Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978

2CD/1 DVD Set

Rhino Records, 2008, Audio CD

Product Description

2 CD/1 DVD set marks the 30th anniversary of The Dead's historic concerts at Giza-More than 3 hours of rare and previously unreleased music remastered in HDCD plus over 100 minutes of extremely rare, previously unseen concert and behind the scenes footage.

Tracks Information

Disc 1
Jack Straw
Row Jimmy
New, New Minglewood Blues
Candyman
Looks Like Rain
Stagger Lee
I Need A Miracle
It's All Over Now
Deal
Disc 2
Ollin Arageed
Fire On The Mountain
Iko Iko
Shakedown Street
Drums
Space
Truckin'
Stella Blue
Around And Around
Disc 3
Bertha
Good Lovin'
Row Jimmy
New, New Minglewood Blues
Candyman
Looks Like Rain
Deal
Ollin Arageed
Fire On The Mountain
Iko Iko
I Need A Miracle
It's All Over Now
Truckin'
The Vacation Tapes(DVD extra)

Product Details

Title: Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 (2CD/1 DVD Set)
Sales Rank: 482 in Music
Artist: Grateful Dead
Label: Rhino Records, 2008-09-30, Audio CD, 3 Discs
Format: Box set, Live, Original recording remastered
Package Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches, 0.2 pounds

Customer Reviews

Not Bad At All: These shows have been a source of much interest since the concerts and the CD audio, while not their best, is quite good, indeed. The DVD, however, is basically home movie quality, including the concert footage; in other words, crap. The performances on the CDs are good, but not consistent nor great, and so worth investing in to become part… More reviews

they said it wasn't good....: The Dead always lamented these shows as below par....well, frankly....it's the Dead we are talking about here. Even below par, the Dead were exceptional. D.L. and team have selected the good stuff for us. I just wish it had the entire Hamza El-din portion. It's a classic show that is worth owning if you like the Dead.… More reviews

grateful deadcd/dvd: This product was hard to find but amazon had one--it was shipped immediately and arrived earlier than adverised More reviews

Great!: Not only was the product new but it arrived in only a few days.I would definitly buy again! More reviews

If you just want the music, mp3 is fine, if you want more, get the CD: I admit that 90 percent of my music purchases are now downloads. Rarely do I buy a CD. Usually, if I do buy a CD, it's because it's not available as a download. That's not the case with the Egypt CD.
I'm a Deadhead and have two of the three nights on CDR, and since most of this release is drawn from the 16th, which I have on CDR,… More reviews