Live / Dead

by The Grateful Dead

Type: Album
Released: November 10, 1969
Label: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Warner Bros. - Seven Arts
Country: United States
Length: 1:13:09
Community rating: 4.44/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Tom Constanten, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Pioneering the use of 16-track live recording, 'Live / Dead' was conceived to faithfully capture the Grateful Dead's authentic concert experience, which their studio albums had yet to fully realize. The album is defined by its sprawling, telepathic improvisations, epitomized by the seamless suite of "Dark Star," "St. Stephen," and "The Eleven," showcasing the band's dynamic interplay and fluid shifts between intricate composition and psychedelic exploration. This definitive document of the band at their peak creative powers established a new standard for live rock albums and became a foundational text for the emerging jam band genre.

Genres

Descriptors: live, jam, improvisation, archival, expansive

Tracklist

Credits

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals, Guitar, Vocal
Bob Weir - guitar, vocals, Guitar, Vocal
Tom Constanten - organ, Keyboard
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals, Bass Guitar, Vocal
Mickey Hart - drums, percussion, Percussion
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, percussion, Percussion
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - vocals, congas, organ on "death don't have no mercy"
Robert Hunter - spoken word on "dark star" (single version)
Bob Matthews - produced by, executive engineer, Executive Engineer, Producer
Betty Cantor - produced by, engineer
Owsley - consulting engineers
Ron Wickersham - consulting engineers, Additional Engineer
Bear - sound
Ed Thrasher - art direction
R.D. Thomas - cover art
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan - Congas, Organ, Vocal
Betty Cantor‐Jackson - Engineer, Producer
Owsley Stanley - Additional Engineer, Sound
Grateful Dead - Producer
Alembic - Recording