Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel
Album by The Grateful Dead
Released	July 27, 1974
Recorded	August 1973
Genre	Folk rock, Rock
Length	37:26
Label	Grateful Dead
Producer(s)	Grateful Dead
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B-) link The Music Box 11/04
The Grateful Dead chronology
Skeletons From the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead (1973)	Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel (1974)	Blues for Allah (1974)

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This was the final album before the bands hiatus from touring in October 1974 during which time the band would finish up the film editing of The Grateful Dead Movie. Look up hiatus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Several cameras captured the Grateful Deads Final run at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco, CA. Filmed over 4 nights in October of 1974, released in 1977. ...

The album was released in a variety of ways after its original run:

• It was released again on LP in 1980 by Mobile Fidelity Records.
• It was released for the first time on CD in 1995 by Arista.
• It was remastered, expanded, and released as part of the Beyond Description (1973-1989) 12-CD box set in October 2004.
• The remasted version was then released separately on CD on March 7, 2006 by Rhino Records.

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Track listing

Original release

Side one

1. "U.S. Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:42
2. "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) - 4:10
3. "Unbroken Chain" (Lesh, Peterson) - 6:46
4. "Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) - 3:22

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Side two

1. "Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) - 4:19
2. "Pride of Cucamonga" (Lesh, Peterson) - 4:17
3. "Money Money" (Barlow, Weir) - 4:23
4. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) - 5:27

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2004 reissue

1. "U.S. Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:40
2. "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) - 4:10
3. "Unbroken Chain" (Lesh, Peterson) - 6:45
4. "Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) - 3:21
5. "Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) - 4:19
6. "Pride of Cucamonga" (Lesh, Peterson) - 4:16
7. "Money Money" Barlow, Weir) - 4:24
8. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) - 5:38
9. "Loose Lucy" (alternate take) - 4:43
10. "Scarlet Begonias" (live) - 9:09
11. "Money Money" (live) - 4:19
12. "Wave That Flag" (Garcia, Hunter) (live) - 5:34
13. "Let It Rock" (Berry) (live) - 3:22
14. "Pride of Cucamonga" (acoustic demo) - 4:24
15. "Unbroken Chain" (acoustic demo) - 6:20

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Personnel

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• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Keith Godchaux - keyboards, vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums

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• Vassar Clements - violin
• Matthew Kelly - harmonica
• Bill Atwood - trumpet
• Joe Ellis - trumpet
• Martin Fierro - saxophone (alto, tenor)
• Sarah Fulcher - vocals
• Frank Morin - saxophone (tenor)
• Pat O'Hara - trombone
• Doug Sahm - guitar
• Benny Velarde - percussion

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• Mary Ann Mayer - illustrations, creation

Bonus tracks production details

• "Loose Lucy" - studio outtake, recorded August 7, 1973
• "Scarlet Begonias" - recored live at the Winterland on October 16, 1974
• "Money Money" - recorded live in Vancouver, BC on May 17, 1973
• "Wave That Flag" - recorded live in Springfield on March 28, 1973
• "Let It Rock" - recorded live in Miami on June 23, 1974
• "Pride Of Cucamonga" - studio acoustic demo, recorded August 4, 1973
• "Unbroken Chain" - studio acoustic demo, recorded August 11, 1973

Reissue production credits

• David Lemieux, James Austin - reissue producers
• Reggie Collins - annotation
• Joel Selvin - liner notes
• Sheryl Farber - editorial supervision
• Tom Flye - mixing
• Roy Segal - engineer
• Cameron Sears - executive producer
• Jimmy Edwards, Robin Hurley, Hale Milfgrim, Scott Pascucci - associate producer
• Joe Gastwirt - mastering, production consultant
• Eileen Law - research
• Ed Perlstein, Bruce Polonsky, Richard Pechner - photography
• Hugh Brown, Steve Vance - design, reissue art directors
• Steven Chean, Bill Inglot, Jeffrey Norman, Randy Perry - project assistants
• Robert Gatley - mixing assistant
• Ned Lagin - synthesizer
• Mary Ann Mayer - artwork

Charts

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See also

• Grateful Dead
• Grateful Dead discography

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References