The Best Of The Grateful Dead: 1967 - 1977

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LPA

  1. The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
  2. Cream Puff War
  3. Born Cross-Eyed
  4. Dark Star (Single Version)
  5. St. Stephen
  6. China Cat

LPB

  1. Uncle John's Band
  2. Easy Wind
  3. Casey Jones
  4. Truckin'

LPC

  1. Box Of Rain
  2. Sugar Magnolia
  3. Friend of the Devil
  4. Ripple
  5. Eyes of the World

LPD

  1. Unbroken Chain
  2. Scarlet Begonias
  3. The Music Never Stopped
  4. Estimated Prophet

 

The Best of the Grateful Dead kicks off 2015 and the 50th anniversary of the Dead.

There will be a year-long campaign around this milestone anniversary which will include this “The Best of…” release.

This is the first time that there has been a 2 LP best of collection.

The existing “The Very Best of the Grateful Dead” is a single disc of tracks selected based on the popularity/sales of the tracks. This new collection has been compiled to highlight classic favorites from a fan point of view.

The Grateful Dead’s long strange trip reaches an important mile marker this year with the celebration of the band’s 50th anniversary. 2015 is already shaping up to be an epic year thanks to news of the original members reuniting for three final shows at Chicago’s Soldier Field this July dubbed “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead." A documentary about the Grateful Dead from award-winning filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev and executive producer Martin Scorsese has also been announced.

 The collection’s 32 tracks feature music from every Grateful Dead studio album and cover the key waypoints on the band’s mystical musical journey. Arranged chronologically, the tracks reflect the evolution of the group’s sound – and its membership – across more than two decades – from 1967’s “The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)” to 1989’s “Standing on the Moon.” In between, listeners will find the essential tracks that made the band such a cultural phenomenon, including such fan favorites as “St. Stephen,” “Casey Jones,” “Sugar Magnolia,” “Friend of the Devil,” “Scarlet Begonias,” and “Hell In a Bucket.”

 The Best of the Grateful Dead also highlights the original versions of songs that would later become staples of the band’s transcendent concerts, such as “Truckin’,” “China Cat Sunflower,” “Uncle John’s Band,” and “Fire On the Mountain.” Perhaps the best example is “Dark Star.” The rare single version included here is only two-and-a-half minutes long. On stage, the Dead transformed the song into an improvisational showcase that often stretched out for 30 minutes. The longest song found on the collection is the 16-minute “Terrapin Station.” Released in 1977, this suite of songs (an entire album side) is widely considered to be the Dead’s magnum opus. Of course the set wouldn’t be complete without “Touch of Grey,” the band’s only hit single, which cracked the Top Ten in 1987. 

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