Live Dead : the Grateful Dead, live recordings, and the ideology of liveness /
Brackett, John Lowell,
Live Dead : the Grateful Dead, live recordings, and the ideology of liveness / John Brackett. - xv, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Studies in the Grateful Dead . - Studies in the Grateful Dead (Duke University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"To capture that special feeling" : recorded (and recording) liveness (The Warner Bros. years, 1966-1973) -- "The next best thing to being there" : tapes, taping, and an alternative aesthetic of recorded liveness -- A time of reckoning : new approaches to producing and marketing liveness (The 1980s, part 1) -- "That quintessential spirit of the band" : "Touch of Grey," the "Betty Boards," and the rebirth of the Dead (The 1980s, part 2) -- "The live feel of a tape" : from the vault, Dick's picks, and the language(s) of liveness -- Post-Dead : "obstinately physical," "Vaporous cargo," and the material remains of liveness.
"The Grateful Dead were one of the most successful live acts of the rock era. Performing over 2300 shows between 1965 and 1995, the Grateful Dead's reputation as a "live band" was-and continues to be-sustained by thousands of live concert recordings from every era of the group's long and colorful career. In Live Dead, musicologist John Brackett examines how live recordings-from the group's official releases to fan-produced tapes, bootlegs to "Betty Boards," and Dick's Picks to From the Vault-have shaped the general history and popular mythology of the Grateful Dead for over fifty years. Drawing on a diverse array of materials and documents contained in the Grateful Dead Archive, Live Dead details how live recordings became meaningful among the band and their fans not only as sonic souvenirs of past musical performances but also as expressions of assorted ideals, including notions of "liveness," authenticity, and the power of recorded sound"--
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2023004962
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021244492 Uk
Grateful Dead (Musical group)--Performances.
Live sound recordings.
Rock concerts--History--United States--20th century.
Sound recordings--Pirated editions.
Rock music--History and criticism.--United States
Live Dead : the Grateful Dead, live recordings, and the ideology of liveness / John Brackett. - xv, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Studies in the Grateful Dead . - Studies in the Grateful Dead (Duke University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"To capture that special feeling" : recorded (and recording) liveness (The Warner Bros. years, 1966-1973) -- "The next best thing to being there" : tapes, taping, and an alternative aesthetic of recorded liveness -- A time of reckoning : new approaches to producing and marketing liveness (The 1980s, part 1) -- "That quintessential spirit of the band" : "Touch of Grey," the "Betty Boards," and the rebirth of the Dead (The 1980s, part 2) -- "The live feel of a tape" : from the vault, Dick's picks, and the language(s) of liveness -- Post-Dead : "obstinately physical," "Vaporous cargo," and the material remains of liveness.
"The Grateful Dead were one of the most successful live acts of the rock era. Performing over 2300 shows between 1965 and 1995, the Grateful Dead's reputation as a "live band" was-and continues to be-sustained by thousands of live concert recordings from every era of the group's long and colorful career. In Live Dead, musicologist John Brackett examines how live recordings-from the group's official releases to fan-produced tapes, bootlegs to "Betty Boards," and Dick's Picks to From the Vault-have shaped the general history and popular mythology of the Grateful Dead for over fifty years. Drawing on a diverse array of materials and documents contained in the Grateful Dead Archive, Live Dead details how live recordings became meaningful among the band and their fans not only as sonic souvenirs of past musical performances but also as expressions of assorted ideals, including notions of "liveness," authenticity, and the power of recorded sound"--
9781478025481 1478025484 9781478020707 1478020709
2023004962
GBC3J5293 bnb
021244492 Uk
Grateful Dead (Musical group)--Performances.
Live sound recordings.
Rock concerts--History--United States--20th century.
Sound recordings--Pirated editions.
Rock music--History and criticism.--United States