The Warner Bros. Studio Albums Vinyl BoxGrateful DeadInitial release : 2010Rhino / Grateful Dead A 5 LP box set reissue of the five Grateful Dead studio albums that were originally released on the Warner Brothers label. The albums; The Grateful Dead (1st album), Anthem Of The Sun, Aoxomoxoa, Workingman's Dead and American Beauty, are pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Anthem Of The Sun and Aoxomoxoa are the original mixes. In addition the set includes a 12" x 12" booklet. Early orders from dead.net will also include a reproduction of the 1968 picture sleeve Dark Star / Born Cross-Eyed single and a reproduction of a 1967 poster.
Tracks
LP 1: Grateful Dead (1st LP)
- The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) (McGannahan Skjellyfetti)
- Beat It On Down The Line (Fuller)
- Good Morning, Little School Girl (Demarais)
- Cold Rain And Snow (McGannahan Skjellyfetti)
- Sittin' On Top Of The World (Jacobs / Carter)
- Cream Puff War (Garcia)
- Morning Dew (Dobson / Rose)
- New, New Minglewood Blues (McGannahan Skjellyfetti)
- Viola Lee Blues (Lewis)
LP 2: Anthem Of The Sun
- That's It For The Other One
I. Cryptical Envelopment (Garcia)
II. Quadlibet For Tender Feet (Weir)
III. The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get (Grateful Dead)
IV. We Leave The Castle (Grateful Dead)
- New Potato Caboose (Lesh / Petersen)
- Born Cross-Eyed (Weir)
- Alligator (Lesh / McKernan / Hunter)
- Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (McKernan)
LP 3: Aoxomoxoa
- St. Stephen (Garcia / Lesh / Hunter)
- Dupree's Diamond Blues (Garcia / Hunter)
- Rosemary (Garcia / Hunter)
- Doin' That Rag (Garcia / Hunter)
- Mountains Of The Moon (Garcia / Hunter)
- China Cat Sunflower (Garcia / Hunter)
- What's Become Of The Baby (Garcia / Hunter)
- Cosmic Charlie (Garcia / Hunter)
LP 4: Workingmen's Dead
- Uncle John's Band (Garcia / Hunter)
- High Time (Garcia / Hunter)
- Dire Wolf (Garcia / Hunter)
- New Speedway Boogie (Garcia / Hunter)
- Cumberland Blues (Garcia / Hunter / Lesh)
- Black Peter (Garcia / Hunter)
- Easy Wind (Hunter)
- Casey Jones (Garcia / Hunter)
LP 5: American Beauty
- Box Of Rain (Hunter / Lesh)
- Friend Of The Devil (Garcia / Hunter / Dawson)
- Sugar Magnolia (Hunter / Weir)
- Operator (McKernan)
- Candyman (Garcia / Hunter)
- Ripple (Garcia / Hunter)
- Brokedown Palace (Garcia / Hunter)
- Till The Morning Comes (Garcia / Hunter)
- Attics Of My Life (Garcia / Hunter)
- Truckin' (Garcia / Hunter / Lesh / Weir)
Musicians
Grateful Dead 1st LP;
- Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
- Bill Kreutzmann - drums
- Phil Lesh - bass
- Pigpen (Ron McKernan) - keyboards, harmonica, vocals
- Bob Weir - guitar
Anthem Of The Sun;
- Tom Constanten - prepared piano, piano, electronic tape
- Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, vibraslap, vocals
- Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann - drums, orchestra bells, gong, chimes, crotales, prepared piano, finger cymbals
- Phil Lesh - bass, trumpet, harpsichord, guiro kazoo, piano, timpani, vocals
- Pigpen (Ron McKernan) - organ, celesta claves, vocals
- Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, vocals
Aoxomoxoa;
Workingman's Dead;
- Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals
- Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
- Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
- Pigpen (Ron McKernan) - keyboards, vocals
- Bill Kreutzmann - drums
- Mickey Hart - drums
Special thanks to
- David Nelson - acoustic guitar on Cumberland Blues
American Beauty;
- Jerry Garcia - guitar, pedal steel, piano, vocals
- Phil Lesh - bass, guitar, piano, vocals
- Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
- Pigpen (Ron McKernan) - harmonica, vocals
- Mickey Hart - percussion
- Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Thanks to;
- Dave Torbert - bass on Box Of Rain
- Dave Nelson - electric guitar on Box Of Rain
- David Grisman - mandolin on Friend Of The Devil and Ripple
- Howard Wales - piano on Brokedown Palace and organ on Candyman and Truckin'
- Ned Lagin - piano on Candyman
- New Riders of the Purple Sage
Credits
The original recording credits for the material on the box set are given below.
Grateful Dead 1st LP;
- Producer - Dave Hassinger
- Arranger - The Grateful Dead
- Engineer - Dick Bogert
- Recorded mainly at RCA Studio A in Hollywood
Anthem Of The Sun;
- Producer - Grateful Dead
- Arranger - Grateful Dead
Studios:
- (Producer - Dave Hassinger)
- Sept '67 - RCA Studio A, Hollywood
Oct '67 - American Studios, No. Hollywood
Dec '67 - Century Sound, New York; Olmstead Studios, New York
Live:
- (Producer - Dave Hassinger)
- 11/10-11/67 Shrine Exposition, LA
Producer - Grateful Dead
Executive engineer - Dan Healy
Asst. engineer - Bob Matthews
- Stereo mix mastering - Columbus Recorders, San Francisco; Criteria Studio, Miami; Apostolic Studios, New York
Aoxomoxoa;
- Producer - The Grateful Dead
- Arranger - The Grateful Dead
- Engineer - Bob Matthews and Betty Cantor
- Additional engineers - Ron Wickershim, Dan Healy, Owsley
- Recorded at Pacific Recording Studios in San Mateo in late 1968 and early 1969
- Completed at Pacific High Recording in San Francisco
Workingman's Dead;
- Producer - Bob Matthews and Betty Cantor in association with The Grateful Dead
- Engineer - Alembic
- Recorded at Pacific High Recording Studio, San Francisco
American Beauty;
- Producers - The Grateful Dead
- Co-producer - Audio-Steve Barncard
- Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Related releases
The music included in this box set was originally released as separate LPs;
- The Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead, 1967
- Anthem Of The Sun, Grateful Dead, 1968
- Aoxomoxoa, Grateful Dead, 1969
- Workingman's Dead, Grateful Dead, 1970
- American Beauty, Grateful Dead, 1970
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