Grateful Dead

New Riders Of The Purple Sage ♦ Howard Wales & Jerry Garcia

Trips Festival(Jan 21-23, 1966)

 ➜ Live: 1966-∞, Everywhere on earth: Get 'em all! 
 

Stealin'¹ / Don't Ease Me In¹ Garcia (2:32) / Garcia (2:00) Scorpio 201, 6/66

"A Gathering of the Tribes for a Human Be-In"(1/14/67)

	Grateful Dead
	Warner Bros. WS-1689
	3/17/67 BB [UK: 12/67]
	Back Cover

Side One
The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)	Skjellyfetti	2:07
Beat It On Down The Line	Fuller	2:27
Good Morning' Little School Girl	Williamson	5:56
Cold Rain And Snow	Skjellyfetti	2:25
Sittin' On Top Of The World	Jacobs-Carter	2:01
Cream Puff War	Garcia	2:25
Side Two
Morning Dew	Dobson-Rose	5:00
New, New Minglewood Blues	Skjellyfetti	2:31
Viola Lee Blues	Lewis	10:01

Note: McGannahan Skjellyfetti is a pseudonym for the members of the band
 

The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) / Cream Puff War Garcia-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir (2:07) / Garcia (2:25) Warner Bros 7016, 3/67

TV Guide Close-up =KPIX, San Francisco

KPIX Reports: "The Maze: Liverpool, USA" 5/16/67, Local production The CBS O&O station produced a series called The Maze featuring happenings in The City.

Monterey International Pop Festival(6/18/67)

Percussionist extraordinaire Mickey Hart and avant-garde keyboardist Tom Constanten join

Dark Star¹ / Born Cross-Eyed² Garcia-Hart-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir-Hunter (2:50) / Weir (3:00) Warner Bros 7186, 4/68

Northern California Folk-Rock Festival(5/18/68)

	Petulia(6/10/68)
	Some rare live clips

	Anthem Of The Sun
	Warner Bros WS-1749
	7/18/68 BB RS500 [UK: 11/68]
	Back Cover

Side One
That's It For The Other One:    Cryptical Envelopment    Quadlibet For Tender Feet    The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get    We Leave The Castle	Garcia Garcia-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir Kreutzmann-Weir Constanten	7:31
New Potato Caboose	Lesh-Petersen	8:25
Born Cross-Eyed	Weir	2:06
Side Two
Alligator	Lesh-McKernan-Hunter	11:20
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)	Garcia-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir	9:30

Note: Tracks 1 to 5 studio tracks rec. RCA Victor Studio A, Hollywood CA 9/1967, American Recording Co, Studio City, CA 10/1967,
Century Sound Studio, New York, NY 12/1967 & Olmstead Sound Studios, New York, NY 12/1967.
Tracks 1 to 5 live tracks rec. Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles, CA 11/10-11/1967, Eureka Municipal Auditorium, Eureka, CA 1/20/1966,
Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, WA 1/26-27/1968, Crystal Ballroom Portland OR 2/2-3/1968, Carousel Ballroom San Francisco, CA 2/14/1968,
3/15-17/1968 & 3/29-31/1968 & King's Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe, CA 2/22-24/1968.
 

Robert Hunter, lyricist and friend of Jerry, become official member.

Newport Pop Festival(8/4/68)

The Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair(Aug 31-Sept 2, 1968) unbilled, flew in to play

Miami Pop Festival(12/30/68)

Trippin' At Hef's Pad On January 18, 1969, the Dead taped an episode of Hugh Hefners' TV series Playboy After Dark. Owsley, the Dead's sound & vision man, spiked the coffee urns with LSD so everybody could realize the fullness of The Dead. The show aired in the spring (March 22 in NY). Watch the event (including Jerry & Hef's interview) and Bill Kreutzmann's story about it (2015, Conan) @ Live For Live Music .

Cusp of Spring, 1969: The Dead's legendary February 27-March 2 Fillmore West shows has been well-known (8 complete sets in a 10-CD box!). But playing with them were Britian's premiere folk/jazz group The Pentangle. Jerry was fascinated by their unique set-up and those shows were the kindling that started the separate acoustic sets later. Read about it at this Long Lost Dead blog etry.

June 7, 1969: Drinkin' and ballin' buddies Pigpen & Pearl stun the crowd at the Fillmore West with a 20 minute version of Lovelight (Youtube link).

	Aoxomoxoa
	Warner Bros WS-1790
	6/20/69 BB [UK: 10/69]
	Back Cover

Side One
St Stephen	Garcia-Hunter-Lesh	4:24
Dupree's Diamond Blues	Garcia-Hunter-Lesh	3:40
Rosemary	Garcia-Hunter-Lesh	2:02
Doin' That Rag	Garcia-Hunter-Lesh	5:15
Mountains Of The Moon	Garcia-Hunter-Lesh	4:15
Side Two
China Cat Sunflower	Garcia-Hunter-Lesh	4:15
What's Become Of The Baby	Garcia-Hunter-Lesh	8:30
Cosmic Charlie	Garcia-Hunter-Lesh	5:45

Note: Jerry and Phil remixed removing lots o'stuff and it was rereleased 9/71. Original mix finally available on the 50th box.
Timings of tracks from original promo album (via Discogs).
 

Dupree's Diamond Blues / Cosmic Charlie Garcia-Hunter (3:30) / Garcia-Hunter (5:40) Warner Bros 7324, 6/69

Tom Constanten can't adapt to the country influences creeping into the Dead's material.

Woodstock Music & Art Fair(8/16/69)

New Orleans Pop Festival(9/1/69)

	Live/Dead
	Warner Bros 2WS-1830
	11/10/69 BB RS500 [UK: 2/70]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover   Lyric Booklet Outside   Lyric Booklet Inside

Side One
Dark Star	Garcia-Hart-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir-Hunter	23:15
Side Two
St Stephen	Garcia-Lesh-Hunter	6:45
The Eleven	Lesh-Hunter	9:39
Side Three
Turn On Your Lovelight	Scott-Malone	15:30
Side Four
Death Don't Have No Mercy	Davis	10:30
Feedback	McGannahan Skyjellyfetti	8:52
And We Bid You Goodnight	arr Constanten-Garcia-Hart-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir	0:36

Note: Recorded at: Avalon Ballroom, 1/26/69 (Eleven, Lovelight); Fillmore West, 2/27/69 (Dark Star, St Stephen);
Fillmore West, 3/2/69 (Death, Feedback, Goodnight)
Original issues had 4-page lyric booklet
McGannahan Skyjellyfetti are the Dead writing collectively.
 

Altamont Speedway Free Festival(12/6/69) refused to play

Miami Rock Festival(12/28/69)

1/30/70: Busted flat in Baton Rouge hotel. Released to play two more shows then vamoosed outta town. Details: NOLA.com

	Zabriskie Point(2/9/70)
	One unique track on the soundtrack album

Feb 11, 1970: Grateful Dead playin' the Fillmore East when the opening band, a group out of Atlanta, joins them on stage for an incredible jamTo have been there . Hear the concert at Internet Archive .

5/24/70: Hollywood Music Festival 1970 Lower Finney Green Farm, Leycett, England

	Workingman's Dead
	Warner Bros WS-1869
	6/14/70 BB RS500 [UK: 9/70] UK
	Back Cover Original issues had this pasted upside down

Side One
Uncle John's Band	Garcia-Hunter	4:42
High Time	Garcia-Hunter	5:13
Dire Wolf	Garcia-Hunter	3:13
New Speedway Boogie	Garcia-Hunter	4:05
Side Two
Cumberland Blues	Garcia-Lesh-Hunter	3:15
Black Peter	Garcia-Hunter	5:42
Easy Wind	Hunter	4:59
Casey Jones	Garcia-Hunter	4:24

Festival Express(6/27-7/5/70)

Mississippi River Festival(7/8/70)

Uncle John's Band³ / New Speedway Boogie³ Garcia-Hunter (3:07) / Garcia-Hunter (3:23) Warner Bros 7410, 8/70 BB

	Vintage Dead
	Sunflower SUN-5001
	10/70 BB [UK: 4/72]
	Back Cover

Side One
I Know You Rider	trad	4:25
It Hurts Me Too	James	4:17
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	Dylan	4:50
Dancing In The Street	Gaye-Hunter-Stevenson	7:55
Side Two
In The Midnight Hour	Cropper-Pickett	18:23

Note: 1966 Avalon Ballroom performances (possibly September 16, 1966)
 

	American Beauty
	Warner Bros WS-1893
	11/70 BB RS500 [UK: 12/70] UK
	Back Cover

Side One
Box Of Rain	Lesh-Hunter	5:16
Friend Of The Devil	Garcia-Hunter-Dawson	3:20
Sugar Magnolia	Weir-Hunter	3:15
Operator	McKernan	2:21
Candyman	Garcia-Hunter	6:12
Side Two
Ripple	Garcia-Hunter	4:10
Brokedown Palace	Garcia-Hunter	4:18
Till The Morning Comes	Garcia-Hunter	3:13
Attics Of My Life	Garcia-Hunter	5:09
Truckin'	Garcia-Lesh-Weir-Hunter	5:09

Note: This would be the last album of new studio material for almost three years (Wake Of The Flood, 10/73)
 

Truckin'² / Ripple³ Garcia-Lesh-Weir-Hunter (3:13) / Garcia-Hunter (2:55) Warner Bros 7464, 1/71 BB Truckin' is a different mix: no organ, more guitar

Percussionist extraordinaire Mickey Hart leaves—he'll be back in '74
 

	Historic Dead
	Sunflower SNF-5004
	6/71 BB [UK: 4/72]
	Back Cover

Side One
Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl	[Williamson]	11:01
Lindy	[Jones-Shade]	2:49
Side Two
Stealin'	[Cannon-Shade]	3:00
The Same Thing	[Dixon]	12:01

Note: More 1966 Avalon Ballroom performances; no composer credits on album
 

	New Riders Of The Purple Sage
	Columbia KC-30888
	8/71 BB [UK: 10/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
I Don't Know You	Dawson	2:24
Whatcha Gonna Do?	Dawson	3:14
Portland Woman	Dawson	3:33
Henry	Dawson	2:34
Dirty Business	Dawson	7:55
Side Two
Glendale Train	Dawson	2:58
Garden Of Eden	Dawson	4:31
All I Ever Wanted	Dawson	4:30
Last Lonely Eagle	Dawson	5:10
Louisiana Lady	Dawson	3:00

	(Skull & Roses)
	Warner Bros 2WS-1935
	9/24/71 BB [UK: 10/71]
	Full Cover   Inside Cover   Sticker Included with first issues

Side One
Bertha†(track faded in on original album)	Garcia-Hunter	5:27
Mama Tried	Haggard	2:42
Big Railroad Blues	Lewis	3:34
Playing In The Band†	Hart-Weir-Hunter	4:39
Side Two
The Other One	Kreutzmann-Weir	18:05
Side Three
Me & My Uncle	Phillips	3:06
Big Boss Man	Smith-Dixon	5:12
Me & Bobby McGee	Kristofferson-Foster	5:43
Johnny B Goode	Berry	3:42
Side Four
Wharf Rat†	Garcia-Hunter	8:31
Not Fade Away / Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad	Petty-Hardin / arr Garcia-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir	9:14

Note: Recorded live at Winterland (3/24/71), Manhattan Center, NY (4/5-6/71), Fillmore East (4/26-29/71)
Album really doesn't have a title—The Dead wanted to call it Skull Fuck, Warners said: "No fucking way"
 

South Side Strut³ / Uncle Martin's Fierro-Wales (2:45) / Wales (3:09) Douglas ZS7-6501, 9/71

	Hooteroll?
	Douglas 5
	9/71 [UK: 11/71]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
South Side Strut	Fierro-Wales	5:38
A Trip To What Next	Wales	7:28
Up From The Desert	Wales	3:03
Side Two
DC-502	Wales	4:24
One AM Approach	Wales	4:39
Uncle Martin's	Wales	3:09
Da Bird Song	Garcia-Wales	2:35

Louisiana Lady / Last Lonely Eagle Dawson (3:03) / Dawson (5:12) Columbia 45469, 10/71

	History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice)
	Warner Bros BS-2721
	7/3/73 BB [UK: 9/73]
	Back Cover

Side One
Katie Mae	Hopkins	4:46
Dark Hollow	Browning	3:30
I've Been All Around This World	trad, arr Grateful Dead	4:40
Wake Up Little Susie	Bryant-Bryant	2:40
Black Peter	Garcia-Hunter	7:20
Side Two
Smokestack Lightning	Burnett	18:00
Hard To Handle	Isbell-Jones-Redding	6:14

Note: Recorded at the Fillmore East:
Katie Mae, Wake Up Little Susie, Black Peter, Smokestack Lightning (February 13, 1970)
Dark Hollow, I've Been All Around This World, Hard to Handle (February 14, 1970)
Rhino reissued this on CD in 2003 with four more cuts featuring Pigpen.

Dead continued their acid/folk/country/blues trip for many years. Made solo albums. Had a Top 10 single in 1987. Captain Trips joined the Great Gig In The Sky in 1995.

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