Grateful Dead - Birth of the Dead [1965-66](2001) mp3@320 {1337x}-kawli

Birth of the Dead is a two-CD compilation album chronicling the early years of the San Francisco psychedelic band the Grateful Dead. The set was originally part of the twelve-CD box set The Golden Road (1965-1973), released on October 16, 2001, then was released as a stand-alone album on March 25, 2003. The album consists of various studio and live tracks of seven original songs and a number of covers.

The two CDs are labeled "The Studio Sides" for the first CD and "The Live Sides" for the second. The Studio Sides comprise three separate recording sessions: "The Autumn Sessions", "The Scorpio Session", and "The Hendricks Session".

The Autumn Sessions was recorded at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco in November 1965. The band used the space under the assumed name of The Emergency Crew. The Scorpio Sessions, comprising tracks seven through sixteen of disc one, was released in limited supply by Scorpio Records in July 1966. The Hendrick Session, consisting of only the song "Fire in the City", was recorded for use in the documentary film Sons and Daughters. It was later released as a single by Verve Records.

Tracklist:

Disc one
• The Studio sides
1. "Early Morning Rain" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 3:22
2. "I Know You Rider" (traditional) – 2:41
3. "Mindbender (Confusion's Prince)" (Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh) – 2:41
4. "The Only Time Is Now" (Grateful Dead) – 2:24
5. "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) – 3:17
6. "Can't Come Down" (Grateful Dead) – 3:04
7. "Stealin' (instrumental)" (Gus Cannon) – 2:40
8. "Stealin' (w/ vocals)" (Gus Cannon) – 2:36
9. "Don't Ease Me In (instrumental)" (traditional) – 2:01
10. "Don't Ease Me In (w/ vocals)" (traditional) – 2:02
11. "You Don't Have to Ask" (Grateful Dead) – 3:35
12. "Tastebud (instrumental)" (Ron McKernan) – 7:04
13. "Tastebud (w/ vocals" (McKernan) – 4:35
14. "I Know You Rider" (traditional) – 2:36
15. "Cold Rain and Snow (instrumental)" (traditional) – 3:15
16. "Cold Rain and Snow (w/ vocals)" (traditional) – 3:17
17. "Fire in the City" (Peter Krug) – 3:19

Disc two
• The Live Sides
1. "Viola Lee Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 9:39
2. "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional) – 2:43
3. "Pain in My Heart" (Naomi Neville) – 4:24
4. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson) – 3:51
5. "It's All over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 5:12
6. "I'm a King Bee" (James Moore) – 8:52
7. "Big Boss Man" (Luther Dixon, Al Smith) – 5:11
8. "Standing on the Corner" (Grateful Dead) – 3:46
9. "In the Pines" (Slim Bryant, Clayton McMichen) – 4:55
10. "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Blind Willie Johnson) – 4:15
11. "Next Time You See Me" (Earl Forest, Bill Harvey) – 2:47
12. "One Kind Favor" (Lightnin' Hopkins, Jules Taub) – 3:44
13. "He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional) – 4:45
14. "Keep Rolling By" (traditional) – 7:57

Grateful Dead Personnel:
Ron "Pigpen McKernan: Organ, Harmonica, Vocals
Jerry Garcia: Lead Guitar, Vocals
Bob Weir: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Phil Lesh: Bass
Bill Kreutzmann: Drums
Jon Hendricks: Lead Vocals ("Fire In The City")

Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.98
MPEG-1 layer 3

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