Garcia (180g) [Clear & Red Swirl Exclusive]

Originally released in January 1972, Jerry's first solo studio album was simply titled Garcia. Peaking at No. 35 on the Billboard 200, marking it the highest charting solo release of his career. Garcia provides most of the album’s instrumentation himself, performing on acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel, bass, piano, organ, samples, and vocals, while 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 a curiosity to see what I can do, and I have a desire to get into 16-track and go on trips which are too weird for me to want to put anybody else I know through.” 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." Remastered for vinyl release by Joe Gastwirt using the original 30ips 1/4" mix master reels and pressed to 180g clear vinyl with red swirls in a limited edition of 1,000.

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