HERE I AM OFFERING SOME ALBUMS (MOST OF WHICH ARE LP'S) FROM A FRIEND'S EXTENSIVE COLLECTION. HE WAS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR MANY A DECADES AND AS SUCH HE WAS ENTITLED TO MANY PROMOTIONAL/DEMONSTRATION RELEASES, MOST OF WHICH ARE FROM THE FIRST RELEASE OF THESE ARTISTS.

THIS COLLECTION HAS OVER 10,000 ALBUMS IN IT AND I WILL BE LISTING MOST OF THESE OVER TIME. WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO IS TO TIE IN SOME ALBUMS WITH CONCERT PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALSO CONTAINED WITHIN THIS COLLECTION. MY ORIGINAL THOUGHT WAS TO PUT TOGETHER SOME "PACKAGES", BUT I THOUGHT THAT MOST HARD CORE COLLECTORS HAVE MOST OF THESE LP'S AND WILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIAL ONE OR TWO LP'S TO COMPLETE THEIR LIBRARY/COLLECTION. SO I WILL OFFER THESE UP AS INDIVIDUAL LP'S AND SOME IN PACKAGES!

ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN OPEN AND ENJOYED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. THIS COLLECTION HAS BEEN WELL STORED AND PROPERLY MAINTAINED OVER THE DECADES. I WILL TRY MY BEST TO DESCRIBE THE INDIVIDUAL LP(S) AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT MY PHOTOS AS THESE WILL BE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WILL BE PURCHASING.

I WILL INSPECT EACH AND EVERY LP WHEN I TAKE THEM OUT FOR PHOTOGRAPHY PURPOSES AND LOOK FOR ANY SCRATCHES AND IMPERFECTIONS. EACH AND EVERY LP WILL BE DESCRIBED TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL SALES ARE FINAL SO PLEASE, TAKE THE TIME TO READ WHAT IT IS I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THESE ALBUMS AND FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS. PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL BE VISUALLY GRADING THESE ALBUMS AND NOT PLAY GRADING THEM!!

HERE I AM OFFERING THE"SAN FRANCISCO GREATFUL DEAD"  THEIR INITIAL AND DEBUT RELEASE LP FROM MARCH OF 1967. THIS IS NOT THE RE-RELEASED LP!!! THE FRONT OUTER CASE IS IN GOOD SHAPE/CONDITION WITH VERY LITTLE EXTERIOR WEAR (CONSIDERING THIS LP IS OVER 44 YEARS OLD). A LITTLE TAPE HAS BEEN USED TO ASSIST IN KEEPING THE COVER FROM SPLITTING APART ON 3 SIDES. THE ARTWORK ON THE FRONT COVER IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE/CONDITION WITH NOT THAT MUCH WEAR EVIDENT. THE REAR COVER OR FLIP SIDE IS IN IDENTICAL SHAPE AND SHOWS NORMAL WEAR FOR AN ALBUM OF ITS AGE. THE EDGES HAVE TAKEN THE BRUNT OF THE USAGE HERE.

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS SOMEWHAT DISCOLORED AND DOES NOT HAVE THE USUAL AND EXPECTED "TEAR" ON THE BOTTOM END OF THIS SLEEVE. THIS IS OFF WHITE IN COLOR AND MIGHT HAVE STARTED LIFE AS WHITE!! THERE IS A SMALL TEAR ON THE OPENED SIDE. I WOULD SAY THAT THE MATERIALS USED AT THIS PERIOD IS WHAT CAUSED THIS COVER TO BE IN THE SHAPE THAT IT IS IN. THIS IS NOT FROM ABUSE!!

THE ALBUM ITSELF APPEARS TO BE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE/CONDITION. I CAN NOT SEE ANY SIGNS OF WEAR!! IT LOOKS UN~USED AND IS IN SHOWCASE CONDITION/SHAPE!! THE LABELS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION. I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS IN PERFECT PLAYING CONDITION. THIS LP HAS NO IRREGULARITIES TO IT WHAT-SO-EVER.

HERE'S WHAT I COULD FIND ABOUT THIS GREATFUL DEAD DEBUT ALBUM ON LINE:

The Grateful Dead (album).

The Grateful Dead is the debut album of the Grateful Dead. It was recorded by Warner Bros. Records, and was released in March 1967. According to bassist Phil Lesh in his autobiography Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead, the album was released as San Francisco's Grateful Dead.

• 1 History
• 2 Track listing
  • 2.1 Original album
    • 2.1.1 Side one
    • 2.1.2 Side two
  • 2.2 2003 reissue
• 3 Musical personnel
• 4 Production personnel
• 5 Bonus tracks production details
• 6 Reissue production credits
• 7 Charts/Certification
• 8 See also
• 9 References

 History

The album was recorded primarily at Studio A in Los Angeles in only four days. The band had wanted to record the album in their hometown of San Francisco, but no good recording studios existed in the area at the time. The group picked David Hassinger to produce because he had worked as an engineer on the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow album (the latter of which Jerry Garcia had guested on as a session musician as well as donated the album title to). Demands by Warner Bros. resulted in four of the tracks, originally longer, being cut short.[2] Phil Lesh comments in his autobiography that "to my ear, the only track that sounds at all like we did at the time is Viola Lee Blues. ... None of us had any experience with performing for recording ... although the whole process felt a bit rushed."[3]

The album was seen as "a big deal in San Francisco."[4] Even though this was true, it did not see much air play on AM radio stations outside San Francisco. It would be a couple of months before free-form FM radio stations began to take shape.[4] Warner Bros. threw the band a release party at the Fugazi Hall in North Beach. Joe Smith is noted for saying he is "proud that Warner Bros. is introducing the Grateful Dead to the world."[2]

A remastered version with the full versions of five album tracks, plus six bonus tracks, was released by Rhino in as part of the box set The Golden Road (1965-1973) in 2001, and as a separate album in 2003.

In the original design for the album cover, the cryptic writing at the top read, "In the land of the dark, the ship of the sun is driven by the Grateful Dead", with the phrase "Grateful Dead" in large letters. At the band's request, the writing, except for "Grateful Dead", was changed by artist Stanley Mouse to be unreadable.[5] According to fan legend, the saying is from Egyptian Book of the Dead.

The band used the collected pseudonym McGannahan Skjellyfetti for their group-written originals and arrangements. The name derived from a corruption of a character name in the Kenneth Patchen work The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer.

The album was reissued for Record Store Day 2011 on 180g vinyl cut from the original analog/mono masters from 1967. This is the first time in 40+ years it has been released in this form.

Track listing

Original album (THIS ONE):

1. "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" (Grateful Dead) – 2:13
2. "Beat It on Down the Line" (Fuller) – 2:33
3. "Good Morning Little School Girl" (Williamson) – 5:45
4. "Cold Rain and Snow" (Grateful Dead) – 2:31
5. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Jacobs, Carter) – 2:07
6. "Cream Puff War" (Garcia) – 2:28

7. "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 5:08
8. "New, New Minglewood Blues" (Lewis) – 2:37
9. "Viola Lee Blues" (Lewis) – 10:13

2003 reissue (NOT THIS ONE):

1. "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" (Grateful Dead) – 2:11
2. "Beat It on Down the Line" (Fuller) – 2:30
3. "Good Morning Little School Girl" (Williamson) – 6:35
4. "Cold Rain and Snow" (Grateful Dead) – 2:29
5. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Jacobs, Carter) – 2:46
6. "Cream Puff War" (Garcia) – 3:20
7. "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 5:19
8. "New, New Minglewood Blues" (Lewis) – 2:44
9. "Viola Lee Blues" (Lewis) – 10:23
10. "Alice D. Millionaire" (Grateful Dead) – 2:24
    • Inspired by an autumn 1966 newspaper headline ("LSD Millionaire") about the Dead's benefactor and soundman Owsley Stanley.
11. "Overseas Stomp (The Lindy)" (Jones, Shade) – 2:27
12. "Tastebud" (McKernan) – 4:21
13. "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (instrumental version)(Davis) – 5:23
14. "Viola Lee Blues" (edited version) (Lewis) – 3:05
15. "Viola Lee Blues"* (live at DANCE HALL - Rio Nido, CA 9/3/67) (Lewis) – 23:13

• The master analog reels of "Viola Lee Blues" are said to exclude the beginning of the song.

Musical personnel

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

Production personnel

• David Hassinger - producer
• Grateful Dead - arrangers
• Dick Bogert - engineer
• Bob Cassidy - engineer
• Betty Cantor-Jackson - engineer