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Jerry's first solo studio album simply titled Garcia. The album was re-mastered for vinyl release by Joe Gastwirt using the original 30ips 1/4" mix master reels and pressed to 180 gram black vinyl by RTI. Includes an MP3 download card.
Garcia was originally released in January 1972 and peaked at No. 35 on the Billboard 200 – the highest charting solo release of Garcia’s career. Garcia provides most of the album’s instrumentation himself, performing on acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel, bass, piano, organ, samples and vocals. Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann appears on drums. The album’s songs – six of which became staples in the Grateful Dead repertoire – are credited to Garcia, Kreutzmann and lyricist Robert Hunter.
Garcia spoke lightly of the album at the time, telling Rolling Stone “I’m just going on a trip. I have curiosity to see what I can do, and I’ve a desire to get into sixteen track and go on trips that are too weird for me to want to put anybody else I know through. And also I want to pay for this house.”
While Garcia characterized the album as “self-indulgent,” AllMusic.com notes, “Time has rendered that assessment utterly false, as Garcia is nothing short of a full-bodied artistic expression from one of rock & roll’s most multi-faceted musicians.”
Garcia was originally released in January 1972 and peaked at No. 35 on the Billboard 200 – the highest charting solo release of Garcia’s career. Garcia provides most of the album’s instrumentation himself, performing on acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel, bass, piano, organ, samples and vocals. Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann appears on drums. The album’s songs – six of which became staples in the Grateful Dead repertoire – are credited to Garcia, Kreutzmann and lyricist Robert Hunter.
Garcia spoke lightly of the album at the time, telling Rolling Stone “I’m just going on a trip. I have curiosity to see what I can do, and I’ve a desire to get into sixteen track and go on trips that are too weird for me to want to put anybody else I know through. And also I want to pay for this house.”
While Garcia characterized the album as “self-indulgent,” AllMusic.com notes, “Time has rendered that assessment utterly false, as Garcia is nothing short of a full-bodied artistic expression from one of rock & roll’s most multi-faceted musicians.”
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Track list:
Side A:
1. DEAL 3:13
2. BIRD SONG 4:28
3. SUGAREE 5:56
4. LOSER 4:12
Side B:
1. LATE FOR SUPPER 1:38
2. SPIDERGAWD 3:23
3. EEP HOUR 5:09
4. TO LAY ME DOWN 6:20
5. AN ODD LITTLE PLACE 1:40
6. THE WHEEL 4:05
Side A:
1. DEAL 3:13
2. BIRD SONG 4:28
3. SUGAREE 5:56
4. LOSER 4:12
Side B:
1. LATE FOR SUPPER 1:38
2. SPIDERGAWD 3:23
3. EEP HOUR 5:09
4. TO LAY ME DOWN 6:20
5. AN ODD LITTLE PLACE 1:40
6. THE WHEEL 4:05
Customer Reviews
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Uncle WitzAugust 3, 2021I am buying a copy for my future son-in-law as I try to get him to see the light and embrace the Dead. So far it's kinda working. I told him it's important that any grandchild of mine be well versed in Jerry/Dead even if I'm not here to do it.
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Ronnie HayesJuly 27, 2021Still my favorite of all, since the early seventies. So so happy to be able to get a fresh 180gram supply! Thank You and thank you Jerry
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