Description
The Grateful Dead – The Best Of The Grateful Dead: Skeletons From The Closet (LP)
Label: Warner Bros. Records – WB 56 024
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Germany
Released: 1974
Rights Society: GEMA
Tracklist:
A1 The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) 2:07
A2 Truckin’ 5:09
A3 Rosemary 1:58
A4 Sugar Magnolia 3:15
A5 St. Stephen 4:26
A6 Uncle John’s Band 4:42
B1 Casey Jones 4:24
B2 Mexicali Blues 3:24
B3 Turn On Your Love Light 6:30
B4 One More Saturday Night 4:45
B5 Friend Of The Devil 3:20
Distributed By – WEA Musik GmbH
Vinyl and Cover in very fine condition. See photo’s for details.
Reviews:
nr. 1 A “dopey”, uncool packaging of songs that only slightly approximated their best work. An accessible assortment of the Dead’s more traditional compositions, drawing heavily from AMERICAN BEAUTY. GOLDMINE, JULY 1987
nr. 2 Even though the DeaD were recording on their own label, Warners attempted to keep making money off the band by putting out this badly packaged, poorly chosen anthology of DeaD songs. It’s not fair to judge the songs in isolation from the albums on which they appeared, but I can comment on the selection of tracks, which is downright bizarre. What on earth makes ROSEMARY, perhaps the most obscure cut on AOXOMOXOA(though I like it a lot), a greatest hit? This is not a representative sample of the Dead’s best songs. * BLAIR JACKSON, THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED, PLEXUS
nr. 3 Unless you’re a hippie, this is one assertedly major oeuvre that’ s virtually worthless except for documentary purposes. rating: * DAVE MARSH, R.S. RECORD GUIDE
