Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead Artist: Grateful Dead Release Date: Jul 2004 Format: CD Record Label: Rhino Genre: Country UPC: 081227646622 Sub-Genre: Country Rock Duration: Album Track listing SKELETONS FROM THE CLOSET (BEST OF...): 1. Golden Road, The (To Unlimited Devotion) 2. Truckin' 3. Rosemary 4. Sugar Magnolia 5. St. Stephen 6. Uncle John's Band 7. Casey Jones 8. Mexicali Blues 9. Turn on Your Love Light 10. One More Saturday Night 11. Friend of the Devil Details Producer: Betty Cantor, Bob Matthews, Dave Hassinger, Grateful Dead, Steve Barncard Distributor: WEA (Distributor) Recording type: Mixed Recording mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a Album notes Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia (vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano); Phil Lesh (vocals, guitar, piano, bass); Bob Weir (vocals, guitar); Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan (vocals, harmonica); Bill Kreutzmann (drums); Micky Hart (percussion). Digitally remastered by Joe Gastwirt using the Sonic Solution NoNoise System. Recording information: Alembic; Pacific High Recording Studio; Wally Heider. Editor: Betty Cantor. This pleasant collection of songs assembled in 1974 is subtitled "The Best of," which is a somewhat amusing notion to hardcore fans for several reasons. First, the Grateful Dead created an extensive song repertoire, and singling out any 11 cuts is an exercise in arbitrary selection. Second, the Dead were a live band, and only two songs from SKELETONS FROM THE CLOSET are culled from concert recordings--"One More Saturday Night" and "Turn on Your Love Light." Lastly, this album rests on the considerable strength of six of the Grateful Dead's most recognized songs--"Truckin'," "Casey Jones," "Friend of the Devil," "Uncle John's Band," "Sugar Magnolia" and "St. Stephen"--songs that intermediate and beginner fans will insist upon owning, but that serious Deadheads will consider too obvious. Still, if one will only own one Grateful Dead CD, SKELETONS FROM THE CLOSET is a tidy way to go. THIS CD HAS BEEN USED ON A JUKEBOX AND HAS BEEN TESTED FOR PLAY.CD WILL COME WITH FRONT ART WORK AND JUKEBOX CARD SONG LIST. Portions of this page Copyright 1988 - 2010 MSI Music Corp. All rights reserved. Portions of this page Copyright 1948 - 2010 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.