99) The Complete Grateful Dead Discography p2
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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 p2
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Warner Bros. W 1689) Their first
LP. This was released in mono. The original releases are on the gold
Warner Brothers label. Released on March 17, 1967. The cryptic
lettering above the words "Grateful Dead" reads: "In the land of the
dark, the ship of the sun is driven by the Grateful Dead". Most of
the tracks were recorded in a span of five days (Monday night through
Friday night, mixed on Saturday afternoon) at RCA Studio A in
Hollywood, CA, and produced by Dave Hassinger, a Warner Brothers staff
production engineer. "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" was
recorded later at Coast Recorders, at 960 Bush Street in San
Francisco. This tune had about 60 takes; the album version includes
an overdub of Bill Kreutzmann drumming on the strings of Garcia's
guitar while Garcia is fingering the chords. "The Golden Road" was
the working title for this album, but was changed. The founders of
the Grateful Dead's Fan Club, "The Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion",
were Sue Swanson, Connie Furtado, and Bob Matthews. Matthews later
engineered and produced a number of the band's live and studio
releases. The Fan Club sold posters, buttons, and Pigpen t-shirts for
$2.50. "Alice D. Millionaire" (about Augustus Stanley Owsley) and
"Tastebud", a blues number featuring Pigpen on vocals, were probably
recorded for the album but were not released. "McGannahan
Skjellyfetti" was the pseudonym used by the band as the author's name
for the group compositions ("The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)"
and "Cream Puff War"). "McGannahan Skjellyfetti" was based on a
character, "Skujellifeddy McGranehan", the protagonist's 'literary
agent', in Kenneth Patchen's "Memoirs Of A Shy Pornographer",
published in 1945: "May I call you Skujellifeddy? Mr. McGranehan's
sort of awkward." According to Garcia, "Good Morning, Little
Schoolgirl" came from the public domain. "Cold Rain And Snow" comes
from a fragment that Garcia learned from banjo player Obray Ramsey.
"Viola Lee Blues" is adapted from the Noah Lewis version; the Jim
Kweskin Jug Band had released a version that is closer to the Noah
Lewis version. "Viola Lee Blues" is an "11 1/2 bar blues" in that the
Dead's version, throughout, adds or removes bars from the "standard"
12 bar blues form.
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Warner Bros. WS 1689) Their first LP.
This was also released in stereo. The original releases are on the gold
Warner Brothers label. Released on March 17, 1967.
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Edsel ED 221 (Edsel Records, Division of
Demon Records, Brentford, Middlesex, UK)) A 1990 British release of the first
record. On the front cover, the Warner Brothers catalog number has been
replaced by the Edsel catalog number. The back cover artwork is slightly
larger than on the original US release, the photos are poorly reproduced, and
instead of the Fan Club info, it contains record company info.
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Warner Bros. WS 2-1689) Released on CD in
1987.
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Rhino) This remastered version of the
album, taken from the 12 CD box set, was released on CD in October, 2002.
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane (RCA LSP-3766) Jerry Garcia is listed
on the back cover as "musical and spiritual director" and plays high electric
lead on "Today" (recorded November 2, 1966), and flat top acoustic guitar on
"Plastic Fantastic Lover", "My Best Friend", and "Comin' Back To Me". Garcia
also rearranged "Somebody To Love". Garcia may have played the rhythm "chocks"
on "3/5ths Of A Mile". Most of the recording sessions for this album took
place in November, 1966.
Anthem Of The Sun - Grateful Dead (Warner Bros. WS 1749) The original mix is
out of print. Released on July 18, 1968. Some of the early pressings of the
album include the phrase 'the faster we go, the rounder we get' pressed in the
vinyl around the center. The basic music ("Alligator", "A Cryptical
Envelopment", "The Other One") for the album was taken from the Dead's
performance on St. Valentine's Day, 1968, at the Carousel Ballroom, in San
Francisco. Phil Lesh plays the eight bar trumpet solo (based on Miles Davis'
"Sketches Of Spain") during the "...from time to time..." chorus on "Born
Cross-Eyed". "Alligator" was written by Robert Hunter while he was working as
a portrait artist in New Mexico, in February, 1966. Over the years, the album
been released many times, and the cover colors can range from a deep
purplish-blue to a deep bluish purple. The songs are: "That's It For The
Other One" (7:41) (includes "Cryptical Envelopment", "Quadlibet For Tender
Feet", "The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get", "We Leave The Castle"), "New
Potato Caboose" (8:25), "Born Cross-Eyed" (2:06); "Alligator" (11:20),
"Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)" (9:30).
Anthem Of The Sun - Grateful Dead (Warner Bros. ) Released on eight-track
tape. Program One consists of: "That's It For The Other One", "I. Cryptical
Envelopment", "II. Quadlibet For Tenderfeet", "III. The Faster We Go, The
Rounder We Get. Program Two consists of: "IV. We Leave The Castle", "New
Potato Caboose", "Born Cross-Eyed", and "Alligator (Part One)". Program Three
consists of "Alligator (Part Two)". Program Four consists of "Caution (Do Not
Stop On Tracks).
Anthem Of The Sun - Grateful Dead (Warner Bros. WS 1749) The album was
remixed in September, 1971, and the remix was released in late 1972/early
1973. It has the letters RE after the master numbers pressed into the vinyl
around the label.
Anthem Of The Sun - Grateful Dead (Warner Bros. WS 1749) The remix was also
released around 1975-77 with a white cover instead of the purple one. It has
the letters RE after the master numbers pressed into the vinyl around the
label. Says "remixed" on lower left of back cover. Some cassette releases of
this album also sport the white cover.
Anthem Of The Sun - Grateful Dead ( ) A Japanese release of the original mix,
with a lyric sheet insert that only approximates the real words. A higher
quality pressing.
Anthem Of The Sun - Grateful Dead (Warner Bros. WS 2-1749) The remixed
version of the album was also released on CD.
Anthem Of The Sun - Grateful Dead (Warner Bros. WS 2-1749) The
original mix of the album has been released on CD, replacing the
remixed version that had been released on CD.
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