CybersMusic: More Live Than Dead : The Very Best of Jerry Garcia

The first-ever Jerry Garcia career retrospective entitled 'The Very Best of Jerry Garcia' comes out today on Rhino Entertainment and J. Garcia Records.

The two CD set spotlights Garcia's solo work from acoustic to electric. Between 1972 and 1982, Garcia recorded five historic studio albums and jammed with a revolving cast of musicians in the Jerry Garcia Band.

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Disc One highlights his five solo studio albums...'Garcia, Compliments, Reflections, Cats Under The Stars and Run For The Roses.'
Track Listing:
1. "Deal"
2. "Bird Song"
3. "Sugaree"
4. "Loser"
5. "The Wheel"
6. "Let It Rock" (Chuck Berry)
7. "Russian Lullaby" (Irving Berlin)
8. "Might As Well"
9. "Mission In The Rain"
10. "I'll Take A Melody" (Allen Toussaint)
11. "Rubin And Cherise" - Jerry Garcia Band
12. "Cats Under The Stars" - Jerry Garcia Band
13. "Rhapsody In Red" - Jerry Garcia Band
14. "Run For The Roses"
15. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan)
16. "Without Love" (Clyde McPhatter)

Disc Two is a comprehensive compilation of live solo performances from the early seventies all the way into the nineties.
Track Listing:
1. "Catfish John" (Live, 1973) - Old & In The Way
2. "Deep Elem Blues" (Live, 1987) - Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
3. "Ripple" (Live, 1987) - Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
4. "Positively 4th Street" (Live, 1975) - Jerry Garcia Band (Bob Dylan)
5. "The Harder They Come" (Live, 1977) - Jerry Garcia Band (Jimmy Cliff)
6. "Gomorrah" (Live, 1990) - Jerry Garcia Band
7. "Dear Prudence" (Live, 1979) - Reconstruction (Beatles)
8. "Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)" (Live, 1990) - Jerry Garcia Band (Bob Dylan)
9. "Evangeline" (Live, 1990) - Jerry Garcia Band (Los Lobos)
10. "Deal" (Live, 1980) - Jerry Garcia Band

Official website: jerrygarcia.com

Dead Links:

The Golden Road 12-CD Box Set (1965 - 1973)

The Official Homepage of Grateful Dead: dead.net

The Grateful Dead Remastered and Reissued: gratefuldeadmusic.com