Grateful Dead - Very Best Of
In 2003, Warner Records compiled an amazing compact disc overview of The Grateful Dead's most memorable and fan driven favorites. The mammoth seventeen song collection has something for everybody as it culled tracks not only from the Warner vaults, but from The Grateful Dead label and Artista Records period of the band's output. Their best loved songs from Workingman's Dead and American Beauty are featured with tracks like "Casey Jones", "Uncle John's Band", "Truckin'" and "Sugar Magnolia." Plus even more Dead anthems from their own label are included like "The Music Never Stopped", "Eyes Of The World" and "U.S. Blues", most featuring the memorable lyrics of Robert Hunter. The later Arista era is also highlighted with "Touch of Grey," "Fire On The Mountain" and "Estimated Prophet." Gatefold 180g vinyl 2LP reissue from Friday Music mastered by Joe Reagoso.
"Truckin'" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir) – 5:08
Originally released on the 1970 album American Beauty
"Touch of Grey" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50
Originally released on the 1987 album In the Dark
"Sugar Magnolia" (Hunter, Weir) – 3:19
Originally released on American Beauty
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:28
Originally released on the 1970 album Workingman's Dead
"Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:46
Originally released on Workingman's Dead
"Friend of the Devil" (Dawson, Garcia, Hunter) – 3:24
Originally released on American Beauty
"Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Bill Kreutzmann) – 4:33
Originally released on the 1975 album Blues for Allah
"Estimated Prophet" (John Perry Barlow, Weir) – 5:38
Originally released on the 1977 album Terrapin Station
"Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20
Originally released on the 1973 album Wake of the Flood
"Box of Rain" (Hunter, Lesh) – 5:20
Originally released on American Beauty
"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:40
Originally released on the 1974 album From the Mars Hotel
"The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" (Garcia) – 2:12
Originally released on the 1967 album The Grateful Dead
"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:50
Originally released on the 1972 live album Europe '72
"Fire on the Mountain" (Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 3:48
Originally released on the 1978 album Shakedown Street
"The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:35
Originally released on Blues for Allah
"Hell in a Bucket" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:38
Originally released on In the Dark
"Ripple" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:10
Originally released on American Beauty
