The Best of the Grateful Dead

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Countries excluded (Deezer + Spotify)

(As of 2022-10-02).

  • South America: 🇬🇾 Guyana (gy) 🇸🇷 Suriname (sr)
  • Western Asia: 🇬🇪 Georgia (ge) 🇵🇸 Palestine (ps)
  • Southern Asia: 🇦🇫 Afghanistan (af) 🇧🇹 Bhutan (bt) 🇲🇻 Maldives (mv)
  • Oceania: 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (cc) 🇨🇽 Christmas Island (cx) 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island (nf)
  • Polynesia: 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (ck) 🇳🇺 Niue (nu) 🇹🇰 Tokelau (tk) 🇹🇴 Tonga (to) 🇹🇻 Tuvalu (tv) 🇼🇸 Samoa (ws)
  • Melanesia: 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands (sb) 🇻🇺 Vanuatu (vu)
  • Micronesia: 🇰🇮 Kiribati (ki) 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands (mh) 🇳🇷 Nauru (nr) 🇵🇼 Palau (pw)
Annotation last modified on 2022-10-02 14:47 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1The Golden Road
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
recording of:
The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)
writer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead), Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bob Weir
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
2:11
2Cream Puff War
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
recording of:
Cream Puff War
written in:
Los Angeles, California, United States
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
2:29
3Born Cross‐Eyed
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
recording of:
Born Cross‐Eyed
lyricist and composer:
Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
2:24
4Dark Star (single version)
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
recording of:
Dark Star
lyrics written in:
Sonoma County, California, United States
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead), Mickey Hart (drummer for The Grateful Dead), Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
2:42
5St. Stephen
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
recording of:
St. Stephen
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) and Phil Lesh
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
4:27
6China Cat Sunflower
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
recording of:
China Cat Sunflower
written in:
Mexico
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
3:41
7Uncle John’s Band
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
recording of:
Uncle John’s Band
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc., Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
4:44
8Easy Wind
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
recording of:
Easy Wind
lyricist and composer:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
4:58
9Casey Jones
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
recording of:
Casey Jones (Grateful Dead song)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
version of:
The Ballad of Casey Jones
4:25
10Truckin’
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
organ:
Howard Wales
recording of:
Truckin’
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead), Phil Lesh and Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
5:07
11Box of Rain
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
electric bass guitar:
David Torbert
electric guitar:
David Nelson (US folk/country rock guitarist & musician)
recording of:
Box of Rain
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Phil Lesh
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
5:19
12Sugar Magnolia
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
recording of:
Sugar Magnolia
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead) and Bob Weir
composer:
Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
3:17
13Friend of the Devil
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead, David Hassinger and Bob Matthews
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Friend of the Devil
written in:
Kentfield, California, United States (from 1969 until 1970) and Travis County, Texas, United States (from 1969 until 1970)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead) (from 1969 until 1970)
composer:
John Dawson (of New Riders of the Purple Sage) (from 1969 until 1970) and Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (from 1969 until 1970)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc., Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and WC Music Corp.
3:24
14Ripple
producer:
Grateful Dead
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Ripple
written in:
Canada
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc., Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and WC Music Corp.
4:11
15Eyes of the World
engineer:
Tom Anderson (engineer) and Dan Healy
producer:
Grateful Dead
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Grateful Dead Productions (in 1973)
recorded at:
The Record Plant (Sausalito, 1972-1981) in Sausalito, California, United States (from 1973-08-06 until 1973-08-15)
recording of:
Eyes of the World (from 1973-08-04 until 1973-08-15)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
45:18
16Unbroken Chain
engineer:
Roy Segal
producer:
Grateful Dead
synthesizer:
Ned Lagin
recorded at:
CBS Studios (San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1974-03-30 until 1974-04-19)
recording of:
Unbroken Chain (from 1974-03-30 until 1974-04-19)
lyricist:
Robert Peterson (lyricist for Grateful Dead/Phil Lesh)
composer:
Phil Lesh
4.56:45
17Scarlet Begonias
engineer:
Roy Segal
producer:
Grateful Dead
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Grateful Dead Productions (in 1974)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1974-03-30 until 1974-04-19)
recording of:
Scarlet Begonias (from 1974-03-30 until 1974-04-19)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
4.54:19
18The Music Never Stopped
assistant engineer:
Rob Taylor (technician)
engineer:
Dan Healy
assistant producer:
Steve Brown (Grateful Dead producer), Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Brett Cohen, Bob Matthews and Ram Rod (Grateful Dead crew member and production assistant)
producer:
Grateful Dead
mixer:
Grateful Dead and Dan Healy
guest saxophone:
Stephen Schuster
recorded at:
Ace’s (Bob Weir’s home studio) in Mill Valley, California, United States (from 1975-06-04 until 1975-07-13)
recording of:
The Music Never Stopped (from 1975-06-04 until 1975-07-13)
lyricist:
John Perry Barlow
composer:
Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
version of:
Hollywood Cantata
54:35
19Estimated Prophet
engineer:
Dave DeVore and Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer)
producer:
Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer)
Lyricon and saxophone:
Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch)
strings:
The Martyn Ford Orchestra
vocals:
The English Choral
conductor:
Martyn Ford (conductor) and Robert Howes (percussionist)
orchestrator:
Paul Buckmaster
additionally recorded at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom, Automated Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States, Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1977-05)
recorded at:
Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States (from 1977-02 until 1977-06)
mixed at:
Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States
recording of:
Estimated Prophet (from 1977-02 until 1977-06)
lyricist:
John Perry Barlow
composer:
Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
4.355:37
2▶Digital Media