Birth of the Dead
Compilation album by Grateful Dead
Released	March 25, 2003
Recorded	November 3, 1965 - April 1967
Genre	Country rock, Folk-rock, Rock
Label	Rhino Records
Professional reviews
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Grateful Dead chronology
Postcards of the Hanging (2002)	Birth of the Dead (2002)	The Very Best of the Grateful Dead (2003)

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 21, 2002, but was released as a stand-alone album on March 25, 2003. The album consists of various studio and live tracks of three original Grateful Dead songs and a large amount of covers. A compilation album is a musical album featuring songs or tunes with some common characteristics. ... The Grateful Dead was an American psychedelia-influenced rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Country rock is a musical genre formed from the fusion of rock and roll with country music. ... Bob Dylans folk rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Rhino Entertainment is a specialty record label originally known for releasing retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... The Grateful Dead was an American psychedelia-influenced rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Compact Disc logo was inspired by that of the previous Compact Cassette. ... A compilation album is a musical album featuring songs or tunes with some common characteristics. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Psychedelic rock is a musical style inspired by or attempting to replicate the mind-altering experience of drugs such as cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline, salvia divinorum, and especially LSD. There are also other forms of psychedelic music that started from the same roots and diverged from the prevalent rock style into... The Grateful Dead was an American psychedelia-influenced rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... A box set (or boxed set) refers to one or more musical recordings, movies and television programs that are contained in a box made generally out of cardboard. ... The Golden Road (1965-1973) is a twelve-CD boxed set retrospect of the Grateful Deads studio and live albums during their time with Warner Bros. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ...

Labeling

The two CDs are labeled "The Studio Sides" for the first CD and "The Live Sides" for the second. The Studio Sides is comprised of 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 of 1965. The band used the space under the assumed name of The Emergency Crew. The Scorpio Sessions, comprising of tracks seven through sixteen of disc one, was released in limited supply by Scorpio Records in July 1966. The Hendrick Session, comprised 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.^[1] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Verve Records is an American Jazz record label, founded by Norman Granz in 1956, which absorbed the catalogues of his earlier labels: Norgran Records and Clef Records (founded 1953). ...

Track listing

Disc one

• The Studio sides

1. "Early Morning Rain" (Lightfoot) – 3:22
2. "I Know You Rider" (traditional) – 2:41
3. "Mindbender (Confusion's Prince)" (Garcia, Lesh) – 2:41
4. "The Only Time Is Now" (Grateful Dead) – 2:24
5. "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) – 3:17
6. "Can't Come Down" (Grateful Dead) – 3:04
7. "Stealin' (instrumental)" (Cannon) – 2:40
8. "Stealin' (w/ vocals)" (Cannon) – 2:36
9. "Don't Ease Me In (instrumental)" (traditional) – 2:01
10. "Don't Ease Me In (w/ vocals)" (traditional) – 2:02
11. "You Don't Have to Ask" (Grateful Dead) – 3:35
12. "Tastebud (instrumental)" (McKernan) – 7:04
13. "Tastebud (w/ vocals" (McKernan) – 4:35
14. "I Know You Rider" (traditional) – 2:36
15. "Cold Rain and Snow (instrumental)" (traditional) – 3:15
16. "Cold Rain and Snow (w/ vocals)" (traditional) – 3:17
17. "Fire in the City" (Krug) – 3:19

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Disc two

• The Live Sides

1. "Viola Lee Blues" (Lewis) – 9:39
2. "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional) – 2:43
3. "Pain in My Heart" (Neville) – 4:24
4. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Chatmon, Vinson) – 3:51
5. "It's All over Now, Baby Blue" (Dylan) – 5:12
6. "I'm a King Bee" (Moore) – 8:52
7. "Big Boss Man" (Dixon, Smith) – 5:11
8. "Standing on the Corner" (Grateful Dead) – 3:46
9. "In the Pines" (Bryant, McMichen) – 4:55
10. "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Johnson) – 4:15
11. "Next Time You See Me" (Forest, Harvey) – 2:47
12. "One Kind Favor" (Hopkins, Taub) – 3:44
13. "He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional) – 4:45
14. "Keep Rolling By" (traditional) – 7:57

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Personnel

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• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Mickey Hart - drums
• Tom Constanten - keyboards
• Ron McKernan - organs, vocals

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• Jon Hendricks - vocals

Production:
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• Producers - Tom Donahue, Bobby Mitchell
• Engineer - Leo De Gar Kulka

Scorpio Records sessions (Disc one, tracks 7 to 16)

• Producer, engineer - Gene Estribou

"Fire In The City"

• Producer, arranger - Jon Hendricks

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• Engineers - Owsley Stanley, Rock Scully

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Production details

Autumn Records sessions (Disc one, tracks 1 to 6)

• Recorded on November 3, 1965 at Golden Gate Recorders, San Francisco, CA

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• Recorded during June, 1966 at Buena Vista Studio, San Francisco, CA

Fire In The City

• Recorded during March, 1967 at Columbus Recorders, San Francisco, CA

Live performances

• Recorded during July 1966

References

1. ^ Birth of the Dead listing at GDStore.com.

See also

• Grateful Dead
• Grateful Dead discography