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Grateful Dead, ‘Live/Dead’
Live/Dead is the first official live album released by the Grateful Dead out of their 70-plus live albums. The 16-track album contains rock improvisation and their usual psychedelic rock style of music. The live album was released in 1969, and it was the product of a series of concerts performed and recorded earlier that year.
In addition, the album helped dig the Dead out of a hole. After releasing their 1969 album Aoxomoxa, they were $180,000 in debt to the record label Warner Brothers. Luckily, the album was so successful that they didn’t have to worry anymore!