| Product Summary | | Label: Shanachie | | UPC: 00016351601421 | | Release Date: 11/28/1995 | | Buy.com Sku: 60047261 | | Item#: M22TWV | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Rain And Snow - Obray Ramsey ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Mama Tried - Merle Haggard ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Iko Iko - The Dixie Cups ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Samson & Delilah - Reverend Gary Davis ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Big Railroad Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers ~ Various Artists | | | 6. El Paso - Marty Robbins ~ Various Artists | | | 7. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Spoonful - Charley Patton ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Red Rooster, The - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Promised Land, The - Chuck Berry ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Don't Ease Me In - Henry Thomas ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Turn On Your Lovelight - Bobby "Blue" Bland ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Morning Dew - Bonnie Dobson ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad - Woody Guthrie ~ Various Artists | | | 17. I Bid You Good Night - Joseph Spence/The Pindar Family ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Compilation producers: Henry Kaiser, David Gans. | | Includes liner notes by Blair Jackson. | | Personnel: Marty Robbins (vocals). | | An interesting concept: a compilation of the original versions of 17 songs frequently covered by The Grateful Dead in concert. Thoughtfully assembled, it showcases several aspects of their eclectic roots, encompassing jug band folk, country & western, Appalachian mountain music, country blues, '50s Chicago electric blues, R&B, Dylan, Guthrie, Holly, Berry, and more. Some of the recordings are very famous (Dylan's "It's All over Now, Baby Blue," Holly's "Not Fade Away"); others are downright obscure (Obray Ramsey's "Rain and Snow," the rare original version of "Morning Dew" by little-known Canadian folkie Bonnie Dobson). If you're a Dead fan, this is a valuable, very listenable collection of some of their key influences. It may seem churlish to point this out to Deadheads, but if you're not a Dead fan, you'll find this to be a first-rate collection of roots music that's much more enjoyable than hearing The Dead's interpretations of the same tunes. ~ Richie Unterberger |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/17/1995 | | Original Release Date : 1995 | | Catalog ID : 6014 | | Label : Shanachie Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 51m : 52s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Mixed | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00016351601421 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (11/3/95, p.65)
- "...The vast sonic territory runs from rural blues to Dylan; toss in a scarifying R. Crumb cover illustration, and it's a must for Deadheads and the unconverted alike." - Rating: AMusician (2/96, pp.92-93)
- "...pokes through the Dead's record library, exposing the eclecticism of the band's sources in rock, folk, country and blues works by Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Reed and Howlin' Wolf..." |
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