GRATEFUL DEAD – WAKE OF THE FLOOD LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ 1973 GARCIA

Grateful Dead – Wake Of The Flood
(Grateful Dead Records  1973   GD01  US Press)

Sleeve in Excellent+/Nr MINT condition
– some wear to edges/corners & import corner cut bottom left

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area amid the rise of the counterculture of the 1960s. The founding members were Jerry Garcia (lead guitar, vocals), Bob Weir (rhythm guitar, vocals), Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (keyboards, harmonica, vocals), Phil Lesh (bass, vocals), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums).

Wake of the Flood is the sixth Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded between August 4–15, 1973, and originally released on October 15, 1973. It was the first release under the band’s own label, Grateful Dead Records, after fulfilling their nine-disc contract with Warner Bros. Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter and all lead vocals by Jerry Garcia except where noted.

Side One

1. “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo” – 5:45
2. “Let Me Sing Your Blues Away” (Keith Godchaux/Hunter) – 3:17 (lead singer: Keith Godchaux)
3. “Row Jimmy” – 7:14
4. “Stella Blue” – 6:26

Side Two

1. “Here Comes Sunshine” – 4:40
2. “Eyes of the World” – 5:19
3. “Weather Report Suite” – 12:53 (lead singer: Bob Weir)

• “Prelude” (Bob Weir)
• “Part I” (Eric Andersen/Weir)
• “Part II (Let It Grow)” (John Perry Barlow/Weir)

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
• Keith Godchaux – keyboards, vocals
• Phil Lesh – bass guitar
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

• Bill Atwood – trumpet
• Vassar Clements – violin
• Joe Ellis – trumpet
• Martín Fierro – saxophone (alto, tenor)
• Sarah Fulcher – vocals
• Matthew Kelly – harmonica
• Frank Morin – saxophone (tenor)
• Pat O’Hara – trombone
• Doug Sahm – bajo sexto
• Benny Velarde – timbales

Reissue personnel

• Tom Anderson – engineering, liner notes
• James Austin – production
• Hugh Brown – design, art direction
• Reggie Collins – annotation
• Peter Coyote – liner notes
• Jimmy Edwards – associate production
• Sheryl Farber – editorial supervision
• Tom Flye – mixing
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering, production consultancy
• Dan Healy – engineering
• Robin Hurley – associate production
• David Lemieux – production
• Hale Milfgrim – associate production
• Scott Pascucci – associate production
• Ed Perlstein – photography
• Bruce Polonsky – photography
• Michael Putland – photography
• Cameron Sears – executive production
• Steve Vance – design, art direction