August 1, 2017 Playlist

Jerry Garcia's 75th Birthday
Jerry
"Garcia" by Jerry Garcia (1972)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Jerry Garcia "Garcia"  1972 (USA)
This August 1st is Jerry Garcia's 75th birthday! It is a well-known Deadhead trope that the Grateful Dead was always better on the concert stage than in a recording studio, and that is generally true. In fact, I think three of the top five "Grateful Dead studio albums" are the three solo LP's released in 1972. Mickey's album has already been a CAOTW and may be the group's most ambitious recording, though it also features many other bay area acid rock stars (the usual suspects from Jefferson Airplane and Santana). Bobby's solo album Ace is basically a Dead studio album, featuring the entire group except for Mickey (working on his own record, see above) even including soon-to-join new member Donna Jean Godchaux; it introduces a number of staples of the Dead's concert repetoire ("Playing In The Band", "Black-Throated Wind", "Greatest Story Ever Told", "Cassidy", "One More Saturday Night" - pretty much the entire album). The third solo album was of course Garcia, Jerry's debut and his most important solo recording. His LP features a few genuinely trippy moments like "Spidergawd" and "Eep Hour" (as far-out as any Dead studio tracks ever got), and more classic songs that would become part of the Dead concert repetoire, most notably "Bird Song", "Deal", "The Wheel" and "Sugaree".
(N) = New Release
   
Artist Song Album Year Country
Jefferson AirplaneEmbryonic JourneySurrealistic Pillow1967USA
David Crosby (with Jerry Garcia)What Are Their Names?If I Could Only Remember My Name1971USA
New Riders of the Purple Sage (with Jerry Garcia)Dirty BusinessNew Riders of the Purple Sage1971USA
Crosby & Nash (with Jerry Garcia)The Wall SongGraham Nash-David Crosby1972USA/UK
 
 
Big Brother & The Holding CompanyDown On Me (live)Janis Joplin In Concertrec. 1968, rel. 1972USA
Country Joe & The FishSilver & GoldC.J. Fish1970USA
Quicksilver Messenger ServiceGold & SilverQuicksilver Messenger Service1968USA
SantanaWaitingSantana1969USA
The Chocolate WatchbandAre You Gonna Be There (At The Love-In)No Way Out1967USA
   
 
Grateful DeadClementine (live)Audience recording from The Avalon Ballroom Jan 26, 19691969USA
   
 
Jerry Garcia Bird Song Garcia
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1972
 USA
Mickey HartPump Song (The Greatest Story Ever Told)Rolling Thunder 1972
USA
Jerry GarciaThe WheelGarcia
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1972
USA
Bob WeirPlaying In The BandAce 1972
USA
Jerry GarciaTo Lay Me DownGarcia
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1972
USA
   
 
Grateful DeadBird Song
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     I Know You Rider (live)		Dick's Picks Volume 36 (Philladelphia Sep 21, 1972)rec. 1972USA
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Melting
Flying Microtonal Banana (N)2017 (ATO)Australia
   
 
75 Dollar Bill Beni SaidWood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock (N)2016 (Thin Wrist)USA
Earthling Society Ascent To Godhead (part 1)Ascent To Godhead (N)2017 (Riot Season)UK
Avey Tare When You Left MeEucalyptus (N)2017 (Domino)USA
 
  
All Them Witches InternetSleeping Through The War (N)2017 (New West)USA
      
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