A note regarding acquisition: anything issued before 1984 was on lp and/or cassette and is often only available now in reissue. Contact information is supplied as a courtesy only; no guarantees!
As is evidenced by the increasing quantity and high quality of tribute
work, Deadheads around the world are ensuring that the music will Not Fade
Away!
indicates an entire release
devoted to GD tunes.
The Pop-O-Pies:
The White EP, 19821989
1990
1991
Robert Hunter:
A Box of Rain - Live in 1990Deadicated1992
1993
Dead Ringers:
Dead Ringers1994
1995
The Music
Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful DeadHenry
Kaiser: Eternity Blue1996
Joe Gallant:
Blues for AllahFire On
the MountainDavid Murray
Octet: Dark StarBilly &
Terry Smith: Long Live the Dead: A Tribute to the Grateful DeadJuggling
Suns: Doorway to the AngelsDeadBeats:
DeadBeats AcousticGreyfoldedMudkats:
Play Terrapin Station1997
Fire On
the Mountain v. 2Pickin'
On The Grateful Dead...A TributeJoe Gallant:
Live, vol. 1 - Music of the Grateful Dead and BeyondJoe Gallant:
Live, vol. 2 - Grateful Dead and BeyondJake's
Leg: Jake's Leg1998
Jazz is Dead:
Blue Light RainThe Schwag:
Release 11999
Joe
Gallant: TerrapinJazz is Dead:
Laughing WaterSwingin'
to the Grateful DeadJonathan
McEuen & Phil Salazar: A Tribute to Jerry GarciaPhil Lesh
and Friends: Highlights Volume OneThe Other
Ones: The Strange Remain2000
Pickin'
On The Grateful Dead, volume 2Dead
Grass: Dead Grass, featuring Vassar ClementsThe
Grass Is DeadStolen
Roses: Songs of the Grateful DeadDanny
Carnahan: Wake the Dead!Might
As Well: The Persuasions Sing The Grateful DeadLost
Marbles: Lost Marbles2001
Misc.
MGM 4537
Includes:
RCA Victor 1150
Includes:
Tracks:
Orig. 1971: Poppy Records (PYS-5704).
Reissue 1997: Collectable Records (COL 5838) as I'm A Stranger
Too / Don't It Drag On.
Collectable Records Inc.; PO Box 35; Narbeth, PA 19072 - 1 800 336
4627
PYS-5704:
Smither alters the lyrics of this tune slightly:
EMBO Records
The Stanford Band; PO Box 7930; Stanford, CA 94309
Stanford bookstore: 800 533 2670
Includes:
All three tunes, along with "One More Sat. Night" from their 1982 release, are included on the compilation double cd Greatest Hits 1970-1998. Check out their soundclips. AA/JS/EL
Pickwick International SPC3355
www.gemm.com
Tracks:
Studio musicians attempting to recreate the Watkins Glen festival. The Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band and The Band do not play on this LP. JS
King's Road Watkings Glen lp is a stitch. Barely compentent playing and horrendous vocals are the cornerstone, but even funnier is the identical canned audience noise that appears out of nowhere at the beginniing and end of each song. "Thank you!" the band yells to their faux audience after each tune. "All right, "Casey Jones!" the band shrieks as they start that song (Can you imagine the Dead actually doing this?). Musically, every song on the album attempts to be faithful to the studio original - odd since this is supposed to document live performances - but they're all abbreviated. Entire verses are missing from "Truckin'" and the famous jam in the Allmans' "Whipping Post" lasts less than 90 seconds. Although the Dead did play "Truckin'" at Watkins Glen, they didn't play either "Uncle John's Band" or "Casey Jones"! So, for a poorly researched, terribly mastered document of a famous concert, recorded by people who weren't there, playing songs that weren't perfomed, this isn't so bad. EL
LP: Round Records: RX-101
CD: Rykodisc:
RCD 10158
Includes:
Hunter's debut lp sports his version of this Hunter/Hunter tune and came out only months after the Dead first started playing the song (Feb. 1974) and a few months before the Dead recorded it for Steal Your Face (Oct. 1974). The original mix of this release is also available on the out-of-print Robert Hunter lp Promontory Rider: A Retrospective Collection (1982; Relix Records: RRLP2002; RRCD 2002); a poorer quality remix is on the reissue of Tales via GDM or Rykodisc. DD/DL/EL This song also appears on the 1993 European release Relix Sampler (RSXCD 101) and on the single "Rum Runner" / "IMHBTR" (Round Records RX 4505) from this lp. MD
Dark Star Records: DSLP8001
Released on LP in the US in 1984 by Relix
as RRLP-2001
Tracks:
In addition to four new originals, Robert Hunter's third solo album features "Box of Rain," "Ruben and Cherise" (complete with pretentious new spelling and an extra verse), "Friend of the Deveil" (with an extra verse), "Stagger Lee" (the title expanded to include the female prtagonist's name), and a "Terrapin" that features two 'chapters' foreign to the Dead's version - especially cool is the "Ivory Wheels/Rosewood Track" section with lyrics set to the "Terrapin Transit" music. These songs are a privileged peek into Robert Hunter's limitless imagination. The lp was originally released in England on the Dark Star label, then debuted stateside on Relix Records. Both lps are now out of print. EL
Solo--Acoustic. All lyrics and music by Hunter except where noted. DD
Flying Fish FF-220 (lp)
Rounder Records
(cd)
Includes:
Several sources indicate this was first released in 1977, MD in 1979. DL/EL/MD
EP - Dischord 1
Includes:
I'll be grateful when you're dead
I'll be grateful when you're dead
I'll be grateful when you're dead
So don't stick around too long
Riding that train high on cocaine
The music's really lousy, the fans are a pain
Troubles behind, troubles ahead
The only good deadhead is one that's dead
Ryko RCD10536
Includes:
1982 LP Crass 2U2
1995 CT Crass 2
1996 LP Crass 2
1995 CD Crass 2
Includes:
SH-3729
Sugar Hill Records; P.O.
Box 4040; Duke Station; Durham, NC 27706
(Not the rap label Sugarhill!)
Includes:
Hillman, known from his days as a Byrd, offers a authentic country interpretation with mandolin and pedal steel guitar. His first verse, however, ends with "And my tunes were played/On the heart of a strum" instead of "harp unstrung"! IS/ELPageindex
415 Records 415A-0009
(this label is now defunct)
Includes:
This is the first Pop-O-Pies project. See also Joe Callahan's 1984 and 1985 releases. The first version on this ep includes the alternate lyrics, "Sometimes the sun's all shining on me/Other times it's raining out"! The second version is completely rewritten and includes lyrics such as "Richmond, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens/Much too close to New Orleans." IS/JS/ELPage index
The Stanford Band; PO Box 7930; Stanford, CA 94309
Stanford bookstore: 800 533 2670
Includes:
SST (mini-lp)
Reissued February 23, 1999 by RYKODISC
as RCD 10466
Includes:
"...full to the brim with the backhanded flattery of bothering to give a tune a sound thrashing..." (Cliff Levenson) AA A brutal treatment with all the appeal of a drunken garage band at about 4am Sunday morning. DL sample at CDNOW
Subterranean Records; PO Box 2530; Berkeley, CA 94702
Includes:
Whirrled 01967 (lp)
Tracks:
This release is also sometimes listed as The Ghosts: Playing in the Heart of Gold Band. "The Ghosts" was a Keith/Donna outfit which preceded "The Heart of Gold Band." The songs on this and the following release were made in late 1979 and 1980. Keith, it appears, died after only one show so this is a rare glimpse of what he was capable of sans Dead. % indicates Steve Kimock on guitar. DL/MD
? (12" EP)
Tracks:
Relix: RRCD 2020
Tracks:
The first five tracks of this cd are five tracks from the 1989 EP, The Heart of Gold Band, listed above. The remaining tracks are the entirety of their first release, The Ghosts Playing In the Heart of Gold Band. % indicates with Steve Kimock on guitar. DL
GDCD 4060
This cd omits three songs ("Built For Comfort," "House of Wax," & "Ready for Love") which appeared on the first lp release (and thus on the Relix cd). It includes two tunes, "Gommorah" and "Show Boat," not on any previous release. % indicates with Steve Kimock on guitar. Note that Greg Anton (d) also played on many of these tracks; Anton and Kimock later formed Zero.
A soulful "ITALTLITATTC," a fair "Knockin'," and a good "Scarlet." I recommend this release of the bunch as it's got better (and more accurate) notes than the Relix release and includes a nice rendering of Jerry's "Gommorah." DL/EL
LP: 1984
CD: Shanghai 201 (CD Voiceprint), 19??
Includes:
1985 CD Geffen 24026
1985 LP Geffen 25939
1987 CD Mobile Fidelity 705
1990 CT Geffen 24026
Includes:
Relix RRLP 2006
Includes:
The first line of this "Jack Straw" is altered to "I just jumped the watchman, Jack Straw, right outside the fence" - Shannon, naming his companion which emphasizes the dialog element of the song. Hunter slows down "IMHBTR," calling it "Rose/Rose" and adding an extra verse that's not even in his lyric book. "Easy Wind" is closer to the Mississippi delta version Hunter envisioned than the Workingman's Dead powerhouse. "Franklin's Tower" has a very mellow tempo and the chorus is abbreviated to "Roll away...Roll away..." until "...the dew" is sung at the very end. EL
A live album allegedly recorded on December 8th & 9th, 1984 in Chicago, IL. livedead.com DL
Sub 52
Subterranean Records;
PO Box 2530; Berkeley, CA 94702
Includes:
"Sugar Magnolia" appears on side two of this third Pop-O-Pies record. The first half of the song is recorded backwards, the "Sunshine Daydream" part is recorded normally. This release included the notice: "There Are No Truckin's On This Record"! See also Joe Callahan's 1982 and 1984 releases. IS/JS/DLPage index"Sugar Magnolia" runs backward until the "Sunshine Daydream" section whose lyrics simply consist of the words "Sunshine Daydream" yelled over and over. Conceptual to a fault, this rendition isn't as funny as Callahan's earlier takes of "Truckin'," but it could have been. The lyrics, played forward, are:
Goin' down the road feelin' badI've heard that Pop-O-Pies' complete recordings were released on a single cd, but I haven't found it anywhere. Meanwhile, the record label still has Joe's Third Record (and Joe's Second Record) in stock. EL
Goin' down the road feelin' bad
Okay I feel like snorting a line
Hang on Steve get into place man
One-two-three-four same three chords
Sugar magnolia blossoms are blooming
The bed's unhappy but I don't fuckin' care
Threw my baby into the river
And she nearly came back for air
She's got everything delightful
She's got everything I want
Takes the wheel when I get car sick
Buys me a coffee when I speed
Sometimes when the cuckoo's cryin'
When the moon is halfway to town
I go out and I walk around
Frontier FLP 1019 (1986)
Frontier Records 34637 (1993)
Includes:
AMG REVIEW: ...The Brothers inhabit the same fraternity as The Replacements, the conditions for membership being a (un)healthy reverence for '70s guitar bands (here paying homage to Heart and Sammy Hagar) and a healthy irreverence for everything else...This band cares little for fame or fortune, squawking out hard rock of the sort you don't even hear on AOR radio anymore. And, contrary to protests of the band, they do sound a lot like The Stones, even more so on the slower, country-fied tunes like "Girl From El Reno..." 1986 IS
Re-released on Doll Hut/Fiesta En La Biblioteca (Frontier Records 34637), two albums from the 80s, in September 1993. JS
This song appears on Stolen Roses. DL
GDCD 4005
GDV 4005: UK lp release, Feb. 1989
GDCD 40092: Feb. 1989
Arista 14005: 1995
Includes:
SKY/DAEMON/YOUNG GOD 3406 5099 4
DOG 0001
Dog Gone Records, P.O.Box 1742, Athens, GA 30603
Includes:
A poker-faced rap version which rocks along impressively and is definitely one of the more interesting, if less faithful, Dead covers. Dog Gone Records was a pet project of R.E.M.'s manager Jefferson Holt that didn't last very long; their entire catalog is out of print. IS/ELPage index
Arista AB 4160
Includes:
An a cappella version! JS
LP: 1978
CD: 1988
RRCD 2033 - Relix
Records
POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229
Track 9:
This is a much mellower version than Henry Kaiser's. Steve Abramson ends the song with an especially nice piano solo. ELPage indexCDNow (search for Living Earth) lists: Length: 44:07 Date: 1978
IS, EL, and DeadBase IX list: Released in October, 1988.
This tune appears on Dead Delites. DL
LP: August 1988
CD: 1988 and/or 1989
SST-198
SST Super Store; 441 E.
4th St., Long Beach, CA 90802; (888) 746-7778
SST Records; Box 1; Lawndale, CA 90260
Tracks:
AMG REVIEW: Eclecticism reigns supreme here, on his first full exploration of pop music covers and Grateful Dead-style jamming. -- Myles Boise.
David Gans joins in on "Mason's Children" and Hank Roberts sings the words to "The Other One" with his cello, tucking it in between the two "Dark Star" verses. Kaiser's freak-out guitar work in the wild jamming on this 30-minute-plus song goes places the Dead's "Dark Star" never even approached. As the song closes Robert Hunter's voice rises to recite the 'mystery lyrics' from the original version. After toying with the "Cryptical" theme, the song fades out to the opening strains of "Wharf Rat". "Dark Star"/"The Other One" on the cd is a longer, different version than the one on the lp. The cd features five bonus tracks, including three Captain Beefheart (Don van Vliet) covers. EL
The cd release track list is presented here. The original lp had only those tunes with an * after their time. See also Alternate Versions DL
Relix 2029
Ryko RCD 10115, 1989
GDCD 4010, 1989
Tracks:
Constricto (Indigo)
ASIN B00000APW1
Includes:
SST Records CD3 027
Includes:
A three-inch CD single which includes a remixed "Mason's Children" from Those Who Know History with Tom Constanten added on piano and organ. IS/ELPage index
Dec. 1989: MCD 31109 (MU Records; 6565 Sunset Blvd., Suite 413; Hollywood,
CA 90028)
Nov. 1992: RRCD 2057 (Relix
Records; POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229)
Includes:
The most countrified of the several country versions of "FOTD," complete with pedal steel and high lonesome harmony vocals, provides a glimpse at what the song's co-writer John Dawson may have intedned, but it's only one of the pleasures on this fine cd by the latter-day New Riders. IS/EL/MDPage index
RRCD 2037 - Relix
Records
POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229
Track 9:
Includes:
TC's first solo venture was this self-released cassette containing a bevy of standards and Constanten's ragtime originals. In addition to Reverend Gary Davis' "Hesitation Blues" and a Dead-inspired "Cold Rain and Snow," there's a "Dark Star" which spans the outer limits, despite the fact that this band-reliant song is played only on one piano and doesn't even reach the five-minute mark. Available via TC himself (PO Box 220173; Charlotte, NC 28222). ELPage indexFresh Tracks In Real Time - Tom Constanten (Tom Constanten, P.O. Box 20195, Oakland, CA 94620) includes "Dark Star", "Cold Rain And Snow", "Hesitation Blues", and others. Released in July, 1989 on cassette. IS
DNA 70101
Likely reissued in June 1990
Includes:
Danny Carnahan (fiddle, guitar, mandolin, vocals) and Robin Petrie (hammered dulcimer, vocals) offer a modest, faithful version. "High Time" is not the Dead tune. DNA records is defunct, but try Gourd Music (PO Box; Felton, CA 95016; (831) 425-4939). DL/EL AMG REVIEW: (Best-of-Artist) Mostly contemporary folk-style material with a Celtic flavor, this is a new direction for the duo. It works well. -- Steve Winnick AA
UNI/GEFFEN 2064 24311 2, 2064 24311 4
Includes:
This 'unplugged' cd by a heavy metal band includes a "Truckin'" whose verses are out of order and mutated into metalisms such as:
An acoustic concert taped in Philadelphia during the Summer, 1990, it includes a shortened version of "Truckin'" (final chorus > "...Sweet Jane..." > the next verse's chorus > bridge with a few alterations) on the track "Comin' Atcha Live/Truckin'" (7:23). ISPage index
Reckless RECKD 19
Reckless Records; 1401 Haight St.; San Francisco, CA 94117
Includes:
The cd and double lp each have songs that aren't on the other, though both include this "Dark Star." EL This live record includes Tom Constanten on a version of "Dark Star". IS There are indications of a 1996 imported reprint of this cd. This "Dark Star" also appears on Eternity Blue. DL A live tribute to the psychedelic era, the versatile Henry Kaiser Band rocks nonstop. -- Myles Boisen, All-Music GuidePage index
1990: Capitol 21753
1994: Chrysalis F4-21753
Includes:
Henry Rollins' hardcore alternative band. IS There are indications that this EP was re-released in 1991. DL Former Black Flag lead singer, current alternative music guru, and occasional film actor Henry Rollins may seem the least likely person to cover a Grateful Dead song, but once and a while you can get shown the light! Don't let the long length of this "Franklin's" fool you; only the lyrics of the song are familiar and there are no spacey guitar james here. Careful listeners will recognize a guitar riff from Brian Eno's "Sky Saw" about 4:30 into the track. The EP is now out of print, which may be a good thing. EL This song appears on Stolen Roses.
Ajax Records
PO Box 146882; Chicago, IL 60614
Dave Rick
Tracks:
1990 CD Combat 2023
1991 CT Relativity 2023
1994 CD & CT Earache 15
Includes:
Rykodisc RCD 10214
Includes:
AMG REVIEW: (Best-of-Artist - First Pick) Subtitled "Live 1990," [sic] A Box Of Rain is drawn largely from the December 1990 tour Robert Hunter undertook as a promotional effort for his newly published book of collected lyrics, also called A Box Of Rain. (Three tracks are studio recordings.) This is Hunter acoustic, devoting himself almost exclusively to songs co-written by Jerry Garcia and originally recorded by the Grateful Dead. Dead fans can hear the lyricist's versions of the title song, "Scarlet Begonias," "Jack Straw," "Brown-Eyed Women," "Deal," "Ripple," and other Dead favorites. Hunter sings in a throaty baritone that effectively presents the songs in an unadorned way. A Box Of Rain makes a good addition to a Dead Head's collection and serves as an introduction to a performer who has a body of non-Dead material in a similar vein. -- William Ruhlmann
As Hunter says: "The nine live tunes are from my December '90 tour. Direct recordings were made of all the shows but audience tapes cut on Dr. Sam's DAT recorder (last night of the tour, The Warfield, S.F.) were generally juicier than the board tapes. The three board tapes I did select were "Deal" from the same night, recorded by Chris Kathman, and "Franklin's Tower" and "Space" from Boston, recorded by Bill Blaine. The three studio cuts that begin and end the album were engineered by yours truly. All cuts on the album are 2-track stereo without overdub. Joe Gastwin EQ'd, plucked some clicks and pops off the tracks and smoothed the transitions during mastering." IS
"Franklin's Tower" and "Space" are from Boston on November 24, 1990. The remaining songs were recorded at the Warfield. "Deal" is from a soundboard tape and the other songs from an audience tape. JS
A few lines from "Liberty" appear at the end of "Promontory Rider." EL
Sumertone 2153
Sumertone Records; POB 22184; SF, CA 94122. (415) 759-8100
merlsndrs@aol.com
Tracks (two cds):
A jumpin' pair of cds featuring several of Merl's bands. "Merl's Tune", "The Harder They Come" and "Keepers" appear on the Jerry-Merl Keystone cds. "Hi Heel Sneakers," a Pigpen tune played merely four times, was fortunately also recorded by Jerry and Merl on the Keystone encore cd. DL Possibly reissued in Jan. 1992. JSPage indexInexpicably out of print, this was the second release on Merl's Smmertone label and their first live digital recording ever! Funkier than anything by the Dead, this "Sugaree" is a complete departure from the original while honoring its spirit. EL
Arista: AL-8669
Track listings include the performer, but not a complete personnel listing. Portions of the profits from the sale of this cd go to the Rainforest Action Network.
Tracks:
One of the very best tribute cds, these tracks are tunes composed by the band only (not covers of covers). Superior graphics! Lyle Lovett's "Friend of the Devil" has become one of my favorite versions of this tune. DLPage indexBurning Spear reissued "Estimated Prophet" on Jah Kingdom (Mango 162-539915, 1992) and again on Chant Down Babylon: the Island Anthology (Uni/Mercury, 18 June 1996). DL/MD Dwight Yoakam reissued "Truckin'" on La Croix D'Amour (Reprise 9362-45136, 1992). Los Lobos plays "Bertha" live on Just Another Band from East L.A.: A Collection (Slash/Warner Bros. 45367, 1993). See also. DL The Cowboy Junkies reissued "To Lay Me Down" on Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes (Latex CD-11 (Valley 15047), October 1999). JS Jane's Addiction reissued "Ripple" on Peggy Farrell's compliation CD Rev (Warner Bros. 47544, Nov. 1999). MD
"U.S. Blues" was recorded by a makeshift group, the Harshed Mellows, including Dan Baird and Mauro Magellan of the Georgia Satellites, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench and Stan Lynch of the Heartbreakers, and vocalist Michelle Malone. Released April 23, 1991. The artists, Mikio and William Giese, drew hidden faces of animals in the rose on the front cover, and skeletons in the inner sleeve artwork. IS
Both R.E.M. and David Bynre were scheduled to appear on this cd, but didn't. EL
Deadicated: A Tribute To The Grateful Dead - var. (Arista Records, Inc. 304179) this is a two record set made in West Germany and released in England. It has the same graphics as the CD and the sleeve contains the same information as the booklet. IS
Includes:
Recorded live with studio audience at Soundtrack Studios, Boston, December 28-29, 1989. Source IS This sweet version is not a repeat of his '71 version. "High-Heeled Sneakers / Big Boss Man" is a neat combination! Shake Sugaree includes some lyrics reminiscent of Jerry's tune. DLPage index
Knot Records 1
Slipknot P.O. Box 1047 Waltham, MA 02154
617 642 0760
Cassette:
Arista 07822-18690-2
Includes:
ACD-2
Acoustic Disc
Box 4143; San Rafael, CA 94913
800 221 DISC
Includes:
1992: Skunk 001 (203 Argonne #202;
Long Beach, CA 90803)
1996: Gasoline Alley / MCA (GASD) 11474 (Gasoline Alley, J.V.; 70
Universal City Plaza; Universal City, CA 91608)
Includes:
The only listing here to appear on a release with a parental advisory(!), this is an interesting ska-type version which includes an additional set of lyrics:
A tight tie-dyed dress, she was a psychadelic mess
we toured through the north, south, east, and west
we sold some mushroom tea, we sold some extacy
we sold some nitrous, opium, acid, heroin, and pcp
and now I hear the police coming after me
yes now I hear the police coming after me
The one scarlet with the flowers in her hair
she's got the police coming after me
This reggaefied "Scarlet" is a wild ride. They drop the "In the thick of the evening..." and "The wind in the willows..." verses midway for the rap section above - a brilliant parody of tourhead lifestyle. EL
Epic Associated ZK 47413
Includes:
From the press release for this album, her comments on "Box Of Rain": "I was introduced to the Grateful Dead's music by my sister's boyfriend when I was 13. I have since recognized that a lot of my passion for the band was teenage infatuation. However, some of their songs never left me - this has always been my favorite." Dated 1991. ISPage indexThis sweet version begins with the chorus, like the "Easy Wind" on Phil's Fallout CD. Holland sounds like a cross between Sade and Bruce Hornsby. DL
Holland rearranges the lyrics to ruinous effect, turning the "And it's just a box of rain, I don't know who put it there..." verse into a chorus she repeats a total of four times. For absolute completists only. EL
RRCD 2046 - Relix
Records
POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229
Includes:
"CR&S," "Rider," "FOTD" and "Dark Star" also appears on the limited edition radio cd Relix Bay Rock Shop Radio Shows: Radio Show #2, featuring Tom Constanten (1992, RBRS 0002 - Relix Records), which also includes a number of other familiar favorites such as Stackabones' "Lovelight" (RRCD 2040), and "Viola Lee Blues" by Solar Circus. "WBYGN" also appears on Relix' Dead Delights #2. Features Henry Kaiser on guitar. DL
"CR&S" and "WBYGN" also appear on Relix Sampler #4 (Relix 2049, 1992). "Rider" also appears on Relix Sampler (Europe) (1993). MB
RRCD 2047 - Relix
Records
POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229
Includes:
This is a hot, live recording from the summer of '91. Viola Lee is smokin' and appears on Dead Delites. DL
BMG Video
Don't Quit Your Day Job Records;
PO Box 27901-120; San Francisco, CA 94127; (415) 284-6363
Includes:
Grapevine Granny GGM101
Includes:
1992: ?
1997: WEA/Atlantic
Includes:
Oh come get us some floor seats
We followed them for four weeks
Oh come get us some floor seats, to see the Lord
Come all ye hippies, throwbacks to the 60s
Paint flowers on your van and don't wash your feet
Wear your bell-bottoms and your tie-died t-shirts
Oh come let us adore them. We quit our day jobs for them
Oh come let us adore them. Garcia's the Lord
RRCD 2064 - Relix
Records
POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229
Tracks:
Track four is a superior half-hour tribute! (See also 7 Apr 72 II (first show of Europe '72 tour) for Other One > El Paso > Other One; 15 Nov 71 I for Dark Star > El Paso > Dark Star.) It appears on Dead Delites. DLPage index
RRCD 2060 - Relix
Records
POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229
Dist. by RED 187-07 Henderson Ave.; Hollis, NY 11426; (718) 740-5700
Tracks:
A Grateful Dead tribute from a trio who've been there: David Nelson (NRPS), Tom Constanten, Barry Flast (Kingfish) live on an admittedly Dead cover effort. The Dead played every tune on this cd except "Slidin' Delta." Worth a look! See also. "Dark Star," "Truckin'" and "Cumberland Blues" appear on Dead Delites, volumes 1, 2 and 3, respectively. DL/ELPage index
RRCD 2063 - Relix
Records
POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229
Includes:
(Four Horrifications)
Source: AMG "Morning Dew" appears on Dead Delites and "Mountains of the Moon" appears on the Relix Bay Rock Shop 4: Tribute to Jerry Garcia (1997). DL/EL
Virgin 39012
Includes:
Columbia 52461
World Within (Smokin' Rose) 1001-2
114 Grand Ave.; Iselin, NJ 08830
908 965 0989
Includes:
Roy Sukama Productions
3555 Harding Ave.
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96816
RSCD 4000
Tracks:
Grateful Dead goes Hawaiian! These guys are great, proffering truely authentic, textured versions of FOTD, and a few other tunes you may know. The native Hawaiian music is wild stuff! May have been reissued in 1995 and/or 1997. DL
BMG
Includes:
Cassette
www.freshlybaked.com
Includes:
1993 CD: LOS 2002
1997 CD & CT: Hollywood Records HM-062017-2
Includes:
It's four in the morning, you're wandering round the street
You ain't got no money, you got nothing to eat
Wonder where you'll get that box of the kindly mac and cheese
You been wanting to bridge that Bert, you got to get off the street
Head on up to the mountains, just a bit to the west of town
You're gonna find them pasta bushes, just growing from the ground
The kindest pasta that you have ever seen
All over the mountains, growing everywhere for free
Chorus
Talk about the pasta, pasta on the mountain
Talk about the pasta, pasta on the mountain
Talk about the pasta, pasta on the mountain
Talk about the pasta, pasta on the mountain
Mary had a little lamb's breath that she did grow
Everywhere that Mary went the [KGB] did flow
Summers in the mountain, winters in the farm
Tending to her pasta, Mary doing no one harm
[chorus]
You don't need al fredo or some other cheesy sauce
You'll find the pasta bushes growing [??]
You don't need no money, forget your job in town
Head on up to the mountains, pick the pasta from the ground
[chorus]
Gekko Rekkords (USA)
Single release on Sonic Sounds (Kingston, Jamaica)
Includes:
Warr 1045-2 (US Radio San Francisco / Golden State Warriors)
Tracks:
This is a charity fund raising cd for the Bay Area Public School Music Programs. JS Recorded live at the Universal Amphitheatre (LA?) in December 1993. AA Internet auctions and Bay Area used record stores are probably the only place to find this limited edition released through San Francisco radio Station KFOG in conjunction with the Golden State Warriors. EL
Rounder 9049 - Rounder Records Corp., 1 Camp St.; Cambridge, MA 02140; (800) 768 6337
Tracks:
RRCD 2065 - Relix Records
POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229
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Recorded at the Club Citta, Kawasaki; The Bottom Line, Nagoya; and the Banana Hall in Osaka, Japan 25-29 August 1993. "Ripple" appears on Dead Delites, vol. 1 and Relix's Best of the New NRPS, and "Dire Wolf" and "FOTD" also appear on Dead Delites, vol. 2. DL/EL
MCA 11043
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Scratchy Records
Which? Records; PO Box 659;
Village Station; NY, NY 10014
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Joe writes that his "music became gradually more knotty, thicker and layered (a reviewer called it as dense as a dwarf star, yet remarkably unconvoluted"). This "layered" aspect, coupled with my lifelong involvement with sound design (playing train whistle SFX records in my backyard at age 5 to winning an Emmy in 1996), shows itself on 1994's "Code of the West." It took me 2 1/2 years to complete, and it features 61 performers, intricate soundscapes and evocative text (concerning the pervasiveness and effects of televised imagery) interwoven through Latin, ska, reggae, rock, bebop, opera, free jazz, and pulse-orchestral episodes. It's chock-full of surprises-tap dancers, soap opera actors, a former adult-film star, downtown poets and opera singers all help give voice to this Altman-esque undertaking. I'm currently pressing more copies of it, so it will soon be available at Illuminati gigs. "Code" also contains my arrangement of the Dead's "Unbroken Chain," which I did as a Christmas 1993 gift for them." Source.Page indexAn excellent version of a Phil great. This song appears on Stolen Roses. DL
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Taxim Records e-mail
Am Dobben 3 ; 27330 Asendorf; Germany; phone: (+49) 4253 1406; fax: (+49)
4253 1407
Mercer Group; PO Box 2458; Toluca Lake, CA 91610; (888) 777-9228
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A most unusual cover, this piece radically reinterprets this ancient gem. The cd contains contemporary Bay Area bands performing fourteen classics from San Francisco's 1967 scene. ("Get High" is a Sons of Champlin tune.) AA/EL
Ultradisc
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Never a popular favorite, this cd sports a Bob & Rob version of the embryonic Dead tune "Easy Answers." "White-wheeled Limousine" is a Bruce Hornsby tune a live version of which appears on the Other Ones cd. Includes performances by Edie Brickell, Les Claypool, Elvis Costello, Willie Dixon, Al Duncan, Jerry Garcia, Matt Haimovitz, Bruce Hornsby, Joan Jeanrenaud, Branford Marsalis, Marc Ribot, Bob Weir, Chris Whitley, Brian Wilson, Carnie Wilson, Neil Young. DL
Bob and grunge godfather Neil Young join Rob Wasserman for an "Easy Answers" that's harder-edged than the Dead's still unrecorded version. Available from GDM, Trios was also released as a gold disc on the Mobile Fidelity label in 1999. EL
Sourpuss Records
Zeus Herman; 145 Woodland Dr.; Orchard Park, NY 14127; (716) 875-6147
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Debut album from Orchard Park, NY group. JS
I've also seen this band listed as Throbbing Ember. DL
Very much in the mold of heavier Cream or Rush this cd will appeal
to fans of hard rock. "The Wheel" works well in this neo-heavy metal vein.
Definitely worth hearing. EL
Blu Bus BB26
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Relix 2066
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Hightone 8051
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1994 CD Relapse 6070
1993 CT Relapse 6070
1998 CD
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1994: CD & CS Star Song 8814
1995: Capitol (CD) & Starsong (CS) 20005
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Shanachie 6014
Cover art by R. Crumb; Produced by Henry Kaiser & David Gans; Liner note booklet by Blair Jackson
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A superior introduction to the enormously broad base of American music from which the Dead drew many of their favorite tunes. NB: "El Paso" missing a set of lyrics. DLPage index
Shanachie
6016
Sanachie Entertainment; 37 Clinton St.; Newton, NJ 07860; (800) 497-1043
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A deliciously creative, 20+ minute "Dark Star > Love Supreme > Dark Star" (from Heart's Desire) is the highlight of this tribute cd. DL/ELPage indexWith appearances by Tom Constanten, Robin Petrie, Danny Carnahan, David Gans, Hilary Hanes, John Hanes, Cary Sheldon, Diana Mangano, Bob Bralove, Ngoc Lamb, Bruce Anderson, Christian Jones, and Marilyn Crispell.
Sumertone 2173
Sumertone Records; POB 22184; SF, CA 94122: (415) 759-8100
merlsndrs@aol.com
Featuring the Rainforest Band with Billy Tolles and Mariana.
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A smokin' live Merl CD. "Sugaree" is from Mercury Cafe (Denver), 10 June 1993. "Fire" is from Nyabinghi Dance Hall (Morgantown, WVA) 30 October 1993. If you order direct from Summertone Merl may sign your CD on its way out the door! DL Merl limits the lyrics of "FOTD" to a variation on the chorus: "There's a fire...A fire on the mountain..." This phrasing is identical to the chorus of Steve Miller's earlier, unreleased recording of the song. ELPage index
BMG/Critique 15439
ASIN: B000003R9S
Vineyard Sound Music; 14 Wisteria Road; Chilmark, MA 02535; (888) 773-6864
www.petersimon.com
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King Biscuit Flower Hour Records 70710-88006-2
King Biscuit Flower Hour
Records, Inc.
PO Box 6700, FDR Station
New York, New York 10150
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$15 from PJM Productions; 3083 S. Bonefield, Suite #2; Chicago, IL
60608; 312 927 4575
Jazz Record Mart; 444 N. Wabash
St.; Chicago, IL 60611; (800) 664-3480
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A & M 44004 4102 2 CD-Plus
A & M 31458 1255 2 EP
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The Soundgarden site indicates that this was "an instrumental collage that was recorded particularly for the CD-Plus and used there as musical texture for many of the experiences. On this audio CD, the piece is presented as a whole, and proves that Soundgarden weaves as good an ambient track as anybody. The music suggests imagery without being cute, and has a shifting undercurrent that is more than a suggestion of dangerous energy just out of reach."
2. The song also appears on this audio-only EP cd of some of the music from Alive in the Superunknown CD+ above.
Captain Trip (sic) Records; 2-17-14 Minami-Koiwa; Edogawa-Ku; Tokyo; Japan
RainDog Records; 800 297 4856; 301 441 3787
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innertron
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Lyrics:
She said "I'd have never imagined"
As she lit another hit and inhaled it
"I'd be travlin' with the band hey shit happens
goddamn it I'm a big girl I'll make it!"
Somewhere out there back in Kentucky
Where I played guitar so hard to get money
Down there in the mosh pit and crazies
I saw this long legged blonde little baby
She's my pretty skinny dead headed girl . . .
Yeah somewhere out there back in Kentucky
A man is crying "where is my baby?"
Man if I were you I'd bet money
She's lying here so pretty and naked
She's my pretty skinny dead headed girl . . .
She said "I'd have never imagined
Such a tiny weenie square piece of paper
Could make the dead like sound so outrageous
I guess I'll be your dead head baby" I said "No honey
You're my pretty skinny dead headed girl . . .
Yeah somewhere near the end when old Jerry
Sang Johnny B. Goode and said goodnight'
She said she had to go to the bathroom
I guess I just forgot to wait for her
She was my pretty skinny dead head ah girl . . .
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KFW 188
Knitting
Factory Works; 74 Leonard St.; New York, NY 10013; (212) 219-3006
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This live recording of a jazzed Big Band tribute to the Dead's 1975 Blues for Allah offers a unique perspective on the boyz' work. Don't miss the Dead's One >From the Vault which offers an original live interpretation. See also Gallant's 1997, 1998, and 1999 releases. "Slipknot!" also appears on New York Downtown, Jazz and Other Sounds (Knitting Factory 200, Jan. 1997). "The Music Never Stopped" appears on the Knitting Factory's The Jazz Voice (Knitting Factory 212, 1997) and also on Dead Delites. DL/ELPage index
PWD 7462 - Powwow records
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A bold and largely successful experimental fusing of Dead to a reggae beat. If you liked Burning Spear's version of "Estimated Prophet" on Deadicated or have an open ear for reggae you'll like these cds. See also Fire On the Mountain v. 2 (1997). DLPage index
RRCD 2074 - Relix
Records
POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229
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Brown's lovely 8:53 version of Jerry's "The Wheel" appears also on Relix's Bay Rock Shop: Tribute to Jerry Garcia as well as Relix's Best Of Truck Driving Songs! Includes appearances by Jorma and Dave Nelson. "Morning Dew" and "Box of Rain" appear on Dead Delites. DLPage index
TCD-4002 - Astor Place Recordings; 740 Broadway; NY, NY 10003
Available via GDM.
Produced by Herbie Miller; All arrangements by David Murray; Graphic design: Rebellious Designs; Liner notes by Howard Mandel and David Gans.
The Tower of Power meets the Dead in this collector's item. Very nice "Estimated" and "Dark Star". DL "Shoulda Had Been Me" is a duet with Bob Weir from the Weir-Murray-Taj Mahal musical about Satchel Paige. ELPage index
3-track EP
Flying Nun Records/Electra FNCD387
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The B-side to the single "Piss Up A Rope" from 12 Golden Country Greats, this song was written in memory of the Man and is not on the cd. A sweet, ol' country tune (incl. slide guitar) with tribute lyrics:
I picked up my things and went outside
The man that I loved up and died
I couldn't believe after all this time
Never knew the man, but he was a good friend of mine
So long, I'll see you down that long, dark river
Or floating on that lining in the sky
I'm lucky, lucky enough to have heard you play your song
So long, Jerry, so long
We'll always be together
Rolling down the track
Always and forever
Never looking back
Got my guitar and went to the river
Saw a lot of people just dancing around
I took off my shirt and jumped in the water
(You) always flew so high, now you've finally left the ground
So long, I'll see you down that long, dark river
Or floating on that lining in the sky
I'm lucky, lucky enough to have heard you sing your song
So long, Jerry, so long. So long, Jerry, so long.
HNCD 1393
Hannibal
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This song also appears on Women of the World (Manteca 18; Nov. 2000). MD
Immodestly billed as "one of the world's great voices," this version is characterized by sparce instrumentation and lovely backing vocals, though Waterson herself didn't do much for me. DL
A founding member of the '60s British folk group the Watersons, Norma Waterson began her solo career in her fifties. This stunning debut album is filled with covers originally by artists as varied as Ben Harper, Billy Bragg, and Richard Thompson, who adds his subtle guitar to the entire disc. The best cuts are lovely arrangements of Elvis Costello's "The Birds Will Still Be Singing" and the Dead's "Black Muddy River." Waterson didn't know the song was the last Jerry ever performed live, yet her silky smooth voice is tinged with sadness. One of the finest late Dead covers. The Hannibal label is distributed by Rykodisc. EL
Grateful Dead Records
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Souvenir from the first Furthur tour. Nice versions of the Dead tunes. (On a personal note, despite my very favorable opinion of Bruce Hornsby, I found "Jack Straw" without Jerry unsettling.) See also Furthur More (1997) DLPage index