It's dead here today. There's not much going on at work.
Aoxomoxoa (1969) is my favorite studio album. Workingman's Dead is probably my second pick.
New Year's Eve '69 at the Boston Tea Party
http://www.archive.org/search.php?qu...%20Outtakes%22 and Avalon Ballroom 10/12-13/68 are very good bootlegs from this period.
Recently, a studio outtakes boot has been around with a short Dark Star on it.
They are, of course, really a live band primarily.
Live Dead is a good (officially released) live album to start with...Reckoning or Europe '72 would be next, although there are so many great bootlegs too (I like the '72 tour a good bit...the 5/16/72 Luxembourg radio show is a must!). I like the early stuff too (much can be found on the officially released Dawn of the Dead '66 set).