{"product_id":"grateful-dead-very-best-of-grateful-dead","title":"VERY BEST OF GRATEFUL DEAD","description":"Grateful Dead: Ron \"Pigpen\" McKernan (vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, organ, congas, percussion); Jerry Garcia (vocals, guitar, pedal steel, piano); Phil Lesh (vocals, guitar, piano, bass); Bob Weir (vocals, guitar); Brent Mydland (vocals, keyboards); Donna Godchaux (vocals); Tom Constanten (piano, keyboards); Bill Kreutzmann (drums, percussion).\nProducers include: Grateful Dead, Dave Hassinger, Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor, Keith Olsen.\nComplition producers: James Austin, David Lemieux.\nRecorded between 1967 \u0026amp; 1987. Includes liner notes by James Austin.\nAll tracks have been remastered using HDCD technology.\nPersonnel: Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh (vocals, guitar, piano); Bob Weir (vocals, guitar); Ron \"Pigpen\" McKernan (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, organ, keyboards, congas, percussion); Brent Mydland (vocals, keyboards); Donna Jean Godchaux, English Chorale (vocals); David Nelson (electric guitar); Matthew Kelly (harp); David Grisman (mandolin); Tom Scott (saxophone, lyricon); Steven Schuster (saxophone); Tom Constanten (piano, keyboards); Howard Wales, Merl Saunders (organ); Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann (drums, percussion); Jordan Amarantha (percussion).\nAudio Remasterer: Joe Gastwirt.\nLiner Note Author: James Austin.\nPhotographers: Herbert Greene; Fred Ordower.\nEven though the two-disc WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN may have more fully anthologized the Grateful Dead's fruitful Warner years, no previous anthology has ever summarized the band's entire career, on through the slim-pickin's mid-1970s to their celebratory late-'80s comeback. In this respect, THE VERY BEST OF... can be called a nearly definitive collection. Still, this is an entry point for the casual passerby, so the psychedelic largesse of the Dead's late-'60s albums is entirely eschewed in favor of the shorter, more concise songs of their folk-rock period (\"Uncle John's Band,\" \"Friend of the Devil,\" etc.). Consequently, this becomes a tribute not to the improvisational warrior Dead but to the creatively songful Dead, even as we hear them age gracefully into the older, wiser \"Touch of Gray,\" which brought them a whole new generation of admirers.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRSD Date: n\/a\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 9\/16\/2003\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Grateful Dead","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44562790842601,"sku":"3NQDPR-6QVV-00","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Grateful-Dead-VERY-BEST-OF-GRATEFUL-DEAD_VWaSH_c47af5fa-ebd5-4f9a-b3e4-28d99bc86a4c.jpg?v=1740708670","url":"https:\/\/www.vibinvinyl.com\/products\/grateful-dead-very-best-of-grateful-dead","provider":"Vibin' Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}