Jerry Garcia & David Grisman/Shady Grove, 180 Gram Mofi Vinyl 2LP (Rare )

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This has a spine split on the top (pictured).  Its poly bag is slightly torn/open on the top left.  The bottom has a hole in the bag (pictured). The LP is still sealed though.

  Jerry Garcia & David Grisman Shady Grove on Numbered Limited Edition 180g 2LP from Mobile Fidelity!
 
 
  A Natural, Acoustic Portrait of American Folk, Country, and Bluegrass   Standards by Two Virtuosos: Jerry Garcia and David Grisman's Shady Grove Filled   with Endearing Joy and Spirited Playing
 
  Jerry Garcia began recording with longtime friend David Grisman at the beginning   of the last decade of his life, the refreshing excursions marking a full-circle   return to the roots fare the white-bearded virtuoso originally performed before   co-founding the Grateful Dead. Garcia's dalliances with Grisman also served   another equally important purpose given they provided a much-needed outlet from   the demanding pressures, schedules, and business affairs associated with his   main band. The endearing joy, contagious enthusiasm, and free-spirited playing   on Shady Grove attest to the collection serving as not only the finest musical   snapshot of Garcia's final years, but among the best of his storied career.
 
  Mastered from the original master tapes, available on vinyl for the first time,   and strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's 180g 2LP set   presents the 1996 collection in exquisite sound. Originally recorded at Dawg   Studios between August 1990 and June 1993, Shady Grove bowed as the first   release of Grisman-Garcia collaborations in the wake of the iconic guitarist's   August 1995 death – and remains, by way of its genre-specific organization, a   passionate albeit naturally relaxed portrait of folk, country, and bluegrass   standards that provide the foundation of American songbook. To experience it all   in such brilliant fidelity is to pull up a chair at the sessions themselves and   enjoy a transparent view into lasting tradition and instrumental virtuosity.
 
  Entirely unplugged, the material emerges in three-dimensional detail on this   very special audiophile pressing, the wooden tones and organic textures   unfolding with wondrous openness, ease, and realism. Nothing is forced, brittle,   or exaggerated. What you hear is on par with the acoustics you'd encounter at a   world-class hall. Garcia and Grisman's clean, rustic picking on guitar, banjo,   mandola, and mandolin harbors a rare intimacy mirrored by an equally uncommon   chemistry evident by the seamless interplay.
 
  These traits remain in tact even when the soul mates are occasionally joined by   pals such as Jim Kerwin (acoustic bass) and Joe Craven (fiddle and percussion).   Garcia's singing, replete with the slight, graceful, dignified shakiness that   forever defined his deliveries, comes across with utmost purity and   transparency. Emotions and eagerness pour over every note. At the end of several   tracks, Garcia and company exchange remarks and laughter – all indicative of the   camaraderie, looseness, and spirit that carries through each tune here.
 
  Mobile Fidelity's audiophile edition of Shady Grove also features the kind of   deluxe packaging only the best physical media can provide. Sixteen 12-inch x   12-inch pages bound to the gatefold jacket provide extraordinary insight into   the songs, atmosphere, and history. Images of artifacts and telling photos serve   as a visual guide. New Lost City Ramblers member John Cohen pens extensive liner   notes that reveal the lasting importance and timelessness of the tunes herein.   Among his observations:
 
  "Jerry and David's performances of these traditional folk songs and ballads   reconnect us all – folk singers, Deadheads, university students, hillbillies,   country and western musicians – with the America [poet Kenneth] Rexroth wrote   about; that [Carl] Sandburg wrote about; that the cynicism of American wars and   politics, culture wars and culture politics just couldn't destroy."
 
  Indeed, the versions of barn-dance tunes ("Shady Grove"), jug-band standards   ("Stealin'," also performed in the early days of the Grateful Dead), Delta   ballads ("Louis Collins"), Civil War era fare ("The Sweet Sunny South"), and   campfire songs ("Down in the Valley") here astound with depth, soulfulness, and   warmth. Deadheads will also find Garcia and Grisman putting a spin on two more   tracks – "Casey Jones" and "Jackaroo" – long part of the iconic group's   repertoire. In countless ways, Shady Grove is not to be missed, particularly on   this unsurpassed pressing.
 
  Features:
  • Numbered, Limited Edition - Strictly Limited to 3000 Numbered Copies
  • Double LP
  • First Time On Vinyl
  • Production and Mastering by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
  • Specially Plated and Pressed on 180 grams of High Definition Vinyl
  • Special Static Free - Dust Free Inner Sleeve
  • Heavy Duty Protective Packaging
  • Mastered from the Original Master Tapes
  • Deluxe 16-Page Booklet Bound To Gatefold Jacket
  • Extensive Liner Notes from New Lost City Ramblers member John Cohen
 
  Selections:
  Side One:
  1. Shady Grove
  2. Stealin'
  3. Off To Sea Once More
  Side Two:
  1. The Sweet Sunny South
  2. Louis Collins
  3. Fair Ellender
  Side Three:
  1. Jackaroo
  2. Casey Jones
  3. Dreadful Wind And Rain
  4. I Truly Understand
  Side Four:
  1. The Handsome Cabin Boy
  2. Whiskey In The Jar
  3. Down In The Valley
  4. Hesitation Blues