Jerry Garcia All Good Things...Studio Sessions CD

Includes remastered versions of Jerry Garcia's five solo studio albums with bonus tracks, a bonus disc of previously unreleased tracks, and a 130 page booklet.

Recorded between 1972 & 1982. Includes liner notes by Robert Hunter and Blair Jackson.

All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology.

Though the Grateful Dead were notorious for sounding better onstage than in the studio, Dead leader Jerry Garcia's solo work fared better on record, perhaps due to its less open-ended nature. The six-disc ALL GOOD THINGS set brings all of Garcia's studio recordings under one roof--along with a handsomely appointed booklet and a disc of outtakes--and convincingly makes the case for Garcia as the most aesthetically successful Dead solo artist.

The first album, GARCIA, essentially a one-man-band record, contains some of Garcia and Robert Hunter's best songs, which would become Dead standards ("Sugaree," "Loser," etc.). The follow-up, COMPLIMENTS, is full of covers and expectedly tasty guitar work. Recorded in 1976, REFLECTIONS is a Dead album in all but name, though considerably more concise than the band's contemporaneous offerings. CATS UNDER THE STARS and RUN FOR THE ROSES are the most polished, but also contributed to the Dead's repertoire ("Gomorrah," "Valerie"). As this collection proves, Garcia's amiable singing and astonishing guitar playing, even over the course of six CDs, never becomes too much of a good thing.

ALL GOOD THINGS contains: GARCIA (1972)/GARCIA (COMPLIMENTS) (1974)/REFLECTIONS (1976)/CATS UNDER THE STARS (1978)/RUN FOR THE ROSES (1982)/OUTTAKES, JAMS & ALTERNATES (2004).

Personnel includes: Jerry Garcia (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano, organ, bass); Donna Jean Godchaux (vocals); John Kahn (guitar, organ, keyboards, bass); Larry Carlton, Bob Weir (guitar); David Grisman (mandolin); Brian Godchaux, Candy Godchaux (violin); Steve Schuster (flute, clarinet, saxophone); Joel Tepp (clarinet); Jackie Kelso (tenor & baritone saxophones); Melvin Moore (trumpet); Keith Godchaux (keyboards, background vocals); Michael Omartin (piano, tack piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Nicky Hopkins (piano); Melvin Seals, Merl Saunders (organ); Mickey Hart, Ron Tutt (drums, percussion); Johnny D'Fonseca, Bill Kreutzmann (drums); Bobbye Hall (congas, shakers, bells); Maria Muldaur (background vocals).

Producers include: Bob & Betty, Ram Rod, Bill Kreutzmann, Jerry Garcia, John Kahn.

Compilation producers: James Austin, David Gans, Blair Jackson.

6cds-Feat:All 5 Original Solo Albums ExpandedUncut (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Garcia was the heart and soul of the Grateful Dead....Garcia's solo work was characterised by a structured sense of song."
Down Beat (p.70) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Garcia was a rootsy guy. You can tell he liked The Band, from the Robbie Robertson obbligatos on 'Cats Under The Stars' to 'The Weight'-like descending chords of 'Magnificent Sanctuary Band."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[I]n all it's an admirable body of work."