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Paul Kantner, Grace Slick and David Freiberg: Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun

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In May 1973, “Grunt / RCA” label released “Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun”, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick and David Freiberg studio album. It was recorded November – December 1972, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick and David Frieberg.

Personnel:

  • Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar, glass harmonica
  • Grace Slick – vocals, piano
  • David Freiberg – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Jerry Garcia – guitar, steel guitar, banjo
  • Craig Chaquico – lead guitar
  • Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar
  • Jack Traylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Papa John Creach – electric violin
  • David Crosby – vocals
  • The Pointer Sisters – vocals
  • Chris Ethridge – bass
  • Jack Casady – bass
  • John Barbata – drums, percussion
  • Mickey Hart – gongs, water phones
  • Bob Matthews – recording, mixing
  • Betty Cantor – recording, mixing
  • Jim Gaines – recording
  • Al Schmitt – mixing
  • Daggett – equipment head
  • Pacific Eye & Ear – album design
  • Drew Struzan, Bill Garland – illustrations
  • Jim Marshall – eye photography

Track listing:

  1. Ballad of the Chrome Nun – lyrics by Grace Slick, music by David Freiberg
  2. Fat – Grace Slick
  3. Flowers of the Night – Jack Taylor
  4. Walkin’ – lyrics by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, music by Paul Kantner
  5. Your Mind Has Left Your Body – Paul Kantner
  6. Across the Board – Grace Slick
  7. Harp Tree Lament – Robert Hunter, David Freiberg
  8. White Boy (Transcaucasian Airmachine Blues) – Paul Kantner
  9. Fishman – Grace Slick
  10. Sketches of China – lyrics by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, music by Paul Kantner

Grateful Dead: The Grateful Dead

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On March 17, 1967, “Warner Bros” label released “The Grateful Dead”, the debut Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded in January 1967, at “RCA Studio A” in Los Angeles, and was produced by David Hassinger.

Personnel:

  • Jerry “Captain Trips” Garcia – vocals, lead guitar, arrangements
  • Bob Weir – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Ron “Pigpen” McKernan – vocals, Vox Continental organ, harmonica
  • Phil Lesh – vocals, bass guitar
  • Bill The Drummer (Bill Kreutzmann) – drums, percussion
  • Dick Bogert – engineer
  • Betty Cantor – engineer
  • Bob Cassidy – engineer
  • Mouse Studios – design
  • Herb Greene – cover photography
  • Gene Anthony – liner photography

Track listing:

  1. The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) – McGannahan Skjellyfetti
  2. Beat It On Down the Line – Jessy Fuller
  3. Good Morning Little School Girl – Sonny Boy Williamson
  4. Cold Rain and Snow – Obray Chatmon
  5. Sitting on Top of the World – Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson
  6. Cream Puff War – Jerry Garcia
  7. Morning Dew – Bonnie Robson, Tim Rose
  8. New, New Minglewood Blues – Noah Lewis
  9. Viola Lee Blues – Noah Lewis

Jerry Garcia: Garcia

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On November 20, 1972, “Warner Bros” label released “Garcia”, the debur Jerry Garcia album. It was recorded in July 1971, and was produced by Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Matthews and Betty Cantor.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass, piano, organ, samples, vocals, mixing
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums
  • Bob Matthews – engineer, mixing
  • Betty Cantor – engineer, mixing
  • Ramrod – engineer, mixing, production assistant
  • Bob Seidemann – design, cover photography
  • Herb Greene – Jerry Garcia photography

Track listing:

  1. Deal – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  2. Bird Song – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  3. Sugaree – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  4. Loser – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  5. Late for Supper – Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann
  6. Spidergawd – Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann
  7. Eep Hour – Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann
  8. To Lay Me Down – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  9. An Odd Little Place – Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann
  10. The Wheel – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann

Hot Tuna: Burgers

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In February 1972, “Grunt” label released “Burgers”, the third Hot Tuna album. It was recorded November – December 1971, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Jorma Kaukonen.

Personnel:

  • Jorma Kaukonen – lead vocals, guitars
  • Richmond Talbott – vocals, slide guitar
  • Nick Buck – organ, piano
  • Jack Casady – vocals, bass, eyebrow
  • Papa John Creach – vocals, violin
  • Sammy Piazza – vocals, drums, tympani, other percussion
  • David Crosby– vocals
  • unknown engineer – recording
  • Allen Zentz – engineer assistant
  • The Mighty Maurice (Pat Ieraci) – engineer assistant
  • The Masked Mixer – mixing
  • Betty Cantor – mixing
  • Bruce Steinberg – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. True Religion – Jorma Kaukonen
  2. Highway Song – Jorma kaukonen
  3. 99 Year Blues – Julius Daniels
  4. Sea Child – Jorma Kaukonen
  5. Keep on Truckin’ – Bob Carleton
  6. Water Song – Jorma Kaukonen
  7. Ode for Billy Dean – Jorma Kaukonen
  8. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here – Rev. Gary Davies
  9. Sunny day Strut – Jorma Kaukonen

Grateful Dead: Workingman’s Dead

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On June 14, 1970, “Warner Bros” label released “Workingman’s Dead”, the fourth Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded in February 1970, at “Pacific High Recording”  in San Francisco, and was produced by Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor, and Grateful Dead. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 262 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia– vocals, lead and pedal steel guitar, banjo
  • Bob Weir – vocals, co-lead vocals
  • Pigpen (Ron McKernan)– vocals, keyboards, harmonica,
  • Phil Lesh– vocals, bass,
  • Bill Kreutzmann– drums, percussion
  • Mickey Hart– drums, percussion
  • David Nelson– acoustic guitar
  • Alembic – engineer
  • Mouse Studios, Toon N Tree – design, cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, except where noted.

  1. Uncle John’s Band
  2. High Time
  3. Dire Wolf
  4. New Speedway Boogie
  5. Cumberland Blues – Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter
  6. Black Peter
  7. Easy Wind – Robert Hunter
  8. Casey Jones