grateful dead remasters

If someone were to ask me what were the Grateful Dead about and how good was their music......I would have them listen to ''Steppin Out''...... I have followed the Dead since the mid 70's and this is some really good stuff here. The ''Band'' was right on on these disc's and the sound quality is actually very good

Steppin' Out is not a remaster, of course, but a first-time release.

The England set is fabulous. Good sound and great music. I have not heard the remasters though.

The remasters sound great! These are the remasters originally released in The Golden Road boxed set, now available individually for the first time. Fantastic HDCD sound, lots of bonus tracks, excellent liner notes.

Steppin' Out is astonishingly good. It's from the same tour as Europe '72 and includes some amazing jams. There are a bunch of songs that wouldn't have been included on Europe 72 because they'd been on Live Dead or Skull and Roses, but these versions are all-timers. There's also some great Pigpen stuff. My favorite track is a ripping version of "Sitting On Top Of The World" with a Garcia solo for the ages. Sound quality is superb. It's one of the best Grateful Dead releases *ever*.

Most of the Dick's Picks series have very HQ sound given the fact that they were taken from live tapes. I would draw your attention to Dick's Picks Vol 3 May 1977 from Pembroke Pines, FL. This recording was made by the famous Betty Cantor-Jackson.
A commercial release of note for sound quality is "Nightfall of Diamonds", recorded at the Meadowlands.
The MFSL LP of "American Beauty" is also worth having if you can get your hands on a copy.