Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead 's seventh album, the second double live album , released in October 1971 via Warner Bros. Records. Records . Thanks to the cover, it is also known as Skull and Roses and Skull Fuck . Initially, the second option was planned as the official name, but the record company did not give this idea a go [1] .
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| Grateful Dead Live Album | ||||
| Date of issue | October 1971 | |||
| Recorded by | March - April 1971 | |||
| Genres | Psychedelic Rock , Jam , Rock and Roll , Folk Rock | |||
| Duration | 70:12 | |||
| Producers | Grateful Dead , Betty Cantor, Bob Matthews | |||
| A country |  USA | |||
| Language of songs | English | |||
| Label | Warner bros | |||
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Content
About the album
The album consists of more than half of cover versions, four songs are copyright. Organizer Merle Sanders was invited to record Bertha, Playing in the Band, and Wharf Rat. The song "Playing in the Band" hit the radio, and later became one of the most popular songs that the group performed during concerts. The cover authors are Kelly Alton and Stanley Mouse. The basis was taken an illustration of Edmund Sullivan, made by him for a collection of poetry by Omar Khayyam in the early XX century.
List of Songs
- First side
- “Bertha” ( Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter) - 5:27
- Mama Tried ( Merle Haggard ) - 2:42
- Big Railroad Blues (Noah Lewis) - 3:34
- “Playing in the Band” (Hunter and Bob Weir) - 4:39
- Second side
- “The Other One” (Bill Kreuzman and Weir) - 18:05
- Third side
- "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) - 3:06
- Big Boss Man (Luther Dixon and Al Smith) - 5:12
- Me and Bobby McGee (Fred Foster and Chris Christofferson) - 5:43
- Johnny B. Goode ( Chuck Berry ) - 3:42
- Fourth side
- "Wharf Rat" (Garcia and Hunter) - 8:31
- "Not Fade Away" (Badi Holy and Norman Petty) / "Goin 'Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional) - 9:14
- Songs included in the 2003 reissue
- Bertha (Garcia and Hunter) - 5:40
- Mama Tried (Haggard) - 2:42
- Big Railroad Blues (Lewis) - 3:33
- “Playing in the Band” (Hunter and Weir) - 4:30
- “The Other One” (Kreuzman and Weir) - 18:03
- Me and My Uncle (Phillips) - 3:03
- Big Boss Man (Dickson and Smith) - 5:11
- Me and Bobby McGee (Foster and Christofferson) - 5:43
- Johnny B. Goode (Berry) - 3:41
- “Wharf Rat” (Garcia and Hunter) - 8:31
- “Not Fade Away” (Holly and Petty) / “Goin 'Down the Road Feeling Bad” (traditional) - 9:12
- “Oh Boy!” (Petty, Bill Tiglman and Sonny West) - 2:50
- “I'm a Hog for You” (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]) - 4:08
- Radio announcement - 1:00
Record Members
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- Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
- Bill Kreuzman - drums
- Phil Lesch - bass, vocals
- Ron McKernan - keyboards, vocals, harmonica
- Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
- Guest musicians
- Merle Sanders - organ in the compositions "Bertha", Playing in the Band "and" Wharf Rat "
- Technical staff
- Betty Cantor - Recording
- Bob Matthews - Recording
- Bob Seidman - Photo
- Alton Kelly - cover
Notes
- ↑ Grateful Dead (Skull and Roses) at the Grateful Dead Family Discography