Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966
Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 is an album of live and studio tracks recorded by the rock band the Grateful Dead in 1966. It was released on CD by Grateful Dead Records on March 25, 2005.
Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 was re-released as a limited-edition, two-disc LP in conjunction with Record Store Day on April 20, 2013.
Track listing
- "Walking the Dog" – 5:38
- "You See a Broken Heart" – 2:50
- "The Promised Land" – 2:31
- "Good Lovin' " – 2:41
- "Standing on the Corner" – 2:55
- "Cream Puff War" – 3:37
- "Betty and Dupree" – 5:35
- "Stealin' " – 2:53
- "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" – 3:00
- "Not Fade Away" – 3:51
- "Big Railroad Blues" – 3:10
- "Sick and Tired" – 3:19
- "Empty Heart" – 6:18
- "Gangster of Love" – 4:35
- "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" – 2:56
- "Hey Little One" – 5:02
- "I'm a King Bee" – 6:01
- "Caution " – 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, a concert later released in full on 30 Trips Around the Sun
- 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
- Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – harmonica, organ, vocals
- Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
Production
- Owsley Stanley – original recordings producer and notes
- Grateful Dead – producers
- David Lemieux – compilation producer and additional liner notes
- Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering
- Herb Greene – photos
- Robert Chevalier – photos
- Richard Biffle – cover art
- Eileen Law – archival research
- Brian Connors – art coordination
- Robert Minkin – package layout