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To: JakeStraw who wrote (26302)	6/12/2001 7:29:49 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49843

Dead to Release 12-CD Box Tuesday June 12 02:33 PM EDT dailynews.yahoo.com The Grateful Dead will give fans a generous peek into their considerable vaults with the October 16th release of The Golden Road 1965-1972, a twelve-CD compilation that will feature digitally re-mastered versions of the band's 1967 to 1973 albums on Warner Bros., as well as live and unreleased material. "Basically, what we tried to do was load up each CD to the maximum," says James Austin, senior A&R director/special projects for Rhino, who is working on the box set in conjunction with drummer Mickey Hart, singer/guitarist Bob Weir and the new vaultmaster general, David Lemieux. "In other words if an album was forty minutes long, we added another thirty-five to thirty-six minutes so we could get right up to the full-length of the CD . . . The only one that isn't touched is Live Dead because we all feel it's a perfect record and that one has no room for bonus material anyway." Slated to retail for $159.00, the box will include a two-disc set being assembled by longtime Dead publicist Dennis McNally, called "The Birth of the Dead," which features tracks recorded before the Dead signed with Warner Brothers. "One [disc] will be studio, one will be live," McNally says of the early recordings. "It was recorded between late '65 and the end of 1966, primarily '66, and they basically sound like a smoking blues band, which was what they were before they started really getting experimental. We've got some absolute jewels. There's some wonderful material most Deadheads have never heard." Deadheads' taping practices are legendary but Austin said Lemieux -- who took over custody of the Dead vaults after Dick Lavalta of Dick's Picks (a series of authorized live Dead releases) fame passed away -- has unearthed some surprise finds that even the legions of cassette-trading fans don't know about. "He's just recently gone through the vault with a fine-tooth comb, looking for stuff they didn't think was there, they didn't know was there," Austin says. "There's some major discoveries." Austin declined to specify what these "discoveries" might entail, saying the track listing for the comp is still being finalized at this time. The set has been culled from what Austin estimates to be 200 to 250 hours of tapes, and he pegs the biggest surprise in those many hours of listening as hearing the Dead display studio chops, something of a shocker for a band with a well-known propensity for aimless jamming. "It's always been thought that the Grateful Dead were just a great live band, which they always were, and their longevity on the road, attracting those Deadheads has proven that," Austin says. "But the band was a great studio band -- not just [the] passable studio band as a lot of people thought." Austin, an avowed Deadhead, says the process of adding Surround Sound 5.1 to the original masters has changed his perception of certain albums, American Beauty in particular. "I was absolutely blown away by how beautiful it sounded," he says. "There were some instruments like Jerry's pedal steel that was buried, and you hear voices better. There's more going on in those records than anybody ever dreamed." COLIN DEVENISH (June 11, 2001)

To: JakeStraw who wrote (26302)	6/12/2001 10:50:10 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49843

Allman Brothers Band Veteran Roadie Tells ``Tails'' Monday June 11, 3:00 pm Eastern Time biz.yahoo.com Press Release INTERNET WIRE -- Thirty-two year veteran member of the Allman Brothers Band road crew, Joseph L. Campbell commonly known as "The Red Dog" by band members and fans, released his first book today, "A Book of Tails." Red Dog said, "This is the first inside look at the wild escapades and camaraderie during my early years on the road with the Allman Brothers Band." Red Dog's book is a lighthearted take on the early days. He recounts stories of the band's struggle to make ends meet, and the brotherhood that develops between the band members and roadies. He tells about the misadventures and mishaps they encountered on and off the road. Red Dog also tells "tails" of the gigs including tales of concert promoter Bill Graham, his legendary Fillmore venues, and the 1973 Watkins Glen Summer Jam when the Allmans performed with The Grateful Dead and The Band. Red Dog, who resides in Tampa, FL, attributed his inspiration for writing the book to his fallen friend and band member, Duane Allman. Red Dog said, "Brother Duane said I'd be the one to write the book..." Drummer and original band member Butch Trucks said, "This book it's fun, it's sad, it's maddening, it's all the things that life was during the most incredible few years of my life." Writer-director Cameron Crowe, an admitted Red Dog fan, included the Allman Brother Band roadie in his film "Almost Famous." Crowe first met Red Dog in 1973 on assignment while reporting for Rolling Stone magazine. Crowe said, "I've just finished reading "A Book of Tails." True rock, the kind that lasts forever, is about honesty and humor and love and chasing the elusive buzz of greatness. Red Dog's book captures all this and more. You can't put this thing down, and best of all, it makes you want to listen to music. Not just the Brothers, but all music. Red Dog really caught something with his writing. This book, and a copy of "Live at Fillmore East" belong in the time capsule reading -- Kick back and see what you missed. Two centuries from now I doubt anybody will have said it better." The band's tour mystic and archivist, Kirk West said, "I'm telling you this [book] is like having Red Dog sitting on an amp case on the loading dock before doors open..." "A Book of Tails" is available for order at www.legendaryreddog.com, or by contacting Epitome Production Services, LLC at 804-798-4322.