Though Garcia had played pedal steel for the band, John McFee (of Clover) guests on the instrument for "Pride of Cucamonga". Lesh had recorded demo versions of his two tracks during sessions for that album. A separate version of "China Doll" (also introduced in February 1973) was recorded for the previous album Wake of the Flood, but not used. Weir's "Money Money" was arranged in the studio. Blues" had started life as "Wave That Flag" in February 1973 before being dropped and heavily rewritten however, "Scarlet Begonias" had been introduced only in the month prior to recording. Many of the Garcia-Hunter songs had been played live for up to a year or more. Garcia had played in CBS Studios earlier in the year with Art Garfunkel during the sessions for Angel Clare. According to Segal, Garcia liked the room because it had a more "live" sound than the Record Plant, where the band had recorded their previous album. They produced the album themselves with engineer Roy Segal. The studio had since been purchased by CBS Studios and refurbished. The band chose to return to Coast Recorders on Folsom Street in San Francisco, where they had recorded "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" as a single for their first album, in 1967. Rhythm guitarist Bob Weir contributed "Money Money" with writing partner John Perry Barlow. This was the only time he would sing two songs on a Dead studio album, and they would be his final lead vocal work for the band until 1985. However, "Pride of Cucamonga" and "Unbroken Chain" were both written and sung by bassist Phil Lesh with the assistance of poet Bobby Petersen. The majority were again composed by lead guitarist Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter and featured Garcia's lead vocals. The Grateful Dead returned to the studio at the end of March 1974, having readied another batch of songs. From the Mars Hotel came less than one year after their previous album, Wake of the Flood, and was the last before the band's then-indefinite hiatus from live touring which began in October 1974. It was the second album by the band on their own Grateful Dead Records label. It was mainly recorded in April 1974, and originally released June 27, 1974. 4 and So Far, a film from 1987 that is only available on VHS and laserdisc.From the Mars Hotel is the seventh studio album (eleventh overall) by rock band the Grateful Dead. Shout! Factory and Rhino Entertainment are also planning future releases of The Closing Of Winterland, Dead Ahead, Truckin’ Up To Buffalo, Ticket To New Year’s, Downhill From Here, View From The Vault, View From The Vault Vol. Included in the bonus features are a feature-length commentary with supervising editor Susan Crutcher and film editor John Nutt, documentaries “A Look Back,” “Making of the Animated Sequence” and “Making of the DVD,” in addition to an extensive photo gallery of production notes, photos, and other historical items. The Blue-ray release includes a deluxe 2-disc set, with the film on both Blu-ray and DVD and an extensive slate of bonus features. These shows were the last to feature the famed Wall of Sound and sent the group on hiatus until the following year. Originally released in 1977, the Grateful Dead Movie captures the Dead’s five performances at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom in October of 1974. On November 1, the Grateful Dead Movie will see its first Blue-ray release through Shout! Factory.
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