of noise vanish as haunting melodies appear. A line suddenly hits home... a phrase... a shade of meaning, and the whole album becomes something else again." In 2007, The Grateful Dead was included on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 40 essential albums from 1967. In a piece accompanying the list, Robert Christgau wrote of the album: Track listing Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–9 on CD reissues. track 1 recorded at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA (January 1967) tracks 2 to 9 recorded at RCA Studio A, Los Angeles, CA (January 1967) reissued CD contains full-length versions of tracks 3, 5, 6, & 8 tracks 10 to 13 recorded at RCA Victor Studio A, Hollywood, CA (February 2, 1967) track 14 is an edit of track 9 track 15 recorded live at Dance Hall, Rio Nido, CA (September 3, 1967). Master reels are missing the beginning; track begins at the end of the second verse. Another track from this date is on Fallout from the Phil Zone. 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition – disc two Personnel Grateful Dead Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – Vox Continental organ, harmonica, vocals Bill The Drummer (Bill Kreutzmann) – drums, percussion Jerry "Captain Trips" Garcia – lead guitar, vocals, arrangement Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals Technical personnel Dick Bogert – engineering Betty Cantor-Jackson – engineering Bob Cassidy – engineering David Hassinger – production Reissue production credits James Austin – reissue production Joe Gastwirt – mastering, production consultant Cassidy Law – project coordination, Grateful Dead Archives Eileen Law – archival research, Grateful Dead Archives David Lemieux – reissue production Peter McQuaid – executive production, Grateful Dead Productions Jeffrey Norman – additional mixing on bonus tracks Michael Wesley Johnson – associate production, research coordination 50th Anniversary Edition production credits Produced for release by David Lemieux Executive Producer: Mark Pinkus Associate Producer: Doran Tyson, Ivette Ramos Package Design: Steve Vance Tape Research: Michael Wesley Johnson Charts Billboard chart See also Grateful Dead discography References 1967 debut albums Grateful Dead albums Rhino Records albums Warner Records albums Albums produced by David Hassinger