Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 9:37 pm
What is the Europe '72 Vol. 2 set like?mcq wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2017 9:27 pmcybot wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2017 6:24 pm Plenty of info to chew on there! Wasn't aware the Cornell 5/8/77 show was finally released. Your mini review has definitely whetted my appetite despite the high price charged for the vinyl edition and the absence of Dark Star.
What do you think of the Veneta set? Much lauded at the time of its release but I don't know.....Though it's great to have a beautifully relaxed performance of Dark Star; Much slower (and longer!) than the frantic version on the From The Vault series.
The other two I'm not familiar with so I'll just concentrate on the Cornell set for now :)
Thanks for that Paul!
Veneta's a great show, Dermot, and fully deserving of its mythical reputation. Just like Cornell, there is a beautiful flow to the entire concert from the more straightahead songs in the first set to the more extended jams in the second and third sets. I might feel differently, however, if I had bought most or all of the individual Europe '72 shows as they were released but I had been very happy with the Europe '72 Vols. 1 and 2 sets until recently when I picked up Cornell. I enjoyed that so much that, when I was looking for my next Dead fix I just had to go for Veneta which enjoys a similarly hallowed reputation amongst the faithful.
Have just found out that they made a movie about the Dead and the soundtrack is now available. I'm sure you already know about this. Looking at the double vinyl edition I see there's a 24 minute unreleased version of........Dark Star. Yikes!
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