99) The Complete Grateful Dead Discography p1
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This article is from the Grateful Dead FAQ, by John J. Wood, Eric Nay and Ihor Slabicky tcgdd@hotmail.com with numerous contributions by others.
99) The Complete Grateful Dead Discography p1
By Ihor W. Slabicky
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Here is an attempt to summarize the Grateful Dead's appearances on recordings,
film, and paper. It is by no means complete. In here you will find some
388 albums, 113 singles, 146 movies/TV shows/videos/ads, 104 books, and 22 song
books where the band or members of the band appear. If you should know of any
more, please let me know and I will post an updated list later. Thanks! :-)
Ihor Slabicky - Saint Valentine's Day, 1993
27 june 2001 1848
Jerry Garcia, in an 1981 interview with Geraldo Rivera, said:
"Our audience is like people who like licorice. Not everybody likes
licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice."
Albums
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Do You Wanna Dance? - Bobby Freeman (Jubilee 1086) A guitarist named Jerry
Garcia plays on this album, released in 1958. Re-released in October 22, 1991
on CD as Collectables COL-5417.
Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions - Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
(Grateful Dead GDCD 4064) The pre-Warlocks jug band recorded live in July,
1964 at the Top Of The Tangent in Palo Alto, CA. The band includes Jerry
Garcia, Bob Weir, and Pigpen. Released on CD in March, 1999. For detailed
info, check: http://www.geckographics.com/GeckoGraphics/mccrees.html
The Emergency Crew - The Emergency Crew (Autumn ) The Warlocks recorded this
on November 3, 1965 as a demo record at Golden State Studios in San Francisco
for DJs Tom Donahue's and Bobby Mitchell's Autumn label. Mother's was a club
run by the two DJ's. It includes: "Can't Come Down" (Jerry Garcia on
vocals); "The Mindbender" (also known as "Confusion's Prince") (Phil Lesh on
vocals); "The Only Time Is Now" (Phil Lesh on vocals); "Caution (Do Not Stop
On Tracks)" (Pigpen on harmonica and vocals); "I Know You Rider" (Jerry Garcia
on vocals); and Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain" (Phil Lesh on vocals).
The Acid Test: A Sound City Production - Ken Kesey and others ( ) From the
front cover: "Shortly before he disappeared into limbo, or even Mexico
Novelist Ken Kesey and his "trips" buddies recorded an album at Sound City
Recorders on Sixth ST. What makes this an item possible, is that Ken et al
were high on LSD at the time, and kept getting higher as the recording
progressed. The album is titled "the Acid Test" -Kesey's idea-and will be
priced at $5.95. In fact, the only thing ordinary about this record is that
the wole's in the middle..." (Herb Caen). The recording was made at the San
Francisco State College "Acid Test" of October 1 to 2, 1966. It includes the
Grateful Dead playing in background as Ken Kesey and other talk about various
things. The tracks are: (side one) Ken Kesey interviewed by Frank Frey; Ken
Babbs and Harmonica; Take Two - Ken Kesey; Bull; Peggy The Pistol; (side two)
One Way Ticket (a classic!); Bells & Fairies; Levitation; Trip "X"; The End.
Printed on the label is: "The Acid Test - a sound city production - as
photographed and shown in "Look" magazine - Recorded from 14 hours of the
actual Trip." On the cover is a small photo of Jerry Garcia, playing guitar
in studio, while Ken Kesey is on the microphone. The album had only a black
and white cover pasted on the front, and no back cover.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - var. (United Fan Club Society, Goteborg,
Sweden, Stellar Music Special, Series 1, Show 1, SMS001-1) A record (in all
likelihood a bootleg) from the San Francisco State College "Acid Test" of
October 1 and 2, 1966. It is mostly Ken Babbs (?) talking in the college
radio station's studio, interspersed with a few seconds of what could be
Garcia on guitar, as well as parts of the Garcia, Kesey, et al interviews on
NBC's "Tomorrow" show of May 7, 1981. Released in March, 1988.
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