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
3▼HDCD: The Grateful Dead
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1The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)
engineer:
Dick Bogert (Recording and mixing engineer)
producer:
Dave Hassinger
bass:
Phil Lesh (in 1967-01)
drums (drum set):
Bill Kreutzmann (in 1967-01)
guitar:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1967-01) and Bob Weir (in 1967-01)
organ:
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (in 1967-01)
background vocals:
Phil Lesh (in 1967-01) and Bob Weir (in 1967-01)
lead vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1967-01)
arranger:
Grateful Dead
recorded at:
Coast Recorders in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1967-01)
recording of:
The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion) (in 1967-01)
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)
42:12
2Beat It On Down the Line
engineer:
Dick Bogert (Recording and mixing engineer)
producer:
David Hassinger
lead vocals:
Bob Weir
arranger:
Grateful Dead
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1967-01)
cover recording of:
Beat It On Down the Line (in 1967-01)
writer:
Jesse Fuller
publisher:
Contemporary Music (US publisher), Hillgreen Music and Prestige Music ltd.
42:31
3Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
engineer:
Dick Bogert (Recording and mixing engineer)
producer:
David Hassinger
lead vocals:
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
arranger:
Grateful Dead
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1967-01)
cover recording of:
Good Morning, School Girl (in 1967-01)
lyricist:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (in 1937)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Georgia Music Corp. and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
6:35
4Cold Rain and Snow
engineer:
Dick Bogert (Recording and mixing engineer)
producer:
David Hassinger
lead vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
arranger:
Grateful Dead
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1967-01)
cover recording of:
Cold Rain & Snow (variant used by Grateful Dead) (in 1967-01)
lyricist:
Obray Ramsey (folk musician and banjo player)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
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)
version of:
Rain and Snow
42:29
5Sitting on Top of the World
engineer:
Dick Bogert (Recording and mixing engineer)
producer:
David Hassinger
lead vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
arranger:
Grateful Dead
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1967-01)
cover recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”) (in 1967-01)
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.
2:47
6Cream Puff War
engineer:
Dick Bogert (Recording and mixing engineer)
producer:
David Hassinger
lead vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
arranger:
Grateful Dead
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1967-01)
recording of:
Cream Puff War (in 1967-01)
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)
3:21
7Morning Dew
engineer:
Dick Bogert (Recording and mixing engineer)
producer:
David Hassinger
arranger:
Grateful Dead
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1967-01)
cover recording of:
Morning Dew (in 1967-01)
additional lyricist:
Tim Rose (US singer/songwriter based mostly in UK)
lyricist and composer:
Bonnie Dobson
publisher:
Nina Music Company, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
5:20
8New, New Minglewood Blues
engineer:
Dick Bogert (Recording and mixing engineer)
producer:
David Hassinger
lead vocals:
Bob Weir
arranger:
Grateful Dead
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1967-01)
cover recording of:
Minglewood Blues (in 1967-01)
writer:
Noah Lewis
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Peermusic (UK) Ltd. (BMI)
2:44
9Viola Lee Blues
engineer:
Dick Bogert (Recording and mixing engineer)
producer:
David Hassinger
lead vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) and Bob Weir
arranger:
Grateful Dead
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1967-01)
cover recording of:
Viola Lee Blues (in 1967-01)
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
10:24
10Alice D. Millionaire
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1967-02-02)
recording of:
Alice D. Millionaire (on 1967-02-02)
lyricist and composer:
Grateful Dead
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
2:25
11Overseas Stomp (The Lindy)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1967-02-02)
cover recording of:
Lindbergh Hop (on 1967-02-02)
lyricist and composer:
Jab Jones and Will Shade
2:27
12Tastebud
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1967-02-02)
recording of:
Tastebud (on 1967-02-02)
lyricist and composer:
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
4:21
13Death Don’t Have No Mercy
lead vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1967-02-02)
cover recording of:
Death Don’t Have No Mercy (on 1967-02-02)
lyricist and composer:
Reverend Gary Davis
publisher:
Chandos Music Company, Hillgreen Music and Warner/Chappell Music (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
5:24
14Viola Lee Blues (edited version)
lead vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) and Bob Weir
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Hollywood) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1967-01)
cover recording of:
Viola Lee Blues (in 1967-01)
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
3:05
15Viola Lee Blues (live)
lead vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (on 1967-09-03) and Bob Weir (on 1967-09-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Grateful Dead Productions (in 2001)
recorded at:
Dance Hall, Rio Nido in Sonoma County, California, United States (on 1967-09-03)
live cover recording of:
Viola Lee Blues (on 1967-09-03)
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
23:14
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]