Infrared Roses


Infrared Roses is a live compilation album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. The album is a conglomeration of the improvisational segments "Drums" and "Space" from various concerts, sequenced and edited to play as a continuous piece. It was released in 1991.
Most Grateful Dead concerts had a period of musical improvisation, usually 5 to 15 minutes though occasionally longer, during the middle of the second set. This part of the concert is commonly referred to as "Space," and typically came right after a drum solo or duet. Infrared Roses is a compilation of these performances. There are no recognizable songs from the band's repertoire on this release. Robert Hunter, lyricist with the Grateful Dead, created the names of the tracks for the album. The album cover was designed by singer-guitarist Jerry Garcia, who at the time was creating digital art.
Music from Infrared Roses was used as the soundtrack for the 18-minute Grateful Dead video Infrared Sightings.

Track listing

Musicians listed in order of appearance on each track.
  1. "Crowd Sculpture" – 2:21
  2. * Deadheads
  3. "Parallelogram" – 5:06
  4. * Bill Kreutzmann - Trap Drums Left, Mickey Hart - Trap Drums Right
  5. * Mickey Hart - Beast and Beam
  6. * Bill Kreutzmann - Timbales
  7. "Little Nemo in Nightland" – 6:16
  8. * Bob Weir - Guitar
  9. * Jerry Garcia - Guitar
  10. * Phil Lesh - Bass
  11. "Riverside Rhapsody" – 3:55
  12. * Jerry Garcia - Guitar
  13. * Bob Weir - Guitar
  14. * Phil Lesh - Bass
  15. * Brent Mydland - Keyboards
  16. * Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
  17. * Mickey Hart - Drums and Electronic Percussion
  18. "Post-Modern Highrise Table Top Stomp" – 4:23
  19. * Stereo Left ← Stereo Center ↓ Stereo Right→
  20. * Willie Green III - Kick Snare Hat ↓
  21. * Bill Kreutzmann - Roto Toms ←
  22. * Mickey Hart - Talking Drums →
  23. * Jerry Garcia - Electronic Percussion ↓,→
  24. * Bob Weir - Midi Guitar: Marimba ←,↓
  25. * Phil Lesh - Bass ↓
  26. * Brent Mydland - Midi Keyboard ↓
  27. "Infrared Roses" – 5:36
  28. * Brent Mydland - Keys and Synth
  29. * Phil Lesh - Bass and Synth
  30. * Bob Weir - Guitar and Synths
  31. * Jerry Garcia - Guitar and Synths
  32. "Silver Apples of the Moon" – 5:41
  33. * Bruce Hornsby - Piano and Synths
  34. * Vince Welnick - Synths
  35. "Speaking in Swords" – 3:29
  36. * Mickey Hart - Beam and Electronic Percussion
  37. * Bill Kreutzmann - Electronic Percussion
  38. "Magnesium Night Light" – 5:28
  39. * Jerry Garcia - Guitars and Synths
  40. * Bob Weir - Guitar and Synths
  41. * Phil Lesh - Bass and Synths
  42. * Brent Mydland - Keys and Synths
  43. "Sparrow Hawk Row" – 3:23
  44. * Dan Healy - Processing
and in no particular order
  1. * Jerry Garcia - Guitar
  2. * Bob Weir - Guitar
  3. * Phil Lesh - Bass
  4. * Brent Mydland - Keys
  5. * Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
  6. "River of Nine Sorrows" – 4:25
  7. * Mickey Hart - Electronic Percussion, Synths
  8. * Bill Kreutzmann - Drums, Electronic Percussion, Synths
  9. * Bob Bralove - Drum Machine Sequencing
  10. "Apollo at the Ritz" – 8:15
  11. * Jerry Garcia - Guitar and Synths
  12. * Phil Lesh - Bass and Synths
  13. * Branford Marsalis - Tenor and Soprano Sax
  14. * Bob Weir - Guitar and Synths
  15. * Brent Mydland - Keys
  16. * Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann - Drums

Personnel

Grateful Dead
Additional musicians
Production
  • Produced by Bob Bralove
  • Mixing engineer: Jeffrey Norman
  • Multi-track recording engineer: John Cutler
  • 2-track recording: Dan Healy, Bob Bralove
  • Digital mastering: Joe Gastwirt
  • Synthesizer programming: Bob Bralove
  • Cover art: Jerry Garcia
  • Art direction: Amy F.

Recording dates

Although the editing techniques used for this album make it nearly impossible to identify all of the concerts used, some dates are identifiable. Some tracks may include material from other concerts in addition to those listed.