Dylan and The Dead

limited one time pressing in a digipack, remastered, original art restored and unseen photos. this document of the historic summer-of-1987 live pairing of the rock era's premier singer / songwriter and its longest-running psychedelic adventure-cum-sideshow is not nearly as great as the shows themselves were. yet, it exemplifies rather eloquently what each brought to the party. dylan, obviously, brought the tunes - but not just the acknowledged classics. as the dry reading of 'joey,' his mid-'70s tribute to gangster joey gallo, rightfully suggests, dylan kept the dead on their toes with his choices. the dead, of course, brought their indescribable way with a song, their ability to turn any tune into a jam-friendly, lyrical boogie. and as the opening 'slow train coming' rightfully suggests, when this weird combo of talents clicked, every dusty corner of dylan's catalogue got a unique makeover.