Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street - (1978) - FLAC

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  08/13/2008
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  <br /> <br /> Since the Grateful Dead were notorious for recording awkward studio albums, it always seemed that the answer to their problem was simply getting the right producer to coax magic out of the band -- and nobody would seem better suited for the position than Little Feat leader Lowell George, whose own band shared the Dead's tendency to wander and jam in a live setting, yet made almost nothing but good studio records. <br /> <br /> But 1978 was not a great year for either camp, as the Dead were drifting in their attempts to score a crossover hit for Clive Davis' Arista Records, while George was pushing Little Feat toward disbandment as he was inching closer to his premature death in 1979. Add to that the Dead's sudden, inexplicable fascination with disco, a desire to have Donna Jean Godchaux be an integral part of the record, plus no new songs ready to go at the beginning of the sessions, and it's little surprise that Shakedown Street wound up as a mess. <br /> <br /> It rambles and wanders all over the place, as the Dead cover the Rascals' &quot;Good Lovin'&quot; before they revive &quot;New Minglewood Blues&quot; (which they originally cut for their debut), as Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter write their own &quot;Stagger Lee&quot; while Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann get a percussion workout on the brief instrumental &quot;Serengetti&quot; and Bob Weir affects a bluesy growl on &quot;I Need a Miracle.&quot; In George's hands, this is all given a smooth gloss not all that far removed from such latter-day Feat LPs as The Last Record Album, but since the Dead favor hazy, lazy grooves to Feat's laid-back but tight New Orleans funk -- and since George didn't produce so much as he created an appropriate atmosphere in the studio -- Shakedown Street meanders mercilessly, and its indulgences wind up overwhelming the album as a whole. <br /> <br /> And there isn't just one kind of indulgence here; there's a plethora of them, ranging from the disco pulse of the title track to the fuzziness of the two songs sung by Donna Jean. This can make Shakedown Street a bit of a difficult, dated listen, since even the good songs boast bad arrangements (&quot;Shakedown Street&quot; and &quot;Fire on the Mountain&quot; were later reworked and revitalized in concert), yet it falls short of flat-out disaster, partially because it's a fascinating listen due to the very things that make it a severely flawed record. The disco flirtations, subdued funk, misguided commercial concessions, and overarching Californian slickness do make Shakedown Street fascinating for at least one spin, even if they'll keep even hardcore Deadheads -- maybe especially hardcore Deadheads -- from coming back to the record more than once every decade or so.<br /> ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide<br /> <br /> <br /> Tracks:<br /> <br /> 1. Good Lovin'<br /> 2. France<br /> 3. Shakedown Street<br /> 4. Serengetti<br /> 5. Fire On The Mountain<br /> 6. I Need A Miracle<br /> 7. From The Heart Of Me<br /> 8. Stagger Lee<br /> 9. All New Minglewood Blues<br /> 10. If I Had The World To Give<br /> <br /> <br /> Personal Retail CD (Arista ARCD-8228) &gt; EAC 0.99pb4 (w/ AccurateRip) &gt; .WAV &gt; FLAC Frontend &gt; FLAC-8<br /> <br /> Scans @ 300dpi included.<br /> <br /> <br /> Enjoy!<br />
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Files

File	Size
01 Good Lovin'.flac	28 MB
02 France.flac	22 MB
03 Shakedown Street.flac	29 MB
04 Serengetti.flac	11 MB
05 Fire On The Mountain.flac	21 MB
06 I Need A Miracle.flac	20 MB
07 From The Heart Of Me.flac	18 MB
08 Stagger Lee.flac	19 MB
09 All New Minglewood Blues.flac	23 MB
10 If I Had The World To Give.flac	26 MB
case back.jpg	1.6 MB
disc.jpg	0.6 MB
front&liner.jpg	1.8 MB
Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street.log	4.6 KB
Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street.m3u	0.7 KB
Shakedown Street.cue	1.6 KB
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