The Golden Road (1965-1973)

by Grateful Dead

The Golden Road (1965-1973) cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 16 October 2001
  • Label: Rhino
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 14:46:13
  • Community rating: 4.32/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Earl Forest, Herb Greene, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jerry Garcia, Steve Vance, Tom Weir, Robert Petersen, Bob Weir, Jon Hendricks, Peter Klug, Walter Jacobs, The Grateful Dead, Jesse Fuller, James Moore, Tim Rose, Tom Donahue, Robert Hunter, Cassidy Law, Naomi Neville, Dennis McNally, R.D. Thomas, Bob Seidemann, Gus Cannon, Clayton McMichen, Betty Cantor鈥怞ackson, Blind Gary Davis, Bonnie Dobson, Bob Dylan, Lonnie Carter, Rachel Gutek, Lightnin' Hopkins, Malia Doss, Will Shade, Rosie McGee, Ed Thrasher, Jab Jones, Gene Anthony, Bill Harvey, Mickey Hart, Gene Estribou, Nancy Mallonee, Al Smith, Peter McQuaid, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Slim Bryant, Joe Gastwirt, Luther Dixon, Eric Doney, Noah Lewis, Gordon Lightfoot, Greg Allen, George Conger, Lou Tambakos, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Jim Marshall, Dave Hassinger, Hank Williams, Tom Constanten, Jules Taub, Bob Mitchell, Hugh Brown, Tape, Bill Walker

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A twelve-disc box, 'The Golden Road (1965-1973)' collects the Grateful Dead's complete Warner Bros. studio and live albums with additional rarities. The set covers the band's formation and their psychedelic, country-rock and jazz inflections of the early 1970s.

Genres

Descriptors: folklore, improvisation, compilation, comprehensive, jam, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Early Morning Rain (3:19)
  2. I Know You Rider (2:39)
  3. Mindbender (Confusion's Prince) (2:39)
  4. The Only Time Is Now (2:21)
  5. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (3:14)
  6. Can't Come Down (2:59)
  7. Stealin' (Instrumental) (2:37)
  8. Stealin' (With Vocals) (2:33)
  9. Don't Ease Me In (Instrumental) (1:58)
  10. Don't Ease Me In (With Vocals) (1:59)
  11. You Don't Have To Ask (3:32)
  12. Tastebud (Instrumental) (7:00)
  13. Tastebud (With Vocals) (4:31)
  14. I Know You Rider (2:33)
  15. Cold Rain And Snow (Instrumental) (3:12)
  16. Cold Rain And Snow (With Vocals) (3:12)
  17. Fire In The City (3:19)
  18. Viola Lee Blues (9:39)
  19. Don't Ease Me In (2:44)
  20. Pain In My Heart (4:25)
  21. Sitting On Top Of The World (3:52)
  22. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (5:13)
  23. I'm A King Bee (8:53)
  24. Big Boss Man (5:11)
  25. Standing On The Corner (3:46)
  26. In The Pines (4:55)
  27. Nobody's Fault But Mine (4:16)
  28. Next Time You See Me (2:48)
  29. One Kind Favour (3:45)
  30. He Was A Friend Of Mine (4:46)
  31. Keep Rolling By (7:57)
  32. The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) (2:09)
  33. Beat It On Down The Line (2:29)
  34. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Full-Length Version) (6:32)
  35. Cold Rain And Snow (2:26)
  36. Sitting On Top Of The World (Full-Length Version) (2:43)
  37. Cream Puff War (Full-Length Version) (3:18)
  38. Morning Dew (Full-Length Version) (5:16)
  39. New, New Minglewood Blues (Full-Length Version) (2:40)
  40. Viola Lee Blues (10:09)
  41. Alice D. Millionaire (2:22)
  42. Overseas Stomp (The Lindy) (2:24)
  43. Tastebud (4:18)
  44. Death Don't Have No Mercy (5:20)
  45. Viola Lee Blues (Edited Version) (3:00)
  46. Viola Lee Blues (Live) (23:13)
  47. I. Cryptical Envelopment
  48. II. Quadlibet For Tender Feet
  49. III. The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get
  50. IV. We Leave The Castle
  51. New Potato Caboose (8:26)
  52. Born Cross-Eyed (2:04)
  53. Alligator (11:20)
  54. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (9:37)
  55. Alligator (Live) (18:43)
  56. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (Live) (11:38)
  57. Feedback (Live) (4:01)
  58. St. Stephen (4:26)
  59. Dupree's Diamond Blues (3:32)
  60. Rosemary (1:58)
  61. Doin' That Rag (4:41)
  62. Mountains Of The Moon (4:02)
  63. China Cat Sunflower (3:40)
  64. What's Become Of The Baby (8:12)
  65. Cosmic Charlie (5:29)
  66. Clementine Jam (10:46)
  67. Nobody's Spoonful Jam (10:04)
  68. The Eleven Jam (15:00)
  69. Cosmic Charlie (Live) (6:47)
  70. Dark Star (23:19)
  71. St. Stephen (6:32)
  72. The Eleven (9:19)
  73. Turn On Your Love Light (15:05)
  74. Death Don't Have No Mercy (10:28)
  75. Feedback (7:49)
  76. And We Bid You Goodnight (0:37)
  77. [Hidden Track: Dark Star] (2:45)
  78. [Hidden Track: Radio Advertisement] (1:01)
  79. Uncle John's Band (4:42)
  80. High Time (5:12)
  81. Dire Wolf (3:11)
  82. New Speedway Boogie (4:04)
  83. Cumberland Blues (3:14)
  84. Black Peter (5:41)
  85. Easy Wind (4:57)
  86. Casey Jones (4:24)
  87. New Speedway Boogie (4:06)
  88. Dire Wolf (Live) (2:32)
  89. Black Peter (Live) (9:07)
  90. Easy Wind (Live) (8:10)
  91. Cumberland Blues (Live) (4:52)
  92. Mason's Children (Live) (6:33)
  93. Uncle John's Band (Live) (6:51)
  94. Box Of Rain (5:17)
  95. Friend Of The Devil (3:21)
  96. Sugar Magnolia (3:17)
  97. Operator (2:22)
  98. Candyman (6:10)
  99. Ripple (4:10)
  100. Brokedown Palace (4:06)
  101. Till The Morning Comes (3:07)
  102. Attics Of My Life (5:10)
  103. Truckin' (5:03)
  104. Truckin' (Single Version) (3:14)
  105. Friend Of The Devil (Live) (4:21)
  106. Candyman (Live) (5:15)
  107. Till The Morning Comes (Live) (3:20)
  108. Attics Of My Life (Live) (6:28)
  109. Truckin' (Live) (9:03)
  110. Bertha (5:40)
  111. Mama Tried (2:42)
  112. Big Railroad Blues (3:33)
  113. Playing In The Band (4:39)
  114. The Other One (18:03)
  115. Me & My Uncle (3:03)
  116. Big Boss Man (5:11)
  117. Me & Bobby McGee (5:43)
  118. Johnny B. Goode (3:41)
  119. Wharf Rat (8:31)
  120. Not Fade Away / Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad (9:12)
  121. Oh, Boy! (2:50)
  122. I'm A Hog For You (4:08)
  123. Cumberland Blues (5:41)
  124. He's Gone (6:57)
  125. One More Saturday Night (4:47)
  126. Jack Straw (4:48)
  127. You Win Again (4:00)
  128. China Cat Sunflower (5:33)
  129. I Know You Rider (5:03)
  130. Brown-Eyed Woman (4:37)
  131. Hurts Me Too (7:18)
  132. Ramble On Rose (6:01)
  133. Sugar Magnolia (7:10)
  134. Mr. Charlie (3:37)
  135. Tennessee Jed (7:10)
  136. The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion) (6:50)
  137. Truckin' (13:06)
  138. Epilogue (5:06)
  139. Prelude (7:38)
  140. Morning Dew (11:41)
  141. Looks Like Rain (7:37)
  142. Good Lovin' (18:30)
  143. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (4:39)
  144. Who Do You Love? (0:23)
  145. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (1:44)
  146. Good Lovin' (3:04)
  147. Katie Mae (4:44)
  148. Dark Hollow (3:52)
  149. I've Been All Around This World (4:19)
  150. Wake Up Little Susie (2:31)
  151. Black Peter (7:28)
  152. Smokestack Lightnin' (17:59)
  153. Hard To Handle (6:15)
  154. Good Lovin' (8:57)
  155. Big Boss Man (4:54)
  156. Smokestack Lightnin' (Version Two) (15:11)
  157. Sitting On Top Of The World (3:20)

Credits

  • Bob Weir - arranged by, guitar, rhythm guitar, twelve-string guitar [12 string], acoustic guitar, kazoo, vocals, written-by, 12 string guitar, electric guitar, vocal
  • Jerry Garcia - arranged by, guitar, guitar, vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, vibraslap, music by, written-by, piano, pedal steel guitar, electric guitar, vocal
  • Phil Lesh - arranged by, bass, music by, trumpet, harpsichord, guiro, kazoo, piano, timpani, vocals, written-by, g眉iro, guitar, electric bass guitar, vocal
  • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - arranged by, harmonica, vocals, keyboards, organ, celesta, claves, organ, harmonica, vocals, performer [pigpen], written-by, percussion, keyboard, acoustic guitar, vocal
  • Tom Constanten - keyboards, piano, piano [prepared piano], tape [electronic], written-by, keyboard, prepared piano
  • Robert Hunter - lyrics by, written-by
  • Jimmy Edwards - product manager
  • Eileen Law - research [archival research, grateful dead archives]
  • David Lemieux - compilation producer [box set], reissue producer, producer
  • James Austin - compilation producer [box set], reissue producer, producer
  • Bob Matthews - engineer [assistant engineer], engineer [executive engineer], mix
  • Peter McQuaid - executive producer [executive producer, grateful dead productions], executive producer
  • Joe Gastwirt - mastered by [mastering, production consultant], mastering
  • Hugh Brown - art direction, design
  • Steve Vance - art direction, design
  • Michael Wesley Johnson - coordinator [associate producer - research coordination], associate producer
  • Cassidy Law - coordinator [project coordination, grateful dead productions]
  • Dan Healy - engineer [consulting engineer], engineer [executive engineer]
  • Gene Estribou - engineer, producer
  • Eric Doney - management [business affairs, grateful dead productions]
  • Nancy Mallonee - management [business affairs, grateful dead productions]
  • Jeffrey Norman - mixed by [additional mixing], additional mix
  • Greg Allen - art direction, design
  • Rachel Gutek - art direction, design
  • Lou Tambakos - compilation producer
  • Bear - engineer
  • Betty Cantor - engineer
  • Dick Bogert - engineer
  • Leo Kulka - engineer
  • Rock Scully - engineer
  • Owsley Stanley - engineer [consulting engineer]
  • Ron Wickersham - engineer [consulting engineer]
  • Gary Peterson - liner notes [discographical annotation]
  • Shawn Amos - liner notes [liner notes coordination]
  • Bob Mitchell - producer
  • Dave Hassinger - producer
  • Tom Donahue - producer
  • Gordon Lightfoot - written-by
  • Gus Cannon - written-by
  • Peter Klug - written-by
  • Noah Lewis - written-by
  • Naomi Neville - written-by
  • Lonnie Carter - written-by
  • Walter Jacobs - written-by
  • Bob Dylan - written-by
  • James Moore - written-by
  • Al Smith - written-by
  • Luther Dixon - written-by
  • Clayton McMichen - written-by
  • Slim Bryant - written-by
  • Bill Harvey - written-by
  • Earl Forest - written-by
  • Jules Taub - written-by
  • Lightnin' Hopkins - written-by
  • Jesse Fuller - written-by
  • Sonny Boy Williamson - written-by
  • Bonnie Dobson - written-by
  • Tim Rose - written-by
  • Jab Jones - written-by
  • Will Shade - written-by

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