Birth of the Dead

Compilation album by Grateful Dead

Released

March 25, 2003

Recorded

November 3, 1965 – April 1967

Genre

Jam, folk-rock, rock

Length

126:57

Label

Rhino Records

Grateful Dead chronology

Dick's Picks Volume 27
(2003)

Birth of the Dead
(2003)

View from the Vault, Volume Four
(2003)

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Birth of the Dead is a two-CD compilation album chronicling the early years of the San Francisco psychedelic band the Grateful Dead. The set was originally part of the twelve-CD box set The Golden Road (1965–1973), released on October 16, 2001, then was released as a stand-alone album on March 25, 2003. The album consists of various studio and live tracks of seven original songs and a number of covers.

Birth of the Dead, Volume One (The Studio Sessions), containing the music from the first CD, was released as a vinyl LP on the Friday Music label on December 17, 2013.

The two CDs are labeled "The Studio Sides" for the first CD and "The Live Sides" for the second. The Studio Sides comprise three separate recording sessions: "The Autumn Sessions", "The Scorpio Session", and "The Hendricks Session".

The Autumn Sessions was recorded at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco in November 1965. The band used the space under the assumed name of The Emergency Crew. The Scorpio Sessions comprise tracks seven through sixteen of disc one, two of which ("Don't Ease Me In" backed with "Stealin'") were released in limited supply by Scorpio Records, in July 1966, as the band's first single. The Hendrick Session, consisting of only the song "Fire in the City", was recorded for use in the documentary film Sons and Daughters. It was later released as a single by Verve Records.

Grateful Dead

Additional performers

Production

Autumn Records sessions (disc one, tracks 1 to 6)

Scorpio Records sessions (disc one, tracks 7 to 16)

"Fire in the City" (disc one, track 17)

Live performances (all of disc two)

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