History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice): 50th Anniversary Editions

Grateful Dead

Rhino / Grateful Dead

A remastered release of the 1973 album to mark the 50th anniversary of the original release. This anniversary release was a vinyl-only release with black vinyl and orange marble vinyl editions. The release comprises acoustic and electric material from the shows on February 13 and 14, 1970 at the Fillmore East.

Tracks

• Katie Mae (Hopkins)
• Dark Hollow (Browning)
• I've Been All Around This World (Traditional, arr. Grateful Dead)
• Wake Up Little Susie (Bryant/Bryant)
• Black Peter (Garcia/Hunter)
• Smokestack Lightnin' (Burnett)
• Hard To Handle (Redding/Isabell/Jones)

• Jerry Garcia - acoustic guitar, lead guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
• Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan- acoustic guitar, organ, percussion, harmonica, vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass
• Mickey Hart - drums
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums

Original album:

• Producer - Owsley Stanley
• Recorded Live by Bear: February 13-14, 1970 at the Fillmore East, New York, NY

• Producer for release - David Lemieux
• Mastering - David Glasser

The songs on Bear's Choice are taken from the following shows:

• Katie Mae, Wake Up Little Susie, Black Peter and Smokestack Lightnin' - February 13, 1970
• Dark Hollow, I've Been All Around This World and Hard To Handle - February 14, 1970

This album was originally released in 1973:

• History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice), Grateful Dead, 1973

Front cover


Orange marble edition