Grateful Dead - Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 (2+1 CD + DVDRIP + DVD 5, 2008/FLAC)

 Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 is a live album by American rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains two CDs and one DVD and was released in 2008. The album was recorded September 15 & 16, 1978, at the Giza pyramid complex in Giza, Egypt. This was the third continent on which the band performed, having previously performed in Europe. Unlike Dick's Picks, Road Trips, Dave's Picks, and certain other of the band's archival series of live album releases, which are simply two-track stereo recordings made from the soundboard during the concert, the shows on the album were recorded on a 24-track multitrack recorder and were mixed down to stereo just prior to the album's 2008 release.

A bonus disc of additional tracks from the dates was included with early copies of the album. The DVD contains concert footage (all of which is represented either on the two CDs or the bonus disc) from the September 16 performance. It also includes "The Vacation Tapes", a 15-minute feature, from footage originally shot on 8mm silent film, of band members, crew and friends visiting various Egyptian sites.

•     Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
•     Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
•     Keith Godchaux – keyboards
•     Mickey Hart – drums
•     Bill Kreutzmann – drums
•     Phil Lesh – bass guitar
•     Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals

Guest musicians

•     Hamza El Din - vocals, oud, tar, hand clapping on "Ollin Arageed"
•     The Nubian Youth Choir - vocals, hand clapping, tar on "Ollin Arageed"

 

Phish - At the Roxy [8 + 1 CD, 2008]

At the Roxy is an 8-disc box set from the rock band Phish recorded live over the course of their three-show run at the Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, from February 19 to February 21, 1993.

Over three nights, the band showcased the full spectrum of their talents from ballads to blues, from master composition to fearless improvisation all simmered and served to a small crew of jubilant participants in a near perfect environment. At the same time, the quartet was experimenting with their acoustic, bluegrass side that peaked over the next several years and provided a perfect baffle to the intense, psychedelic rock of Rift-era Phish. The 8-CD box set is the first complete multiple-show release since Hampton Comes Alive and the 1998 Island Tour.

Phish

• Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals
• Page McConnell - keyboards, vocals
• Mike Gordon - bass guitar, vocals
• Jon Fishman - drums, vocals

Special guests

• Jimmy Herring - guitar on disc 3, tracks 3, 4 and 5
• Jay Von Lehe - vocals on disc 5, track 17
• Jeff Mosier - banjo on disc 8, tracks 12 - 14

 

Neil Young & Promise of the Real - Noise And Flowers (2022) [FLAC]

 Noise & Flowers is a new live album by Neil Young & his ocaasional backing band Promise of the Real, recorded on their European tour in 2019.

The 9 concert tour began just two weeks after Young's manager and friend of 50 years, Elliot Roberts, passed away at the age of 76. Young approached the tour as a kind of tribute to his late friend, which gave the concerts a unique and celebratory atmosphere.

1.     Mr. Soul
2.     Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3.     Helpless
4.     Field Of Opportunity
5.     Alabama
6.     Throw Your Hatred Down
7.     Rockin’ In The Free World
8.     Comes A Time
9.     From Hank to Hendrix
10.     On The Beach
11.     Are You Ready For The Country
12.     I’ve Been Waiting For You
13.     Winterlong
14.     Fuckin’ Up

 

Grateful Dead - Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72 [4 CD, 2022/FLAC]

Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72 is a four-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded at the Lyceum Theatre on May 26, 1972 – the last show of the band's Europe '72 tour. It was released on July 29, 2022.

•     Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
•     Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
•     Keith Godchaux – piano
•     Bill Kreutzmann – drums
•     Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
•     Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, harmonica, percussion, vocals
•     Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

 

The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971 [4 CD, 2013/FLAC]

 

During the final week of 1971, The Band played four legendary concerts at New York City's Academy Of Music, ushering in the New Year with electrifying performances, including new horn arrangements by Allen Toussaint and a surprise guest appearance by Bob Dylan for a New Year's Eve encore. Select highlights from the concerts were compiled for The Band's classic 1972 double LP, Rock Of Ages, which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and remains a core album in the trailblazing group's storied Capitol Records catalog.