Infrared Roses
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Infrared Roses is a live
compilation album
by the Grateful Dead
. It is a conglomeration of their famous improvisational
segments "Drums" and "Space."
Somewhere in the middle of the second set of a Grateful Dead concert came a period of musical improvisation
. This part of the concert is commonly referred to as "Space," and came right after a drum solo
or duet. Infrared Roses is a compilation of these performances. There are no recognizable songs from the band's repertoire on this release. Robert Hunter
, lyricist with the Grateful Dead
, created the names of the tracks for the album.
Music from Infrared Roses was used as the soundtrack for the 18-minute Grateful Dead video Infrared Sightings
.
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by the Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
. It is a conglomeration of their famous improvisational
Musical improvisation
Musical improvisation is the creative activity of immediate musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians...
segments "Drums" and "Space."
Somewhere in the middle of the second set of a Grateful Dead concert came a period of musical improvisation
Musical improvisation
Musical improvisation is the creative activity of immediate musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians...
. This part of the concert is commonly referred to as "Space," and came right after a drum solo
Drum solo
A drum solo is an instrumental solo played on a drum kit. A drum solo may be set or improvised, and of any length, up to being the main performance....
or duet. Infrared Roses is a compilation of these performances. There are no recognizable songs from the band's repertoire on this release. Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter (lyricist)
Robert C. Hunter is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.-Biography:He was born Robert Burns in San Luis Obispo, California...
, lyricist with the Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
, created the names of the tracks for the album.
Music from Infrared Roses was used as the soundtrack for the 18-minute Grateful Dead video Infrared Sightings
Infrared Sightings
Infrared Sightings is a video by the Grateful Dead, consisting of computer animation and other imagery set to music from their album Infrared Roses. It was released on VHS video tape and on laserdisc in 1992, and is 18 minutes long....
.
Track listing
Musicians listed in order of appearance on each track.- "Crowd Sculpture" (Bralove) – 2:21
- Deadheads
- "Parallelogram" (Hart, Kreutzman) – 5:06
- Kreutzmann - trap drum left, Mickey Hart - trap drum right
- Hart - Beast (Large Drums) and Beam
- Kreutzmann - Timbales
- "Little Nemo in Nightland" (Bralove, Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 6:16
- Garcia - Guitar, Weir - Guitar, Lesh - Bass
- "Riverside Rhapsody" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Mydland, Weir) – 3:55
- Garcia - Guitar, Weir - Guitar, Lesh - Bass, Mydland - Keyboards, Kreutzmann - Drums, Hart - Drums and Electronic Percussion
- "Post-Modern Highrise Table Top Stomp" (Garcia, Green, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Mydland, Weir) – 4:23
- Stereo Left ←, Stereo Center ↓, Stereo Right→
- Willie Green III - Kick Snare Hat ↓ Kreutzmann - roto Toms ← Hart - Talking Drums →
- Garcia - electronic Percussion (Cow Bells, Shakers, Drums) ↓,→
- Weir - Midi Guitar: Marimba ←,↓
- Lesh - Bass ↓
- Mydland - Midi Keyboard (Rattles, Shakers, Toms) ↓
- "Infrared Roses" (Bralove, Garcia, Lesh, Mydland, Weir) – 5:36
- Mydland - Keys and Synth ("Outerspace FX", Voices, Piano)
- Lesh - Bass and Synth(Trombone, FilterSweeps, French horn, Strings, Bells)
- Weir - Guitar and Synths (Bells, Glockenspiel, Vibes)
- Garcia Guitar and Synths (Trumpet, Mandolin, Voices, Strings)
- "Silver Apples of the Moon" (Hornsby, Welnick) – 5:41
- Bruce Hornsby - Piano and Synths(Strings, Vibes)
- Vince Welnick - Synths (Voices, Strings, Rattles, Organ, Bells)
- "Speaking in Swords" (Bralove, Hart, Kreutzman) – 3:29
- Hart - Beam and Electronic Percussion
- Kreutzmann - Electronic Percussion
- "Magnesium Night Light" (Garcia, Lesh, Mydland, Weir) – 5:28
- Garcia - Guitars and Synths (Trumpet, Strings)
- Weir - Guitar and Synths ( Bells, Marimbas, Vibes)
- Lesh - Bass and Synths (Bass Fuzz, Filter Sweep, Bells)
- Mydland - Keys and Synths (FX, Piano, Electric Piano)
- "Sparrow Hawk Row" (Bralove, Garcia, Healy, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Mydland, Weir) – 3:23
- Don Healy - Processing
- - In No Order: Garcia - Guitar, Weir - Guitar, Lesh - Bass, Mydland - Keys, Hart & Kreutzmann - Drums
- "River of Nine Sorrows" (Bralove, Hart, Kreutzman) – 4:25
- Hart - Electronic Percussion, Synths (Bird Whistles, Woodblocks, Log Drum)
- Kreutzmann - Drums, Electronic Percussion, Synths (Gongs, Congas, Woodblocks, Electronic Toms)
- Bob Bralove - Drum Machine Sequencing
- "Apollo at the Ritz" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, Marsalis, Mydland, Weir) – 8:15
- Garcia - Guitar and Synths(Church Bell, Flute, Double Reed and lots more)
- Lesh - Bass and Synths(Bass Flute)
- Branford Marsalis - Tenor and Soprano Sax
- Weir - Guitar and Synths (Trumpet Section)
- Mydland - Keys
- Hart & Kreutzmann - Drums
Musical personnel
- Jerry GarciaJerry GarciaJerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones... - Bob WeirBob WeirBob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...
- guitar, marimbaMarimbaThe marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...
, synthesizer - Phil LeshPhil LeshPhillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, synthesizer - Brent MydlandBrent MydlandBrent Mydland was the fourth keyboardist to play for the American rock band the Grateful Dead. He was with the band for eleven years, longer than any other keyboardist.- Early life :...
- keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, rattlesRattle (percussion)A rattle is a percussion instrument. It consists of a hollow body filled with small uniform solid objects, like sand or nuts. Rhythmical shaking of this instrument produces repetitive, rather dry timbre noises. In some kinds of music, a rattle assumes the role of the metronome, as an alternative to...
, synthesizer, tom-tomTom-tom drumA tom-tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snare.Although "tom-tom" is the British term for a child's toy drum, the name came originally from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala; the tom-tom itself comes from Asian or Native American cultures... - Vince WelnickVince WelnickVince Welnick was an American keyboardist, best known for playing with the band The Tubes during the 1970s and 1980s and with the Grateful Dead in the 1990s.-Music career:...
- synthesizer - Bruce HornsbyBruce HornsbyBruce Randall Hornsby is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from classical, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Motown, rock, blues, and jam band musical traditions with his songwriting and...
- pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Bill KreutzmannBill KreutzmannBill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
- drums - Mickey HartMickey HartMickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995...
- drums
Additional personnel
- DeadheadDeadheadDeadhead or Dead Head is a name given to fans of the American jam band, the Grateful Dead. In the 1970s, a number of fans began travelling to see the band in as many shows or festival venues as they could. With large numbers of people thus attending strings of shows, a community developed...
s on "Crowd Sculpture" - Willie Green III - kick, snare, hat on "Post-Modern Highrise Table Top Stomp"
- Dan Healy - processing on "Sparrow Hawk Row"
- Bob Bralove - drum machine on "River of Nine Sorrows"
- Branford MarsalisBranford MarsalisBranford Marsalis is an American saxophonist, composer and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ensembles and has led the group Buckshot LeFonque.-Biography:Marsalis was born...
- saxophone on "Apollo At The Ritz"