Compliments (album)

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Compliments
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Studio album by
Jerry Garcia
ReleasedJune 5, 1974
RecordedFebruary 1974
Genre Roots rock, folk rock
Length35:18
Label Round Records
Producer John Kahn
Jerry Garcia chronology
Live at Keystone
(1973)		Compliments
(1974)		 Old & In the Way
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide B− [2]
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Compliments, also known as Garcia, is the second solo album by the Grateful Dead's guitarist Jerry Garcia, released in June 1974. It includes one newly written song by John Kahn and Robert Hunter but is otherwise composed of cover versions. The album peaked at number 49 on the Billboard albums chart.

Contents

The album came to be called Compliments after its release, because early promotional copies had the word "compliments of" printed on the front, above the title Garcia. This has helped to distinguish it from Garcia's first solo LP, which was also called Garcia.

Compliments was reissued on 180-gram green vinyl, in a limited edition of 7,000 copies, as part of Record Store Day on April 18, 2015. [4]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Let It Rock" (Chuck Berry) – 3:12
  2. "When The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (Smokey Robinson) – 3:46
  3. "That's What Love Will Make You Do" (Henderson Thigpen, James Banks, Eddy Marion) – 3:42
  4. "Russian Lullaby" (Irving Berlin) – 3:04
  5. "Turn On The Bright Lights" (Albert Washington) – 5:04

Side two

  1. "He Ain't Give You None" (Van Morrison) – 3:25
  2. "What Goes Around" (Mac Rebennack) – 3:07
  3. "Let's Spend The Night Together" (Jagger–Richards) – 3:40
  4. "Mississippi Moon" (Peter Rowan) – 3:06
  5. "Midnight Town" (Robert Hunter, John Kahn) – 3:12

The album was reissued in the All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions box set with the following bonus tracks:

  1. "That's a Touch I Like" (Jesse Winchester) – 3:40
  2. "(I'm a) Road Runner" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) – 4:10
  3. "It's Too Late (She's Gone)" (Chuck Willis) – 4:27
  4. "I'll Forget You" (copyright control) – 3:21
  5. "Tragedy" (Fred Burch, Gerald Nelson) – 3:52
  6. "Think" (Deadric Malone, Jimmy McCracklin) – 4:12
  7. "I Know It's a Sin" (Jimmy Reed) – 2:41
  8. "Lonesome Town" (Thomas Baker Knight) – 6:19
  9. "Cardiac Arrest (Studio Jam)" (Jerry Garcia, Kahn, Michael Omartian, Merl Saunders, Ron Tutt) – 1:39
  10. "Back Home in Indiana" (James Hanley, Ballard McDonald) – 7:08


Note: Although credited to Albert Washington on this album, the song "Turn On the Bright Lights" is credited on Albert Washington's original single release to musician, producer, and songwriter Harry Carlson. [5]

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Bobbye Hall – percussion on tracks 1-3 and 7-8
  • Melvin Moore – trumpet on tracks 3 and 5
  • Gene Connors – trombone on tracks 3 and 5, horn arrangement
  • Jackie Kelso – saxophones on tracks 3 and 5
  • Amos Garrett – trombone on tracks 4 and 7
  • Joel Tepp – clarinet on track 4
  • Richard Greene – violin on tracks 4 and 8
  • Merry Clayton – background vocals on tracks 6 and 10
  • Clydie King – background vocals on tracks 6 and 10
  • Patty – background vocals on tracks 6 and 10
  • Geoff Muldaur – clarinet on track 7
  • Maria Muldaur – background vocals on track 8
  • Ben Benay – rhythm guitar on track 9
  • Tom Rose – clarinet on track 9
  • John Rotella – e flat clarinet on track 9
  • Willie Green – b flat clarinet on track 9
  • Gary Ray – b flat clarinet on track 9
  • Julian Sheer – bass clarinet on track 9
  • Sid Page – violin on tracks 9-10
  • Carl Pedersen – violin on tracks 9-10
  • Nathan Rubin – violin on tracks 9-10
  • Emily van Valkenburg – violin on tracks 9-10
  • Miriam Dye – viola on tracks 9-10
  • Nancy Ellis – viola on tracks 9-10
  • Terry Adams – cello on tracks 9-10
  • Judiyaba – cello on tracks 9-10
  • Ray Siegal – string bass on tracks 9-10
  • Arnie Egilsson – string bass on tracks 9-10
  • Sid Sharp – contractor on tracks 9-10
  • David Nichtern – guitar on track 20
  • David Grisman – mandolin on track 20
  • Vassar Clements – violin on track 20

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References

  1. ↑ Planer, Lindsay. Compliments at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Music Box review
  4. ↑ Compliments, Record Store Day 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Albert Washington and the Kings – Turn On the Bright Lights". Discogs. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
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