Bob Weir Ace VG++ Rare Promo Orig OOP 1972 Grateful Dead Playing In The Band

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Bob Weir Ace VG++ Rare Promo Orig OOP 1972 Grateful Dead Playing In The Band:
$40.00

Vinyl: VG++ Play Tested. Sounds Great! Labels are Clean. This is the Original 1972 Promo Pressing. There\'s an unfeelable surface mark across side 1 that does not affect play. This is, of course, essentially a Grateful Dead album, with the entire band backing him up (except Mickey Hart, who was taking a hiatus from the band anyhow). If you own the regular release of this LP, you\'ll find a subtly different mix to this one which is quite pleasing!
Cover: VG+ (see photos; interestingly, this Promo copy does not have the sticker \"Bob \'Ace\' Weir of the Grateful Dead\". I notice my peers who\'re also offering this LP for sale seem to be charging a lot for that sticker!!! I\'m very curious as to whether that sticker is really worth paying the extra money for, or whether you feel, as I do, that it gets in the way of a super beautiful bad-ass cover that spoke for itself and that the sticker was really a sop to the dumbed-down public who needed to be told that Bob Weir was a member of the Grateful Dead...hype sticker, indeed!!!! :) )
Goldmine Standards. See Review Below!U.S. Shipping: $4 Media Mail for up to 2 LP\'s. Additional LP\'s .50 (double albums count for 2LP\'s). I will only ship to Italy by Registered Mail. Rest of World, ask for cost of shipping before offerding. I only pass on to you my cost to get it to you. Similarly, upgrades and insurance can be added on at Buyers\' expense. Feel free to ask any questions and happy offerding!
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As a \"bonus\" for re-signing another three-album deal with Warner Brothers Records in the early \'70s, members of the Grateful Dead were given the opportunity to cut solo albums. Jerry Garcia (Garcia), Mickey Hart (Rolling Thunder), and Bob Weir (Ace) took advantage of the offer -- although it could easily be argued that Weir\'s disc was in reality the next Grateful Dead album simply featuring the rhythm guitarist\'s co-compositions and lead vocals throughout. In essence, Ace became the follow-up to the double-live LP Grateful Dead [1971] (aka \"Skull and Roses\"), which included a live and somewhat non-descript rendition of \"Playing in the Band.\" Ironically, on this studio release the Grateful Dead stretch out during the seven-plus-minute version -- which is considered to be one of their most inspired improvisational interactions away from the concert stage. Likewise, practically every track -- with the exception of the painfully optimistic \"Walk in the Sunshine\" -- became an integral component of the Grateful Dead\'s performance repertoire for their remaining 20-plus years as an actively touring band. Much of Ace is flavored with the same country-rock textures that informed the Dead\'s previous two studio recordings, American Beauty and Workingman\'s Dead. The addition of keyboardist Keith Godchaux -- whose style on this album rivals that of Jerry Lee Lewis -- gives songs such as \"Greatest Story Ever Told\" and \"One More Saturday Night\" an aggressive bite which is conspicuous in its absence from the Grateful Dead\'s previous studio outings. On the whole, Ace is thoroughly enjoyable for devout Deadheads as well as less-fanatical enthusiasts. Other standout tracks include the lilting lullaby \"Cassidy,\" Snooky Flowers\' driving horn arrangement on \"One More Saturday Night,\" and Garcia\'s lazy, laid-back pedal steel guitar work on \"Looks Like Rain.\"

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