Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966

Infobox Album
Name = Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Grateful Dead


Released = March 25, 2005
Recorded = 1966
Genre = Psychedelic rock
Jam band
Length =
Label = Grateful Dead Records
Producer = David Lemieux
Reviews =
Last album = "The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack"
(2005)
This album = "Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966"
(2005)
Next album = "Dick's Picks Volume 35"
(2005)

"Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966" is an album of rare live and studio tracks recorded by the Grateful Dead in 1966.

Track listing

#"Walking the Dog" (Rufus Thomas) – 5:38
#"You See a Broken Heart" (Pigpen) – 2:50
#"The Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 2:31
#"Good Lovin'" (Artie Resnick, Rudy Clark) – 2:41
#"Standing on the Corner" (Grateful Dead) – 2:55
#"Cream Puff War" (Jerry Garcia) – 3:37
#"Betty and Dupree" (traditional, arr. Grateful Dead) – 5:35
#"Stealin'" (Gus Cannon) – 2:53
#"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (Dick Reynolds, Jack Rhodes) – 3:00
#"Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 3:51
#"Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 3:10
#"Sick and Tired" (Dave Bartholomew, Chris Kenner) – 3:19
#"Empty Heart" (Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman) – 6:18
#"Gangster of Love" (Johnny "Guitar" Watson) – 4:35
#"Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" (Oliver Sain) – 2:56
#"Hey Little One" (Dorsey Burnette, Barry De Vorzon) – 5:02
#"I'm a King Bee" (Slim Harpo) – 6:01
#"Caution (Do Not Stop on the Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) – 9:18

Recording dates

*Tracks 1-6 & 10 – early 1966 studio recordings
*Tracks 7-8 – March 2 studio recordings
*Track 9 – late 1966 studio recording
*Tracks 11-13 – February/March live recordings
*Tracks 14-15 – Recorded live at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco on July 3
*Tracks 16-18 – Recorded live at the Danish Center in Los Angeles on March 12

Personnel

Grateful Dead

*Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
*Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
*Pigpen – harmonica, organ, vocals
*Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals
*Bill Kreutzman – drums

Production

*Original recordings producer & notes – Owsley Stanley
*Track 9 producer – Grateful Dead
*Compilation producer & additional liner notes – David Lemieux
*CD mastering – Jeffrey Norman
*Photos – Herbie Greene, Robert Chevalier
*Cover art – Richard Biffle
*Archival research – Eileen Law
*Art coordination – Brian Connors
*Package layout – Robert Minkin