Grateful Dead (album)

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This article is about the band's 1971 eponymous live album. For their 1967 self-titled studio debut, see The Grateful Dead (album).

The informal titles for this album, "Skull and Roses" and "Skullfuck", redirect here.

Grateful Dead
Live album by The Grateful Dead
Released	October 1971
Recorded	Early 1971
Genre	Country rock Folk-rock Rock
Length	34:53
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s)	David Hassinger
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B+) link
The Grateful Dead chronology
American Beauty (1970)	Grateful Dead (1971)	Europe '72 (1972)

Grateful Dead is an eponymous live double album by the Grateful Dead, released in 1971. Also known as Skull & Roses (due to its iconic cover art) and Skullfuck (the name the band originally wanted to give to the album, which was rejected by the record company), this album should not be confused with the band's first studio album, 1967's The Grateful Dead.

"Playing in the Band" received a good amount of airplay, and became one of the Dead's most played songs in concerts. The closing segue of "Not Fade Away" into "Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad" also received airplay and became a fan favorite. "Wharf Rat" provided the name for the Wharf Rats, a group of Dead concert-goers who remain drug and alcohol free.

The album's cover art is taken from an illustration in an old edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 1.3 Side three 1.4 Side four 1.5 2003 reissue 2 Personnel 3 Recording dates 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "Bertha"
2. "Mama Tried"
3. "Big Railroad Blues"
4. "Playing in the Band"

[edit] Side two

1. "The Other One"

[edit] Side three

1. "Me & My Uncle"
2. "Big Boss Man"
3. "Me & Bobby McGee"
4. "Johnny B. Goode"

[edit] Side four

1. "Wharf Rat"
2. "Not Fade Away" →
3. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad"

[edit] 2003 reissue

1. "Bertha"
2. "Mama Tried"
3. "Big Railroad Blues"
4. "Playing in the Band"
5. "The Other One"
6. "Me & My Uncle"
7. "Big Boss Man"
8. "Me & Bobby McGee"
9. "Johnny B. Goode"
10. "Wharf Rat"
11. "Not Fade Away/Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad"
12. "Oh Boy!" (live)
13. "I'm a Hog For You" (live) (Leiber/Stoller)
14. "Grateful Dead radio spot"

[edit] Personnel

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

with

• Merl Saunders - organ

[edit] Recording dates

• "Johnny B. Goode" recorded at Winterland Arena, San Francisco on March 24, 1971
• "Big Railroad Blues" and "Not Fade Away/Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" recorded at Manhattan Center, New York on April 5, 1971
• "Playing In The Band", "Oh Boy!" and "I'm A Hog For You" recorded at Manhattan Center, New York on April 6, 1971
• "Mama Tried", "Big Boss Man" and "Wharf Rat" recorded at Fillmore East, New York on April 26, 1971
• "Bertha" and "Me & Bobby McGee" recorded at Fillmore East, New York on April 27, 1971
• "The Other One" recorded at Fillmore East, New York on April 28, 1971
• "Me & My Uncle" recorded at Fillmore East, New York on April 29, 1971

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1971	Pop Albums	25

The Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia • Bob Weir • Vince Welnick • Phil Lesh • Bill Kreutzmann • Mickey Hart
Brent Mydland • Keith Godchaux • Donna Jean Godchaux • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan • Tom Constanten
Discography
Studio albums: The Grateful Dead | Anthem of the Sun | Aoxomoxoa | Workingman's Dead | American Beauty | Wake of the Flood | Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel | Blues for Allah | Terrapin Station | Shakedown Street | Go to Heaven | In the Dark | Built to Last
Live albums: Live/Dead | Grateful Dead | Europe '72 | History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) | Steal Your Face | Reckoning | Dead Set | Without a Net | One From the Vault | Infrared Roses | Two from the Vault | Hundred Year Hall | Dozin' at the Knick | Fallout from the Phil Zone | Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69 | Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead | View From The Vault, Volume One | View From The Vault, Volume Two | Nightfall of Diamonds | Grateful Dead Documentary | Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 | View from the Vault, Volume Three | Go to Nassau | The Closing of Winterland | Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead | The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack | Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 | Truckin' Up to Buffalo | Dicks Picks (36 Volumes) | Digital Download Series (12 Volumes)
Compilations/Box Sets: Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead | What a Long Strange Trip It's Been | Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977-1987) | The Arista Years | Selections from the Arista Years | So Many Roads (1965-1995) | The Golden Road (1965-1973) | Postcards of the Hanging | Birth of the Dead | The Very Best of the Grateful Dead | Beyond Description (1973-1989) | The Complete Fillmore West 1969 | Fillmore West 1969 | Grayfolded | Live at the Cow Palace |
Lyricists
Robert Hunter • John Perry Barlow • Gerrit Graham • Bobby Petersen
Spin-off Bands
Jerry Garcia Band • Ratdog • Phil Lesh and Friends • Rhythm Devils
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