What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been: The Best of the Grateful Dead

~ Release by Grateful Dead (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1New, New Minglewood Blues
engineer:
Dick Bogert (Recording and mixing engineer)
producer:
David Hassinger
lead vocals:
Bob Weir
arranger:
Grateful Dead
cover recording of:
Minglewood Blues
writer:
Noah Lewis
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Peermusic (UK) Ltd. (BMI)
42:37
2Cosmic Charlie
assistant engineer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson
executive engineer:
Bob Matthews
arranger:
Grateful Dead
recording of:
Cosmic Charlie
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
5:34
3Truckin’
co-producer:
Steve Barncard
producer:
Grateful Dead
bass guitar:
Phil Lesh (in 1970-09)
drums (drum set):
Bill Kreutzmann (in 1970-09)
guitar:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-09), Phil Lesh (in 1970-09) and Bob Weir (in 1970-09)
harmonica:
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (in 1970-09)
organ:
Howard Wales (in 1970-09)
pedal steel guitar:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-09)
percussion:
Mickey Hart (drummer for The Grateful Dead) (in 1970-09)
piano:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-09) and Phil Lesh (in 1970-09)
vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-09), Phil Lesh (in 1970-09), Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (in 1970-09) and Bob Weir (in 1970-09)
recorded at:
Wally Heider Studios (@ 245 Hyde Street, San Francisco) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1970-09)
recording of:
Truckin’ (in 1970-09)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead), Phil Lesh and Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
3.85:07
4Black Peter
recording engineer:
Bear
producer:
Owsley Stanley
recorded at:
Fillmore East in East Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1970-02-13)
live recording of:
Black Peter (on 1970-02-13)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23)
37:31
5Born Cross‐Eyed
recording of:
Born Cross‐Eyed
lyricist and composer:
Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23)
2:59
6Ripple
producer:
Grateful Dead
recording of:
Ripple
written in:
Canada
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc., Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and WC Music Corp.
4:14
7Doin’ That Rag
additional engineer:
Dan Healy, Owsley and Ron Wickersham
engineer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson
executive engineer:
Bob Matthews
producer:
Grateful Dead
arranger:
Grateful Dead
recorded at:
Pacific Recording Studio in San Mateo, California, United States and Pacific High Studios in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1968-09 until 1969-03)
remixed at:
Alembic Studios in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1971-09)
recording of:
Doin’ That Rag (from 1968-09 until 1969-03)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
writer:
Phil Lesh
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
44:44
8Dark Star
recording of:
Dark Star
lyrics written in:
Sonoma County, California, United States
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead), Mickey Hart (drummer for The Grateful Dead), Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23)
2:45
9High Time
engineer:
Alembic (Instrument makers & sound consultants)
associate producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson and Grateful Dead
executive producer:
Bob Matthews
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead and Bob Matthews
banjo, pedal steel guitar and lead vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-02)
bass:
Phil Lesh (in 1970-02)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Mickey Hart (drummer for The Grateful Dead) (in 1970-02) and Bill Kreutzmann (in 1970-02)
guitar:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-02) and Bob Weir (in 1970-02)
harmonica and keyboard:
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (in 1970-02)
vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-02), Phil Lesh (in 1970-02), Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (in 1970-02) and Bob Weir (in 1970-02)
recorded at:
Pacific High Studios in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1970-02)
recording of:
High Time (in 1970-02)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23)
4.55:16
10New Speedway Boogie
engineer:
Alembic (Instrument makers & sound consultants)
associate producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson and Grateful Dead
executive producer:
Bob Matthews
producer:
Betty Cantor‐Jackson, Grateful Dead and Bob Matthews
banjo, pedal steel guitar and lead vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-02)
bass:
Phil Lesh (in 1970-02)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Mickey Hart (drummer for The Grateful Dead) (in 1970-02) and Bill Kreutzmann (in 1970-02)
guitar:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-02) and Bob Weir (in 1970-02)
harmonica and keyboard:
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (in 1970-02)
vocals:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-02), Phil Lesh (in 1970-02), Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (in 1970-02) and Bob Weir (in 1970-02)
recorded at:
Pacific High Studios in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1970-02)
recording of:
New Speedway Boogie (in 1970-02)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23)
4.54:05
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Credits

Release

additional photography:Ed Perlstein
photography:Arthur Stern
assistant remastering:Dave Collins (US mastering engineer)
remastering:Joe Gastwirt
copyrighted (©) by:Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1977)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1972, in 1977)
remastered at:Oceanview Digital Mastering in Los Angeles, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2031825 [info]
ASIN:US: B000002KH8 [info]

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Wikipedia:en: What a Long Strange Trip It's Been [info]
Wikidata:Q2566535 [info]