What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

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What a Long Strange Trip It's Been -
The Best of the Grateful Dead
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been - The Best of the Grateful Dead cover
Compilation album by Grateful Dead
Released October 1977
Recorded 1962 - 1972
Genre Rock, Country, Folk, Jam
Length 85:38
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Grateful Dead
Paul L. Wexler
Professional reviews
Grateful Dead chronology
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(1977)		 What a Long Strange Trip It's Been - The Best Of The Grateful Dead
(1977)		 Shakedown Street
(1978)

What a Long Strange Trip It's Been - The Best Of The Grateful Dead, is a compilation album by the Grateful Dead. It was initially a two record LP released in October of 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. Even though the band left Warner Bros. after their contract was up in order to form their own label, Grateful Dead Records, Warner Bros. continued to release older material from during the contract period.

The title of the compilation comes from one of Robert Hunter's most famous lyrics, the line from "Truckin'": Lately it occurs to me: What a long, strange trip it's been.

The album was reissued as both a 2-CD set and on cassette tape, by Warner Bros. in 1989 when the band was revitalized by their latest albums In the Dark and Built to Last.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

Track four was recorded live in concert.

  1. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, credited to McGannahan Skjellyfetti) – 2:34
  2. "Cosmic Charlie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:30
  3. "Truckin'" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh, Weir) – 5:03
  4. "Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:27
  5. "Born Cross-Eyed" (The Grateful Dead) – 2:55

[edit] Side two

  1. "Ripple" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:10
  2. "Doin' That Rag" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:40
  3. "Dark Star" (Garcia, Hunter) – 2:41
  4. "High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:12
  5. "New Speedway Boogie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:05

[edit] Side three

All songs on side three were recorded live in concert.

  1. "St. Stephen" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:22
  2. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:48
  3. "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:03
  4. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:11

[edit] Side four

All songs on side four were recorded live in concert.

  1. "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:41
  2. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 4:38
  3. "Brown-Eyed Woman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:37
  4. "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:01

[edit] Personnel

Grateful Dead:

Production:

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1977 Pop Albums 121

[edit] Production details

[edit] Recording dates

  • "St. Stephen" was recorded live in concert February 27, 1969.
  • "Black Peter" was recorded live in concert February 13, 1970.
  • "Playing In the Band" was recorded live in concert April 6, 1971.
  • "Me and My Uncle" was recorded live in concert April 29, 1971.
  • "Cumberland Blues" was recorded live in concert April 8, 1972.
  • "Brown-Eyed Woman" was recorded live at the Tivoli Theater concert April 14, 1972.
  • "Jack Straw" and "Tennessee Jed" were recorded live in concert on May 3, 1972.
  • "Ramble on Rose" was recorded live in concert on May 23, 25 or 26, 1972.

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