Released March 25, 2003 Label Rhino Entertainment | Length 126:57 Release date 25 March 2003 | |
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Recorded November 3, 1965 – April 1967 Similar Grateful Dead albums, Jam band albums, Other albums |
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Birth of the Dead is a two-CD compilation album chronicling the early years of the San Francisco psychedelic band the Grateful Dead. The set was originally part of the twelve-CD box set The Golden Road (1965–1973), released on October 16, 2001, then was released as a stand-alone album on March 25, 2003. The album consists of various studio and live tracks of seven original songs and a number of covers.
Contents
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- Beyond swe birth of the dead
- Recording
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Birth of the Dead, Volume One (The Studio Sessions), containing the music from the first CD, was released as a vinyl LP on the Friday Music label on December 17, 2013.
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Recording
The two CDs are labeled "The Studio Sides" for the first CD and "The Live Sides" for the second. The Studio Sides comprise three separate recording sessions: "The Autumn Sessions", "The Scorpio Session", and "The Hendricks Session".
The Autumn Sessions was recorded at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco in November 1965. The band used the space under the assumed name of The Emergency Crew. The Scorpio Sessions comprise tracks seven through sixteen of disc one, two of which ("Don't Ease Me In" backed with "Stealin'") were released in limited supply by Scorpio Records, in July 1966, as the band's first single. The Hendrick Session, consisting of only the song "Fire in the City", was recorded for use in the documentary film Sons and Daughters. It was later released as a single by Verve Records.
Track listing
- "Early Morning Rain" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 3:22
- "I Know You Rider" (traditional) – 2:41
- "Mindbender (Confusion's Prince)" (Jerry Garcia, Phil 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)" (Gus Cannon) – 2:40
- "Stealin' (w/ vocals)" (Gus 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)" (Ron 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" (Peter Krug) – 3:19
- "Viola Lee Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 9:39
- "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional) – 2:43
- "Pain in My Heart" (Naomi Neville) – 4:24
- "Sitting on Top of the World" (Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon) – 3:51
- "It's All over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 5:12
- "I'm a King Bee" (James Moore) – 8:52
- "Big Boss Man" (Luther Dixon, Al Smith) – 5:11
- "Standing on the Corner" (Grateful Dead) – 3:46
- "In the Pines" (Slim Bryant, Clayton McMichen) – 4:55
- "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Blind Willie Johnson) – 4:15
- "Next Time You See Me" (Earl Forest, Bill Harvey) – 2:47
- "One Kind Favor" (Lightnin' Hopkins, Jules Taub) – 3:44
- "He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional) – 4:45
- "Keep Rolling By" (traditional) – 7:57
Personnel
Grateful Dead
Additional performers
Production
Autumn Records sessions (disc one, tracks 1 to 6)
Scorpio Records sessions (disc one, tracks 7 to 16)
"Fire in the City" (disc one, track 17)
Live performances (all of disc two)
Songs
Early Morning Rain3:22
I Know You Rider2:42
Mindbender (Confusion's Prince)2:42