THE VERY BEST OF JERRY GARCIA, Five LP Box Set, Vinyl, 2020, Excellent Condition

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THE VERY BEST OF JERRY GARCIA, Five LP Box Set, Vinyl, 2020, Excellent Condition
Five vinyl LPs, sleeves, and case in excellent condition.
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This five LP box set features the best of Jerry Garcia's rock, blues, folk, world, and country genres. Produced by Garcia Family LLC, this limited edition vinyl set with a cardboard sleeve is a perfect addition to any record collection. The record size is 12" and has a speed of 33 RPM and was released in 2020 as a part of Record Store Day edition. The inlay and sleeve are in excellent condition, and the record has been graded as excellent (EX). The set includes vinyl records that have been graded with excellent (EX) grading. The set contains some of the greatest hits of Jerry Garcia, making it a must-have for any music lover.
The Very Best of Jerry Garcia was released for Record Store Day as a five-disc LP, in a limited edition of 4,000 copies, on September 26, 2020.[4]

Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995)[1][2][3][4] was an American musician who was the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 1960s.[5][6] Although he disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader of the band.[7][8][9] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 as a member of the Grateful Dead.

As one of its founders, Garcia performed with the Grateful Dead for the band's entire 30-year career (1965–1995). Garcia also founded and participated in a variety of side projects, including the Saunders–Garcia Band (with longtime friend Merl Saunders), the Jerry Garcia Band, Old & In the Way, the Garcia/Grisman and Garcia/Kahn acoustic duos, Legion of Mary, and New Riders of the Purple Sage (which he co-founded with John Dawson and David Nelson).[8] He also released several solo albums, and contributed to a number of albums by other artists over the years as a session musician. He was well known for his distinctive guitar playing, and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story in 2003.[10] In the 2015 version of the list he was ranked at #46.[11] In 2023, Garcia was ranked 34th by Rolling Stone.[12]

Garcia was renowned for his musical and technical ability, particularly his ability to play a variety of instruments and sustain long improvisations. Garcia believed that improvisation took stress away from his playing and allowed him to make spur of the moment decisions that he would not have made intentionally. In a 1993 interview with Rolling Stone, Garcia noted that "my own preferences are for improvisation, for making it up as I go along. The idea of picking, of eliminating possibilities by deciding, that's difficult for me". Originating from the days of the "Acid Tests", these improvisations were a form of exploration rather than playing a song already written.[13]

Later in life, Garcia struggled with diabetes. In 1986, he went into a diabetic coma that nearly cost him his life. Although his overall health improved somewhat after the incident, he continued to struggle with obesity, smoking, and long-standing heroin and cocaine addictions.[9][14] He was staying in a California drug rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack in August 1995, at age 53.[7][15]