On Second Thought: Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks, Volume 1 (2012)
Brimming with power and grace, this has become a treasured collector’s item.
Brimming with power and grace, this has become a treasured collector’s item.

Dark and intriguing, it left us eager for a second album that, alas, never came.

These aren’t garage acolytes, the kind who nail the details but miss the feel.

This serves as a tasty sampling of their output on Columbia Records.

Arriving in an era dominated by neon sensibilities, Van Morrison instead stayed the course.

College student Matt Bray demonstrates the power of anyone with a little imagination and a whole lot of time can have to single-handedly put a long-forgotten dance floor hit back in the spotlight.

How good was Traffic? So good that the band from Birmingham, England warranted this album only two years after getting together.

Joni Mitchell ended her tenure at Geffen with the lovely and understated ‘Night Ride Home’ — an album that in many ways works in stark contrast to its predecessor.

‘Mona Bone Jakon’ is significant because of its emotional content, unique because of its instrumentation — and important because of its honesty.

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