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New Riders, started with Help From Jerry Garcia of the Grate

Jeff Harberts | AZ | 09/07/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is 3 albums in one - The 2nd CD has 2 very hard to find albums - BRUJO & OH, What a mighty time (REMASTERED) - both from the Early 1970's. Then the first cd is a great Live show. Very sweet music from that OLD & IN THE WAY era etc. NRPS is a collection of Musicians from Jefferson airplane, Grateful Dead, and other San Francisco Bands that Boldly made their own style of music successfully in a time of great Rock n Roll. All the Very Early 1970's albums are the best place to start with NRPS. after that the music is still good, but there are a few albums from the late 70's, 80's & 90's that have issues with one of several here: sound on live ones, composing became weak in later years, & RELIX releases are the ones to be careful about what you are actually buying - Some(not all) RELIX NRPS releases are of poor output for one reason or another - I blame RELIX in most cases - ANYWAY - if you look for the pre 1975 albums (2 are in this set) you will get an excellent taste of what NRPS is capable of!"