Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel

Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel is the seventh studio album by the Grateful Dead. The album in general is regarded as one of the group's best mid-1970s studio releases and strongly overpowers Wake of the Flood and Steal Your Face. It was mostly recorded in April 1974 and originally released on June 27, 1974. It was the second release under the band's own label, Grateful Dead Records, after fulfilling their contract with Warner Bros. Records.

This was the final album before the band's hiatus from touring in October 1974 during which time the band would finish up the film editing of The Grateful Dead Movie.

Two songs off this album were rarely played live (Unbroken Chain was played 10 times in 1995; Money Money was played 3 times in May 1974) and one was never played live (Pride of Cucamonga). Pride of Cucamonga and Unbroken Chain are both songs sung by bassist Phil Lesh making these Lesh's final lead vocal work for the Dead for over ten years, and his last studio contributions ever (next to Box of Rain and New Potato Caboose)

When held upside down in front of a mirror, the graphic on the front of the album cover appears to say "Ugly Rumors" which inspired the name of Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's band, Ugly Rumours.

The album was released in a variety of ways after its original run:

It was released again on LP in 1980 by Mobile Fidelity Records.
It was released for the first time on CD in 1985 by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab [according to http://www.deaddisc.com; previous version of this article claimed 1995 by Arista].
It was remastered, expanded, and released as part of the Beyond Description (1973-1989) 12-CD box set in October 2004.
The remastered version was then released separately on CD on March 7, 2006 by Rhino Records.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Original release
  - 1.1.1 Side one
  - 1.1.2 Side two
- 1.2 2004 reissue
2 Personnel
3 Bonus tracks production details
4 Reissue production credits
5 Charts
6 See also
7 References

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original release

[edit] Side one

"U.S. Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:42
"China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:10
"Unbroken Chain" (Lesh, Peterson) – 6:46
"Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:22

[edit] Side two

"Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:19
"Pride of Cucamonga" (Lesh, Peterson) – 4:17
"Money Money" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:23
"Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:27

[edit] 2004 reissue

"U.S. Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:40
"China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:10
"Unbroken Chain" (Lesh, Peterson) – 6:45
"Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:21
"Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:19
"Pride of Cucamonga" (Lesh, Peterson) – 4:16
"Money Money" Barlow, Weir) – 4:24
"Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:38
"Loose Lucy" (alternate take) – 4:43
"Scarlet Begonias" (live) – 9:09
"Money Money" (live) – 4:19
"Wave That Flag" (Garcia, Hunter) (live) – 5:34
"Let It Rock" (Berry) (live) – 3:22
"Pride of Cucamonga" (acoustic demo) – 4:24
"Unbroken Chain" (acoustic demo) – 6:20

[edit] Personnel

Grateful Dead:

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
Keith Godchaux - keyboards, vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums

Additional Performers

Production:

Mary Ann Mayer - illustrations, creation

[edit] Bonus tracks production details

"Loose Lucy" - Studio Outtake, Recorded August 7, 1973
"Scarlet Begonias" - Live at Winterland - San Francisco, CA - October 16, 1974
"Money Money" - Live at PNE Coliseum - Vancouver, BC - May 17, 1974
"Wave That Flag" - Live at Springfield Civic Center - Springfield, MA - March 28, 1973
"Let It Rock" - Live at Jai-Alai Fronton - Miami, FL - June 23, 1974
"Pride Of Cucamonga" - Studio Acoustic Demo, Recorded August 4, 1973
"Unbroken Chain" - Studio Acoustic Demo, Recorded August 11, 1973

[edit] Reissue production credits

David Lemieux, James Austin - reissue producers
Reggie Collins - annotation
Joel Selvin - liner notes
Sheryl Farber - editorial supervision
Tom Flye - mixing
Roy Segal - engineer
Cameron Sears - executive producer
Jimmy Edwards, Robin Hurley, Hale Milfgrim, Scott Pascucci - associate producer
Joe Gastwirt - mastering, production consultant
Eileen Law - research
Ed Perlstein, Bruce Polonsky, Richard Pechner - photography
Hugh Brown, Steve Vance - design, reissue art directors
Steven Chean, Bill Inglot, Jeffrey Norman, Randy Perry - project assistants
Robert Gatley - mixing assistant
Ned Lagin - synthesizer
Mary Ann Mayer - artwork

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1974	Pop Albums	16

[edit] See also

[edit] References

v • d • e Grateful Dead

Jerry Garcia • Bob Weir • Phil Lesh • Bill Kreutzmann • Mickey Hart • Vince Welnick Ron "Pigpen" McKernan • Tom Constanten • Keith Godchaux • Donna Jean Godchaux • Brent Mydland • Bruce Hornsby

Side projects and spin-off bands	The Other Ones • The Dead • Jerry Garcia Band • Ratdog • Phil Lesh and Friends • Rhythm Devils • Donna Jean and the Tricksters • Missing Man Formation • New Riders of the Purple Sage • Old and in the Way • Legion of Mary • Reconstruction • Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band • Kingfish • Bobby and the Midnites

Related articles	Eric Andersen • John Perry Barlow • Dark Star Orchestra • Deadhead • Bob Dylan • Bill Graham • Gerrit Graham • Grateful Dead discography • The Grateful Dead Movie • Grateful Dead Records • Grateful Dead songs • Rick Griffin • David Grisman • Dan Healy • Robert Hunter • Jazz Is Dead • Alton Kelley • Steve Kimock • Ned Lagin • Dick Latvala • Branford Marsalis • Stanley Mouse • Rex Foundation • Merl Saunders • Laurence Shurtliff • Owsley Stanley • Summer Jam at Watkins Glen • Sunshine Daydream • Howard Wales • Wall of Sound • Wharf Rats

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 • Dylan & The Dead • Without a Net • One From the Vault • Infrared Roses • Two from the Vault • Grayfolded • Hundred Year Hall • Dozin' at the Knick • Fallout from the Phil Zone • Terrapin Station (Limited Edition) • 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 • Postcards of the Hanging • Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 • View from the Vault, Volume Three • Go to Nassau • Birth of the Dead • View from the Vault, Volume Four • 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 • The Complete Fillmore West 1969 • Fillmore West 1969 • Live at the Cow Palace • Three from the Vault • Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 • Road Trips Volume 1 Number 2 • Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings • Dicks Picks (36 Volumes) • Digital Download Series (12 Volumes)

Compilations and 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) • So Many Roads (1965–1995) Sampler • The Golden Road (1965–1973) • The Very Best of the Grateful Dead • Beyond Description (1973–1989)

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[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original release

[edit] Side one

[edit] Side two

[edit] 2004 reissue

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Bonus tracks production details

[edit] Reissue production credits

[edit] Charts

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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