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Released
  
March 25, 2005

Artist
  
Grateful Dead

Producer
  
David Lemieux

Recorded
  
1966

Release date
  
25 March 2005

Label
  
Grateful Dead/Rhino

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Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 (2005)
  
Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 1 (2005)

Genres
  
Jam band, Psychedelic rock

Similar
  
Grateful Dead albums, Jam band albums, Other albums

Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 is an album of rare live and studio tracks recorded by the Grateful Dead in 1966. It was released on CD by Grateful Dead Records on March 25, 2005.

Contents

Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 was re-released as a limited-edition, two-disc LP in conjunction with Record Store Day on April 20, 2013.

Track listing

  1. "Walking the Dog" (Rufus Thomas) – 5:38
  2. "You See a Broken Heart" (Pigpen) – 2:50
  3. "The Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 2:31
  4. "Good Lovin'" (Artie Resnick, Rudy Clark) – 2:41
  5. "Standing on the Corner" (Grateful Dead) – 2:55
  6. "Cream Puff War" (Jerry Garcia) – 3:37
  7. "Betty and Dupree" (traditional, arr. Grateful Dead) – 5:35
  8. "Stealin'" (Gus Cannon) – 2:53
  9. "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (Dick Reynolds, Jack Rhodes) – 3:00
  10. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 3:51
  11. "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 3:10
  12. "Sick and Tired" (Dave Bartholomew, Chris Kenner) – 3:19
  13. "Empty Heart" (Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman) – 6:18
  14. "Gangster of Love" (Johnny "Guitar" Watson) – 4:35
  15. "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" (Oliver Sain) – 2:56
  16. "Hey Little One" (Dorsey Burnette, Barry De Vorzon) – 5:02
  17. "I'm a King Bee" (Slim Harpo) – 6:01
  18. "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) – 9:18

Recording dates

  • Tracks 1-6 & 10 – early 1966 studio recordings
  • Tracks 7-8 – March 2 studio recordings
  • Track 9 – late 1966 studio recording
  • Tracks 11-13 – February/March live recordings
  • Tracks 14-15 – Recorded live at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco on July 3, a concert later released in full on 30 Trips Around the Sun
  • Tracks 16-18 – Recorded live at the Danish Center in Los Angeles on March 12

    • Grateful Dead

  • Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
  • Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
  • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – harmonica, organ, vocals
  • Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals
  • Bill Kreutzman – drums

    • Production

  • Owsley Stanley – original recordings producer and notes
  • Grateful Dead – producers (track 9)
  • David Lemieux – compilation producer and additional liner notes
  • Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering
  • Herb Greene – photos
  • Robert Chevalier – photos
  • Richard Biffle – cover art
  • Eileen Law – archival research
  • Brian Connors – art coodination
  • Robert Minkin – package layout

    • Songs

    1Walking the Dog5:38
    2You See a Broken Heart2:50
    3The Promised Land2:31

    References

    Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 Wikipedia
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