''Garcia'' is

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's first solo album, released in 1972. Warner Bros. Records offered the Grateful Dead the opportunity to cut their own solo records, and ''Garcia'' was released around the same time as

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's '' Ace'' and

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's '' Rolling Thunder''. Unlike ''Ace'', which was practically a Grateful Dead album, ''Garcia'' was more of a solo effort, as Garcia played almost all the instrumental parts. Six tracks (specifically those coauthored by lyricist Robert Hunter) eventually became standards in the Grateful Dead concert repertoire. Some reprints of the album are self-released. "Loser" was covered by

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on their 1993 album '' Kerosene Hat''.

Track listing

Side one

#"Deal" ( Robert Hunter,

) – 3:14 #"Bird Song" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:26 #" Sugaree" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:54 #"Loser" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:10

Side two

"Late for Supper" (Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann) – 1:37 #"Spidergawd" (Garcia, Kreutzmann) – 3:25 #"Eep Hour" (Garcia, Kreutzmann) – 5:08 #"To Lay Me Down" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:18 #"An Odd Little Place" (Garcia, Kreutzmann) – 1:38 #"The Wheel" (Hunter, Garcia, Kreutzmann) – 4:12 The album was reissued in the '' All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions'' box set with the following bonus tracks: :11. "Sugaree" (Alternate Take) (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:13 :12. "Loser" (Alternate Take) (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:06 :13. "Late For Supper / Spidergawd / Eep Hour" (Alternate Takes) (Garcia, Kreutzmann) :14. "The Wheel" (Alternate Take #1) (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:04 :15. "The Wheel" (Alternate Take #2) (Hunter, Garcia) – 2:53 :16. "Study for EEP Hour" (Garcia, Kreutzmann) – 3:30 :17. "Dealin' from the Bottom" (Studio Jam) (Garcia, Kreutzmann) – 1:25 :18. "Study for the Wheel" (Garcia, Kreutzmann) – 3:22 A vinyl pressing (GDV 4003) was made in West Germany for

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(48-50 Steele Road, London NW10 7AS) and released in 1988. The tracks are the same as the 1972 original. Inexplicably, the labels on the vinyl record itself read "Grateful Dead - The Wheel" at the top, with "Jerry Garcia" appearing as a subheading at the bottom, below the track lists.Copy of the pressing.

Personnel

Musicians

*Jerry Garcia –

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, electric guitar,

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, piano,

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, samples, vocals, mixing *Bill Kreutzmann –

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Production

*Bob Matthews – producer, engineer, mixing *

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– producer, engineer, mixing * Ramrod – producer, engineer, mixing, production assistant *Bill Kreutzmann – production assistant *

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– cover photo and album design *

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– Garcia photo

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia (Album) Jerry Garcia albums 1972 debut albums Warner Records albums