 | Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings by Grateful Dead
Buy new: $89.99 / Used from: $73.99 NOVEMBER 1973) The complete run at Winterland following the release of WAKE OF THE FLOOD. Considered one of the best periods of live Dead by many Deadheads.
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 | Road Trips: Vol. 2, No. 3 - Wall of Sound (2 CD + Bonus Disc) by Grateful Dead
JUNE 1974) This is it! The 6/16 Iowa City show that I saw -- just highlights, not the whole thing, but still, I'm going to have to check it out. (Available for $20 from http://www.deadnet.com.)
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 | Dick's Picks, Vol. 19: Oklahoma City, OK, 10/19/73 by Grateful Dead
Buy new: $23.98 / Used from: $13.75 OCTOBER 1973 -- SEE MY REVIEW) look also for DP 28 with February concerts from Lincoln, NE and Salt Lake City and some of the earliest Eyes
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 | Wake of the Flood by Grateful Dead
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $9.98 FALL 1973 (REMASTERED REISSUE) first studio release on the Dead's own label -- best songs are Eyes of the World, Stella Blue, and Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Todeloo
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 | Live at Keystone, Vol. 1 by Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.94 1973) first release from what would become the JGB, the Jerry Garcia Band, a less adventurous unit than the Dead
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 | Live at Keystone, Vol. 2 by Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.98 1973)
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 | Keystone Encores, Vol. 1 by Merl Saunders
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $4.35 1973)
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 | Dick's Picks, Vol. 14: Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, 11/30/73 & 12/2/73 by Grateful Dead
Buy used from: $18.31 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1973
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 | Dick's Picks, Vol. 1: Tampa, FL, 12/19/73 by Grateful Dead
Buy used from: $6.81 DECEMBER 1973
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 | Dick's Picks, Vol. 24: Daly City, CA, 3/23/74 by Grateful Dead
Buy new: $20.98 / Used from: $14.94 MARCH 1974) Cow Palace, south of SF -- this was the first concert in the '74 tour with the Wall of Sound
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 | From the Mars Hotel by Grateful Dead
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $10.00 JUNE 1974 (REMASTERED REISSUE) alternative title -- UGLY ROOMERS -- standout songs are Scarlet Begonias, Unbroken Chain, and U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
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 | Tales of the Great Rum Runners by Robert Hunter
Buy used from: $34.99 1974) Robert Hunter, Dead lyricist and old-time folk-music pal of Jerry puts out a solo album
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 | Garcia (Compliments) by Jerry Garcia
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $13.99 1974) not Jerry's best, a collection of cover versions with atrocious cover art
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 | Dick's Picks Vol. 12: Providence Civic Center, 6/26/74 & Boston Garden, 6/28/74 by Grateful Dead
Buy used from: $19.48 JUNE 1974) I first saw the Dead earlier in June at the Iowa County Fairgrounds in Des Moines
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 | Dick's Picks 31 8/4-5-6/74 Philadelphia Civic Center and Roosevelt Stadium
Buy used from: $22.95 AUGUST 1974) with 2 great jams on "Scarlet Begonias" as well as "Eyes of the World" this definitely captures the '74 sound
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 | Dick's Picks, Vol. 7: Alexandra Palace, London, England, 9/9-9/11/74 by Grateful Dead
Buy used from: $17.22 SEPTEMBER 1974) TO CONTINUE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, SEE MY 75>77 DEADLIST
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 | Steal Your Face! by Grateful Dead
Buy new: $22.98 / Used from: $11.10 OCTOBER 1974) Released in '76, this is one of the all-time WORST live Dead albums, a judgement Phil confirms in his new book. Phil reputedly nearly did harm to the Warners exec responsible.
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 | The Grateful Dead Movie
Buy used from: $33.15 OCTOBER 1974) Footage from the "farewell concert" at the Winterland, edited by Jerry & originally released in 1977 -- this DVD has lots of additional material!
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 | The Very Best of the Grateful Dead by Grateful Dead
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $7.29 1967-1987 -- SEE MY REVIEW) This compilation has 2 songs from this period -- "Eyes of the World" from WAKE OF THE FLOOD and "U.S. Blues" from MARS HOTEL.
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 | The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics
Buy used from: $21.52 fantastic! essential! you can now fill in all the mumble-blanks in songs, and correct mishearings too -- plus the annotations are fascinating
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 | Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead by Phil Lesh
Buy used from: $0.01 SEE MY REVIEW) Phil writes a book! Great 40th anniversary memoir, with fascinating detail on Phil's interest in avant-classical music.
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 | The Essential Crazy Wisdom by Wes Nisker
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $4.77 Why is this book on the list? "He who says doesn't know, and he who knows cannot say."
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