The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack

The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack
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Live album by
the Grateful Dead
ReleasedMarch 15, 2005
RecordedOctober 16–20, 1974
VenueWinterland Arena
GenreJam rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock
Length387:54
LabelGrateful Dead Records
ProducerDavid Lemieux, Jeffrey Norman
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 34
(2005) 		The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack
(2005) 		Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The Music Box[2]

The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack is a five-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on October 16–20, 1974, and was released on March 15, 2005. The album was remixed from the original 16-track concert soundboard tapes.

In 1974 the Grateful Dead were exhausted from touring, and it had proven too expensive and cumbersome to tour with the "Wall of Sound" sound system. In response, the group decided to stop touring for an indefinite period of time. In October they played five nights at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California. As they were the last concerts before the hiatus, the Grateful Dead wanted them to be properly recorded and documented by a film crew.

The results were a rather unsuccessful live album, Steal Your Face, and a film, The Grateful Dead Movie. The movie was released in theaters in 1977, and on videotape in 1981. In 2004 it was expanded to a double DVD with bonus cuts and documentaries. A few months later, a five CD album was released as The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack. The album included even more previously unreleased tracks, including a rare "Tomorrow Is Forever". The DVD contains one track not released on the soundtrack ("Sugaree" from October 18, which was previously released on Steal Your Face). Likewise, half of the selections are unique to this box set and not included in the DVD movie.[3] Furthermore, despite being a rather comprehensive five-disc box set, it only captures about half of the nearly 60 different songs played across this five-night stand.

  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack: 5-CD Set". AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Metzger, John (2011). "Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack (Album Review)". musicbox-online.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. ^ "The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack (DeadDisc)". Retrieved 7 April 2015.