Grateful Dead From The Mars Hotel (original) (raw)

Grateful Dead From The Mars Hotel

Grateful Dead

Initial release : June 27, 1974

Grateful Dead Records GD-102

The eleventh Grateful Dead album and the second album release on their own Grateful Dead Records label. An expanded CD edition was released in 2004/06 and a 50th anniversary 3 CD edition was released in 2024.

Tracks

• U.S. Blues (Hunter/Garcia)
• China Doll (Hunter/Garcia)
• Unbroken Chain (Lesh/Peterson)
• Loose Lucy (Hunter/Garcia)
• Scarlet Begonias (Hunter/Garcia)
• Pride Of Cucamonga (Lesh/Peterson)
• Money Money (Weir/Barlow)
• Ship Of Fools (Hunter/Garcia) Bonus tracks on CD version released in the Beyond Description box set in 2004 and as a separate CD in 2006:
• Loose Lucy (Hunter / Garcia) - Studio outtake, 8/7/73
• Scarlet Begonias (Hunter / Garcia) - Live, Winterland, 10/16/74
• Money Money (Weir / Barlow) - Live, Vancouver, 5/17/74
• Wave That Flag (Hunter / Garcia) - Live, Springfield, 3/28/73
• Let It Rock (Berry) - Live, Miami, 6/23/74
• Pride Of Cucamonga (Lesh / Petersen) - Studio acoustic demo, 8/4/73
• Unbroken Chain (Lesh / Petersen) - Studio acoustic demo, 8/11/73 Musicians
• Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
• Keith Godchaux - keyboards
• Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums With:
• Ned Lagin - synthesizer (on Unbroken Chain)
• John McFee - pedal steel (on Pride Of Cucamonga) Credits
• Producer - Grateful Dead
• Engineer (and special thanks to) - Roy Segal
• Cover Art by: Kelly-Mouse
• Recorded at CBS Studios, San Francisco, CA, 3/30/74 - 4/19/74 Notes

Mars Hotel was a building near to the studios where the album was recorded.

The Grateful Dead Movie includes film of the hotel being demolished.

The album cover displays another example of strange lettering on Dead album covers. The lettering on the front cover upside down and mirrored reads Ugly Rumours. This phrase has become an alternative title used by fans for the album.

Related releases

One single was released in conjunction with this LP:

• U. S. Blues / Loose Lucy, Grateful Dead, 1974, Grateful Dead 03 A promo single of U. S. Blues was also distributed:
• U. S. Blues promotional single, Grateful Dead, 1974 From The Mars Hotel was repackaged together with Wake Of The Flood as a double LP:
• Wake Of The Flood / From The Mars Hotel, Grateful Dead, 1977? Audiophile pressing released on LP in 1980 by Mobile Fidelity (MFSL-1-172) and on CD in 1985 by Mobile Fidelity (MFCD 830).

A remastered, expanded version of From The Mars Hotel was included in the box set:

• Beyond Description, Grateful Dead, Oct 2004 This remastered, expanded version was released as a single CD in 2006.

From The Mars Hotel was included in the box set:

• Grateful Dead Records Collection, Grateful Dead, 2017 All tracks from Mars Hotel were included on the digital release:
• Complete Studio Albums Collection, Grateful Dead, 2013 A 3 CD 50th anniversary edition of From The Mars Hotel was released in 2024 comprising the remastered album, demo tracks and live music from a 1974 show:
• From The Mars Hotel 50th Anniversary Edition, Grateful Dead, 2024 A digital-only album of previously unreleased tracks from the From The Mars Hotel recording sessions was also released in 2024:
• From The Mars Hotel: The Angel's Share, Grateful Dead, 2024 U. S. Blues (taken from the Mobile Fidelty reissue) was included on:
• Delco Electronics Music System Sampler, Various Artists, 198? U. S. Blues was included on:
• The Very Best Of The Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead, Sept 2003

Original LP

Audiophile version

Expanded version