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The Relix Sampler

Various Artists

Initial release : 1985

Relix 2015

This sampler compilation album includes one Robert Hunter track, one Kingfish track and one track from Matt Helly's Wing And A Prayer that features both Weir and Garcia. Initially released as a limited edition of 5000 copies.

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Tracks

  • Dangerous Relations (Kelly / Cutler)
  • Wheels (Hillman / Parsons)
  • Train To Nowhere (Youlden / Jones)
  • Mess Around (Ertegun)
  • Been So Long (Kaukonen)
  • Gypsy Parlor Light (Hunter)
  • Tell Mama (Simmonds / Raymond)
  • Radical Sleep (Meje / Kaukonen)
  • (Long) Walk In The Desert (Zantay arr. Kaukonen/Zantey)
Musicians

The performers on the tracks are;

  • Dangerous Relations - Matt Kelly
  • Wheels - Flying Burrito Brothers
  • Train To Nowhere - Savoy Brown
  • Mess Around - Kingfish
  • Been So Long - Hot Tuna
  • Gypsy Parlor Light - Robert Hunter
  • Tell Mama - Savoy Brown
  • Radical Sleep - Jorma Kaukonen
  • (Long) Walk In The Desert - Jorma Kaukonen and Robert Zantey
The sleeve notes provide musician information for each track.

Dangerous Relations;

  • Ron Eglit - pedal steel
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar
  • Chris Herold - drums
  • Matt Kelly - guitar
  • Rahni Rains - vocals
  • Dave Torbert - bass
  • Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
Wheels;
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow - pedal steel
  • Skip Battin - bass
  • Greg Harris - guitar, vocals
  • Jim Goodall - drums
Train To Nowhere;
  • Speedo Jones - harp, vocals
  • Chris Youlden - vocals
  • Kim Simmonds - guitar
Mess Around;
  • Patti Cathcart - vocals
  • Barry Flast - Hammond B-3
  • Chris Herold - drums
  • Robbie Hoddinott - guitar
  • Matt Kelly - guitar, harp, vocals
  • Dave Torbert - bass, vocals
  • Mick Ward - piano
Been So Long;
  • Jorma Kaukonen - guitar, vocals
  • Jack Cassady - bass
  • Papa John Creach - fiddle
  • Sammy Piazza - drums
Gypsy Parlor Light;
  • Robert Hunter - guitar, vocals
  • Vaclav Berosini - bass
  • Roy Blumenfeld - drums
  • John Cipollina - guitar
  • Merl Saunders - keyboards
Tell Mama;
  • Dave Walker - vocals
  • Dave Bidwell - drums
  • Andy Silvester - bass
  • Paul Raymond - keyboard, guitar, vocals
  • Kim Simmonds - guitar
Radical Sleep;
  • Jorma Kaukonen - guitar, vocals
(Long) Walk In The Desert;
  • Jorma Kaukonen - guitar
  • Robert Zantey - lyricon
Credits

For this compilation album;

  • Producer - Leslie D. Kippel
  • Cover art work - Gary Kroman
  • Back cover design - Toni A. Brown
Related releases

Dangerous Relations is taken from;

Mess Around is from; Gypsy Parlor Light is from; Wheels is taken from;
  • Cabin Fever, Flying Burrito Brothers, 1985, Relix 2008
Been So Long is taken from; Tell Mama is taken from; Radical Sleep is taken from; Train To Nowhere and (Long) Walk In The Desert are previously unreleased.


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