Jeff’s Playlist: ‘Aoxomoxoa’

Aoxomoxoa — The Grateful Dead

To com­mem­o­rate the pass­ing of Jerry Garcia, August 9, 1995. This is the Dead’s third album. Released in 1969, it is very quirky and one of my favorites. If you like folk, psy­che­del­ic, and rock, give it a close lis­ten; you might like it too.

All tracks are writ­ten by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, except “St. Stephen,” writ­ten by Garcia, Phil Lesh, and Hunter.

Side one

No.      Title    Length
1.         “St. Stephen” 4:26
2.         “Dupree’s Diamond Blues” 3:32
3.         “Rosemary”   1:58
4.         “Doin’ That Rag”       4:41
5.         “Mountains of the Moon”     4:02

Side two

No.      Title    Length
1.         “China Cat Sunflower”        3:40
2.         “What’s Become of the Baby”        8:12
3.         “Cosmic Charlie”      5:29

Total length:  36:00

Personnel

Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia – gui­tar, vocals
Bob Weir – gui­tar, vocals|
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan – organ, per­cus­sion
Tom Constanten – key­boards
Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann – drums, per­cus­sion
Mickey Hart – drums, percussion

Additional musi­cians
John “Marmaduke” Dawson
David Nelson
Peter Grant
Wendy
Debbie
Mouse
Doug McKechnie – vocal mod­u­la­tion (on “What’s Become of the Baby”; uncred­it­ed)
Technical per­son­nel
Betty Cantor – engi­neer
Dan Healy – con­sult­ing engi­neer
Bob Matthews – exec­u­tive engi­neer
Owsley Stanley – con­sult­ing engi­neer (cred­it­ed as “Owsley”)
Ron Wickersham – con­sult­ing engineer

Released   June 20, 1969
Recorded   September 1968 – March 1969
Studio         Pacific Recording, San Mateo Pacific High Recording, San Francisco
Length        36:00
Label          Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Producer    Grateful Dead