New Jerry/Grateful Dead Archive Releases

Road Trips, Vol. 2 No. 2 marks the first complete show to be released as part of the Road Trips series. This heaping helping of “Primal Dead” was recorded at the legendary Carousel Ballroom on February 14, 1968 and is one of bassist Phil Lesh’s favorite shows. Due to a short first set, the first disc of this release ends with a number of bonus tracks recorded just a few weeks earlier during the Dead’s Northwest tour including a mind-blowing Viola Lee Blues from Eureka.

Both Road Trips, Vol. 2 No. 2 and Pure Jerry – Series 8 are available for preorder and are expected to ship out on Wednesday. Road Trips runs $19.98 while the Pure Jerry release goes for $14.98. If you order them both together from Dead.net, they’ll waive the shipping charges. We’re not even three months in 2009 and it’s already shaping up to be the best year for Dead archival releases ever.

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