Ready or Not is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was released on November 22, 2019, through Rhino Entertainment. Featuring live recordings from 1992 through 1995, the album contains nine compositions originally intended for the band's never-finished fourteenth studio album.
Unfinished Grateful Dead album
In February 1992, the Grateful Dead began work on recording a new studio album. That album was never completed, and the group disbanded in 1995 following the death of Jerry Garcia. Most likely the unfinished studio album would have included the songs that appear on Ready or Not.
Critical reception On AllMusic, Fred Thomas wrote, "Ready or Not indeed offers a glimpse of what another studio album from what turned out to be the group's later phase would have sounded like, only with the buffer of comfort that comes from them working out the songs on-stage. It's a document not quite like any of the Dead's hundreds of other archival releases, zeroing in on unfamiliar and exciting material."
Track listing
Note: "Corrina" is edited to 15:27 on CD editions of the album.
Personnel Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals Bob Weir – guitar, vocals Phil Lesh – bass, vocals Bill Kreutzmann – drums Mickey Hart – drums Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals Production Produced by Grateful Dead Produced for release by David Lemieux Associate Producers: Doran Tyson & Ivette Ramos Recording: Dan Healy, John Cutler Mastering: David Glasser Cover art: Ruben Perez Photos: Bob Minkin Design: Steve Vance Liner notes: Jesse Jarnow
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