but always putting their unique stamp on it. This recording catches them at the point when they REALLY began to hit their stride.
I'm SO glad this is out!
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