The Very Best of the Grateful Dead by Grateful Dead - DeepRiffs

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Created as a counterpart to their 2015 two-disc Best of the Grateful Dead studio collection, The Best of the Grateful Dead Live includes highlights culled from the band's commercially released concert albums on the Warner Bros. and Arista labels as well as a handful of live selections from their own personal archives. Sequenced chronologically over the course of two discs, the 19-track set opens with a version of "St. Stephen" taken from their first live LP, 1969's Live/Dead, and proceeds through subsequent concert releases like Skull & Roses, Europe '72, and One from the Vault. Fittingly, the album is closed by a version of "So Many Roads" taken from the Dead's final show at Chicago's Soldier Field on July 9, 1995. ~ Timothy Monger

1. Truckin'

by Grateful Dead

Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bill Kreutzmann; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Harmonica: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan; Performer
Organ: Howard Wales; Performer
Pedal Steel Guitar: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Percussion: Mickey Hart; Performer
Piano: Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh; Performer
Vocals: Jerry Garcia
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh; Performer
Composer: Phil Lesh
Bob Weir
Robert Hunter
Jerry Garcia; Composer
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Dave Collins; Production
Producer: Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bill Kreutzmann
Robert Hunter
Bob Weir
Mickey Hart
Stephen Barncard; Production

2. Touch of Grey

by Grateful Dead

Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Mickey Hart
Bill Kreutzmann; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Engineer: John Cutler
Guy Charbonneau; Production
Equipment Technician: Bill Candelario
Billy Grillo
Robbie Taylor
Laurence "ram Rod" Shurtliff
Steve Parish
Harry Popick; Production
Keyboard: Brent Mydland; Performer
Management: John Mcintire; Production
Producer: Jerry Garcia
John Cutler; Production
Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Percussion: Mickey Hart; Performer
Vocals: Brent Mydland
Bob Weir
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Composer: Robert Hunter
Jerry Garcia; Composer
Programmer: Bob Bralove; Production
Additional Engineer: Dan Healy
Justin Kreutzmann
Joe Gastwirt
Jeff Sterling
Jeffrey Norman
David Roberts; Other
Album Coordinator: John Mcintire; Other

3. Sugar Magnolia

by Grateful Dead

Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bill Kreutzmann; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Harmonica: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan; Performer
Pedal Steel Guitar: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Percussion: Mickey Hart; Performer
Piano: Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh; Performer
Vocals: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Composer: Mickey Hart
Phil Lesh
Bob Weir
Robert Hunter
Ron Mckernan; Composer
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Dave Collins; Production
Producer: Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bill Kreutzmann
Robert Hunter
Bob Weir
Mickey Hart
Stephen Barncard; Production

4. Casey Jones

by Grateful Dead

Banjo: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Mickey Hart; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir; Performer
Harmonica: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan; Performer
Keyboard: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan; Performer
Lead Guitar: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Engineer: Ron Wickersham
Susan Wickersham; Production
Lead Vocals: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Pedal Steel Guitar: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Percussion: Mickey Hart; Performer
Producer: Bill Kreutzmann
Betty Cantor
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bob Matthews
Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Mickey Hart
Bob Weir
Robert Hunter
Tom Constanten
Jimmy Edwards; Production
Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Technician: Rex Jackson
S. Heard
Laurence "ram Rod" Shurtliff; Production
Vocals: Phil Lesh
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bob Weir; Performer
Composer: Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter; Composer

5. Uncle John's Band

by Grateful Dead

Banjo: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Mickey Hart; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir; Performer
Harmonica: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan; Performer
Keyboard: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan; Performer
Lead Guitar: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Engineer: Ron Wickersham
Susan Wickersham; Production
Lead Vocals: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Pedal Steel Guitar: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Percussion: Mickey Hart; Performer
Producer: Bill Kreutzmann
Betty Cantor
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bob Matthews
Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Mickey Hart
Bob Weir
Robert Hunter
Tom Constanten
Jimmy Edwards; Production
Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Technician: Rex Jackson
S. Heard
Laurence "ram Rod" Shurtliff; Production
Vocals: Phil Lesh
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bob Weir; Performer
Composer: Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter; Composer

6. Friend of the Devil

by Grateful Dead

Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bill Kreutzmann; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Harmonica: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan; Performer
Mandolin: David Grisman; Performer
Pedal Steel Guitar: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Percussion: Mickey Hart; Performer
Piano: Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh; Performer
Vocals: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Composer: John Dawson
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter; Composer
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Dave Collins; Production
Producer: Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bill Kreutzmann
Robert Hunter
Bob Weir
Mickey Hart
Stephen Barncard; Production

7. Franklin's Tower

by Grateful Dead

Assistant Engineer: Rob Taylor
Robert Taylor; Production
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Drums: Bill Kreutzmann
Mickey Hart; Performer
Flute: Steven Schuster; Performer
Guitar: Jerry Garcia
Bob Weir; Performer
Keyboard: Brent Mydland
Keith Godchaux; Performer
Vocals: Jerry Garcia
Brent Mydland
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Keith Godchaux
Donna Godchaux; Performer
Assistant Production: Steve Brown
Laurence "ram Rod" Shurtliff
Bob Matthews
Betty Cantor
Brett Cohen; Other
Percussion: Bill Kreutzmann
Mickey Hart; Performer
Composer: Robert Hunter
Bill Kreutzmann
Jerry Garcia; Composer
Mixing Engineer: Dan Healy; Production
Producer: Bill Kreutzmann
Brent Mydland
Keith Godchaux
Donna Godchaux
Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Mickey Hart
Bob Weir; Production
Remastering Engineer: Joe Gastwirt; Production

8. Estimated Prophet

by Grateful Dead

Mastering Engineer: Rick Collins
Greg Fulginiti; Production
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Arranger: Mickey Hart
Jerry Garcia
Donna Godchaux
Bill Kreutzmann
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Keith Godchaux; Composer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Choir/chorus: The English Chorale; Ensemble
Drums: Bill Kreutzmann
Mickey Hart; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Keyboard: Keith Godchaux; Performer
Lyricon: Tom Scott; Performer
Percussion: Bill Kreutzmann
Mickey Hart; Performer
Piano: Keith Godchaux; Performer
Saxophone: Tom Scott; Performer
Synthesizer: Keith Godchaux; Performer
Vibraphone: Mickey Hart; Performer
Vocals: Keith Godchaux
Bob Weir
Jerry Garcia
Donna Godchaux; Performer
Engineer: Keith Olsen; Production
Orchestra: The Martyn Ford Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: John Barlow
Bob Weir; Composer
Orchestral Arrangement: Paul Buckmaster; Composer
Conductor: Robert Howes
Martyn Ford; Conductor
Producer: Mickey Hart
Bob Weir
Keith Olsen
Keith Godchaux
Donna Godchaux
Bill Kreutzmann
Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh; Production

9. Eyes of the World

by Grateful Dead

Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
12-string Guitar: Doug Sahm; Performer
Alto Saxophone: Martin Fierro; Performer
Background Vocals: Donna Godchaux; Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Bill Kreutzmann
Mickey Hart; Performer
Harmonica: Matthew Kelly; Performer
Keyboard: Brent Mydland
Keith Godchaux; Performer
Pedal Steel Guitar: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Rhythm Guitar: Bob Weir; Performer
Timbales Drums: Benny Velarde; Other
Tenor Saxophone: Frank Morin
Martin Fierro; Performer
Trombone: Pat O'hara; Performer
Trumpet: Joe Ellis
Bill Atwood; Performer
Violin: Vassar Clements; Performer
Vocals: Jerry Garcia
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Sarah Fulcher
Keith Godchaux
Brent Mydland; Performer
Composer: Robert Hunter
Jerry Garcia; Composer

10. Box of Rain

by Grateful Dead

Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh
Dave Torbert; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dave Torbert
Phil Lesh; Performer
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Dave Collins; Production
Drums: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bill Kreutzmann; Performer
Electric Guitar: David Nelson; Performer
Guitar: Jerry Garcia
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh; Performer
Harmonica: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan; Performer
Pedal Steel Guitar: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Percussion: Mickey Hart; Performer
Piano: Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh; Performer
Vocals: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Composer: Robert Hunter
Phil Lesh; Composer
Producer: Jerry Garcia
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bill Kreutzmann
Robert Hunter
Bob Weir
Mickey Hart
Phil Lesh
Stephen Barncard; Production

11. U.S. Blues

by Grateful Dead

Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Mickey Hart
Bill Kreutzmann; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir; Performer
Keyboard: Brent Mydland
Keith Godchaux; Performer
Lead Guitar: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Pedal Steel Guitar: John Mcfee; Performer
Mastering Engineer: George Horn
Phil Brown; Production
Piano: Keith Godchaux; Performer
Synthesizer: Ned Lagin; Performer
Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Vocals: Donna Godchaux
Keith Godchaux
Phil Lesh
Jerry Garcia
Brent Mydland
Bob Weir; Performer
Composer: Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter; Composer
Producer: Keith Godchaux
Mickey Hart
Bob Weir
Bill Kreutzmann
Donna Godchaux
Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh; Production

12. The Golden Road

by Grateful Dead

Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Mickey Hart
Bill Kreutzmann; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Harmonica: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan; Performer
Organ: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan; Performer
Percussion: Bill Kreutzmann
Mickey Hart; Performer
Vocals: Jerry Garcia
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh; Performer
Arranger: Jerry Garcia
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bill Kreutzmann
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh; Composer
Composer: Bill Kreutzmann
Ron Mckernan
Mcganahan Skjellyfetti
Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Bob Weir; Composer
Engineer: Bob Cassidy
Betty Cantor-jackson; Production
Mixing Engineer: Dick Bogert; Production
Producer: Jerry Garcia
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
David Hassinger
Bill Kreutzmann
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh; Production
Recording: Dick Bogert; Production

13. One More Saturday Night (Live at the Strand Lyceum, London, England, May 24, 1972)

by Grateful Dead

Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Additional Engineer: Owsley "bear" Stanley; Other
Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Mickey Hart
Bill Kreutzmann
Keith Godchaux; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Keyboard: Keith Godchaux; Performer
Organ: Merle Saunders; Performer
Piano: Keith Godchaux; Performer
Vocals: Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Donna Jean Godchaux
Bob Weir; Performer
Arranger: Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Jerry Garcia
Keith Godchaux
Bill Kreutzmann
Donna Jean Godchaux
Mickey Hart; Composer
Engineer: Betty Cantor
Bob Matthews; Production
Equipment Technician: Steve Parish
Joe Winslow
Barry Gutman
Mark Raizene; Production
Percussion: Mickey Hart
Bill Kreutzmann; Performer
Composer: Bob Weir; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Jeffrey Norman; Production
Producer: Bill Kreutzmann
Betty Cantor
Bob Matthews
David Lemieux
Jeffrey Norman
Keith Godchaux
Donna Jean Godchaux
Owsley "bear" Stanley
Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Mickey Hart
Bob Weir; Production
Stage Technician: Rex Jackson
Sonny Heard; Production

14. Fire on the Mountain

by Grateful Dead

Keyboard: Keith Godchaux; Performer
Associate Producer: John Kahn; Production
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Bill Kreutzmann
Mickey Hart; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Harmonica: Matthew Kelly; Performer
Percussion: Mickey Hart
Bill Kreutzmann
Jordan Amarantha; Performer
Vocals: Jerry Garcia
Keith Godchaux
Donna Godchaux
Bob Weir; Performer
Composer: Robert Hunter
Mickey Hart; Composer
Horn Arrangement: John Kahn; Composer
Engineer: Brett Cohen
Bob Matthews; Production
Mastering Engineer: Ted Jensen
George Horn; Production
Producer: Dan Healy; Production

15. The Music Never Stopped

by Grateful Dead

Assistant Engineer: Rob Taylor
Robert Taylor; Production
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Drums: Bill Kreutzmann
Mickey Hart; Performer
Flute: Steven Schuster; Performer
Guitar: Jerry Garcia
Bob Weir; Performer
Keyboard: Brent Mydland
Keith Godchaux; Performer
Vocals: Jerry Garcia
Keith Godchaux
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Donna Godchaux
Brent Mydland; Performer
Assistant Production: Steve Brown
Laurence "ram Rod" Shurtliff
Bob Matthews
Betty Cantor
Brett Cohen; Other
Percussion: Bill Kreutzmann
Mickey Hart; Performer
Composer: Bob Weir
John Barlow; Composer
Mixing Engineer: Dan Healy; Production
Producer: Bill Kreutzmann
Brent Mydland
Keith Godchaux
Donna Godchaux
Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Mickey Hart
Bob Weir; Production
Remastering Engineer: Joe Gastwirt; Production

16. Hell in a Bucket

by Grateful Dead

Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Mickey Hart
Bill Kreutzmann; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Engineer: John Cutler
Guy Charbonneau; Production
Equipment Technician: Bill Candelario
Billy Grillo
Robbie Taylor
Laurence "ram Rod" Shurtliff
Steve Parish
Harry Popick; Production
Keyboard: Brent Mydland; Performer
Management: John Mcintire; Production
Producer: Jerry Garcia
John Cutler; Production
Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Percussion: Mickey Hart; Performer
Vocals: Brent Mydland
Bob Weir
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Composer: John Barlow
Bob Weir; Composer
Programmer: Bob Bralove; Production
Additional Engineer: Dan Healy
Justin Kreutzmann
Joe Gastwirt
Jeff Sterling
Jeffrey Norman
David Roberts; Other
Album Coordinator: John Mcintire; Other

17. Ripple

by Grateful Dead

Primary Artist: Grateful Dead; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Bass Guitar: Phil Lesh; Performer
Drums: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bill Kreutzmann; Performer
Guitar: Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Harmonica: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan; Performer
Mandolin: David Grisman; Performer
Pedal Steel Guitar: Jerry Garcia; Performer
Percussion: Mickey Hart; Performer
Piano: Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh; Performer
Vocals: Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Jerry Garcia; Performer
Composer: Robert Hunter
Jerry Garcia; Composer
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Dave Collins; Production
Producer: Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Ron "pigpen" Mckernan
Bill Kreutzmann
Robert Hunter
Bob Weir
Mickey Hart
Stephen Barncard; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

17 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

1 hour, 17 minutes and 34 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

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Booklet

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Studio Quality (Hi-Res)

24bit / 96 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Hi-Res/Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

Pop/Rock, Singer & Songwriter, Folk-Rock, Jam Bands, Arena Rock, Psychedelic, Southern Rock, Classic Rock, Jam Rock

Label

Grateful Dead - Rhino

Music Distribution Service

WMG Mora

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Sep 15, 2003

Track Preview

Available

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Free

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UPC

603497920761