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List Price: $34.98 | | Label: Rhino Records
Salesrank: 4994
Released: September 30, 2008 |
| Our Price: $25.00 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 (2CD/1 DVD Set) Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. Jack Straw
2. Row Jimmy
3. New, New Minglewood Blues
4. Candyman
5. Looks Like Rain
6. Stagger Lee
7. I Need A Miracle
8. It's All Over Now
9. Deal
Disc 2:
1. Ollin Arageed
2. Fire On The Mountain
3. Iko Iko
4. Shakedown Street
5. Drums
6. Space
7. Truckin'
8. Stella Blue
9. Around And Around
Editorial Review:
Grateful Dead, Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 is a 2 CD/1 DVD set that marks the 30th anniversary of The Dead's historic concerts at Giza, featuring more than three 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.
Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 (2CD/1 DVD Set) Reviews:
I still haven't recieved a return label. 
2009-06-27 - I purchased this cd/dvd over a month ago...it was defective....The store indicated that they would send me a return envelope...I'M STILL WAITING
Where is the Quality Control Dept.????
2009-05-14 - This release is shameful. Do the boys really need the money? Or are there some underlying politics involved? The music on this is really bad!! Every book written about the GD confirms this, yet somehow it receives the "rare, unreleased, legendary' seal of approval and is put out. Greed has many faces and apparently even the Dead organization is not immune. Save your $$$ for some of the '09 tour downloads, those are incredible!!!!
ohhhhhh my god this is bad
2009-05-01 - this is the worst live album i own by the dead and maybe by anyband or atleast tied.the only worse dead i have heard is from the 95 summer and spring tour and i cant stand you deadheads that will support anything the band does even if its crap.Bob Weir is such a Wh0re
A Piece of History 
2009-03-19 - I guess I was expecting the worst and that's why this recording from one of their nights in Egypt just doesn't seem that bad to me. I'll say it didn't live down to my expectations. The first time through I was about to give it 3 to 3 1/2 stars but I started to enjoy the weirdness of the whole event. Eveything that could go wrong did go wrong (as has been pointed out in other places). Of course, Donna was out of tune as usual and her typical lost self. But I really like what we get. An overall good groove. And there is something about Jerry's guitar this night that stands out. Maybe it was the heat.
This was the Dead at their most ambitious. Maybe they missed the mark but how many groups go and play at the Great Pyramid during an eclipse? Seriously? So, I give them two thumbs up for giving this a try and then I give the effort 5 stars for the band fighting through some oppressive musical roadblocks.
Now, if you're new to this whole live Dead thing then you might want to start with something else. Maybe something from '73, maybe their best year. Rocking the Cradle is more of an event album than anything else.
For the rest of you who have heard all the bad stuff you might want to give this a whirl. Who knows, you might like it.
Lastly, my review is based on the download and not the cd/dvd release. For the collectors that seems like an awful cool thing.
NOT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM LEGENDS
2009-01-13 - THE BAND DID HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT ISSUES BUT THE VOCALS AND SOUND ARE STILL FLAT AND AT ONE POINT BOB WEIR GOOFS UP THE LYRICS TO TRUCKIN' !!!!!
IF YOU WANT KILLER LIVE STUFF TRY LIVE FROM THE VAULT 1,2,& 3 AND ANYTHING FROM THE FILLMORE CONCERTS ! BASICALLY ANYTHING DONE UNTIL 1976 IS KILLER
JAY ( SPARTANBURG , SC )
JAM BAND EXPERT
