Shakedown Street

Description

Newly Mastered by Grammy® Award-winning engineer David Glasser, with Plangent Processes TM tape restoration and speed correction. Produced for release by David Lemieux. The Dead’s second Arista album, 1978’s Shakedown Street was the follow up to their excellent and successful Terrapin Station album from the previous year. Drawing on several influences and inspirations including disco and world music, at its heart, Shakedown Street is an unabashed rock and roll album, filled with exceptional studio performances of some of the Dead’s most-loved songs, including “Fire On The Mountain,” “Stagger Lee,” “I Need A Miracle,” and the title track. A couple of reworked throwbacks from the Dead’s earliest days, “Good Lovin’” and “All New Minglewood Blues,” adds to the album’s rock bona fides. Produced by none other than Little Feat’s Lowell George, Shakedown Street is a beautifully produced nuanced album that stands the test of time more than 45 years since its release.