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Grateful Dead Golden Road (1965-1973) Release Date: 2001 10 16 Label: Rhino/Warner Archives The primary impetus behind this ambitious 12-disc box set is to gather all nine of the Grateful Dead's Warner Brothers titles. However, the staggeringly high quotient of previously unissued bonus material rivals -- and at times exceeds -- the content of those original albums. The Golden Road (1965-1973) truly has something -- and usually a lot of it -- for every degree of Deadhead. Working chronologically, the bonus material begins before the beginning so to speak, with the two-disc sub-compilation aptly titled "Birth of the Dead," a project actually green-lighted by Jerry Garcia in the mid-'80s. Disc one features studio recordings by a primordial incarnation of the band known as the Warlocks and later the Emergency Crew. Disc two contrasts their studio efforts with some of the earliest surviving live Grateful Dead recordings from July of 1966. While enthusiasts and critics have long been divided in their assessment of the Grateful Dead's pre-psychedelia, there is no denying the decidedly raw and vital garage rock intensity that became unique to this era. Even ballads and standards, such as "In the Pines" or the flawlessly emotive cover of Dylan's "It's All Over Now Baby Blue," resonate and glisten with an inarticulate, yet palpable energy. The Dead would ink a deal with Warner Brothers in late 1966, yielding four and a half studio albums and four and a half live packages. It is difficult to ultimately classify this collection, as it contains both live and studio performances, sometimes simultaneously. While each of these albums have been on CD prior to this collection, the remastering and use of HDCD technology renders those discs superfluous. Purists should take note, however, as several tracks from the Grateful Dead's self-titled debut -- including "Good Morning Little School Girl," "Cream Puff War," and "Sitting on Top of the World" -- have in fact been remixed as well as fadeouts extended to include the entire performance. There are a few significant studio tracks added as bonus material on the other albums within the box. Of particular note are the trio of instrumental jams which augment Aoxomoxoa. However, the vast majority of the additional content consists of previously unissued concert performances. Most of these reflect on-stage what was happening concurrently in the studio. Each album is individually housed in a cardboard digi-pack with a 15-page liner-notes booklet. Additionally, there is a separate full-color 75-plus-page softbound book which features an extended essay by Grateful Dead biographer Dennis McNalley, as well as a selected discography and page upon page of rarely published photographs and memorabilia. Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Early Morning Rain [#] Lightfoot 3:22 2 I Know You Rider [#] Traditional 2:41 3 Mindbender (Confusion's Prince) [#] Garcia, Lesh 2:41 4 Only Time Is Now [#] Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 2:24 5 Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 3:17 6 Can't Come Down Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 3:04 7 Stealin' [#][Instrumental] Cannon 2:40 8 Stealin' [With Vocals] Cannon 2:36 9 Don't Ease Me In [#][Instrumental] Traditional 2:01 10 Don't Ease Me In [With Vocals] Traditional 2:02 11 You Don't Have to Ask [#] Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 3:35 12 Tastebud [#][Instrumental] McKernan 7:04 13 Tastebud [With Vocals][#] McKernan 4:35 14 I Know You Rider [#] Traditional 2:36 15 Cold Rain and Snow [#] Traditional 3:15 16 Cold Rain and Snow [With Vocals] Traditional 3:17 17 Fire in the City Krug 3:19 18 Viola Lee Blues [#] Lewis 9:39 19 Don't Ease Me In [#] Traditional 2:43 20 Pain in My Heart [#] Neville 4:24 21 Sitting on Top of the World [#] Vinson, Chatmon 3:51 22 It's All over Now, Baby Blue [#] Dylan 5:12 23 I'm a King Bee [#] Moore 8:52 24 Big Boss Man [#] Smith, Dixon 5:11 25 Standing on the Corner [#] Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 3:46 26 In the Pines [#] McMichen, Bryant 4:55 27 Nobody's Fault But Mine [#] Johnson 4:15 28 Next Time You See Me [#] Forest, Harvey 2:47 29 One Kind Favor [#] Hopkins, Taub 3:44 30 He Was a Friend of Mine [#] Traditional 4:45 31 Keep Rolling By [#] Traditional 7:57 32 Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) Garcia 2:11 33 Beat It on Down the Line Fuller 2:30 34 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl [Full Length Version] Williamson 6:35 35 Cold Rain and Snow Traditional 2:29 36 Sitting on Top of the World [Full-Length Version] Vinson, Chatmon 2:46 37 Cream Puff War [Full Length Version] Garcia 3:20 38 Morning Dew [Full Length Version] Rose, Dobson 5:19 39 New, New Minglewood Blues [Full Length Version] Traditional 2:44 40 Viola Lee Blues Lewis 10:23 41 Alice D. Millionaire [*] Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 2:24 42 Overseas Stomp (The Lindy) [*] Jones, Shade 2:27 43 Tastebud [*] McKernan 4:21 44 Death Don't Have No Mercy [*] Davis 5:23 45 Viola Lee Blues [Edited Version][*] Lewis 3:05 46 Viola Lee Blues [Live][*] Lewis 23:13 47 That's It for the Other One: Cryptical Envelopment/Quadlibet for ... Grateful Dead 7:40 48 New Potato Caboose Lesh, Peterson 8:26 49 Born Cross-Eyed Weir 2:07 50 Alligator Hunter, Lesh, McKernan 11:20 51 Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 9:50 52 Alligator [Live][*] Hunter, Lesh, McKernan 18:43 53 Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) [Live][*] Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 11:38 54 Feedback [Live][*] Grateful Dead 6:58 55 [Untitled Track] Grateful Dead 2:55 56 St. Stephen Garcia, Hunter, Lesh 4:27 57 Dupree's Diamond Blues Garcia, Hunter 3:34 58 Rosemary Garcia, Hunter 2:00 59 Doin' That Rag Garcia, Hunter 4:44 60 Mountains of the Moon Garcia, Hunter 4:04 61 China Cat Sunflower Garcia, Hunter 3:42 62 What's Become of the Baby Garcia, Hunter 8:13 63 Cosmic Charlie Garcia, Hunter 5:44 64 Clementine Jam [*] Hart, Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 10:51 65 Nobody's Spoonful Jam [*] Hart, Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 10:09 66 Eleven Jam [*] Hart, Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 15:05 67 Cosmic Charlie [Live][*] Garcia, Hunter 6:47 68 Dark Star Hart, Garcia, Weir, Hunter, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 23:18 69 St. Stephen Garcia, Hunter, Lesh 6:31 70 Eleven Hunter, Lesh 9:18 71 Turn on Your Love Light Malone, Scott 15:05 72 Death Don't Have No Mercy Davis 10:28 73 Feedback Grateful Dead 7:49 74 And We Bid You Goodnight Traditional 3:13 75 [Untitled Track] Grateful Dead 2:44 76 [Untitled Track] Grateful Dead 1:00 77 Uncle John's Band Garcia, Hunter 4:45 78 High Time Garcia, Hunter 5:14 79 Dire Wolf Garcia, Hunter 3:14 80 New Speedway Boogie Garcia, Hunter 4:06 81 Cumberland Blues Garcia, Hunter, Lesh 3:16 82 Black Peter Garcia, Hunter 5:43 83 Easy Wind Hunter 4:58 84 Casey Jones Garcia, Hunter 4:38 85 New Speedway Boogie [Alternative Mix][#][*] Garcia, Hunter 4:10 86 Dire Wolf [Live][*] Garcia, Hunter 2:31 87 Black Peter [Live][*] Garcia, Hunter 9:07 88 Easy Wind [Live][*] Hunter 8:09 89 Cumberland Blues [Live][*] Garcia, Hunter, Lesh 4:52 90 Mason's Children [Live][*] Garcia, Weir, Hunter, Lesh 6:32 91 Uncle John's Band [Live][*] Garcia, Hunter 7:57 92 [Untitled Track] Grateful Dead :31 93 Box of Rain Hunter, Lesh 5:18 94 Friend of the Devil Garcia, Hunter, Dawson 3:24 95 Sugar Magnolia Weir, Hunter 3:19 96 Operator McKernan 2:25 97 Candy Man Garcia, Hunter 6:13 98 Ripple Garcia, Hunter 4:09 99 Brokedown Palace Garcia, Hunter 4:09 100 Till the Morning Comes Garcia, Hunter 3:09 101 Attics of My Life Garcia, Hunter 5:14 102 Truckin' Garcia, Weir, Hunter, Lesh 5:17 103 Truckin' [Single Version][*] Garcia, Weir, Hunter, Lesh 3:17 104 Friend of the Devil [Live][*] Garcia, Hunter, Dawson 4:21 105 Candy Man [Live][*] Garcia, Hunter 5:18 106 Till the Morning Comes [Live][*] Garcia, Hunter 3:20 107 Attics of My Life [Live][*] Garcia, Hunter 6:31 108 Truckin' [Live][*] Garcia, Weir, Hunter, Lesh 10:10 109 [Untitled Track] Grateful Dead 3:01 110 [Untitled Track] Grateful Dead 1:10 111 Bertha Garcia, Hunter 5:43 112 Mama Tried Haggard 2:43 113 Big Railroad Blues Lewis 3:35 114 Playing in the Band Hart, Weir, Hunter 4:40 115 Other One Weir, Kreutzmann 18:07 116 Me & My Uncle Phillips 3:04 117 Big Boss Man Smith, Dixon 5:14 118 Me and Bobbie McGee Kristofferson, Foster 5:42 119 Johnny B. Goode Berry 3:44 120 Wharf Rat Garcia, Hunter 8:32 121 Not Fade Away/Goin' Down the Road Feelin Bad Petty, Hardin, Traditional 9:26 122 Oh, Boy! [*] Petty, Tilghman, West 2:50 123 I'm a Hog for You [*] Leiber, Stoller 5:20 124 [Untitled Track] Grateful Dead 1:00 125 Cumberland Blues Garcia, Hunter, Lesh 5:43 126 He's Gone Garcia, Hunter 6:57 127 One More Saturday Night Weir 4:49 128 Jack Straw Weir, Hunter 4:49 129 You Win Again Williams 4:00 130 China Cat Sunflower Garcia, Hunter 5:32 131 I Know You Rider Traditional 5:03 132 Brown-Eyed Woman Garcia, Hunter 4:38 133 It Hurts Me Too James, Sehorn 7:20 134 Ramble on Rose Garcia, Hunter 6:04 135 Sugar Magnolia Weir, Hunter 7:10 136 Mr. Charlie Hunter, McKernan 3:39 137 Tennessee Jed Garcia, Hunter 7:18 138 Stranger (Two Souls in Communion) [*] McKernan 6:50 139 Truckin' Garcia, Weir, Hunter, Lesh 13:06 140 Epilogue Garcia, Weir, Godchaux, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 5:10 141 Prelude Garcia, Weir, Godchaux, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 7:38 142 Morning Dew Rose, Dobson 11:41 143 Looks Like Rain [*] Weir, Barlow 7:37 144 Good Lovin' [*] Clark, Resnick 18:30 145 Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) [*] Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 4:39 146 Who Do You Love? [*] McDaniel :23 147 Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) [*] Garcia, Weir, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan 1:44 148 Good Lovin' [*] Clark, Resnick 3:09 149 [Untitled Track] Grateful Dead 5:59 150 Katie Mae Hopkins 4:44 151 Dark Hollow Browning 3:52 152 I've Been All Around This World Traditional 4:18 153 Wake Up Little Susie Bryant, Bryant 2:31 154 Black Peter Garcia, Hunter 7:27 155 Smokestack Lightnin' Howlin' Wolf 17:59 156 Hard to Handle Redding, Isbell, Jones 6:29 157 Good Lovin' [*] Clark, Resnick 8:56 158 Big Boss Man [*] Smith, Dixon 4:53 159 Smokestack Lightnin' [Version Two][*] Howlin' Wolf 15:11 160 Sitting on Top of the World Vinson, Chatmon 3:20 Releases: Year Type Label 2001 CD Rhino/Warner Archives

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