GRATEFUL DEAD FIRST ALBUM ORIG 1967 PRESSING GOLD LABELS MONO EX/EX VERY RARE
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GRATEFUL DEAD~FIRST ALBUM~ORIG 1967 PRESSING~GOLD LABELS~MONO~EX/EX~VERY RARE!! GRATEFUL DEAD~FIRST ALBUM~ORIG 1967 PRESSING~GOLD LABELS~MONO~EX/EX~VERY RARE!!
The Grateful Dead ?– The Grateful Dead
Warner Bros. Records ?– W 1689
THE GRATEFUL DEAD'S DEBUT ALBUM FROM 1967 - 50 YEARS AGO!
THIS IS THE FIRST PRESSING FROM THAT YEAR WITH GOLD LABELS!
IT IS IN MONO, NOT STEREO!!
COVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH RINGWEAR, A NAME WRITTEN ON THE BACK, BUT STRONG SEAMS ALL AROUND.
VINYL IS EXCELLENT WITH A FEW LIGHT SURFACE SCUFFS/SCRATCHES THAT DO NOT AFFECT PLAY!
EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION!
THERE ARE NO VISIBLE SPINDLEMARKS ON EITHER SIDE!
THE BEST COPY WE'VE SEEN IN OVER 20 YEARS!
AMAZING CONDITION FOR AN ALBUM THAT IS HALF A CENTURY OLD!
The Grateful Dead's eponymously titled debut long-player was issued in mid-March of 1967. This gave rise to one immediate impediment -- the difficulty in attempting to encapsulate/recreate the Dead's often improvised musical magic onto a single LP. Unfortunately, the sterile environs of the recording studio disregards the subtle and often not-so-subtle ebbs and zeniths that are so evident within a live experience. So, while this studio recording ultimately fails in accurately exhibiting the Grateful Dead's tremendous range, it's a valiant attempt to corral the group's hydra-headed psychedelic jug-band music on vinyl. Under the technical direction of Dave Hassinger -- who had produced the Rolling Stones as well as the Jefferson Airplane -- the Dead recorded the album in Los Angeles during a Ritalin-fuelled "long weekend" in early 1967. Rather than prepare all new material for the recording sessions, a vast majority of the disc is comprised of titles that the band had worked into their concurrent performance repertoire. This accounts for the unusually high ratio (seven:two) of folk and blues standards to original compositions. The entire group took credit for the slightly saccharine "Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)," while Jerry Garcia (guitar/vocals) is credited for the noir garage-flavored raver "Cream Puff War." Interestingly, both tracks were featured as the respective A- and B-sides of the only 45 rpm single derived from this album. The curious aggregate of cover tunes featured on the Dead's initial outing also demonstrates the band's wide-ranging musical roots and influences. These include Pigpen's greasy harp-fuelled take on Sonny Boy Williamson's "Good Morning Little School Girl" and the minstrel one-man-band folk of Jessie "the Lone Cat" Fuller's "Beat It On Down the Line." The apocalyptic Cold War folk anthem "Morning Dew" (aka "[Walk Me Out in The] Morning Dew") is likewise given a full-bodied electric workout as is the obscure jug-band stomper "Viola Lee Blues." Fittingly, the Dead would continue to play well over half of these tracks in concert for the next 27 years.
Tracklist
The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) 2:07
Beat It On Down The Line 2:27
Good Mornin' Little School Girl 5:56
Cold Rain And Snow 2:25
Sittin' On Top Of The World 2:01
Cream Puff War 2:25
Morning Dew 5:00
New, New Minglewood Blues 2:31
Viola Lee Blues 10:01
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