The Grateful Dead has announced the release of READY OR NOT, a mix of nine unreleased live versions of Dead originals that debuted in 1992 and 1993.
READY OR NOT is scheduled for a limited release of just 10,000 copies when the collection of live recordings arrives on November 22nd. The archival release will be available on both CD and a 180-gram 2-LP set.
Songs on the album include “Liberty” at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY (10/14/94); “Lazy River Road” at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, NC (3/25/93); “So Many Roads” at Star Lake Amphitheatre in Burgettstown, PA (6/23/92); “Easy Answers” at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA (9/13/93); and “Days Between” at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, CA (12/11/94) and four more.
“The nine songs on Ready Or Not exemplify how good the Dead could be in their later years of touring.” – David Lemieux