Born Cross Eyed

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A-side Dark Star Format 7"-LP album		Released April 1968 1977 Recorded 1968
Genre Psychedelic rock, acid rock Label Warner Bros. WEA Records Ltd

"Born Cross-Eyed" is an original composition by the San Francisco, CA Psychedelic rock group the Grateful Dead. It was written by rhythm guitarist Bob Weir during the band's sessions creating the album Anthem of the Sun, produced by David Hassinger, in 1968. It was released as a B-side with the single "Dark Star", one of the band's most well-known musical excursions.

The single was first released in April 1968 by Warner Bros. Records and is a different mix than the version included on the Anthem of the Sun album. The single was re-released in the UK in 1977 as a promotion distributed with the Dark Star magazine. The single release included lyrics of Dark Star on the back cover as well as a message stating "this record presented exclusively by Dark Star Magazine with the kind cooperation of WEA Records Ltd".

This single version of the song would be later released three times:

As part of the compilation album What a Long Strange Trip It's Been by Warner Bros. in 1977

As part of the twelve-CD retrospective box set The Golden Road (1965-1973) in 2001, released by Rhino Records (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.)

And on the 2003 re-release of Anthem of the Sun by Rhino featuring the tracks included in The Golden Road (1965–1973) box set.

Albums

The following are the albums on which the song has appeared:

Studio albums

Anthem of the Sun, Grateful Dead, 1968

Anthem of the Sun, Grateful Dead, 2003 (expanded re-release)

Live albums

Dick's Picks Volume 22, Grateful Dead, 2001

Compilation/Box sets

The Golden Road (1965-1973), Grateful Dead, 2001

Some Of Our Best Friends Are, Various Artists, 1969

The Grateful Dead/Anthem Of The Sun, Grateful Dead, 1976

What a Long Strange Trip It's Been, Grateful Dead, 1977

References

Born Cross-Eyed Wikipedia

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