Dick's Picks 30: Academy of Music New York City NY

This four CD set kicks off with five tracks featuring blues legend Bo Diddley (taken from a 3/25/72 benefit for the Hell's Angels) ought to be enough to get those Dead collector synapses firing. That the last three discs present a complete show from March 28, 1972 that's very Europe '72 in it's set list (with lots of early appearances of songs that ended up on that album) but with that extra edge that playing in New York always seemed to inspire in the band, all recorded by Dead sound whiz Betty Cantor-Jackson, explains why this Dick's Picks volume met with almost universal acclaim upon it's original release. Brought to you in HDCD sound, and making it's debut in record stores. Double bonus: The Dead's lone renditions of 'How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)' and 'Are You Lonely for Me'.