What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. New, New Minglewood Blues

2. Cosmic Charlie

3. Truckin'

4. Black Peter

5. Born Cross-Eyed

6. Ripple

7. Doin' That Rag

8. Dark Star

9. High Time

10. New Speedway Boogie

Disc: 2

1. St. Stephen

2. Jack Straw

3. Me & My Uncle

4. Tennessee Jed

5. Cumberland Blues

6. Playing in the Band

7. Brown-Eyed Woman

8. Ramble on Rose

Tracks:

New, New Minglewood Blues - The Grateful Dead
Cosmic Charlie - The Grateful Dead
Truckin' - The Grateful Dead
Black Peter - The Grateful Dead
Born Crossed-Eyed - The Grateful Dead
Ripple - The Grateful Dead
Doin' That Rag - The Grateful Dead
Dark Star - The Grateful Dead
High Time - The Grateful Dead
New Speedway Boogie - The Grateful Dead

Tracks:

St. Stephen - The Best OF The Grateful Dead
Jack Straw - The Best OF The Grateful Dead
Me & My Uncle - The Best OF The Grateful Dead
Tennessee Jed - The Best OF The Grateful Dead
Cumberland Blues - The Best OF The Grateful Dead
Playing In The Band - The Best OF The Grateful Dead
Brown-Eyed Woman - The Best OF The Grateful Dead
Ramble On Rose - The Best OF The Grateful Dead

Customer Reviews:

Not a rap album! But it could be.......2007-07-12

I saw this cd at a friends house and was kind of confused. Had the Dead teamed up with Bone Thugs N Harmony?
Anyways, This cd is really good. I like disk 2 better, It is almost exactly "Skull & Roses," but with different versions of the songs. St. Stephen is really good, as are pretty much every other song. I like Disk 1 for New, New Minglewood blues, and the studio version of Dark Star is pretty neat.
I would recommend this more for those who are new to the Dead, maybe as a follow up to Skeletons from the closet or American Beauty. Excellent CD suprisingly, and I highly recommend it.

The second best of album.......2006-12-03

Back in the old days(the 1970's)when we used to go to shows this was one of those tapes that everybody had. We all owned the original albums at home, but whenever a road trip was involved both this and Skeletons were always in the car/van/ect.(along with our concert tapes). This collection seems short by todays cd standards, but this was back in the old days. The thing that was nice about this collection was that it drew heavily on the official live lps as well as including the single versions of Dark Star/Born Cross Eyed. By the way the pictures of the band on the inside of the lp version are nice. It's still a good listen but my only two wish at the time was that they would've used Playing from Bob's Ace and I also wished that they could've used something from Garcia.

Some of the best........2006-02-06

I myself think this is a great set of Dead songs. No "Best Of" is gonna please us all, but what's here is good stuff. We get 18 tracks, half of which any casual fan should know. I've heard "Truckin'" enough times in my life, but I still love "Ripple", "High Time", "Jack Straw", "Tennessee Jed", and most of the others. My only complaint besides a few essential omissions, would be the disc length. However since this was originaly a vinyl-era release, I guess I can deal with a 40 minute second disc. Other options for a collection would be the old "Skeletons From The Closet", the recent career-spanning "Very Best Of" from Rhino, or the box. Nothing wrong with a few albums either. I'd go with "Workingmans Dead", "American Beauty", or "Mars Hotel" if you can find it. "Dead Set" is a decent live disc.

Newcomers Should Get This Second, Not First.......2003-01-17

The Grateful Dead recorded their first 8 albums for Warner Brothers before leaving to form their own record label in 1972. This era of the Dead produced most of their most well known songs, including "Truckin'", "Sugar Magnolia", "Casey Jones", "Dark Star", etc. Warners' initial attempt to compile the best songs from this period resulted in the greatest hits album "Skeletons From The Closet". Then in 1977 they put out this 2 record set (now 2 CDs), which makes an ideal companion to the earlier hits album. Only one song, "Truckin', is repeated from "Skeletons...". They also include a live version of "St. Stephen", the studio version of which had appeared on the earlier collection. It was certainly misleading of them to subtitle this "The Best Of The Grateful Dead". In reality, most of the best songs got put on the first hits album, and this album has the best of what's left over. But what wonderful leftovers! "Ripple" is fantastic, it certainly would have made the cut for the first hits collection if I had compiled it. Other standouts include "Jack Straw", "Me And My Uncle", "Cumberland Blues", "Brown-Eyed Woman", and "Playing In The Band". The previously-mentioned "Dark Star", which has long been a concert favorite of the deadheads (although it doesn't really do much for me), is also here. This album also includes more live recordings than "Skeletons...", so it begins to paint a more accurate portrait of what the Dead were all about than that collection did. If you own "Skeletons..." and are looking for the logical next step, this is it. If you don't already have "Skeletons...", then start there, not here. Of course, many hard-core deadheads would advise skipping the compilations altogether and just going with all the original albums, but for those of us who don't really feel the need to own 15-20 Dead CDs, the compilations work quite nicely.

Love disc 2..........2001-12-27

I bought this cd back in the mid-80's, it replaced my old cassette! I think I've heard disc 2 well over 100 times, this is one of my desert island cd's, I love Jack Straw!

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1. New, New Minglewood Blues
2. Cosmic Charlie
3. Truckin'
4. Black Peter
5. Born Cross-Eyed
6. Ripple
7. Doin' That Rag
8. Dark Star
9. High Time
10. New Speedway Boogie

1. St. Stephen
2. Jack Straw
3. Me & My Uncle
4. Tennessee Jed
5. Cumberland Blues
6. Playing in the Band
7. Brown-Eyed Woman
8. Ramble on Rose