Can we talk about early-mid70s West Coast post-psych/pop/rock/folk-rock/country-rock?

I finally listened to New Riders' xpost Lyceum '72 all the way through last night---72 minutes, I think---after a couple of interrupted but already mostly pleasurable attempts, and Marmaduke nowhere on here sounds like xpost defective Garcia clone, although he can sound Garcia-like, not quite pulling off some of the extended ballads of pathos like JG could, and there are a few too many of these in this set---but then he pushes against the bounds of the song, the bounds of discretion, as a cowtown survivor had better not do, in "Dirty Business," which goes on and builds for eight minutes, led by him and Buddy Cage, whose steel guitar is always a treat---whole band is ready for all the uptempo stuff too, "I Don't Need No Doctor," "Willie and the Hand Jive," "Hello Mary Lou"---though I wish that lead guitarist David Nelson had sung a few leads, considering his crisp vocals in the post-Marmaduke etc, line-up I heard*.

Anyroad, today Omnivore announced a flash sale on all three of their live NR sets:

Tuesday, June 20 through Thursday, June 22, Field Trip (CD / 2-LP), Thanksgiving In New York (2-CD / 3-LP), and Lyceum ’72 (CD) will be available for 50% off.
...Titles are limited to stock on hand, so there are no rain checks, but you can order as many copies as fit in your cart. Speaking of carts, please don’t add any preorders of new titles in there, as that will delay your order and you’ll miss out on the sale pricing.

So, Ride on and add some classic New Riders Of The Purple Sage to your collection.

Please note, the prices you'll see in the webstore will have the discount already applied to them.

*My preview when they played Columbus oh in '09:

New Riders of the Purple Sage
Jerry Garcia and singer/picker David Nelson’s pre-Dead country adventures morphed into New Riders Of The Purple Sage. Nelson, with Garcia’s steel guitar successor, Buddy Cage (survivor of Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks) reformed New Riders in 2005, recruiting Hot Tuna guitarist Michael Falzarano, plus two from self-stamped “swamp groove“ unit Stir Fry, bassist Ronnie Penque and drummer Johnny Markowski. NRPS roll deft jams and tight tunes, many recently written with Garcia collaborator Robert Hunter, who keeps Riders swirling around a “Barracuda Moon,” and curtly invokes the difference between a bad loan/And a debt.” Nelson’s subtly Dylanesque delivery underscores such lines with dry wit. Expect their aromatic hit, “Panama Red.”
07/27 @ Woodlands Tavern, 1200 W Third Ave. ,8 p.m

Here's a playlist I made that's a replica of a 2006 Ace / Big Beat CD comp:

Country & West Coast: The Birth of Country Rock

some of the tracks weren't available, so i had to improvise, but it's 95% the same.

Thanks!! Outlaws and Armadillos is another that could do with playlist tweak, not nec. re availability issues, but as xgau said, some of it is right artists, wrong tracks.

i haven't listened to this one in a long time. there is good stuff on it. sounds way better on vinyl. i mean, it would sound better than rando youtube upload. but if you see a cheap copy maybe pick it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-W142qnsk