Grateful Dead : Dick’s Picks 24 Volume Twenty Four : March 23, 1974 (3/23/1974) – Cow Palace – Daly City, California (CA) : 2 CD : 2002 (1974/2002) Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. (GDP) – GDCD 4044 :’ Original!’74 Wall Of Sound!! Live’ in the California Bay Area!!! 1974 Grateful Dead Live! Through the One & Only! – inside the Bay Area!! At the Good Ol’ Cow Palace!!!!! Please Note >>> This is the Very-Rare! Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. Printing from 2002 GDCD 4044 – 1974/2002 GDP, Inc. 1974 Wall of Sound!!! Was this the’ Sound-Beast’ that sucked in the Grateful Dead and dragged them down?? ! As a Dead Fan myself – I think not – I believe it Amplified their Fantastic Musicianship! To a pristine-level, like no other band ever!!! However, I’ve certainly heard & read many tales of how this Monster! Of a sound system dragged them down both Band & Crew! Due to its sheer square foot size, and financial drain to keep it pumping. To my ear, 1974 is an immaculate period for the Band – and it is easy as an outsider to wonder why a band playing like this would hang it up possibly for good? – yet, so-thankfully’ not’ in October of’74 at the Winterland, announcing what would be billed as ” The Last One ” – thus the last Grateful Dead Concert ever?? Music & sound wise, this 3/23/74 Cow Palace Show is incredible and offers everything one would expect & hope for in a’74 performance : U. Wind – Scarlet – China > Rider – Weather Report Suite and that’s just on CD One! — CD 2 takes it way-deep and multidimensional… The Playin’ > Uncle John’s > Morning Dew > Uncle John’s > Playin’ is just big stuff – big-time, creative & Legendary! Musicianship by the Dead. The Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia at the end merely ices this cake of bliss. Inside the Liner Notes, Bear does his thing like only Bear can-do… Offering details, specs, talking-up / promoting & rightfully bragging about the ” Wall “. The 3/22/74 San Francisco Chronicle article sums this scene up in a way that almost nobody could do better with a title-article stating ” The Dead : Committed to Sound Perfection “. And that they are indeed. Here are just a few brief notes on the ” Wall ” that I can’t help but share with you : Six (6) Independent Sound Systems (one each-unique for Vocals, Lead-Guitar, Rhythm-Guitar, Piano, Bass & Drums)! — Eleven (11) separate Channels! — Forty-Eight (48) Amplifiers! Though I’m certain being fortunate enough to play through, or just listen to this System-of-a-System live is pure Joy & Bliss — but imaging hauling it around, and feeding (paying-for) all the fuel in its hungry tank! ? ! Those of you who saw it, I’m so Amazingly-Happy! As that does indeed enshrine you officially as a very-important part of Rock’n Roll History!! The Music & Concert World will never see anything like this again from a standpoint of size, quality & just blatant genius-dialed audible perfection. Here in the new millennium, wealthy bands like say the Rolling Stones – U2 or even Metallica can try… But nothing can – or ever will – hold-a-candle to the sound-perfection of the Grate! TRACK LISTING >>> Grateful Dead’ Live’ at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California (CA) on March 23, 1974 (3/24/1974) : CD ONE. Beat It On Down The Line. China Cat Sunflower >. I Know You Rider. Playing In The Band >. Uncle John’s Band >. Playing In The Band. Printing 2002 GDP, Inc. Release – GDCD 4044 Grateful Dead Dick’s Picks 24 Twenty Four (Cow Palace – Daly City, CA – 3/23/74) 2-CD Set is in Very Good condition. CD’s (Disc 1 & Disc 2) are in Very Good condition with light scratches on the playing surfaces (please see photos). Liner Notes (6-Page Front Insert Booklet & Back Insert) are in Like New (Near Mint) condition (please see photos). CD Case (Original 2-CD Fold-Out Jewel Case) is in Very Good condition with light-medium surface wear scratches (please see photos). Please see all photos provided. Photos included are of the actual item you will receive. The Bay Area Proving-Ground! For the Wall Of Sound!!! On the 1974 Spring Tour!!
