Born Cross-Eyed
1968 single by Grateful Dead
"Born Cross-Eyed" is an original composition by the San Francisco psychedelic rock group Grateful Dead . It was written by rhythm guitarist Bob Weir during the band's sessions creating the album Anthem of the Sun David Hassinger , in 1968. It was released as a B-side with the single "Dark Star ", one of the band's best-known musical excursions.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
The single was first released in April 1968 by Warner Bros. Records and is a different mix than the version included on the Anthem of the Sun album. The single was re-released in the United Kingdom in 1977 as a promotion distributed with the Dark Star magazine . The single release included lyrics of "Dark Star" on the back cover. While writing the single Weir said he wanted the abrupt, brief breaks in the music to sound like "thick air". The band had lots of strange experimenting during the songwriting process which irritated producer Dave Hassinger so much that he left the studio. David Dodd believes this happened right around 1:32 in the song, just before the lyrics "my how lovely you are, my dear".[ 5]
This single version of the song would be later released as part of the compilation album What a Long Strange Trip It's Been CD retrospective box set The Golden Road (1965-1973) Rhino Records (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.), and the 2003 re-release of Anthem of the Sun by Rhino.
Albums
The alternate cover sleeve of the single that was released in the United Kingdom . The following are the albums on which the song has appeared:
Studio albums Live albums Compilation /Box sets
References
^ Dodd, David. "Greatest Stories Ever Told: "Born Cross-Eyed"" , dead.net. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
^ Dodd, David. "Born Cross-Eyed" , The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
^ "Born Cross-Eyed" , Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved October 1, 2016.^ "Born Cross-Eyed" , Grateful Dead Lyric and Song Finder. Retrieved October 1, 2016.^ "Grateful Dead Greatest Stories Ever Told - "Born Cross-Eyed" .
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Crimson White & Indigo Formerly the Warlocks Europe '72: The Complete Recordings Europe '72 Volume 2 Dark Star Spring 1990 Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It Winterland: May 30th 1971 May 1977 Sunshine Daydream Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70 Live at Hampton Coliseum Spring 1990 (The Other One) Wake Up to Find Out Houston, Texas 11-18-1972 30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995 30 Trips Around the Sun Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA 11/10/1967 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 4/25/77 July 1978: The Complete Recordings Red Rocks: 7/8/78 July 29 1966, P.N.E. Garden Aud., Vancouver Canada May 1977: Get Shown the Light Cornell 5/8/77 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989 Fillmore West 1969: February 27th Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, 5/19/74 Playing in the Band, Seattle, Washington, 5/21/74 The Warfield, San Francisco, California, October 9 & 10, 1980 Fillmore West 1969: February 28th Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 Saint of Circumstance Ready or Not 2020s
June 1976 Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71 Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73 Lyceum '72: The Complete Recordings Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72 In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81 Here Comes Sunshine 1973 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73 Friend of the Devils: April 1978 Duke '78 View from Dick's Picks Road Trips Dave's Picks Download Series
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