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Artist: Grateful DeadBrand: GRATEFUL DEAD
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-02-25
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
- The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
- Beat It On Down The Line
- Good Morning Little School Girl (Full Length Version)
- Cold Rain And Snow
- Sitting On Top Of The World (Full Length Version)
- Cream Puff War (Full Length Version)
- Morning Dew (Full Length Version)
- New, New Minglewood Blues (Full Length Version)
- Viola Lee Blues
- Alice D. Millionaire
- Overseas Stomp (The Lindy)
- Tastebud
- Death Don't Have No Mercy
- Viola Lee Blues (Edited Version)
- Viola Lee Blues (Live)
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Free Music Review: The Grateful Dead's debut LP is a Summer of Love classic
Hit: 5 Stars
Grateful Dead (1967). The Grateful Dead's debut LP.
By 1967 the Grateful Dead had emerged from the bluegrass scene around San Francisco in the early 1960s, and decided to go electric after hearing bands such as the Rolling Stones. They had been around for about two years and had been under previous names such as the Warlocks and the Emergency Crew. They were signed to Warner Brothers Records in 1966 after Joe Smith, Warner Bros. president, saw them in San Francisco. The band at this time consisted of Jerry Garcia (vocals/lead guitar), Bob Weir (vocals/rhythm guitar) Bill Kreutzmann (drums), Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (vocals/harp/organ) and Phil Lesh (vocals/bass). This album was released in March 1967, recorded in a marathon time of about 70 hours. The album was very rough and tumble, and only one song hinted torwards the epic jams in their live shows - Viola Lee Blues.
To sum it up, this album is a classic. Since it was relesed right before the Summer of Love, it has important historical value as well as what could be the definition of San Fran psych rock. It is the perfect listen for people studying on the San Fran - Haight Ashbury scene of the mid-late 60s. Some of the tracks are drawn from their old jug-band repertoire, and others are just blues covers. But they do a top job on each cover, and come up with some great early band originals. Pigpen, the infamous ruddy blues singer/harp player, knocks the track Good Morning Little School Girl out of the ballpark. Some of the more poppish tracks establish the Dead's reputation for subpar singing- they certainly weren't on the par with other well-known singers of the time. They also cover Morning Dew, a faster version that isn't as great as their later live versions when they slowed the tempo way down.
Viola Lee Blues closes the album, and it is stretched to the gills with jamming closing out over 10 minutes, a song length unheard of at the time. But this song points torwards what their live shows were like - playing psychadelic ballrooms and free festivals in San Francisco locales such as Golden Gate Park to thousands.
In short, this is a classic album to own, and while it may not be the best Dead album to the newcomer, for the bigger fans and those who revere the San Fran scene, this album is a must own.
In 2001, this album got remastered and repackaged along with all the band's offical albums for Warner Brothers records in a box set by Rhino. In 2003, all of those albums got released seperately in the same format as in the box. Each album is pacakged in a digipak with a booklet glued to the back of the front cover filled with recording dates, pictures, promotions supporting the albums, and great liner notes. The CDs replicate the original olive-drabish dark green color of the original vinyl labels. For their debut, a bunch of bonus tracks are included, including a live version of Viola Lee Blues running over 20 minutes, and some studio tracks not placed on the album. Also, a few of the tracks on the album that had to be edited due to vinyl limitations are now restored and run their full length time.
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Expanded & remastered (HDCD) version of the band's 1967 debut, serves up 6 bonus tracks 'Alice D. Millionaire', 'Overseas Stomp (The Lindy)', 'Tastebud', 'Death Don't Have No Mercy' & 'Viola Lee Blues' (edited & live version). Digipak. Warner/Rhino. 2003.Classic Rock Music CDs
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