Grateful Dead-The Complete 1989 Hampton “Warlocks” Box Set

 

Ok so basically I have been waiting for this show to come out on some kind of CD or digital format since I was about rhe ripe old age of 17.  I rememberng going to L,I, trading taps with Van however I finally get rewarded.  Not only does my favourite 80s show (next to 3.31.87) exist now but the Dead decided to issue the whole run (6 CDs) at Hampton Coleseum in Virginia 1989.



I'd say the first two tracks that open this six CD monster are a bit shaky and you can see the band getting there ground and realizing thier musical surroundings.  Hell, even Bobby sounded like he was seventeen again and thats fine by me. All of the sudden "Birdsong" starts and the rest of this disc pretty much sets the pace for a very spacy first set of the run at VA.  This is a must have for any Dead fan.  They never reall caught this much fire forma performance again.  Save for some 1990 shows.   Oh and of course they bring back DArk Star from like seven years ago.  Lsiten to Disc five and you can hear the whole place go nuts on the opening of this song. Get it...

S.O.D. - Speak English or Die 2002 Platinum Edition

S.O.D.'s Speak English or Die was an important record in the fusion of hardcore punk with thrash and speed metal, making even more explicit the connections that Anthrax's music implied. The tone of the music is crushingly loud, fast, and aggressive, but not at all serious -- the record is filled with goofy, macho humor, some of which holds up well (i.e., the three-second "Anti-Procrastination Song", an ode to "Milk") and some of which is quite racist and sexist.



However, the music blasts by at such a frenetic pace (22 tracks in under half an hour) that the more offensive lyrics are often incomprehensible, so some may find them easier to ignore. Still, it's the loud-fast-rules music that made an impact, and mosh fans will quickly understand why. In 2000, to commemorate the album's worldwide sales of one million copies, Megaforce put together Speak English or Die: The Platinum Edition, digitally remastering the original recording and appending two new studio tracks and eight live cuts recorded at a 1999 concert in Tokyo.

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