Vintage Dead

Vintage Dead
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	October 1970 (1970-10)
Recorded	Late 1966
Venue	Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, California
Genre	Blues rock jam rock
Length	39:50
Label	Sunflower
Producer	Robert Cohen
Grateful Dead chronology
Workingman's Dead (1970) Vintage Dead (1970) American Beauty (1970)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−[2]

Vintage Dead is a live album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. 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.^[3][4][5]

Vintage Dead was produced without the approval or cooperation of the Grateful Dead.

Vintage Dead was then followed by Historic Dead, another Sunflower Records album recorded at the Avalon in 1966 and released under similar circumstances.

Track listing

Side one

1. "I Know You Rider" (traditional) – 4:25 ^[a]
2. "It Hurts Me Too" (Elmore James) – 4:17
3. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 4:50
4. "
   William "Mickey" Stevenson
   ) – 7:55

Side two

1. "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper and Wilson Pickett) – 18:23

Notes

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 –
  engineering
• Richard Delvy – editing and remixing
• Kelley/Mouse Studios – poster design
• John Pierce and Mokelvey – front cover and design

References