Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 2


Download Series Volume 2 is a live album by the rock band Grateful Dead. It was released as a digital download on June 7, 2005. The album features a previously uncirculated concert from January 18, 1970, at Springer's Ballroom in Gresham, Oregon, presented as a one-disc set.
Volume 2 was mastered in HDCD from the original 2-track master tapes by Jeffrey Norman.

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Jesse Jarnow said, "Only one tune from gets played here... though they also charge through a six-minute take of the new "Mason's Children".... The highlight is unquestionably a 13-plus minute version of Martha & the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street". Garcia, Bob Weir, and Phil Lesh's harmonies are big and enthused, the San Francisco ballroom scene encapsulated in one vocal arrangement. The jam makes its way into deeply spaced jazz, Garcia especially wearing his John Coltrane love... on his sleeve."

Track listing

  1. "Cold Rain and Snow" - 6:10
  2. "Big Boss Man" - 4:48
  3. "Mason's Children" - 5:53
  4. "Black Peter" - 10:44
  5. "Dancing in the Street" - 14:04
  6. "Good Lovin'" - 10:17
  7. "China Cat Sunflower" > - 4:36
  8. "I Know You Rider" - 5:08
  9. "Turn On Your Love Light" - 18:07

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Production

  • Bear – recording
  • Jeffrey Norman – mastering