Grateful Dead bola americká rocková skupina založená v roku 1965 v Palo Alto v Kalifornii, známa eklektickým štýlom spájajúcim prvky rocku, bluesu, folku, country, bluegrassu, džezu, gospelu a reggae s psychedéliou. Preslávila sa dlhými improvizáciami počas koncertov a oddanou fanúšikovskou základňou zvanou „Deadheads“. V roku 2007 skupina získala Grammy za celoživotný prínos.
Kompilácia The Best of the Grateful Dead Live vyšla v marci 2018 u vydavateľstva Rhino a prináša 19 skladieb nahraných naživo a predtým zverejnených na koncertných albumoch skupiny. Trinásť z nich je v štúdiovej verzii na albume The Best Of The Grateful Dead, zvyšných šesť skupina v štúdiu nikdy nenahrala. Medzi významnými skladbami sú Truckin', Touch of Grey, Eyes of the World či Morning Dew.
Na albume sa podieľali Bruce Hornsby, Robert Hunter a Rob Wasserman.
Skladby
CD 1
1. St. Stephen (Live At The Fillmore West, San Francisco, Ca 2/27/69) [Remastered] [6:37]
2. Bertha (Live At The Fillmore East, New York, Ny 4/27/71) [Remastered] [5:42]
3. Wharf Rat (Live At The Fillmore East, New York, Ny 4/26/71) [Remastered] [8:32]
4. Sugar Magnolia (Live At The Olympia Theatre, Paris France 5/4/72) [Remastered] [7:10]
5. Jack Straw (Live At The Olympia Theatre, Paris France 5/3/72) [Remastered] [4:48]
6. Truckin' (Live At Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72) [Remastered] [13:07]
7. Morning Dew (Live At Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72) [Remastered] [11:28]
8. Brown-eyed Women (Live At The Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark 4/14/72) [Remastered] [4:37]
9. The Music Never Stopped (Live At The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, Ca 8/13/75) [Remastered] [5:28]
10. Estimated Prophet (Live At Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, Ny 5/8/77) [Remastered] [8:44]
CD 2
1. Friend Of The Devil (Live At Radio City Music Hall, New York, Ny 10/27/80) [Remastered] [7:32]
2. Feel Like A Stranger (Live At The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, Ca 10/4/80) [Remastered] [5:46]
3. Fire On The Mountain (Live At Radio City Music Hall, New York, Ny 10/31/80) [Remastered] [6:47]
4. Bird Song (Live 1980) [Remastered] [7:38]
5. Ripple (Live At The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, Ca 10/4/80) [Remastered] [4:26]
6. Eyes Of The World (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, Ny 3/29/90) [Remastered] [16:13]
7. Touch Of Grey (Live At Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, Ny 7/4/89) [Remastered] [6:30]
8. Blow Away (Live At John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, Pa 7/7/89) [Remastered] [12:19]
9. So Many Roads (Live At Soldier Field, Chicago, Il 7/9/95) [Remastered] [9:35]
