Best Grateful Dead recording?


I have been into the Dead for a little while now, but all I have are some "best of" comps, some cd-r's, etc. I would love a few top-5's (or whatever) of your favorite dead recordings, live or studio. Thanks, Jb3
jb3
meister,
Thanks for the correction. i did mix the dates from Dozin' and Nightfall...
Any recording from 1971-4, in my opinion and many others the absolute peak for the band. Many of these are available as Dick's Pick's as stated above. A personal favorite of mine is the recent release of a run of shows documenting the closing of the Fillmore East in 1971. It is a four disc set and the sound and music are both spectacular. Generally speaking you are lucky, there is so much good music out there, once you start exploring you may never stop!
Jond:

Thanks for the information on the Fillmore East release. That sounds like a "must have", along with The Closing of Winterland.

Tom.
Can't say its the best but I like "Reckoning" recorded live at the Warfield Theater, San Francisco Sept. and Oct. 1980.