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Boxset / Compilation · 1992

Filed under RnB
By MERL SAUNDERS

Tracklist

1 My Problems Got Problems 4:29
2 The Night The Drove Old Dixie Down 4:03
3 Save Mother Earth 7:18
4 Imagine 2:36
5 Welcome To The Basement 6:12
6 Man-Child 12:30
7 After Midnight 4:58
8 Expressway [To Your Heart] 5:14
9 Soul Roach 4:24
10 Benedict Rides 3:03
11 The System 3:55
12 Lonely Avenue 8:42

Line-up/Musicians

Alto Saxophone – Bob Drew (tracks: 5)
Backing Vocals – Hawkins Singers (tracks: 2, 3), Merl Saunders (tracks: 2), Tom Fogerty (tracks: 2), Walter Hawkins And Sisters (tracks: 11, 12), Hawkins Sisters (tracks: 6, 10)
Bass – John Kahn (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 12)
Clavinet – Merl Saunders (tracks: 10)
Congas – Gaylord Birch (tracks: 8)
Drums – Bill Kreutzmann (tracks: 12), Bill Vitt (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 8, 10, 11), Christopher Parker (tracks: 9), Eddie Moore (tracks: 5)
Electric Piano – John Kahn (tracks: 9), Merl Saunders (tracks: 7, 10, 12)
Horns – Tower Of Power Horns, The (tracks: 5, 6)
Keyboards – Merl Saunders (tracks: 1 to 6)
Lead Guitar – Jerry Garcia
Lead Vocals – Edwin Hawkins (tracks: 6), Walter Hawkins (tracks: 6, 10)
Organ – Merl Saunders (tracks: 7 to 9, 11, 12)
Percussion – Kenneth Nash (tracks: 5)
Rhythm Guitar – Mike Howell (tracks: 9), Tom Fogerty (tracks: 1 to 11)
Synthesizer [Arp] – Merl Saunders (tracks: 9, 11)
Vocals – Jerry Garcia (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 12), Merl Saunders (tracks: 1)

About this release

Fantasy ‎– FCD-7711-2 (US)

Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley (#12 from a live KSAN Broadcast, Pacific High (Alembic) Studios).

#1-6 originally released as Heavy Turbulence (Fantasy 8421);
#7-12 as Fire Up (Fantasy 9421).
("Charisma" and "Chock-Lite Pudding", originally included on "Fire Up", have been deleted for this CD release.)

Thanks to snobb for the addition

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