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Birth Of The Dead

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birth of the dead

Release Date
10/16/2001 (HDCD)

Label(s)
Rhino

Musicians
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - organ, harmonica, vocals
Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals
Phil Lesh - bass
Bill Kreutzmann - drums

Additional Musicians
Jon Hendricks - vocals on "Fire In The City"

Disc One - The Studio Side
The Autumn Sessions
1. Early Morning Rain
(Lightfoot) 3:19
2. I Know You Rider
(trad arr by Grateful Dead) 2:39
3. Mindbender (Confusion's Prince)
(Garcia/Lesh) 2:39
4. The Only Time Is Now
(Garcia/Kreutzmann/Lesh/McKernan/Weir) 2:21
5. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
(Garcia/Kreutzmann/Lesh/McKernan/Weir) 3:14
6. Can't Come Down
(Garcia/Kreutzmann/Lesh/McKernan/Weir) 2:59
The Scorpio Sessions
7. Stealin' (instrumental)
(Cannon) 2:37
8. Stealin' (with vocals)
(Cannon) 2:33
9. Don't Ease Me In (instrumental)
(trad arr by Grateful Dead) 1:58
10. Don't Ease Me In (with vocals)
(trad arr by Grateful Dead) 1:59
11. You Don't Have To Ask
(Garcia/Kreutzmann/Lesh/McKernan/Weir) 3:32
12. Tastebud (instrumental)
(McKernan) 7:00
13. Tastebud (with vocals)
(McKernan) 4:31
14. I Know You Rider
(trad arr by Grateful Dead) 2:33
15. Cold Rain And Snow (Instrumental)
(trad arr by Grateful Dead) 3:12
16. Cold Rain And Snow (with vocals)
(trad arr by Grateful Dead) 3:12
The Hendricks Session
17. Fire in the City
(Krug) 3:19

Disc Two - The Live Side
1. Viola Lee Blues
(Lewis) 9:39
2. Don't Ease Me In
(trad arr by Grateful Dead) 2:44
3. Pain in My Heart
(Neville) 4:25
4. Sitting on Top of the World
(Jacobs/Carter) 3:52
5. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
(Dylan) 5:13
6. I'm A King Bee
(Moore) 8:53
7. Big Boss Man
(Smith/Dixon) 5:11
8. Standing on the Corner
(Garcia/Kreutzmann/Lesh/McKernan/Weir) 3:46
9. In the Pines
(McMichen/Bryant) 4:55
10. Nobody's Fault But Mine
(trad arr by Grateful Dead) 4:16
11. Next Time You See Me
(Forrest/Harvey) 2:48
12. One Kind Favor
(Taub/Hopkins) 3:45
13. He Was a Friend of Mine
(trad arr by Grateful Dead) 4:46
14. Keep Rolling By
(trad arr by Grateful Dead) 7:57


Notes

  • Birth Of The Dead was created specifically for the box set The Golden Road (1965-1973) in 2001, and then later released by itself in 2003
  • "Can't Come Down" and "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)" from the Autumn Sessions on 11/03/65 were previously available on the Box Set So Many Roads

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