The Golden Road (1965-1973)

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Release Date: 2001

Label: Rhino Records

Mastered at Oceanview Digital, Los Angeles, CA.

Compilation of the Grateful Dead's Warner Bros. albums released between 1967 and 1973, with many bonus tracks and a double CD of previously unreleased material from 1966 & 1967.

Each release is presented with cover art from the original vinyl album and its own liner notes.

76 page booklet included.

A limited two CD set, the Grateful Dead Documentary was only available as a bonus for pre-orders of "The Golden Road (1965-1973)" at www.dead.net.

Compilation ℗ & © 2001 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company.

Notes regarding Discs 1 and 2, "Birth Of The Dead":

Tracks 1-01 to 1-06 rec. Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, CA 3/11/1965.
Tracks 1-07 to 1-16 rec. Buena Vista Studio & Western Studio, San Francisco, CA 6/1966.
Track 1-17 rec. Columbus Recorders, San Francisco, CA 3/1967.
Tracks 2-01 to 2-14 rec. live San Francisco, CA 7/1966.

Tracks 1-05, 1-06 previously released 9/11/1999 on Arista CD #GD-14066 'So Many Roads (1965-1969)'.
Tracks 1-08, 1-10 previously released 7/1966 as Scorpio single #201.
Track 1-17 previously released 4/1967 as Verve single #VK-10512.
All other tracks previously unreleased.

Notes regarding Disc 3, "The Grateful Dead":
Track 3-1 rec. Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA 1/1967.
Tracks 3-2 to 3-14 rec. RCA Victor Studio A, Hollywood, CA 1-2/1967.
Track 3-15 rec. live Dance Hall, Rio Nido, CA 3/9/1967.

Tracks 3-1 to 3-9 first released as Warner Bros. LP WS-1689, 17/3/1967.
Tracks 3-10 to 3-15 previously unreleased.

Notes regarding Disc 4, "Anthem Of The Sun":
Tracks 4-1 to 4-5 studio tracks rec. RCA Victor Studio A, Hollywood CA 9/1967, American Recording Co, Studio City, CA 10/1967, Century Sound Studio, New York, NY 12/1967 & Olmstead Sound Studios, New York, NY 12/1967.
Tracks 4-1 to 4-5 live tracks rec. Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles, CA 10-11/11/1967, Eureka Municipal Auditorium, Eureka, CA 20/1/1966, Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, WA 26-27/1/1968, Crystal Ballroom Portland OR 2-3/2/1968, Carousel Ballroom San Francisco, CA 14/2/1968, 15-17/3/1968 & 29-31/3/1968 & King's Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe, CA 22-24/2/1968.
Tracks 4-1 to 4-5 mixed at Columbus Recorders, San Francisco, CA, Criteria Studios, Miami, FL & Apostolic Studios, New York, NY.
Tracks 4-6 to 4-8 rec. live Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles, CA, 23/8/68.

Tracks 4-1 to 4-5 first released as Warner Bros. LP WS-1749, 18/7/1968.
Tracks 4-6 to 4-8 previously unreleased.

Notes regarding Disc 5, "Aoxomoxoa":
Tracks 5-1 to 5-8 rec. Pacific Recording Studio, San Mateo, CA & Pacific High Recording Studio, San Francisco, CA 9/1968-3/1969.
Tracks 5-9 to 5-11 rec. live Pacific Recording Studio, San Mateo, CA 13/8/1968.
Track 5-12 rec. live Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA 25/1/1969.

Tracks 5-1 to 5-8 first released as Warner Bros. LP WS-1790, 20/6/1969.
Tracks 5-9 to 5-12 previously unreleased.

Notes regarding Disc 6. "Live/Dead"
Tracks 1 & 2 rec. live Fillmore West San Francisco, CA 27/2/1969.
Tracks 3 & 4 rec. live Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA 26/1/1969.
Tracks 5 to 7 rec. live Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA 2/3/1969.
All tracks rec. by Alembic Recordings Studios, Novato, CA, mixed at Muggles Gramophone, San Francisco, CA.

Track 1 to 7 first released as Warner Bros. double LP 2WS-1830, 10/11/1969.

Notes regarding Disc 7 "Workingman's Dead"
Tracks 1 to 9 rec. Pacific High Recording Studio, San Francisco, CA 2/1970.
Track 10 rec. live Santa Rosa Veteran's Memorial Hall, Santa Rosa, CA 27/6/1970.
Track 11 rec. live Golden Hall Community Concourse, San Diego, CA 10/1/970.
Track 12 rec. live Springer's Ballroom, Portland, OR 16/1/1970.
Track 13 rec. live Oregon State University Gymnasium, Corvallis, OR 17/1/970.
Track 14 rec. live Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, HI 24/1/1970.
Track 15 rec. live Winterland,San Francisco, CA 23/12/1970.

Tracks 1 to 8 first released as Warner Bros. LP WS-1869, 14/6/1970.
Tracks 9 to 15 previously unreleased.

Notes regarding Disc 8 "American Beauty"
Tracks 1 to 11 rec. Wally Heider Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA 9/1970.
Track 12 rec. live Fillmore East, New York, NY 15/5/1970.
Track 13 rec. live Winterland, San Francisco, CA 15/4/1970.
Track 14 rec. live Winterland, San Francisco, CA 4/10/1970.
Track 15 rec. live Winterland, San Francisco, CA 6/6/1970.
Track 16 rec. live Legion Stadium, El Monte, CA 26/12/1970.

Tracks 1 to 10 first released as Warner Bros. LP WS-1893, 11/1970.
Track 11 released as Warner Bros. single 7464 20/1/1970.
Tracks 12 to 16 previously unreleased.

Notes regarding Disc 9 "Grateful Dead"
Tracks 1, 2, 5 to 8 & 10 rec. live Fillmore East, New York, NY, 26-29/4/1971.
Tracks 3, 4 & 11 to 13 rec. live Manhattan Center, New York, NY 5-6/4/1971.
Track 9 rec. live Winterland, San Francisco, CA 24/3/1971.

Tracks 1 to 11 first released as Warner Bros. double LP 2WS-1935, 24/9/1971.
Tracks 12 & 13 previously unreleased.

Notes regarding Discs 10/11 "Europe '72"
Tracks 1-01, 2-05 rec. live Empire Pool, Wembley,UK.
Track 1-02 rec. live Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Tracks 1-03, 1-05, 1-09, 1-10, 1-12 & 2-01 to 2-04 rec. live Lyceum Theatre, London, UK.
Tracks 1-04, 1-06, 1-07, 1-11 & 1-13 rec. live Olympia Theatre, Paris, France.
Tracks 1-08 & 2-06 to 2-10 rec. live Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Track 1-14 rec. live Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt, West Germany.
Mixed at Alembic Studios, San Francisco, CA.

Tracks 1-01 to 1-13 & 2-01 to 2-04 first released as Warner Bros. triple LP 3WX-2668, 5/11/1972.
Tracks 1-14 & 2-05 to 2-10 previously unreleased.

Notes regarding Disc 12 "History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice)"
Tracks 1 to 8 rec. live Fillmore East, New York, NY 13-14/2/1970.
Tracks 9 to 11 rec. live Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA 5 & 8/2/1970.

Tracks 1 to 7 first released as Warner Bros. LP BS-2721, 6/7/1973.
Tracks 8 to 11 previously unreleased.

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