Go to Heaven
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Go to Heaven is the eleventh studio album
by the Grateful Dead
. It was released on April 28, 1980.
The album was released for the first time on CD in 1990 by Arista Records
before being re-released in 2000 by BMG International. It was then remastered, expanded, and released as part of the Beyond Description (1973-1989)
box set in October 2004. The remastered version was later released separately on CD on April 11, 2006 by Rhino Records.
It was the band's first album with newcomer keyboard player Brent Mydland
replacing both Donna Jean Godchaux's backup vocals and Keith Godchaux
's piano playing.
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Production:
Singles - Billboard
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
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 was released on April 28, 1980.
The album was released for the first time on CD in 1990 by Arista Records
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
before being re-released in 2000 by BMG International. It was then remastered, expanded, and released as part of the Beyond Description (1973-1989)
Beyond Description (1973-1989)
Beyond Description is the second twelve-CD boxed set retrospect of the Grateful Dead's studio and live albums. It covers their time with Grateful Dead and Arista Records from 1973 to 1989....
box set in October 2004. The remastered version was later released separately on CD on April 11, 2006 by Rhino Records.
It was the band's first album with newcomer keyboard player Brent Mydland
Brent Mydland
Brent 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 :...
replacing both Donna Jean Godchaux's backup vocals and Keith Godchaux
Keith Godchaux
Keith Richard Godchaux was a musician best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead.-Biography:Keith Godchaux was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Concord, California...
's piano playing.
Side one
- "Alabama Getaway" (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...
, HunterRobert 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...
) – 3:36 - "Far From Me" (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 :...
) – 3:40 - "Althea" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:51
- "Feel Like a Stranger" (BarlowJohn Perry BarlowJohn Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic...
, 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...
) – 5:07
Side two
- "Lost Sailor" (Barlow, Weir)– 5:54
- "Saint of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:40
- "Antwerp's Placebo (The Plumber)" (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...
, KreutzmannBill KreutzmannBill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
) – 0:38 - "Easy to Love You" (Barlow, Mydland) – 3:40
- "Don't Ease Me In" (Traditional) – 3:13
2004 reissue
- "Alabama Getaway" (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...
, HunterRobert 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...
) – 3:37 - "Far From Me" (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 :...
) – 3:39 - "Althea" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:52
- "Feel Like a Stranger" (BarlowJohn Perry BarlowJohn Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic...
, 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...
) – 5:08 - "Lost Sailor" (Barlow, Weir)– 5:54
- "Saint of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:39
- "Antwerp's Placebo (The Plumber)" (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...
, KreutzmannBill KreutzmannBill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
) – 0:39 - "Easy to Love You" (Barlow, Mydland) – 3:38
- "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional) – 3:23
- "Peggy-O" (studio outtake) (traditional) – 5:51
- "What'll You Raise" (studio outtake) (Hunter) – 4:10
- "Jack-A-Roe" (studio outtake) (traditional) – 4:55
- "Althea" (live) – 8:17
- "Lost Sailor" (live) – 6:41
- "Saint of Circumstance" (live) – 6:35
Personnel
Grateful DeadGrateful 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...
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- 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...
- guitar, vocals - 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, vocals - 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 :...
- keyboards, vocals - 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 - 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
Production:
- Gary Lyons - producer, engineer
- Stanley Mouse - producer, art direction, illustrations
- Bob SeidemannBob SeidemannBob Seidemann is an American graphic artist and photographer best known for the creation of several album covers and portraits of musicians in the 1960s and 1970s.Seidemann first gained notoriety in 1967 for a photographic interpretation of the Pietà...
- photography - Jim Welch - producer, art direction
- Betty Cantor-Jackson, Bob Matthews, Pete Thea - engineers
Bonus tracks production details
- "Peggy-O" - studio outtake recorded on July 16, 1979
- "What'll You Raise" - studio outtake recorded on July 16, 1979
- "Jack-A-Roe" - studio outtake recorded on July 14, 1979
- "Althea" - recorded live during October 1980
- "Lost Sailor" - recorded live at Radio City Music HallRadio City Music HallRadio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York City's Rockefeller Center. Its nickname is the Showplace of the Nation, and it was for a time the leading tourist destination in the city...
on October 25, 1980 - "Saint Of Circumstance" - recorded live at Radio City Music HallRadio City Music HallRadio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York City's Rockefeller Center. Its nickname is the Showplace of the Nation, and it was for a time the leading tourist destination in the city...
on October 25, 1980
Reissue production credits
- David Lemieux, James Austin - reissue producers
- Reggie Collins - liner notes
- Sheryl Farber - editorial supervision
- Cameron Sears - executive producer
- Joe Gastwirt - mastering, production consultant
- Tom Flye - mixing
- Robert Gatley - mixing assistant
- Hugh Brown, Steve Vance - art coordinator
- Jimmy Edwards, Robin Hurley, Hale Milfgrim, Scott Pascucci - associate producer
- Eileen Law - research
- Vanessa Atkins, Steven Chean, Bill Inglot, Jeffrey Norman, Randy Perry - project assistants
- John Cutler - engineer
- Herbert Greene - photography
- Richard Loren, Rock Scully, Alan Trist - coordination, direction
Charts
Album - Billboard| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Pop Albums | 23 |
Singles - Billboard
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "Alabama Getaway" | Pop Singles | 68 |