The Very Best of the Grateful Dead
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| The Very Best of the Grateful Dead | ||
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| Compilation album by Grateful Dead | ||
| Released | September 16, 2003 | |
| Recorded | Various | |
| Genre | Country rock, Folk-rock, Rock | |
| Label | Rhino Records | |
| Producer(s) | James Austin David Lemieux |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Grateful Dead chronology | ||
| Birth of the Dead (2003) |
The Very Best of the Grateful Dead (2003) |
The Closing of Winterland (2004) |
The Very Best of the Grateful Dead is a single-CD compilation album chronicling all the years of the San Francisco psychedelic band the Grateful Dead. It is the first release to document every label the band has played on; Warner Bros. Records, Arista Records and Grateful Dead Records/United Artists Records. It was released on September 16, 2003.
A songbook under the same name was released alongside this album which provides lyrics and musical tablature.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Truckin'" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh, Weir) – 5:08
- "Touch of Grey" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Hunter, Weir) – 3:19
- "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:28
- "Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:46
- "Friend of the Devil" (Dawson, Garcia, Hunter) – 3:24
- "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 4:33
- "Estimated Prophet (Barlow, Weir) – 5:38
- "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20
- "Box of Rain" (Hunter, Lesh) – 5:20
- "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:40
- "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" (Garcia) – 2:12
- "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:50
- "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 3:48
- "The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:35
- "Hell in a bucket" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:38
- "Ripple" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:10
[edit] Personnel
- Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
- Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
- Phil Lesh - bass
- Bill Kreutzmann - drums
- Mickey Hart - drums
- Tom Constanten - keyboards
- Ron McKernan - organs, vocals
- Keith Godchaux
- Donna Godchaux
- Brent Mydland
Additional performers:
- 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"
- Merl Saunders - organ on "One More Saturday Night" (later studio overdubs)
- Steven Schuster - saxophone on "The Music Never Stopped"
- Tom Scott - lyricon and saxophones on "Estimated Prophet"
- The Martyn Ford Orchestra - on "Estimated Prophet"
- The English Choral - on "Estimated Prophet"
- Jordan Amarantha - percussion on "Fire on the Mountain"
- Matthew Kelly - harp on "Fire on the Mountain"
- John Kahn - horn arrangements on "Fire on the Mountain"
- Howard Wales - organ on Truckin'
Production:
- James Austin, David Lemieux - compilation producers
- Cameron Sears - album coordination
- Robin Hurley - associate producer
- Jimmy Edwards - product manager
- Joe Gastwirt - remastering
- Gary Peterson - discographical annotation
- Vanessa Atkins - editorial supervision
- Stanley Mouse - cover art, lettering
- Hugh Brown - art direction
- Linda Cobb - design
- Michael Ochs Archive, Bob Seidemann, Herb Greene, Bruce Polonsky, Fred Ordower - photography
- Hale Milgrim, Kevin Gore, Scott Pascucci, Mark Pinkus, Tim Scanlin, Steven Chean, Dennis McNally, Jeffrey Norman - project assistants
[edit] Track details
- "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" is taken from the The Grateful Dead.
- "Uncle John's Band" and "Casey Jones" are taken from Workingman's Dead.
- "Truckin'", "Sugar Magnolia", "Box Of Rain", "Ripple" and "Friend Of The Devil" are taken from American Beauty.
- "One More Saturday Night" is taken from Europe '72.
- "Eyes Of The World" is taken from Wake of the Flood.
- "U.S. Blues" is taken from From the Mars Hotel.
- "Franklin's Tower" and "The Music Never Stopped" are taken from Blues for Allah.
- "Estimated Prophet" is taken from Terrapin Station.
- "Fire On The Mountain" is taken from Shakedown Street.
- "Touch of Grey" and "Hell in a Bucket" are taken from In the Dark.
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2003 | The Billboard 200 | 69 |
- The album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on October 4, 2003. It spent 4 weeks on the chart.
