''The Golden Road (1965–1973)'' is a twelve- CD

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of the

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and

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s released during their time with

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, from 1965 to 1973. After 1973, the band went on to create its own label, Grateful Dead Records. Also included in the box set is a two-disc bonus album, '' Birth of the Dead'', containing very early recordings of the band. ''The Golden Road'' contains expanded and remastered versions of all of the albums released during the band's time on contract with Warner Bros. Also included are numerous studio outtakes and live tracks. In 2003 these bonus tracks were appended to the individual releases of the respective albums, and ''Birth of the Dead'' was also given independent release. The albums included in the box set are '' Birth of the Dead'', ''

The Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psyc ...

'', ''

Anthem of the Sun ''Anthem of the Sun'' is the second album by American rock band the Grateful Dead, released on July 16, 1968, by Warner Bros-Seven Arts. The album was assembled through a collage-like editing approach helmed by members Jerry Garcia and Phil Les ...

'', ''

Aoxomoxoa ''Aoxomoxoa'' is the third studio album by American rock band the Grateful Dead, released on June 20, 1969, by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. It was one of the first rock albums to be recorded using 16-track technology. The title is a meaningless pali ...

'', ''

Live/Dead ''Live/Dead'' is the first official live album (and fourth overall) released by the rock band Grateful Dead. Recorded over a series of concerts in early 1969 and released later the same year, it was the first live rock album to use 16-track reco ...

'', ''

Workingman's Dead ''Workingman's Dead'' is the fourth studio album (and fifth overall) by American rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded in February 1970 and originally released on June 14, 1970, by Warner Bros. Records. The album and its studio follow-up ...

'', '' American Beauty'', ''

'' (also known as ''Skull and Roses''), ''

Europe '72 ''Europe '72'' is a live album, live triple album by the Grateful Dead, released in November 1972. It is the band's third live album and their eighth album overall. It covers the band's tour of Western Europe in April and May that year, and showc ...

'', and ''

History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categ ...

''. ''Anthem of the Sun'' appears in its original (1968) mix, but the ''Aoxomoxoa'' in this set is the 1971 remix, not the original (1969) mix.

Track listing

Disc one: ''Birth of the Dead'', disc 1

* '' Birth of the Dead: The Studio Sides'' # "Early Morning Rain" (Lightfoot) – 3:22 # "I Know You Rider" (traditional) – 2:41 # "Mindbender (Confusion's Prince)" (Garcia, Lesh) – 2:41 # "The Only Time Is Now" (Grateful Dead) – 2:24 # "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) – 3:17 # "Can't Come Down" (Grateful Dead) – 3:04 # "Stealin' (instrumental)" (Cannon) – 2:40 # "Stealin' (w/ vocals)" (Cannon) – 2:36 # "Don't Ease Me In (instrumental)" (traditional) – 2:01 # "Don't Ease Me In (w/ vocals)" (traditional) – 2:02 # "You Don't Have to Ask" (Grateful Dead) – 3:35 # "Tastebud (instrumental)" (McKernan) – 7:04 # "Tastebud (w/ vocals" (McKernan) – 4:35 # "I Know You Rider" (traditional) – 2:36 # "Cold Rain and Snow (instrumental)" (traditional) – 3:15 # "Cold Rain and Snow (w/ vocals)" (traditional) – 3:17 # "Fire in the City" (Krug) – 3:19

Disc two: ''Birth of the Dead'', disc 2

* ''Birth of the Dead: The Live Sides'' # "Viola Lee Blues" (Lewis) – 9:39 # "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional) – 2:43 # "Pain in My Heart" (Neville) – 4:24 # "Sitting on Top of the World" (Chatmon, Vinson) – 3:51 # "It's All over Now, Baby Blue" (Dylan) – 5:12 # "I'm a King Bee" (Moore) – 8:52 # "Big Boss Man" (Dixon, Smith) – 5:11 # "Standing on the Corner" (Grateful Dead) – 3:46 # "

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" (Bryant, McMichen) – 4:55 # "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Johnson) – 4:15 # "Next Time You See Me" (Forest, Harvey) – 2:47 # "One Kind Favor" (Hopkins, Taub) – 3:44 # "He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional) – 4:45 # "Keep Rolling By" (traditional) – 7:57

Disc three: ''The Grateful Dead''

* ''

'' # "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" (

) – 2:07 # "Beat It on Down the Line" ( Fuller) – 2:27 # " Good Morning Little School Girl" ( Williamson) – 6:32 # "Cold Rain and Snow" (Grateful Dead) – 2:26 # "Sitting on Top of the World" (

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, Carter) – 2:43 # "Cream Puff War" ( Garcia) – 3:18 # "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew" ( Dobson,

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) – 5:16 # "New, New Minglewood Blues" (traditional) – 2:40 # "Viola Lee Blues" (

Lewis Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * " Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohe ...

) – 10:09 # "Alice D. Millionaire" (Grateful Dead) – 2:22 # "Overseas Stomp (The Lindy)" (

Jones Jones or Joneses may refer to: People and fictional characters *Jones (surname), a common Welsh and English surname * List of people with surname Jones, including fictional characters ** Justice Jones (disambiguation) ** Judge Jones (disambiguati ...

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) – 2:24 # "Tastebud" ( McKernan) – 4:18 # "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (

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) – 5:20 # "Viola Lee Blues" (edited version) (Lewis) – 3:00 # "Viola Lee Blues" (live at DANCE HALL, Rio Nido, CA 9/3/67) (Lewis) – 23:13

Disc four: ''Anthem of the Sun''

* ''

'' # "That's It For The Other One" – 7:40: ## "Cryptical Envelopment" ( Garcia) ## "Quodlibet For Tenderfeet" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan,

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) ## "The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get" (Kreutzmann, Weir) ## "We Leave The Castle" ( Constanten) # "New Potato Caboose" (Lesh,

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) – 8:26 # "Born Cross-Eyed" (Weir) – 2:04 # "Alligator" (Lesh, McKernan,

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) – 11:20 # "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) – 9:37 # "Alligator" (live at SHRINE AUDITORIUM, Los Angeles, CA 8/23/68) (Lesh, McKernan, Hunter) – 18:43 # "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)" (live at SHRINE AUDITORIUM, Los Angeles, CA 8/23/68) (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) – 11:38 # "Feedback" (live at SHRINE AUDITORIUM, Los Angeles, CA 8/23/68) (Grateful Dead) – 4:01 # "Born Cross-Eyed" (single version) (Weir) – 2:55

Disc five: ''Aoxomoxoa''

* ''

'' # "St. Stephen" ( Garcia,

, Lesh) – 4:26 # "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:32 # "Rosemary" (Garcia, Hunter) – 1:58 # "Doin' That Rag" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:41 # "Mountains Of The Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:02 # "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:40 # "What's Become Of The Baby" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:12 # "Cosmic Charlie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:29 # "Clementine Jam" (studio jam 8/13/68) (Grateful Dead) – 10:46 # "Nobody's Spoonful Jam" (studio jam 8/13/68) (Grateful Dead) – 10:04 # "The Eleven Jam" (studio jam 8/13/68) (Grateful Dead) – 15:00 # "Cosmic Charlie" (live at AVALON BALLROOM, San Francisco, CA 1/25/69) – 6:47

Disc six: ''Live/Dead''

* ''

'' # "Dark Star" (live at FILLMORE WEST, San Francisco, CA 2/27/69) (Grateful Dead,

) – 23:18 # "St. Stephen" (live at FILLMORE WEST, San Francisco, CA 2/27/69) (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) – 6:31 # "The Eleven" (live at AVALON BALLROOM, San Francisco, CA 1/26/69) (Hunter, Lesh) – 9:18 # "Turn On Your Lovelight" (live at AVALON BALLROOM, San Francisco, CA 1/26/69) (Scott, Malone) – 15:05 # "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (live at FILLMORE WEST, San Francisco, CA 3/2/69) (

) – 10:28 # "Feedback" (live at FILLMORE WEST, San Francisco, CA 3/2/69) (McGannahan Skjellyfetti) – 7:49 # "And We Bid You Goodnight" (live at FILLMORE WEST, San Francisco, CA 3/2/69) (traditional-) – 0:37 # "Dark Star" (single version)" – 2:44 # "Hidden Track" (radio promo) – 1:00

Disc seven: ''Workingman's Dead''

* ''

'' # "Uncle John's Band" ( Garcia,

) – 4:45 # "High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:14 # "

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" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:14 # "New Speedway Boogie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:06 # "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 3:16 # "Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:43 # "Easy Wind" (Hunter) – 4:58 # "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:38 # "New Speedway Boogie" (alternate mix) – 4:10 # "Dire Wolf" (live at VETERANS MEMORIAL HALL, Santa Rosa, CA 6/27/69) – 2:31 # "Black Peter" (live at GOLDEN HALL COMMUNITY CONCOURSE, San Diego, CA 1/10/70) – 9:07 # "Easy Wind" (live at SPRINGER'S INN, Portland, OR 1/16/70) – 8:09 # "Cumberland Blues" (live at OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, Corvalis, OR 1/17/70) – 4:52 # "Mason's Children" (live at CIVIC AUDITORIUM, Honolulu, HI 1/24/70) (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh,

) – 6:32 # "Uncle John's Band" (live at WINTERLAND ARENA, San Francisco, CA 10/4/70) – 7:57

Disc eight: ''American Beauty''

* '' American Beauty'' # "Box of Rain" (

, Lesh) – 5:18 # "

Friend of the Devil "Friend of the Devil" is a song recorded by the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia and John Dawson and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. It is the second track of the Dead's 1970 album '' American Beauty''. Like most of ''Amer ...

" ( Garcia, Dawson, Hunter) – 3:24 # "

Sugar Magnolia "Sugar Magnolia" is a song by the Grateful Dead. Written by Robert Hunter and Bob Weir, it is one of the most well-known songs by the band, alongside such hits as " Truckin'", " Casey Jones", " Uncle John's Band", " Touch of Grey", and fellow su ...

" (

, Hunter) – 3:19 # "Operator" (

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) – 2:25 # "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:12 # "Ripple" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:09 # "Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:09 # "Till the Morning Comes" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:09 # "Attics of My Life" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:14 # "

Truckin' "Truckin" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album '' American Beauty''. It was recognized by the United States Library of Congress in 1997 as a national treasure.''Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip'' . Jake W ...

" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 5:17 # "Truckin'" (single edit) – 3:17 # "Friend of the Devil" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 5/15/70) – 4:21 # "Candyman" (live at WINTERLAND ARENA, San Francisco, CA 4/15/70) – 5:18 # "Till the Morning Comes" (live at WINTERLAND ARENA, San Francisco, CA 10/4/70) – 3:20 # "Attics of My Life" (live at FILLMORE WEST, San Francisco, CA 6/6/70) – 6:31 # "Truckin'" (live at LEGION STADIUM, El Monte, CA 12/26/70) – 10:10 # "Ripple" (single mix) – 4:09 (hidden bonus track) # "American Beauty Radio Spot – 1:00 (hidden bonus track)

Disc nine: ''Skull and Roses''

* '' Grateful Dead (Skull and Roses)'' # "Bertha" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 4/27/71) ( Garcia,

) – 5:43 # "Mama Tried" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 4/26/71) (

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) – 2:43 # "Big Railroad Blues" (live at MANHATTAN CENTER, New York City, NY 4/5/71) (

) – 3:35 # "Playin' in the Band" (live at MANHATTAN CENTER, New York City, NY 4/6/71) (

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, Hunter,

) – 4:40 # "The Other One" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 4/28/71) ( Kreutzmann, Weir) – 18:07 # "

Me and My Uncle "Me and My Uncle", often also written as "Me & My Uncle," is a song composed by John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas, and popularized in versions by Judy Collins and the Grateful Dead. It relates the journey of a narrator and his uncle from s ...

" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 4/29/71) ( John Phillips) – 3:04 # "Big Boss Man" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 4/26/71) (Dixon, Smith) – 5:14 # "Me and Bobbie McGee" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 4/27/71) (Foster,

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) – 5:42 # "

Johnny B. Goode "Johnny B. Goode" is a song by American musician Chuck Berry, written and sung by Berry in 1958. Released as a Single (music), single in 1958, it peaked at number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B Sides chart and number eight on its pre ...

" (live at WINTERLAND ARENA, San Francisco, CA 3/24/71) (

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) – 3:44 # "Wharf Rat" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 4/26/71) (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:32 # "Not Fade Away > Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (live at MANHATTAN CENTER, New York City, NY 4/5/71) (

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, Petty) – 9:26 # "Oh, Boy!" (live at MANHATTAN CENTER, New York City, NY 4/6/71) (Petty, Tilghman, West) – 2:50 # "I'm a Hog for You" (live at MANHATTAN CENTER, New York City, NY 4/6/71) (Leiber, Stoller) – 5:20 # "Hidden track" (radio spot) – 1:00

Disc ten: ''Europe '72'', disc 1

* ''

'' # "Cumberland Blues" (live at WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL, London, England 4/8/72) (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 5:43 # "He's Gone" (live at the CONCERTGEBOUW, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 5/10/72) (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:57 # "One More Saturday Night" (live at the STRAND LYCEUM, London, England 5/24/72) (Weir) – 4:49 # "Jack Straw" (live at L'OLYMPIA, Paris, France 5/3/72) (Hunter, Weir) – 4:49 # "You Win Again" (live at the STRAND LYCEUM, London, England 5/24/72) ( Williams) – 4:00 # "China Cat Sunflower" (live at L'OLYMPIA, Paris, France 5/3/72) (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:32 # "I Know You Rider" (live at L'OLYMPIA, Paris, France 5/3/72) (traditional) – 5:03 # "Brown-Eyed Woman" (live at TIVOLI CONCERT HALL, Copenhagen, Denmark 4/14/72) (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:38 # "It Hurts Me Too" (live at the STRAND LYCEUM, London, England 5/24/72) (James, Sehorn) – 7:20 # "Ramble on Rose" (live at the STRAND LYCEUM, London, England 5/26/72) (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:04 # "Sugar Magnolia" (live at L'OLYMPIA, Paris, France 5/4/72) (Hunter, Weir) – 7:10 # "Mr. Charlie" (live at the STRAND LYCEUM, London, England 5/26/72) (Hunter, McKernan) – 3:39 # "Tennessee Jed" (live at L'OLYMPIA, Paris, France 5/3/72) (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:18 # "The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)" (live at JAHRHUNDERT HALLE, Frankfurt, West Germany 4/26/72) (McKernan) – 6:50

Disc eleven: ''Europe '72'', disc 2

* ''

'' # "Truckin'" (live at the STRAND LYCEUM, London, England 5/26/72) (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh, Weir) – 13:06 # "Epilogue" (live at the STRAND LYCEUM, London, England 5/26/72) (Grateful Dead) – 5:10 # "Prelude" (live at the STRAND LYCEUM, London, England 5/26/72) (Grateful Dead) – 7:37 # "Morning Dew" (live at the STRAND LYCEUM, London, England 5/26/72) (Dobson, Rose) – 11:41 # "Looks Like Rain" (live at WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL, London, England 4/8/72) (Barlow, Weir) – 7:42 # "Good Lovin'" > (live at TIVOLI CONCERT HALL, Copenhagen, Denmark 4/14/72) (Clark, Resnick) – 18:30 # "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" > (live at TIVOLI CONCERT HALL, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4/14/72)(Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh) – 4:39 # " Who Do You Love?" > (live at TIVOLI CONCERT HALL, Copenhagen, Denmark 4/14/72) (

Ellas McDaniel Ellas Otha Bates (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known professionally as Bo Diddley, was an American guitarist and singer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll. He influenced many artists, including Buddy ...

) – 0:22 # "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" > (live at TIVOLI CONCERT HALL, Copenhagen, Denmark 4/14/72) (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh) – 1:43 # "Good Lovin'" (live at TIVOLI CONCERT HALL, Copenhagen, Denmark 4/14/72) (Clark, Resnick) – 5:59 # "The Yellow Dog Story" (Hidden Track) (live at WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL, London, England 4/8/72) (Grateful Dead) – 3:09

Disc twelve: ''Bear's Choice''

* ''

'' # "Katie Mae" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 2/13/70) (

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) – 4:44 # "Dark Hollow" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 2/14/70) (Browning) – 3:52 # "I've Been All Around This World" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 2/14/70) (traditional) – 4:18 # "Wake Up Little Susie" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 2/13/70) (Bryant, Bryant) – 2:31 # "Black Peter" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 2/13/70) (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:27 # "

Smokestack Lightning "Smokestack Lightning" (also "Smoke Stack Lightning" or "Smokestack Lightnin'") is a blues song recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1956. It became one of his most popular and influential songs. It is based on earlier blues songs, and numerous artists l ...

" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 2/13/70) (

Howlin' Wolf Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was at the forefront of transforming acoustic Delta blues into electric Chica ...

) – 17:59 # "Hard to Handle" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 2/14/70) (Isbell, Jones, Redding) – 6:29 # "Good Lovin'" (live at FILLMORE EAST, New York City, NY 2/13/70) (Clark, Resnick) – 8:56 # "Big Boss Man" (live at FILLMORE WEST, San Francisco, CA 2/5/70) (Dixon, Smith) – 4:53 # "Smokestack Lightning" (Version Two) (live at FILLMORE WEST, San Francisco, CA 2/8/70) (Howlin' Wolf) – 15:11 # "Sitting on Top of the World" (live at FILLMORE WEST, San Francisco, CA 2/8/70) (Chatmon, Vinson) – 3:20

Personnel

: *

Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 196 ...

– lead guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano, kazoo, vibraslap, vocals *

Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with the Other Ones, later known as the Dead ...

– rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, kazoo, vocals *

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco Sound, San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. ...

– keyboards, organ, celesta, acoustic guitar, harmonica, congas, claves, percussion, vocals *

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

– drums, percussion *

Phil Lesh Philip Chapman Lesh (March 15, 1940 – October 25, 2024) was an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he developed a unique style of improvised six-string bass guitar. He was their bassist throughout their 30 ...

– bass, guitar, piano, harpsichord, trumpet, kazoo, timpani, vocals *

Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...

– drums, percussion *

Tom Constanten Tom Constanten (born March 19, 1944) is an American keyboardist, best known for playing with the Grateful Dead from 1968 to 1970, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Biography Early career Born in Long Branc ...

– keyboards, prepared piano, piano, electronic tape *

Keith Godchaux Keith Richard Godchaux (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) was an American pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Following their departure from the Dead, he and his wife Donna formed the H ...

– piano *

Donna Jean Godchaux Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay (born August 22, 1947) is an American singer best known as a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead from 1972 to 1979. In addition to the Dead, she performed with the Jerry Garcia Band and the short-lived ...

– vocals * Robert Hunter – songwriter Additional performers: * for a comprehensive listing, see individual album pages Production: * James Austin, David Lemieux – producers * Dennis McNally, Lou Tambakos – Birth Of The Dead concept & compilation * Peter McQuaid – executive producer * Michael Wesley Johnson – associate producer, research coordination * Eileen Law – archival researcher, archivist * Cassidy Law – coordinator * Dennis McNally – consultant * Jeffrey Norman – mixing * Joe Gastwirt/Oceanview Digital, Jo Motta – mastering and production consultants * Jimmy Edwards – product manager * Gary Peterson – discographical annotation * Shawn Amos – liner notes coordination * Vanessa Atkins – editorial supervision * Daniel Goldmark – editorial research * Hugh Brown – reissue art director * Malia Doss – business affairs at Rhino Records * Mickey Hart – project assistant *Bob Weir – project assistant * Bill Kreutzmann – project assistant *Bill Inglot – project assistant *Steve Lang – project assistant *Patrick Kraus – project assistant *Jan Simmons – project assistant *Blair Jackson – project assistant *Steve Silberman – project assistant *Hale Milgrim – project assistant *David Gans – project assistant * Owsley Stanley – project assistant *

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– project assistant *Connie Mosley – project assistant *Gary Lambert – project assistant *Bill Belmont – project assistant *Neil Ruttenberg – project assistant

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