HISTORY OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD, VOLUME ONE (BEAR'S CHOICE)

'''History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice)''' is a live album by the Grateful Dead. It offers concert highlights from the Grateful Dead's February 13 and 14, 1970 performances at the Fillmore East. ''Dick’s Picks, Volume 4'' also chronicles these performances. The album was released on July 13, 1973 and is a tribute of sorts to Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who died while the album was being prepared. The "Bear" of the title is Owsley Stanley, underground chemist turned Dead sound man. Fans often simply refer to the album as '''Bear's Choice'''. [1]
The album was originally intended to be a first in a series, but ''Volume Two'' never came to be due to the fact that this was the band's last album on their deal with Warner Bros. Records.
The album was remastered in 2001 as part of ''The Golden Road (1965-1973)'' box set and later released as a separate album in 2003.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

Side two

2003 reissue

Track production details

Personnel

Charts

See also

Track listing

Side one

#"Katie Mae" (Hopkins) – 4:44
#"Dark Hollow" (Browning) – 3:52
#"I've Been All Around This World" (traditional) – 4:18
#"Wake Up Little Susie" (Bryant, Bryant) – 2:31
#"Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:27

Side two

#"Smokestack Lightning" (Howlin' Wolf) – 17:59
#"Hard to Handle" (Isbell, Jones, Redding) – 6:29

2003 reissue

#"Katie Mae" (Hopkins) – 4:44
#"Dark Hollow" (Browning) – 3:52
#"I've Been All Around This World" (traditional) – 4:18
#"Wake Up Little Susie" (Bryant, Bryant) – 2:31
#"Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:27
#"Smokestack Lightning" (Howlin' Wolf) – 17:59
#"Hard to Handle" (Isbell, Jones, Redding) – 6:29
#"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 8:56
#"Big Boss Man" (Dixon, Smith) – 4:53
#"Smokestack Lightning" (Howlin' Wolf) – 15:11
#"Sitting on Top of the World" (Chatmon, Vinson) – 3:20

Track production details

★ "Katie Mae", "Wake Up Little Susie", "Black Peter" and "Smokestack Lightnin'" - recorded on February 13, 1970 at the Fillmore East in New York City.

★ "Dark Hollow", "I've Been All Around This World" and "Hard to Handle" - recorded on February 14, 1970 at the Fillmore East in New York City.

Personnel

'Grateful Dead:'

★ Jerry Garcia - acoustic guitar, lead guitar, vocals

★ Bob Weir - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals

★ Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - acoustic guitar, organ, percussion, harmonica, vocals

★ Phil Lesh - bass

★ Mickey Hart - drums

★ Bill Kreutzmann - drums
'Production:'

★ Dave Collins - pre-mastering assistant

★ Joe Gastwirt - pre-mastering

★ Owsley Stanley - producer

Charts

'Album' - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1973	Pop Albums	60

See also

★ Grateful Dead

★ Grateful Dead discography

★ Owsley Stanley

★ Dick's Picks Volume 4