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Originally Posted by Frownland
Anyone want to point me towards some good Grateful Dead albums? I checked out Aoxamaxamoxaiooexameroxa and wasn't too into it, but I thought that Dead Set and Grayfolded were pretty good.
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These are my favorites of the official albums they released before the death of Jerry Garcia.
Workingman's Dead (1970)
American Beauty (1970)
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)
Europe '72 (1972)
Wake of the Flood (1973)
Blues for Allah (1975)
Dick's Picks Vol. 2 (1995)
I prefer their early to mid 70's material to their 60's work, but I prefer their 60's albums to anything they did after the mid 70's.
There have also been a lot of good officially released live albums over the past 20 years (Dick's Picks, Road Trips, View from the Vault, Dave's Picks, Download Series) too many to get into here without overwhelming you, though.
You might also consider checking out some of the music Jerry Garcia did with Howard Wales in the early 70's. Two officially released albums (
Hooteroll (1971) and Side Trips Vol. 1 (1998)
as well as some live bootlegs which are on YouTube. Much more jazz oriented than most of the music he did with the Grateful Dead.