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Grateful Dead
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been: The Best of the Grateful Dead (1977)
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Track List
01) New, New Minglewood Blues
02) Cosmic Charlie
03) Truckin'
04) Black Peter
05) Born Cross-Eyed
06) Ripple
07) Doin' That Rag
08) Dark Star
09) High Time
10) New Speedway Boogie
Cd 2
01) St. Stephen
02) Jack Straw
03) Me & My Uncle
04) Tennessee Jed
05) Cumberland Blues
06) Playing in the Band
07) Brown-Eyed Woman
08) Ramble on Rose
01) New, New Minglewood Blues
02) Cosmic Charlie
03) Truckin'
04) Black Peter
05) Born Cross-Eyed
06) Ripple
07) Doin' That Rag
08) Dark Star
09) High Time
10) New Speedway Boogie
Cd 2
01) St. Stephen
02) Jack Straw
03) Me & My Uncle
04) Tennessee Jed
05) Cumberland Blues
06) Playing in the Band
07) Brown-Eyed Woman
08) Ramble on Rose
2:36
5:33
5:06
7:31
2:59
4:13
4:44
2:45
5:16
4:04
5:22
4:51
3:06
7:12
5:44
4:41
4:41
6:01
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First Released
1977
Psychedelic Rock
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What a Long Strange Trip It's Been is the second compilation album by the Grateful Dead. It was released August 18, 1977 by Warner Bros. Records, three years after the Skeletons from the Closet compilation. Both albums are subtitled "The Best of the Grateful Dead". Unlike the previous compilation, What a Long Strange Trip It's Been is a double album.
After the Grateful Dead had completed their contract with Warner Bros. and begun self-releasing their recordings, the label released Skeletons from the Closet. The compilation of tracks from their back catalog was successful and when the band moved onto Arista Records in 1977, to record Terrapin Station, Warner Bros. released a second, larger compilation of tracks from the 1967–1972 period.
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been is a two-record set, with mostly studio tracks collected on the first disc and all live tracks on the second. Sixteen of the tracks are taken from previously released albums. Two tracks are single versions previously unavailable on album: the studio version of "Dark Star", and its B-side, the single mix of Anthem of the Sun's "Born Cross-Eyed". As the Grateful Dead's most recognizable song, "Truckin'" is the only track used on both compilations. "St. Stephen" appears again, though this time in a live version (an excerpt of the Live/Dead track). Of the nine original Warner Bros. albums, the only one unrepresented is Anthem of the Sun (aside from its associated single).
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What a Long Strange Trip It's Been is the second compilation album by the Grateful Dead. It was released August 18, 1977 by Warner Bros. Records, three years after the Skeletons from the Closet compilation. Both albums are subtitled "The Best of the Grateful Dead". Unlike the previous compilation, What a Long Strange Trip It's Been is a double album.
After the Grateful Dead had completed their contract with Warner Bros. and begun self-releasing their recordings, the label released Skeletons from the Closet. The compilation of tracks from their back catalog was successful and when the band moved onto Arista Records in 1977, to record Terrapin Station, Warner Bros. released a second, larger compilation of tracks from the 1967–1972 period.
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been is a two-record set, with mostly studio tracks collected on the first disc and all live tracks on the second. Sixteen of the tracks are taken from previously released albums. Two tracks are single versions previously unavailable on album: the studio version of "Dark Star", and its B-side, the single mix of Anthem of the Sun's "Born Cross-Eyed". As the Grateful Dead's most recognizable song, "Truckin'" is the only track used on both compilations. "St. Stephen" appears again, though this time in a live version (an excerpt of the Live/Dead track). Of the nine original Warner Bros. albums, the only one unrepresented is Anthem of the Sun (aside from its associated single).
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