Tag: debut album

Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)

Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)

The opening track on the 1967 album is the album’s sole original tune, credited to McGallahan Skjellyfetty, which was the pseudonym used for group arrangements or group compositions on the album. This song was written in response to the label’s criticism that the album lacked a potential hit, and so it was written and recorded …

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Grateful Dead: Eponymous Debut Album

Grateful Dead: Eponymous Debut Album

The Grateful Dead’s debut album marks the emergence of a musical and cultural phenomenon, of which this recording is merely a small lens into what would become the greater whole. The eponymous record Grateful Dead is certainly somewhat reflective of their sound at the time, but as with most of their studio work, it is …

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