What a Long Strange Trip It's Been: The Best of The Grateful Dead

by Grateful Dead

What a Long Strange Trip It's Been: The Best of The Grateful Dead cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:25:44
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Issued by Warner Bros. after the legendary group's departure from the label, this double-album perfectly distills their transition from acid-soaked improvisation into rustic Americana. The inclusion of essential, definitive studio cuts made it an incredibly popular, accessible entry point into their vast, sprawling discography.

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Tracklist

  1. New New Minglewood Blues - Full Length (2:34)
  2. Cosmic Charlie (5:29)
  3. Truckin' (5:03)
  4. Black Peter (7:27)
  5. Born Cross-Eyed (2:55)
  6. Ripple (4:10)
  7. Doin' That Rag (4:40)
  8. Dark Star - Single Version (2:41)
  9. High Time (5:12)
  10. New Speedway Boogie (4:04)
  11. St. Stephen - Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 22, 1969 (5:22)
  12. Jack Straw - Live at L'Olympia, Paris, May 3, 1972 (4:48)
  13. Me and My Uncle - Live at Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 29, 1971 (3:03)
  14. Tennessee Jed - Live at L'Olympia, Paris, May 3, 1972 (7:11)
  15. Cumberland Blues - Live at Wembley Empire Pool, London, England, April 8, 1972 (5:41)
  16. Playing in the Band - Live at Manhattan Center, New York, NY, April 6, 1971 (4:38)
  17. Brown Eyed Women - Live at Tivoli Concert Hall, Denmark, April 14, 1972 (4:37)
  18. Ramble on Rose - Live at the Strand Lyceum, London, England, May 26, 1972 (6:01)

Credits

  • Grateful Dead - primary artist, written-by
  • Bob Weir - written-by
  • Jerry Garcia - written-by
  • McGanahan Skjellyfetti - written-by
  • Mickey Hart - written-by
  • Phil Lesh - written-by
  • Robert Hunter - written-by
  • John Phillips - written-by

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