Grateful Dead - The Golden Road 1965 - 1973 (2001)

Considering
the amount of posthumous product released since Jerry Garcia and the
Grateful Dead's demise in 1995, perhaps a better name for the band would
be the Living Dead. However, there is no denying the fact that the
Dead's music--at various times thrilling, adventurous, simple,
futuristic, old-fashioned, ethereal, abominable, ridiculous, and
sublime--bears this kind of deep exploration. Rhino's 12-disc bonanza is
the definitive look at the Dead's formative years, a fantastically
creative nine-year period for Warner Bros. In 1965, they were a bunch of
ex-folk and bluegrass musicians who were looking to jump on the rock
bandwagon driven by the Beatles. The ensuing decade found them travel a
sort of circular path that began with revved-up renditions of their folk
and blues favorites. Then they maneuvered through intense,
far-reaching, mind-blowing psychedelic experiments, settled into
timeless stripped-down Americana, and ended atop a mountain where folk,
blues, country, jazz, and psychedelic rock lived in near-perfect
harmony.
All of the band's nine official Warner releases (five studio
discs, four live) have been superbly remastered and buffed with extra
tracks that include unheard studio jams and outtakes, plus
contemporaneous live cuts. There's also two discs' worth (one studio,
one live) of rare early material that predates their Warner Bros. debut.
Each "album" comes in its own package with its own notes, while the box
itself offers a 75-page booklet filled with thoughtful essays, personal
reflections, and great photos. Clearly, Rhino has thrown down the
gauntlet to Deadheads everywhere: they know you have most of this stuff
in a variety of forms, but with the bounty of bonus tracks, the superior
sound, and the wonderful packaging it's as if they're issuing a
challenge not to buy this exquisite collection.

Tracklist:

Disc 01

01 - Early Morning Rain
02 - I Know You Rider
03 - Mindbender (Confusion's Prince)
04 - The Only Time Is Now
05 - Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
06 - Can't Come Down
07 - Stealin' (Instrumental)
08 - Stealin' (With Vocals)
09 - Don't Ease Me In (Instrumental)
10 - Don't Ease Me In (With Vocals)
11 - You Don't Have To Ask
12 - Tastebud (Instrumental)
13 - Tastebud (With Vocals)
14 - I Know You Rider
15 - Cold Rain And Snow (Instrumental)
16 - Cold Rain And Snow (With Vocals)
17 - Fire In The City

Disc 02

01 - Viola Lee Blues
02 - Don't Ease Me In
03 - Pain In My Heart
04 - Sitting On Top Of The World
05 - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
06 - I'm A King Bee
07 - Big Boss Man
08 - Standing On The Corner
09 - In The Pines
10 - Nobody's Fault But Mine
11 - Next Time You See Me
12 - One Kind Favor
13 - He Was A Friend Of Mine
14 - Keep Rolling By

Disc03

01 - The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
02 - Beat It On Down The Line
03 - Good Morning Little School Girl
04 - Cold Rain And Snow
05 - Sitting On Top Of The World
06 - Cream Puff War
07 - Morning Dew
08 - New, New Minglewood Blues
09 - Viola Lee Blues
10 - Alice D. Millionaire
11 - Overseas Stomp (The Lindy)
12 - Tastebud
13 - Death Don't Have No Mercy
14 - Viola Lee Blues (Edited Version)
15 - Viola Lee Blues (Live)

Disc 04

01 - That's It For The Other One
02 - New Potato Caboose
03 - Born Cross-Eyed
04 - Alligator
05 - Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
06 - Alligator (Live)
07 - Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (Live)
08 - Feedback (Live)
09 - Born Cross-Eyed (Alternate)

Disc 05

01 - St. Stephen
02 - Dupree's Diamond Blues
03 - Rosemary
04 - Doin' That Rag
05 - Mountains Of The Moon
06 - China Cat Sunflower
07 - What's Become Of The Baby
08 - Cosmic Charlie
09 - Clementine Jam
10 - Nobody's Spoonful Jam
11 - The Eleven Jam
12 - Cosmic Charlie (Live)

Disc 06

01 - Dark Star (Live-Dead)
02 - St. Stephen (Live-Dead)
03 - The Eleven (Live-Dead)
04 - Turn On Your Love Light (Live-Dead)
05 - Death Don't Have No Mercy (Live-Dead)
06 - Feedback (Live-Dead)
07 - And We Bid You Goodnight (Live-Dead)
08 - Dark Star (Studio) (Live-Dead)
09 - WB Commercial For Live-Dead (Live-Dead)

Disc 07

01 - Box Of Rain
02 - Friend Of The Devil
03 - Sugar Magnolia
04 - Operator
05 - Candyman
06 - Ripple
07 - Brokedown Palace
08 - Till The Morning Comes
09 - Attics Of My Life
10 - Truckin'
11 - Truckin' (single version)
12 - Friend Of The Devil (live)
13 - Candyman (live)
14 - Till The Morning Comes (live)
15 - Attics Of My Life (live)
16 - Truckin' (live)
17 - Ripple (single version)
18 - American Beauty (promo)

Disc 08

01 - Uncle John's Band
02 - High Time
03 - Dire Wolf
04 - New Speedway Boogie
05 - Cumberland Blues
06 - Black Peter
07 - Easy Wind
08 - Casey Jones
09 - New Speedway Boogie (Alternate Mix)
10 - Dire Wolf (Live)
11 - Black Peter (Live)
12 - Easy Wind (Live)
13 - Cumberland Blues (Live)
14 - Mason's Children (Live)
15 - Uncle John's Band (Live)
16 - Workingman's Dead (Promo)

Disc 09

01 - Bertha
02 - Mama Tried
03 - Big Railroad Blues
04 - Playing In The Band
05 - The Other One
06 - Me & My Uncle
07 - Big Boss Man
08 - Me & Bobby McGee
09 - Johnny B. Goode
10 - Wharf Rat
11 - Not Fade Away-Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
12 - Oh, Boy!
13 - I'm A Hog For You
14 - Last two are Bonus Tracks

Disc 10

01 - Cumberland Blues
02 - He's Gone
03 - One More Saturday Night
04 - Jack Straw
05 - You Win Again
06 - China Cat Sunflower
07 - I Know You Rider
08 - Brown-Eyed Women
09 - Hurts Me Too
10 - Ramble On Rose
11 - Sugar Magnolia
12 - Mr. Charlie
13 - Tennessee Jed
14 - The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)

Disc 11

01 - Truckin' (5-26 Lyceum)
02 - Epilogue (5-26 Lyceum)
03 - Prelude (5-26 Lyceum)
04 - Morning Dew (5-26 Lyceum)
05 - Looks Like Rain (bonus - 4-8 Wembly)
06 - Good Lovin' (bonus - 4-14 Tivoli)
07 - Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) ) (bonus - 4-14 Tivoli)
08 - Who Do You Love (bonus - 4-14 Tivoli)
09 - Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks (bonus - 4-14 Tivoli)
10 - Good Lovin' (bonus - 4-14 Tivoli)
11 - Bob's Dog Story

Disc 12

01 - Katie Mae (Bears Choice)
02 - Dark Hollow (Bears Choice)
03 - I've Been All Around This World (Bears Choice)
04 - Wake Up Little Susie (Bears Choice)
05 - Black Peter (Bears Choice)
06 - Smokestack Lightnin' (Bears Choice)
07 - Hard To Handle (Bears Choice)
08 - Good Lovin' (Bears Choice)
09 - Big Boss Man (Bears Choice)
10 - Smokestack Lightnin' (Version Two) (Bears Choice)
11 - Sitting On Top Of The World (Bears Choice)

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