{"product_id":"grateful-dead-the-very-best-of-grateful-dead-remastered-cd","title":"Grateful Dead | The Very Best of Grateful Dead (Remastered) - CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrateful Dead: Ron \"Pigpen\" McKernan (vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, organ, congas, percussion); Jerry Garcia (vocals, guitar, pedal steel, piano); Phil Lesh (vocals, guitar, piano, bass); Bob Weir (vocals, guitar); Brent Mydland (vocals, keyboards); Donna Godchaux (vocals); Tom Constanten (piano, keyboards); Bill Kreutzmann (drums, percussion).\n\u003cbr\u003eProducers include: Grateful Dead, Dave Hassinger, Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor, Keith Olsen.\n\u003cbr\u003eComplition producers: James Austin, David Lemieux.\n\u003cbr\u003eRecorded between 1967 \u0026amp; 1987. Includes liner notes by James Austin.\n\u003cbr\u003eAll tracks have been remastered using HDCD technology.\n\u003cbr\u003ePersonnel: Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh (vocals, guitar, piano); Bob Weir (vocals, guitar); Ron \"Pigpen\" McKernan (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, organ, keyboards, congas, percussion); Brent Mydland (vocals, keyboards); Donna Jean Godchaux, English Chorale (vocals); David Nelson (electric guitar); Matthew Kelly (harp); David Grisman (mandolin); Tom Scott (saxophone, lyricon); Steven Schuster (saxophone); Tom Constanten (piano, keyboards); Howard Wales, Merl Saunders (organ); Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann (drums, percussion); Jordan Amarantha (percussion).\n\u003cbr\u003eAudio Remasterer: Joe Gastwirt.\n\u003cbr\u003eLiner Note Author: James Austin.\n\u003cbr\u003ePhotographers: Herbert Greene; Fred Ordower.\n\u003cbr\u003eEven though the two-disc WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN may have more fully anthologized the Grateful Dead's fruitful Warner years, no previous anthology has ever summarized the band's entire career, on through the slim-pickin's mid-1970s to their celebratory late-'80s comeback. In this respect, THE VERY BEST OF... can be called a nearly definitive collection. Still, this is an entry point for the casual passerby, so the psychedelic largesse of the Dead's late-'60s albums is entirely eschewed in favor of the shorter, more concise songs of their folk-rock period (\"Uncle John's Band,\" \"Friend of the Devil,\" etc.). Consequently, this becomes a tribute not to the improvisational warrior Dead but to the creatively songful Dead, even as we hear them age gracefully into the older, wiser \"Touch of Gray,\" which brought them a whole new generation of admirers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 2003-09-16\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Grateful Dead","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47641210060965,"sku":"UEU1BT-F8RA-CP","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0531\/1640\/3877\/files\/grateful-dead-the-very-best-of-grateful-dead-remastered_4XkKz.jpg?v=1774127143","url":"https:\/\/arcskate.com\/products\/grateful-dead-the-very-best-of-grateful-dead-remastered-cd","provider":"American Record Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}