The Story of the Grateful Dead is a box set of albums by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains eight previously released albums – four recorded in the studio and four recorded live – in vinyl LP format. It comprises 14 discs, on 180-gram colored vinyl. The albums were remastered directly from the original master recordings. The box set includes a booklet of essays by various musicians, each discussing the influence of one of the albums on their own music. The booklet also contains photos of the Grateful Dead. The box set was released by the Vinyl Me, Please record company in November 2020, in a limited edition of 7,500 copies.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| The Story of the Grateful Dead | ||||
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| Released | November 2020 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 – 1990 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Vinyl Me, Please | |||
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The albums contained in the box set were originally released from 1969 to 1990. They are Workingman's Dead, American Beauty, Live/Dead, Europe '72, Wake of the Flood, Terrapin Station, Reckoning, and Without a Net.
The LPs were cut directly from the master recordings using analog-to-analog technology, except Without a Net which has a digital master.[1][5]
Albums
editThe albums included in The Story of the Grateful Dead are listed below. For narrative purposes the box set organizes them into four "episodes".
| Episode | Title | Year | Recording | Discs | Liner notes by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Workingman's Dead | 1970 | studio | 1 (purple) | David Longstreth[7] |
| American Beauty | 1970 | studio | 1 (red) | Jim James[6] | |
| 2 | Live/Dead | 1969 | live | 2 (yellow, pink) | Avey Tare[6] |
| Europe '72 | 1972 | live | 3 (orange, blue, green) | Hunter Brown[1] | |
| 3 | Wake of the Flood | 1973 | studio | 1 (clear) | Margo Price[1] |
| Terrapin Station | 1977 | studio | 1 (green) | Scott Devendorf[8] | |
| 4 | Reckoning | 1981 | live | 2 (red, blue) | John Darnielle[9] |
| Without a Net | 1990 | live | 3 (yellow, blue, red) |
Personnel
editGrateful Dead
- Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
- Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
- Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Mickey Hart – drums (Workingman's Dead, American Beauty, Live/Dead, Terrapin Station, Reckoning, Without a Net)
- Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, harmonica, percussion, vocals (Workingman's Dead, American Beauty, Live/Dead, Europe '72)
- Tom Constanten – keyboards (Live/Dead)
- Keith Godchaux – keyboards (Europe '72, Wake of the Flood, Terrapin Station)
- Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals (Europe '72, Wake of the Flood, Terrapin Station)
- Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals (Reckoning, Without a Net)
Production
- Lacquers cut by Chris Bellman
- Liner notes essays written by MC Taylor, David Longstreth, Jim James, Avey Tare, Hunter Brown, Margo Price, Scott Devendorf, John Darnielle, Jenny Conlee
- Photography by Jim Marshall, Jim Anderson, Adrian Boot, Bob Minkin, Jay Blakesburg, Herb Greene, Rosie McGee
- Box and booklet design by Jeremy Dean
References
edit- ^ a b c d Kahn, Andy (May 19, 2020). "Vinyl Me, Please Announces 'The Story of the Grateful Dead' Reissue Box Set". JamBase. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ Broerman, Michael (May 18, 2020). "Vinyl Me, Please Announces 'The Story of the Grateful Dead' Eight Album Collection". Live for Live Music. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ Bleier, Evan (May 19, 2020). "Eight-Album Collection Will Tell 'The Story of the Grateful Dead'". InsideHook. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ Harrington, Jim (May 22, 2020). "New Grateful Dead 14-Disc Vinyl Set Is an Absolute Beauty". The Mercury News. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ a b Stone, Sam (May 18, 2020). "Still Truckin': Vinyl Me Please Plots "The Story of the Grateful Dead" Anthology 14-LP Box Set". The Second Disc. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ a b c Kreps, Daniel (May 18, 2020). "Read Jim James' 'American Beauty' Tribute from New Grateful Dead Vinyl Boxset". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ Longstreth, David (May 19, 2020). "Dirty Projectors' David Longstreth Reflects on 'Workingman's Dead'". Relix. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ The National (May 18, 2020). "Scott Devendorf Wrote a Special Piece on 'Terrapin Station'". Facebook. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ Sacher, Andrew (May 22, 2020). "Read John Darnielle's (Mountain Goats) Essay on Grateful Dead's 'Reckoning' & Hear the Audiobook". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved June 10, 2020.