Hiro11

I own:
Nightfall of Diamonds (1989)
Deadset (1979)
Hundred-Year Hall (1972)
One from the Vault (1975)
Two from the Vault (1970)
Dick's Picks 3, 7, 10 (all gifts) (dunno)
Dozin' at the Knick (1991)

I think Two from the Vault and Nightfall are the two best I own, dozin' is good too.

I should probably get Dick's Pick 4 (the classic '70 Fillmore shows), but beyond that I'm lost.

Any suggestions?

duse

It would depend on the period you enjoy most. I absolutely love Dick's Picks 14 and 19, but I love '72-'74, in particular. Looking at www.dead.net, #31 looks very promising, as well as #29. The Grateful Dead Movie soundtrack is great, but then again, I love that period.

wendersfan

I'm not a big fan of the band, but I must admit that the albums Workingman's Dead and American Beauty each contain several classic, laid-back country rock songs - "Uncle John's Band", "Casey Jones", "Ripple", "Friend of the Devil", and my favorite Dead song, "Box of Rain".

Hiro11

I tend to like 1969-1972 and 1987-1991. I think I actually prefer the latter as the sound quality is usually much better.

Brain Stew

My personal favorite is Ladies and Gentlemen...The Grateful Dead



It's a 4 cd set of a set of concerts at the Filmore East in 1971.

sauce07

I'd check out "Rockin' the Rhein With the Grateful Dead"
This is more of the Europe 72 tour, great concert

mkdevo

i realize you're looking for suggestions, but you do know about this, don't you?

just making sure you're not limiting yourself to official releases.

Tommy_Harn

Dick's Picks #10 (which I see you have) is about as good as it gets.

I'll also recomend:

5-8-77
12-12-78
5-22-77 (Dick's Picks 2, I believe)

uli2000

I liked American Beauty

Tom Banjo

There is an assload of live Dead (and a lot of other good bands) you can stream or download here:
http://tela.sugarmegs.org/

IamHydrogen1

Some of my favorites:
DP 4 (2/13-14/70)
DP 8 (5/2/70)
DP12 (6/74)
DP25 (5/78)

Also, I'd like to second mkdevo's suggestion of checking out the archive.

Here's a rather outdated list of "classic" Dead shows.

03/25/66 - Trouper's Hall 11/19/66 - Fillmore Aud.
11/29/66 - The Matrix 02/14/68 - Carousel Ballroom
08/24/68 - Shrine Aud. 10/30/68 - Mickey & The Hartbeats
03/01/69 - Fillmore West 12/12/69 - Thelma Theatre
02/11/70 - Fillmore East 02/13/70 - Fillmore East
02/14/70 - Fillmore East 05/02/70 - Harpur College
05/06/70 - M.I.T. 09/20/70 - Fillmore East
02/18/71 - Portchester 04/08/71 - Boston Music Hall
04/28/71 - Fillmore East 04/29/71 - Fillmore East
07/02/71 - Fillmore West 12/10/71 - Fox Theatre
12/14/71 - Ann Arbor 07/26/72 - Portland
08/21/72 - BCT 08/27/72 - Veneta
02/09/73 - Maples Pavilion 05/26/73 - Kezar Stadium
06/10/73 - RFK 11/10/73 - Winterland
12/02/73 - Boston 02/24/74 - Winterland
05/19/74 - Portland, OR 06/18/74 - Louisville
06/26/74 - Providence 06/28/74 - Boston
10/19/74 - Winterland 10/20/74 - Winterland
06/03/76 - Portland 10/09/76 - Oakland
02/26/77 - San Bernardino 03/18/77 - Winterland
04/27/77 - Passaic, NJ 05/08/77 - Cornell
05/09/77 - Buffalo 06/09/77 - Winterland
10/02/77 - Portland, OR 12/29/77 - Winterland
01/22/78 - Eugene, OR 07/08/78 - Red Rocks
10/21/78 - Winterland 11/24/78 - Passaic, NJ
12/31/78 - Winterland 10/27/79 - Cape Cod
11/01/79 - Nassau 12/01/79 - Pittsburgh
12/26/79 - Oakland 05/11/80 - Portland, ME
09/02/80 - Rocheste 05/06/81 - Nassau
05/16/81 - Cornell 09/26/81 - Buffalo
10/16/81 - Milk Weg 12/31/81 - Oakland Auditorium
04/06/82 - Philly 04/18/82 - Hartford
04/19/82 - Baltimore 04/16/83 - Brendan Byrne
04/17/83 - Brendan Byrne 06/18/83 - Saratoga
09/06/83 - Red Rocks 09/11/83 - Santa Fe
10/11/83 - MSG 07/13/84 - Greek Theatre
07/22/84 - Ventura 10/12/84 - Augusta
10/20/84 - Syracuse 11/02/84 - BCT
06/14/85 - Greek Theatre 06/24/85 - Cincinnati
09/07/85 - Red Rocks 09/15/85 - Chula Vista
11/01/85 - Richmond 03/20/86 - Hampton
12/27/86 - Oakland 04/04/87 - Worcester
06/20/87 - Greek 06/26/87 - Alpine Valley
07/06/87 - Pittsburgh 07/08/87 - Roanoke
09/18/87 - MSG 12/31/87 - Oakland
03/17/88 - HJ Kaiser 03/27/88 - Hampton
06/30/88 - Rochester 07/02/88 - Oxford Plains
09/03/88 - Cap Centre 04/02/89 - Pittsburgh
06/21/89 - Shoreline 07/12/89 - RFK
07/17/89 - Alpine Valley 10/09/89 - Hampton
10/16/89 - Brendan Byrne 03/29/90 - Nassau
07/12/90 - RFK 09/16/90 - MSG
09/19/90 - MSG 09/20/90 - MSG
10/27/90 - Paris 12/12/90 - Denver
12/31/90 - Oakland 03/21/91 - Cap Centre
04/01/91 - Greensboro 05/12/91 - Shoreline
06/14/91 - RFK 06/17/91 - Giants Stadium
08/16/91 - Shoreline 09/10/91 - MSG
09/26/91 - Boston 10/31/91 - Oakland
12/28/91 - Oakland 03/09/92 - Cap Centre
03/20/92 - Hamilton 05/31/92 - Las Vegas
06/20/92 - RFK 12/13/92 - Oakland?

Icculus

The remastered version of this one that floats around has incredible sound...

Check out bt.etree.org - there are a ton of Dead shows (as well as others) available via bit torrent.

Jack Straw

Go get your mind blown.

http://www4.archive.org/audio/etreel...rateful%20Dead