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Grateful Dead
Wake Of The Flood
October 15, 1973
Grateful Dead Records
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After the end of their contract with Warner Brothers the Grateful Dead set up their own record companies; Grateful Dead records for Grateful Dead albums and Round Records for solo projects. Wake of the Flood makes the Dead's first release on their newly formed record label.
Tracks
- Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
- Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
- Row Jimmy
- Stella Blue
- Here Comes Sunshine
- Eyes Of The World
- Weather Report Suite / Let It Grow
Musicians
- Jerry Garcia (lead guitar, vocals)
- Bob Weir (guitar, vocals)
- Phil Lesh (bass, vocals)
- Keith Godchaux (keyboards, vocals)
- Donna Jean Godchaux (vocals)
- Bill Kreutzmann (drums)
(10) Additional Personnel
- Bill Atwood (trumpet)
- Vassar Clements (violin)
- Joe Ellis (trumpet)
- - (alto and tenor saxophones)
- Sarah Fulcher (vocals)
- Matthew Kelly (harmonica)
- Frank Morin (tenor saxophone)
- Pat O'Hara (trombone)
- Doug Sahm (12-string guitar)
- Benny Velarde (timbales)
Album Notes
Wake Of The Flood, the first release on the new label, was announced to fans via a leaflet to Deadheads:
“We’ve decided to produce, manufacture, and distribute our records ourselves. The band today finished recording of an all-new studio album (been a long time) called Wake Of The Flood. The album will be made from the highest quality vinyl available, which has the best technical properties. In addition, it will be heavier (weighs more, that is) than most albums available in this country. It will be handled locally through independent record distributors and should be available everywhere.”
