The Golden Road (1965–1973)

~ Release by Grateful Dead (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶HDCD: Birth of the Dead: The Studio Sides
2▼HDCD: Birth of the Dead: The Live Sides
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1Viola Lee Blues
engineer:
Rock Scully (on 1966-07-16) and Owsley Stanley (on 1966-07-16)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1966-07-16)
live cover recording of:
Viola Lee Blues (on 1966-07-16)
writer:
Noah Lewis
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
9:39
2Don’t Ease Me In
engineer:
Rock Scully (on 1966-07-16) and Owsley Stanley (on 1966-07-16)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1966-07-16)
live recording of:
Don’t Ease Me In (on 1966-07-16)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:44
3Pain in My Heart
engineered in:
San Francisco, California, United States (in 1966)
engineer:
Rock Scully (on 1966-07-16) and Owsley Stanley (on 1966-07-16)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1966-07-16)
live cover recording of:
Pain in My Heart (soul ballad performed by Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones) (on 1966-07-16)
lyricist and composer:
Naomi Neville
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
is based on:
Ruler of My Heart
4:25
4Sitting on Top of the World
engineer:
Rock Scully (on 1966-07-16) and Owsley Stanley (on 1966-07-16)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1966-07-16)
live cover recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”) (on 1966-07-16)
writer:
Lonnie Carter and Walter Vinson (performance name for Walter Vinson)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Mayfair Music Corp.
3:52
5It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
engineer:
Rock Scully (on 1966-07-16) and Owsley Stanley (on 1966-07-16)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1966-07-16)
live cover recording of:
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (on 1966-07-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1965-01)
publisher:
Blossom Music Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
adaptations:
Kaikki ohi on
5:13
6I’m a King Bee
engineered in:
San Francisco, California, United States (in 1966)
engineer:
Rock Scully (on 1966-07-17) and Owsley Stanley (on 1966-07-17)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1966-07-17)
live cover recording of:
I’m a King Bee (on 1966-07-17)
lyricist and composer:
James H. Moore (aka Slim Harpo)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. and Embassy Music Corporation
live cover recording of:
I’m a King Bee (in 1966)
lyricist and composer:
James H. Moore (aka Slim Harpo)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. and Embassy Music Corporation
8:53
7Big Boss Man
engineer:
Rock Scully (on 1966-07-16) and Owsley Stanley (on 1966-07-16)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1966-07-16)
live cover recording of:
Big Boss Man (on 1966-07-16)
writer:
Luther Dixon and Al Smith (US blues artist)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Conrad Publishing Co. Inc., EMI Unart Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Mijac Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Tristan Music Ltd., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ロックンロール ミュージック (Rock ’n’ Roll Music)
5:11
8Standing on the Corner
engineer:
Rock Scully (on 1966-07-16) and Owsley Stanley (on 1966-07-16)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1966-07-16)
live recording of:
Standing on the Corner (on 1966-07-16)
writer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead), Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
3:46
9In the Pines
engineer:
Rock Scully (on 1966-07-16) and Owsley Stanley (on 1966-07-16)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1966-07-16)
live recording of:
In the Pines (Black Girl) (on 1966-07-16)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3421)
4:55
10Nobody’s Fault but Mine
engineer:
Rock Scully (on 1966-07-16) and Owsley Stanley (on 1966-07-16)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1966-07-16)
live cover recording of:
It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Blind Willie Johnson song) (on 1966-07-16)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
previously attributed to:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Filmtrax Mogull (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:16
11Next Time You See Me
engineer:
Rock Scully (in 1966) and Owsley Stanley (in 1966)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1966)
live cover recording of:
Next Time You See Me (in 1966)
writer:
Earl Forest and William G. Harvey (1950s bandleader/composer)
publisher:
Universal Duchess Music Corp.
2:48
12One Kind Favor
engineer:
Rock Scully (in 1966) and Owsley Stanley (in 1966)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1966)
live cover recording of:
One Kind Favor (in 1966)
additional lyricist:
Guy Davis (Blues musician)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Universal Music Careers and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
is based on:
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
live cover recording of:
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter)
writer:
Steve Wynn
publisher:
Boogie Music, Poison Brisket, Tradition Music and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
3:45
13He Was a Friend of Mine
engineer:
Rock Scully (in 1966) and Owsley Stanley (in 1966)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1966)
live cover recording of:
He Was a Friend of Mine (in 1966)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bob Dylan
arrangement of:
He Was a Friend of Mine
4:46
14Keep Rolling By
engineer:
Rock Scully (in 1966) and Owsley Stanley (in 1966)
recorded at:
The Fillmore Auditorium (pre-1968) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1966)
live recording of:
Keep Rolling By (in 1966)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Grateful Dead
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
7:56
3▶HDCD: The Grateful Dead
4▶HDCD: Anthem of the Sun
5▶HDCD: Aoxomoxoa
6▶HDCD: Live/Dead
7▶HDCD: Workingman’s Dead
8▶HDCD: American Beauty
9▶HDCD: Grateful Dead
10▶HDCD: Europe ’72
11▶HDCD: Europe ’72
12▶HDCD: History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1: Bear’s Choice

Credits

Release

art direction:Greg Allen (LA-based graphic designer and photographer)
Hugh Brown (US art director and photographer)
Rachel Gutek
Ed Thrasher (US art director & photographer)
photography:Gene Anthony
Bob Seidemann (Photographer, Graphic Arts)
George Conger
Herb Greene (U.S. Photographer and art director)
Jim Marshall (photographer)
Rosie McGee
Tom Weir
additional mixer:Jeffrey Norman
mixer:Betty Cantor‐Jackson
Grateful Dead
Bob Matthews
associate producer:Michael Wesley Johnson
executive producer:Peter McQuaid
producer:James Austin (US producer, associated with Rhino Records)
David Lemieux
mastering:Joe Gastwirt
12 string guitar:Bob Weir
acoustic guitar:Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
Bob Weir
additional instruments:Pete Grant (Steel guitar, dobro and banjo player)
Marmaduke (John Dawson) (of New Riders of the Purple Sage)
David Nelson (US folk/country rock guitarist & musician)
bell, chimes, crotales, drums (drum set), finger cymbals and gong:Mickey Hart (drummer for The Grateful Dead)
Bill Kreutzmann
celesta, claves, harmonica and organ:Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
electric bass guitar, güiro, harpsichord, timpani and trumpet:Phil Lesh
electric guitar:Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
Bob Weir
guitar and kazoo:Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
Phil Lesh
Bob Weir
keyboard:Tom Constanten
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
pedal steel guitar and vibraslap:Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
percussion:Bill Kreutzmann
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
piano:Tom Constanten
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
Phil Lesh
prepared piano:Tom Constanten
Mickey Hart (drummer for The Grateful Dead)
Bill Kreutzmann
vocals:Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
Phil Lesh
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
Bob Weir
illustration:R.D. Thomas
Bill Walker (credited for artwork)
design:Greg Allen (LA-based graphic designer and photographer)
Rachel Gutek
copyrighted (©) by:Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2001)
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 2001)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Grateful Dead Productions
Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2001)
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 2001)
mixed at:Alembic Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
mastered at:Apostolic Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States
Columbus Recorders in San Francisco, California, United States
Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States
Oceanview Digital in Los Angeles, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/6990198 [info]
ASIN:US: B00005OWEZ [info]