Deadheads rejoice! The Grateful Dead's Two From The Vault gets its very first vinyl issue, and it's a doozy! Future Days Recordings has pulled all the stops, giving this rare live document of the Dead the treatment it deserves. The two day set, recorded live at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on August 23 and 24, 1968, gets luxuriously spread across 4 LP's and housed in a deluxe book-like case with informative, detailed liner notes. Originally released in 1992 on CD (25 years after its recording), this set was mixed down from the original multi-track reels for optimum sound quality.

• black 4xLP vinyl pressing
• first time on vinyl, originally released on CD in 1992
• recorded live at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles August 23-24, 1968
• mixed from the original multi-track reels
• original release year: 1996
• music label: Future Days Recordings 2014

reviewed by Hank Ohs 03/2015