Vintage Dead is a live album by the rock group the Grateful Dead covering songs written by others. It was recorded at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, California, in late 1966 (thought to be September 16, 1966), and released in October 1970.
Vintage Dead was produced without the approval or cooperation of the Grateful Dead. However, it is a legal recording, not a bootleg. A label called Together Records assembled live recordings of various Bay Area bands for a planned anthology. When the imprint collapsed, MGM paid the remaining debt and assumed the tapes, releasing two albums of Grateful Dead material on their Sunflower Records subsidiary. The first, Vintage Dead, reached number 127 on the Billboard 200. Produced as a vinyl LP and long out of print, it has not been released as a Compact Disc.
Vintage Dead was then followed by Historic Dead, another Sunflower Records album recorded at the Avalon in 1966 and released under similar circumstances.
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"I Know You Rider" was later released on So Many Roads (1965–1995).
Personnel Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals Bill Kreutzmann – drums Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, harmonica, vocals Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
Technical personnel Robert Cohen – production and engineering Richard Delvy – editing and remixing Kelley/Mouse Studios – poster design John Pierce and Mokelvey – front cover and design
Charts Chart (1970)PeakpositionUS Billboard Top LP's127 US Record World 100 Top LP's102
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