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    The Golden Road (1965-1973)

    10/16/2001 | Rhino / Wea 

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    All Music Guide Review

    The primary impetus behind this ambitious 12-disc box set is to gather all nine of the Grateful Dead's Warner Brothers titles. However, the staggeringly high quotient of previously unissued bonus material rivals -- and at times exceeds -- the content of those original albums. The Golden Road (1965-1973) truly has something -- and usually a lot of it -- for every degree of Deadhead. Working chronologically, the bonus material begins before the beginning so to speak, with the two-disc sub-compilation aptly titled "Birth of the Dead," a project actually green-lighted by Jerry Garcia in the mid-'80s. Disc one features studio recordings by a primordial incarnation of the band known as the Warlocks and later the Emergency Crew. Disc two contrasts their studio efforts with some of the earliest surviving live Grateful Dead recordings from July of 1966. While enthusiasts and critics have long been divided in their assessment of the Grateful Dead's pre-psychedelia, there is no denying the decidedly raw and vital garage rock intensity that became unique to this era. Even ballads and standards, such as "In the Pines" or the flawlessly emotive cover of Dylan's "It's All Over Now Baby Blue," resonate and glisten with an inarticulate, yet palpable energy. The Dead would ink a deal with Warner Brothers in late 1966, yielding four and a half studio albums and four and a half live packages. It is difficult to ultimately classify this collection, as it contains both live and studio performances, sometimes simultaneously. While each of these albums have been on CD prior to this collection, the remastering and use of HDCD technology renders those discs superfluous. Purists should take note, however, as several tracks from the Grateful Dead's self-titled debut -- including "Good Morning Little School Girl," "Cream Puff War," and "Sitting on Top of the World" -- have in fact been remixed as well as fadeouts extended to include the entire performance. There are a few significant studio tracks added as bonus material on the other albums within the box. Of particular note are the trio of instrumental jams which augment Aoxomoxoa. However, the vast majority of the additional content consists of previously unissued concert performances. Most of these reflect on-stage what was happening concurrently in the studio. Each album is individually housed in a cardboard digi-pack with a 15-page liner-notes booklet. Additionally, there is a separate full-color 75-plus-page softbound book which features an extended essay by Grateful Dead biographer Dennis McNalley, as well as a selected discography and page upon page of rarely published photographs and memorabilia. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Early Morning Rain (#)
  • 3:22

  • 2
  • I Know You Rider (#)
  • 2:41

  • 3
  • Mindbender (Confusion's Prince) (#)
  • 2:41

  • 4
  • The Only Time Is Now (#)
  • 2:24

  • 5
  • Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)
  • 3:17

  • 6
  • Can't Come Down
  • 3:04

  • 7
  • Stealin' (#)(Instrumental)
  • 2:40

  • 8
  • Stealin' (With Vocals)
  • 2:36

  • 9
  • Don't Ease Me In (#)(Instrumental)
  • 2:01

  • 10
  • Don't Ease Me In (With Vocals)
  • 2:02

  • 11
  • You Don't Have to Ask (#)
  • 3:35

  • 12
  • Tastebud (#)(Instrumental)
  • 7:04

  • 13
  • Tastebud (With Vocals)(#)
  • 4:35

  • 14
  • I Know You Rider (#)
  • 2:36

  • 15
  • Cold Rain and Snow (#)
  • 3:15

  • 16
  • Cold Rain and Snow (With Vocals)
  • 3:17

  • 17
  • Fire in the City
  • 3:19

  • 18 (2)
  • Viola Lee Blues (#)
  • 9:39

  • 19 (2)
  • Don't Ease Me In (#)
  • 2:43

  • 20 (2)
  • Pain in My Heart (#)
  • 4:24

  • 21 (2)
  • Sitting on Top of the World (#)
  • 3:51

  • 22 (2)
  • It's All over Now, Baby Blue (#)
  • 5:12

  • 23 (2)
  • I'm a King Bee (#)
  • 8:52

  • 24 (2)
  • Big Boss Man (#)
  • 5:11

  • 25 (2)
  • Standing on the Corner (#)
  • 3:46

  • 26 (2)
  • In the Pines (#)
  • 4:55

  • 27 (2)
  • Nobody's Fault But Mine (#)
  • 4:15

  • 28 (2)
  • Next Time You See Me (#)
  • 2:47

  • 29 (2)
  • One Kind Favor (#)
  • 3:44

  • 30 (2)
  • He Was a Friend of Mine (#)
  • 4:45

  • 31 (2)
  • Keep Rolling By (#)
  • 7:57

  • 32 (3)
  • The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
  • 2:11

  • 33 (3)
  • Beat It on Down the Line
  • 2:30

  • 34 (3)
  • Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Full Length Version)
  • 6:35

  • 35 (3)
  • Cold Rain and Snow
  • 2:29

  • 36 (3)
  • Sitting on Top of the World (Full-Length Version)
  • 2:46

  • 37 (3)
  • Cream Puff War (Full Length Version)
  • 3:20

  • 38 (3)
  • Morning Dew (Full Length Version)
  • 5:19

  • 39 (3)
  • New, New Minglewood Blues (Full Length Version)
  • 2:44

  • 40 (3)
  • Viola Lee Blues
  • 10:23

  • 41 (3)
  • Alice D. Millionaire (*)
  • 2:24

  • 42 (3)
  • Overseas Stomp (The Lindy) (*)
  • 2:27

  • 43 (3)
  • Tastebud (*)
  • 4:21

  • 44 (3)
  • Death Don't Have No Mercy (*)
  • 5:23

  • 45 (3)
  • Viola Lee Blues (Edited Version)(*)
  • 3:05

  • 46 (3)
  • Viola Lee Blues (Live)(*)
  • 23:13

  • 47 (4)
  • That's It for the Other One: Cryptical Envelopment/Quadlibet for ...
  • 7:40

  • 48 (4)
  • New Potato Caboose
  • 8:26

  • 49 (4)
  • Born Cross-Eyed
  • 2:07

  • 50 (4)
  • Alligator
  • 11:20

  • 51 (4)
  • Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)
  • 9:50

  • 52 (4)
  • Alligator (Live)(*)
  • 18:43

  • 53 (4)
  • Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) (Live)(*)
  • 11:38

  • 54 (4)
  • Feedback (Live)(*)
  • 6:58

  • 55 (4)
  • (Untitled Track)
  • 2:55

  • 56 (5)
  • St. Stephen
  • 4:27

  • 57 (5)
  • Dupree's Diamond Blues
  • 3:34

  • 58 (5)
  • Rosemary
  • 2:00

  • 59 (5)
  • Doin' That Rag
  • 4:44

  • 60 (5)
  • Mountains of the Moon
  • 4:04

  • 61 (5)
  • China Cat Sunflower
  • 3:42

  • 62 (5)
  • What's Become of the Baby
  • 8:13

  • 63 (5)
  • Cosmic Charlie
  • 5:44

  • 64 (5)
  • Clementine Jam (*)
  • 10:51

  • 65 (5)
  • Nobody's Spoonful Jam (*)
  • 10:09

  • 66 (5)
  • The Eleven Jam (*)
  • 15:05

  • 67 (5)
  • Cosmic Charlie (Live)(*)
  • 6:47

  • 68 (6)
  • Dark Star
  • 23:18

  • 69 (6)
  • St. Stephen
  • 6:31

  • 70 (6)
  • The Eleven
  • 9:18

  • 71 (6)
  • Turn on Your Love Light
  • 15:05

  • 72 (6)
  • Death Don't Have No Mercy
  • 10:28

  • 73 (6)
  • Feedback
  • 7:49

  • 74 (6)
  • And We Bid You Goodnight
  • 3:13

  • 75 (6)
  • (Untitled Track)
  • 2:44

  • 76 (6)
  • (Untitled Track)
  • 1:00

  • 77 (7)
  • Uncle John's Band
  • 4:45

  • 78 (7)
  • High Time
  • 5:14

  • 79 (7)
  • Dire Wolf
  • 3:14

  • 80 (7)
  • New Speedway Boogie
  • 4:06

  • 81 (7)
  • Cumberland Blues
  • 3:16

  • 82 (7)
  • Black Peter
  • 5:43

  • 83 (7)
  • Easy Wind
  • 4:58

  • 84 (7)
  • Casey Jones
  • 4:38

  • 85 (7)
  • New Speedway Boogie (Alternative Mix)(#)(*)
  • 4:10

  • 86 (7)
  • Dire Wolf (Live)(*)
  • 2:31

  • 87 (7)
  • Black Peter (Live)(*)
  • 9:07

  • 88 (7)
  • Easy Wind (Live)(*)
  • 8:09

  • 89 (7)
  • Cumberland Blues (Live)(*)
  • 4:52

  • 90 (7)
  • Mason's Children (Live)(*)
  • 6:32

  • 91 (7)
  • Uncle John's Band (Live)(*)
  • 7:57

  • 92 (7)
  • (Untitled Track)
  • :31

  • 93 (8)
  • Box of Rain
  • 5:18

  • 94 (8)
  • Friend of the Devil
  • 3:24

  • 95 (8)
  • Sugar Magnolia
  • 3:19

  • 96 (8)
  • Operator
  • 2:25

  • 97 (8)
  • Candy Man
  • 6:13

  • 98 (8)
  • Ripple
  • 4:09

  • 99 (8)
  • Brokedown Palace
  • 4:09

  • 100 (8)
  • Till the Morning Comes
  • 3:09

  • 101 (8)
  • Attics of My Life
  • 5:14

  • 102 (8)
  • Truckin'
  • 5:17

  • 103 (8)
  • Truckin' (Single Version)(*)
  • 3:17

  • 104 (8)
  • Friend of the Devil (Live)(*)
  • 4:21

  • 105 (8)
  • Candy Man (Live)(*)
  • 5:18

  • 106 (8)
  • Till the Morning Comes (Live)(*)
  • 3:20

  • 107 (8)
  • Attics of My Life (Live)(*)
  • 6:31

  • 108 (8)
  • Truckin' (Live)(*)
  • 10:10

  • 109 (8)
  • (Untitled Track)
  • 3:01

  • 110 (8)
  • (Untitled Track)
  • 1:10

  • 111 (9)
  • Bertha
  • 5:43

  • 112 (9)
  • Mama Tried
  • 2:43

  • 113 (9)
  • Big Railroad Blues
  • 3:35

  • 114 (9)
  • Playing in the Band
  • 4:40

  • 115 (9)
  • The Other One
  • 18:07

  • 116 (9)
  • Me & My Uncle
  • 3:04

  • 117 (9)
  • Big Boss Man
  • 5:14

  • 118 (9)
  • Me and Bobbie McGee
  • 5:42

  • 119 (9)
  • Johnny B. Goode
  • 3:44

  • 120 (9)
  • Wharf Rat
  • 8:32

  • 121 (9)
  • Not Fade Away/Goin' Down the Road Feelin Bad
  • 9:26

  • 122 (9)
  • Oh, Boy! (*)
  • 2:50

  • 123 (9)
  • I'm a Hog for You (*)
  • 5:20

  • 124 (9)
  • (Untitled Track)
  • 1:00

  • 125 (10)
  • Cumberland Blues
  • 5:43

  • 126 (10)
  • He's Gone
  • 6:57

  • 127 (10)
  • One More Saturday Night
  • 4:49

  • 128 (10)
  • Jack Straw
  • 4:49

  • 129 (10)
  • You Win Again
  • 4:00

  • 130 (10)
  • China Cat Sunflower
  • 5:32

  • 131 (10)
  • I Know You Rider
  • 5:03

  • 132 (10)
  • Brown-Eyed Woman
  • 4:38

  • 133 (10)
  • It Hurts Me Too
  • 7:20

  • 134 (10)
  • Ramble on Rose
  • 6:04

  • 135 (10)
  • Sugar Magnolia
  • 7:10

  • 136 (10)
  • Mr. Charlie
  • 3:39

  • 137 (10)
  • Tennessee Jed
  • 7:18

  • 138 (10)
  • The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion) (*)
  • 6:50

  • 139 (11)
  • Truckin'
  • 13:06

  • 140 (11)
  • Epilogue
  • 5:10

  • 141 (11)
  • Prelude
  • 7:38

  • 142 (11)
  • Morning Dew
  • 11:41

  • 143 (11)
  • Looks Like Rain (*)
  • 7:37

  • 144 (11)
  • Good Lovin' (*)
  • 18:30

  • 145 (11)
  • Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) (*)
  • 4:39

  • 146 (11)
  • Who Do You Love? (*)
  • :23

  • 147 (11)
  • Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) (*)
  • 1:44

  • 148 (11)
  • Good Lovin' (*)
  • 3:09

  • 149 (11)
  • (Untitled Track)
  • 5:59

  • 150 (12)
  • Katie Mae
  • 4:44

  • 151 (12)
  • Dark Hollow
  • 3:52

  • 152 (12)
  • I've Been All Around This World
  • 4:18

  • 153 (12)
  • Wake Up Little Susie
  • 2:31

  • 154 (12)
  • Black Peter
  • 7:27

  • 155 (12)
  • Smokestack Lightnin'
  • 17:59

  • 156 (12)
  • Hard to Handle
  • 6:29

  • 157 (12)
  • Good Lovin' (*)
  • 8:56

  • 158 (12)
  • Big Boss Man (*)
  • 4:53

  • 159 (12)
  • Smokestack Lightnin' (Version Two)(*)
  • 15:11

  • 160 (12)
  • Sitting on Top of the World
  • 3:20

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    Credits

    • Bob Matthews
    • Producer, Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Executive Engineer, Mixing
    • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
    • Organ, Guitar (Acoustic), Percussion, Arranger, Conga, Vocals, Claves, Celeste, Harmonica
    • Owsley Stanley
    • Producer, Project Assistant, Liner Notes, Engineering Consultant
    • Tom Constanten
    • Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Prepared Piano, Electronic Tape
    • Dan Healy
    • Technical Assistance, Executive Engineer, Engineering Consultant
    • Phil Lesh
    • Bass, Trumpet, Arranger, Piano, Guitar, Guiro, Tympani (Timpani), Vocals, Kazoo, Harpsichord
    • Jerry Garcia
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Piano, Vibraslap, Vocals, Kazoo, Arranger, Pedal Steel
    • Bob Weir
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Arranger, Kazoo, Guitar (12 String), Vocals, Guitar (Rhythm)


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