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Grateful Dead: History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice)

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On July 13, 1973, “Warner Bros” label released “History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice)”, the fourth Grateful Dead live album (the ninth Grateful Dead album overall). It was recorded in February 1970, and was produced by Owsley Stanley.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia –vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, lead guitar
  • Ron “Pigpen” McKernan – vocals, acoustic guitar, organ, percussion, harmonica
  • Bob Weir – vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, electric guitar
  • Phil Lesh – vocals, bass guitar
  • Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion
  • Peter McQuaid – executive production 

Track listing:

  1. Katie Mae – Lightnin’ Hopkins
  2. Dark Hollow – Bill Browning
  3. I’ve Been All Around This World – traditional
  4. Wake Up Little Susie – Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  5. Black Peter – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
  6. Smokestack Lightning – Howlin Wolf
  7. Hard to Handle – Al Bell, Allen Jones, Otis Redding
  8. Good Lovin’ – Rudy Clark. Arthur Resnick
  9. Big Boss Man – Al Smith, Luther Dixon
  10. Smokestack Lightning – Howlin’ Wolf
  11. Sitting on the Top of the World – Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson

Bob Dylan And The Grateful Dead: Dylan & The Dead

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On February 6, 1989, “Columbia” label released “Dylan & the Dead”, album by Bob Dylan and Grateful Dead (The). It was recorded in July 1987, and was produced by Jerry Garcia and John Cutler.

Personnel:

  • Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar
  • Jerry Garcia – vocals, guitar
  • Bob Weir – vocals, guitar
  • Brent Mydland – vocals, keyboards
  • Phil Lesh – bass guitar
  • Mickey Hart – drums
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums
  • Guy Charbonneau – engineer
  • John Cutler – engineer
  • Gary Hedden – engineer
  • Peter Miller – engineer
  • David Roberts – engineer
  • Billy Rothschild – engineer
  • Chris Wiskes – engineer
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Rick Griffin – art direction
  • Herb Greene – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Dylan except where noted.

  1. Slow Train
  2. I Want You
  3. Gotta Serve Somebody
  4. Queen Jane Approximately
  5. Joey – Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy
  6. All Along the Watchtower
  7. Knockin’ on Heavens Door

Zakir Hussain

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On December 15, 2024, Ustad Zakir Hussain died aged 73. He was musician (tabla, percussion), composer, music producer and film actor, considered as one of the greatest tabla players of all time.Hussain recorded and performed with number of famous musicians, among the others with John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Mickey Hart, Ravi Shankar, Bill Laswell, Shankar Lakshminarayana, Pat Martino, Shakti, John Handy, Pharaoh Sanders, Ali Akbar Khan and Charles Lloyd. For his work he was awarded the “Govt of India’s Sangeet Natak Akademi Award “, “Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship”, “Ratna Sadsya”, and the “United States National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship”. Hussain won four “Grammy Awards”.

Mickey Hart: RAMU

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On November 10, 2017, “Verve Forecast” label released “RAMU”, the 16th Mickey Hart album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – traps, RAMU (Random Access Musical Universe), beam, percussions, arrangements, sound design, mixing
  • Tarriona “Tank” Ball – vocals
  • Babatunde Olatunji – vocals
  • Avey Tare – vocals
  • Peter Coyote – spoken word
  • Jerry Garcia – guitar, synth guitar
  • Steve Kimock – guitar, lap guitar
  • Oteil Burbridge – bass guitar
  • Sikiru Adepoju – talking drum
  • Samuel Goodman – strings
  • Jason Hann – additional traps
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – vocals, bata, congas
  • Zakir Hussein – tabla, madal, arrangements, mixing
  • Sabir Khan – sarangi
  • Niladri Kumar – sitar, zitar
  • Sekaa Jegog Yuskumara – gamelan
  • Charles Lloyd – saxophone
  • Michal Menert – arrangements, sound design, mixing
  • Adam Tenenbaum, Boris Gladkihl – sound design
  • Nic Pope – recording, mixing
  • Tom Flye, Adam Tenenbaum, Boris Gladkihl, John-Paul McLean, Jason Mills – recording
  • Bassy Bob – additional recording, mixing and production
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Stanley Mouse – cover illustration
  • Jacob Lerman – package design
  • Jay Blakesberg, Atiba Jefferson, Camille Lenain, Susana Millman, John Werner – photography
  • Michal Menert – co-producer
  • Reya Hart – associate producer
  • “Decibel” Dave Dennison – archival

Track listing:

All tracks by Mickey Hart, except where noted.

  1. Auctioneers
  2. Wayward Son – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  3. Big Bad Wolf – Mickey Hart, Tarriona “Tank” Ball
  4. The Lost Coast
  5. Who Do You Think You Are? – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  6. You Remind Me – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  7. When the Morning Comes – Mickey Hart, Tarriona “Tank” Ball
  8. Jerry – Mickey Hart, Jerry Garcia
  9. Wine Wine Wine
  10. Nacare
  11. Spreading the News – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  12. Time Beyond Reason – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia

Mickey Hart: Planet Drum

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On September 24, 1991, “Rykodisc” label released “Planet Drum”, the eight Mickey Hart album. It was recorded in 1991, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – vocals, drums, percussion, balafon, bombo, bones, bass drum, snare, tambourine, triangle, body percussion, goblet drum, whistle, nose flute
  • Sikiru Adepoju – percussion, talking drum, cow bell, bells, djembe, dunun
  • Molonga Casquelord – vocals
  • Frank Colón – shekere
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – bata, shekere, congas
  • Zakir Hussain – tabla, percussion, madal, dunun, shaker, bells, udu, balafon, bass drum, dholak, tarang, conch shell
  • Bruce Langhorne – vocals, body percussion
  • Airto Moreira – vocals, voice, tambourine, berimbau, chimes, percussion, conch, whistle, handclaps, caxixi, rattle, cymbal, shaker, wood block, tom tom, rainstick, Earth drum, clackers, duggi tarang, body shaker, conch, gong
  • Caryl Ohrbach – shaker
  • Babatunde Olatunji – vocals, shaker, bells, congas, djembe, handclaps, body percussion, ashiko
  • Flora Purim – vocals, voice, wind chimes, shaker
  • Gordy Ryan – vocals, body percussion
  • Jeff Sterling – udu
  • T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram – ghatam, Jew’s harp
  • Sikiru Adepoju, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram – co-producers
  • Tom Flye, Jeff Sterling – recording, mixing
  • Paul Stubblebine – digital mastering
  • Howard Jacobsen – art direction
  • Nancy Nimoy – cover illustration
  • Howard Cohen – production manager
  • Ram Rod, Rudson Shurtliff – equipment manager
  • Jack Crymes – technical support

Track listing:

  1. Udu Chant – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira
  2. Island Groove – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji
  3. Light Over Shadow – Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  4. Dance of the Hunter’s Fire – Sikiru Adepoju, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Frank Colón, Airto Purim, Giovanni Hidalgo, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  5. Jewe (You are the One) – Babatunde Olatunji
  6. The Hunt – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  7. Temple Caves – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji
  8. The Dancing Sorcerer – Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira
  9. Bones – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  10. Lost River – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  11. Evening Samba – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Olatunji, T. H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  12. Iyanu (Surprises) – Babatunde Olatunji
  13. Mysterious Island – Mickey Hart, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Jeff Sterling

Mickey Hart: At The Edge

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On September 18, 1990, “Rykodisc” label released “At the Edge”, the seventh Mickey Hart album. It was recorded in 1990, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
  • Airto Moreira – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Zakir Hussain – drums, percussion
  • Sikiru Adepoju – drums, percussion
  • Babatunde Olatunji – drums, percussion
  • Jerry Garcia – electric guitar, guitar synthesizer, forest zone
  • Joze Lorenzo – berimbau
  • Creek Hart – drum samples
  • Taro S. Hart – electronic drums
  • Tom Flye – engineer, mixing
  • Jeff Sterling – engineer, mixing, computer processing
  • Phil Kaffel – additional engineering
  • Tom Size – additional engineering
  • Joe Gastwirt – CD mastering
  • Jack Crymes – technical support
  • Jay Stevens – liner notes
  • Nancy Nimoy – cover art
  • Howard Jacobsen – art direction
  • Steven Jurgensmeyer – package design

Track listing:

  1. #4 for Gaia – Mickey Hart
  2. Sky Water – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain
  3. Slow Sailing – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain
  4. Lonesome Hero – Mickey Hart
  5. Fast Sailing – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain
  6. Cougar Run – Mickey Hart
  7. The Eliminators – Creek Hart, Mickey Hart, Taro S. Hart, Jerry Garcia
  8. Brainstorm – Mickey Hart, Babatunde Olatunji
  9. Pigs in Space – Airto Moreira

Mickey Hart Band: Superorganism

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On August 13, 2013, “360 Production” label released “Superorganism”, album by Mickey Hart Band (the 15th Mickey Hart album overall). It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Mickey Hart and Ben Yonas.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – vocals, drums, percussion, brain waves
  • Joe Bagale – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Crystal Monee Hall – vocals
  • Chris Kelley – vocals
  • Steve Kimock – guitar
  • Gawain Mathews – guitar
  • Jonah Sharp – keyboards
  • Adam Theis – bass
  • Reed Mathis – bass
  • Dave Schools – bass
  • Greg Shutte – drums
  • Ian “Inkx” Herman – drums
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – percussion
  • Zakir Hussain – percussion
  • Sikiru Adepoju – percussion
  • African Showboyz – additional percussion
  • Ben Yonas – recording
  • Alex McGraw, Noa Yonas – recording assistant
  • John Paul McClean – additional engineering
  • Brad Blackwood – mastering
  • Frederic Lieberman – musicology consultant
  • Malea Clark-Nicholson – design
  • Roxanne Smith – lettering
  • John Werner – photography

Track listing:

The lyrics for four of tracks by Robert Hunter. 

  1. Falling Stars – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Dave Schools, Robert Hunter
  2. The Sermon – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Dave Schools, Andre Pessis, Robert Hunter
  3. Chabadas – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Dave Schools, Andre Pessis, Zakir Hussain, Robert Hunter
  4. Don’t Let Your God Down – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Andre Pessis, Cliff Goldmacher, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Reya Hart
  5. I Want It Back – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Andre Pessis, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain
  6. Aliromba O Saro – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Jonah Sharp, Andre Pessis, Zakir Hussain, Robert Hunter
  7. Rage On – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Dave Schools, Giovanni Hidalgo
  8. Mind Your Head – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Jonah Sharp, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain
  9. Bully Boy – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Schools, Giovanni Hidalgo
  10. Ghost Rider – Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas, Crystal Monee Hall, Jonah Sharp, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo

Planet Drum: In The Groove

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On August 5, 2022, “Valley Entertainment” label released “In the Groove”, the fifth Planet Drum album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Studio X” in Sebastopol, California, and was produced by Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – beats, bass beams (monochord), RAMU (Random Access Musical Universe), the beast, piccolo drums, V-drums, MalletKAT, gamelan, glass bowls, thumb piano, conch, metal, arrangements, mixing
  • Zakir Hussain – vocals, tabla, shakers, madal, dholak, balafon, arrangements, mixing
  • Sikiru Adepoju – apala
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – vocals, congas, bahia, timbales
  • Isaac Eady – drum set
  • Mañengue Hidalgo – congas
  • Melissa Hie – vocals, balafon, doum, djembe, metal, shekere, claps
  • Ophelia Hie – vocals, balafon, metal, shekere, claps
  • Edgardo “Kako” Maldanado – guiro
  • Baba Olatunje – vocals
  • Noel Rosado – bells
  • Jatinder Singh – Rajasthani folk vocals
  • India sessions – bass drum, duff, bottles and hi percussion, buckets, Pune dhol, vocal shouts, tabla, tasha, trash percussion, dimdi, ghumka, halgi, sambhal, sleigh bell, zanj, chondka, Nashik dhol, chenda, dholak, metal percussion, big ghungru, chimpta, dhol, matka, padhant, UduPune dhol, udu
  • Tom Lattanand – arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Adam Tenenbaum – arrangements
  • Michal Menert, Cherron Arens, Jerome Forney, Jonathan Koh, Bill Wolter, Jason Reed – recording
  • Michael Romanowski – mastering
  • Tim Bremner – artwork
  • Reya Hart – associate producer

 Track listing:

  1. King Clave
  2. Storm Drum
  3. Tides
  4. Drops
  5. Phil Da Glass
  6. Gadago Gadago

Mickey Hart Planet Drum: Superlingua

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On August 4, 1998, “Rykodisc” label released “Supralingua”, album by Mickey Hart Planet Drum (tenth Mickey Hart album overall). It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – vocals, drums, percussion, RAMU, liner notes
  • Zakir Hussain – vocals, drums, percussion, pre-production
  • Sikiru Adepoju – vocals, drums, percussion
  • David Garibaldi – drum kit, percussion
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Jorgé Bermudez – drums, percussion
  • Chalo Eduardo – drums, percussion
  • Bakithi Kumalo – vocals, electric bass, drums, percussion
  • Airto Moreira – drums, percussion
  • Mimi Spencer – drums, percussion
  • Graham Wiggins – didgeridoo sample
  • Raz Kennedy – vocals
  • Alan Kushan – vocals
  • Rebeca Mauleón – vocals
  • Joey Blake – vocals
  • Bobi Céspedes – vocals
  • Jesus Diaz – vocals
  • Reya Hart – vocal sample
  • Babatunde Olatunji – vocal sample
  • Gyüto Monks Tantric Choir – vocal sample
  • Candice Pacheco – engineer, associate producer
  • Tom Flye – engineer, recording
  • Zac Allentuck – engineer assistant
  • Kevin Sellers – Pro Tools editor
  • Mark Jeffrey – additional editing
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Steven Jurgensmeyer – illustration, design
  • Stevee Postman – illustration, design
  • John Werner – photography
  • Fredric Lieberman – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Angola – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo
  2. Yabu – David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo, Babatunde Olatunji
  3. Endless River – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo, Rebeca Mauleón
  4. Umayeyo – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo
  5. Secret Meeting Place – Sakiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo
  6. Tall Grass – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo
  7. Umasha – David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo
  8. Frog Dance – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain
  9. Damawoo – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain
  10. Indoscrub – David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Bakithi Kumalo
  11. Wheel of Time – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain
  12. Space Dust – Sikiru Adepoju, David Garibaldi, Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, Nakithi Kumalo

Grateful Dead: Anthem Of The Sun

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On July 18, 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “Anthem of the Sun”, the second Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded September 1967 – March 1968, at “American Studios” in Los Angeles, “RCA Victor Studio A” in Hollywood, “Century Sound” and “Olmstead Studios” in New York City, “Criteria Recording Studiios” in Miami, Florida, and was produced by David Hassinger, Jerry Garcia, Non Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Ron McKernan. The album was ranked number 288 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia – lead vocals, vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, vibraslap, arrangements
  • Bob Weir – lead and co-lead vocals, vocals, rhythm guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, arrangements
  • Ron “Pigpen” McKernan – lead vocals, vocals, Hammond organ, Vox organ, celesta, claves, arrangements
  • Phil Lesh – vocals, bass guitar, trumpet, harpsichord, kazoo, piano, timpani, arrangements
  • Mickey Hart – drums, orchestra bells, gong, chimes, crotales, prepared piano, finger cymbals, arrangements
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums, glockenspiel, gong, chimes, crotales, prepared piano, finger cymbals, arrangements
  • Tom Constanten – prepared piano, piano, electronic tape
  • Dan Healy – executive engineer
  • Bob Matthews – engineer assistant
  • Ed Trasher – artwork
  • Bill Walker – artwork
  • Thomas Weir – liner photography

Track listing:

That’s It for the Other One

  1. Cryptical Envelopment – Jerry Garcia
  2. Quadlibet for Tender Feet – Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron McKerman, Bob Weir
  3. The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get – Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir
  4. We Leave the Castle – Tom Constsnten
  5. New Potato Caboose – Phil Lesh, Robert Petersen
  6. Boen Cross-Eyed – Bob Weir
  7. Alligator – Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter, Ron McKermann
  8. Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) – Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Ron McKermann