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THIS IS THE EARLY-80s US REPRESSING on WB 'White' label with watermarks of multiple WB shield logos. The partially in shrink single cover is in EX condition, normal wear and without any major deterioration BUT light discolouration/wear on right corners (where missing shrink), left spine is fully readable, for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX condition and plays wonderfully.  FIRST ALBUM.

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GRATEFUL DEAD

BOB WEIR, PIGPEN, BILL THE DRUMMER, JERRY 'Captain Trips' GARCIA, PHIL LESH

Legendary Haight-Ashbury sextet who took a long strange trip

 from acid-testing jugband to worldwide countercultural institution

"THE GRATEFUL DEAD"

<reissue, originally published in 1967>

LP       WARNER BROS  RECORDS       WS 1689

PRINTED IN USA    EARLY-80s REPRESSING

SINGLE SLEEVE

HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: (scanned) 0075992716710   (text) 0 7599-271671

LABEL: WB - WHITE LABEL w/Watermarks of multiple WB shield logos - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: WS 1689      

Catalog on labels: WS 1689

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): WS-1-1689 WW2  #3  l-l  SP   ∙—◁

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): WS-2-1689 WW2  #2   ∙—◁

 On labels: Produced by Dave Hassinger

Arranged by The Grateful Dead

On back cover: Tracklist + Credits

Engineer: Dick Bogert / Cover Design: Mouse Studios /

Collage: Kelly / Cover Photo: Herb Greene / Liner Photo: Gene Anthony

The Grateful Dead Fan Club P.O. Box 31201, San Francisco, California

Warner Bros. Records Inc............New York.       Made in U.S.A.

tracklisting

Side A: THE GOLDEN ROAD (TO UNLIMITED DEVOTION)

BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE - GOOD MORNIN' LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL

COLD RAIN AND SNOW - SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD - CREAM PUFF WAR

Side B: MORNING DEW - NEW, NEW MINGLEWOOD BLUES - VIOLA LEE BLUES

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

The Grateful Dead's eponymously titled debut long-player was issued in mid-March of 1967. This gave rise to one immediate impediment -- the difficulty in attempting to encapsulate/recreate the Dead's often improvised musical magic onto a single LP. Unfortunately, the sterile environs of the recording studio disregards the subtle and often not-so-subtle ebbs and zeniths that are so evident within a live experience. So, while this studio recording ultimately fails in accurately exhibiting The Grateful Dead's tremendous range, it's a valiant attempt to corral the group's hydra-headed psychedelic jug-band music on vinyl. Under the technical direction of Dave Hassinger -- who had produced the Rolling Stones as well as the Jefferson Airplane -- the Dead recorded the album in Los Angeles during a Ritalin-fuelled "long weekend" in early 1967...(AllMusic)