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'''''Long Strange Trip''''' |
The documentary's soundtrack album '''''Long Strange Trip''''' contains songs compiled from various live and studio recordings by the band, some of which had been previously released. There are two versions of the album – one with two CDs, and another, available only from [[Amazon.com]], with three CDs. It is scheduled to be released on May 26, 2017.<ref name=JamBase-Soundtrack/><ref name=LFLM-Soundtrack/> |
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Directed by | Amir Bar-Lev |
Produced by |
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Starring | Grateful Dead |
Edited by | Keith Fraase |
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Distributed by | Amazon Video |
Release date | January 23, 2017 |
Running time | 235 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Long Strange Trip is a documentary film about the rock band the Grateful Dead. It premiered on January 23, 2017, at the Sundance Film Festival. It will have a one-night only nationwide screening on May 25, 2017, a week-long limited theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles starting on May 26, 2017, and a soundtrack album will be released on May 26, 2017.[1] The film will be shown on Amazon Video in 220 countries starting on June 2, 2017.[2][3][4][5][6]
Long Strange Trip was directed by Amir Bar-Lev, and has a running time of almost four hours. Martin Scorsese was one of the executive producers. Justin Kreutzmann, the son of Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, was one of the producers.
Critical reception
Owen Gleiberman wrote in Variety, "At three hours and 58 minutes, it has the sprawl and generosity of a good Dead show, yet there’s nothing indulgent about it – it's an ardent piece of documentary classicism.... Deadheads will drink it in and debate it, poring over every detail it works in and leaves out, yet the ultimate recommendation I can give the movie is this: I'm one of those people who can't stand the Grateful Dead... yet I found Long Strange Trip enthralling. For the first time, it made me see, and feel, and understand the slovenly glory of what they were up to, even if my ears still process their music as monotonous roots-rock wallpaper."[7]
Jordan Hoffman wrote in Vanity Fair, "The film's first half is a typical, though very well-polished rock doc: getting the band together, how they found their sound, their struggles and successes. After intermission, the narrative goes to unexpected and extremely emotional places: an examination of intense public adoration and the burdens of fame. For lack of a better term, it becomes a real movie.... But I do think that Bar-Lev has done the impossible: his film will make those who normally scoff at those patchouli-smelling ersatz flower children tap their feet, maybe even join them for a dance."[8]
In the Los Angeles Times, Robin Abcarian said, "I can’t imagine that anyone will walk away from Long Strange Trip, Amir Bar-Lev’s remarkable four-hour documentary about the Grateful Dead, without a newfound appreciation for the band’s music and its place in American popular culture."[9]
Soundtrack album
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The documentary's soundtrack album Long Strange Trip contains songs compiled from various live and studio recordings by the band, some of which had been previously released. There are two versions of the album – one with two CDs, and another, available only from Amazon.com, with three CDs. It is scheduled to be released on May 26, 2017.[10][11]
Disc 1 | ||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally released | Recorded |
1. | "Death Don't Have No Mercy" | Reverend Gary Davis | Live/Dead | Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, 3/2/1969 |
2. | "St. Stephen" | Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter | Live/Dead | Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, 2/27/1969 |
3. | "Uncle John's Band" | Garcia, Hunter | Workingman's Dead | 1970 |
4. | "Dark Star" | Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron McKernan, Bob Weir, Hunter | previously unreleased | Fillmore East, New York, NY, 2/14/1970 |
5. | "Easy Wind" | Hunter | Workingman's Dead | 1970 |
6. | "Candyman" | Garcia, Hunter | American Beauty | 1970 |
7. | "China Cat Sunflower" > | Garcia, Hunter | previously unreleased | Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France, 6/21/1971 |
8. | "I Know You Rider" | traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead | previously unreleased | Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France, 6/21/1971 |
9. | "Morning Dew" | Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose | Europe '72 | Lyceum Theatre, London, England, 5/26/1972 |
Disc 2 | ||||
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally released | Recorded |
1. | "He's Gone" | Garcia, Hunter | Sunshine Daydream | Renaissance Faire Grounds, Veneta, OR, 8/27/1972 |
2. | "The Music Never Stopped" | Weir, John Perry Barlow | One from the Vault | Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, 8/13/1975 |
3. | "Scarlet Begonias" > | Garcia, Hunter | Cornell 5/8/77 | Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 5/8/1977 |
4. | "Fire on the Mountain" | Hart, Hunter | Cornell 5/8/77 | Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 5/8/1977 |
5. | "Althea" | Garcia, Hunter | Go to Nassau | Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, 5/16/1980 |
6. | "Touch of Grey" | Garcia, Hunter | In the Dark | 1987 |
7. | "Dear Mr. Fantasy" > | Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood | previously unreleased | Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, MA, 7/2/1989 |
8. | "Hey Jude" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | previously unreleased | Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, MA, 7/2/1989 |
9. | "Ripple" > | Garcia, Hunter | American Beauty | 1970 |
10. | "Brokedown Palace" | Garcia, Hunter | American Beauty | 1970 |
Disc 3 – Amazon exclusive | ||||
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally released | Recorded |
1. | "Playing in the Band" | Weir, Hunter | Europe '72: The Complete Recordings | Beat-Club, Bremen, West Germany, 4/21/1972 |
2. | "Eyes of the World" | Garcia, Hunter | Dick's Picks Volume 31 | Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ, 8/6/1974 |
3. | "St. Stephen" > | Garcia, Lesh, Hunter | Cornell 5/8/77 | Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 5/8/1977 |
4. | "Not Fade Away" > | Buddy Holly, Norman Petty | Cornell 5/8/77 | Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 5/8/1977 |
5. | "St. Stephen" | Garcia, Lesh, Hunter | Cornell 5/8/77 | Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 5/8/1977 |
6. | "Dark Hollow" | Bill Browning | Reckoning | 1981 |
7. | "Stella Blue" | Garcia, Hunter | previously unreleased | Zoo Amphitheater, Oklahoma City, OK, 7/5/1981 |
8. | "Days Between" | Garcia, Hunter | previously unreleased | Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 10/18/1994 |
References
- ^ Bernstein, Scott (March 31, 2017). "Grateful Dead Documentary Long Strange Trip Coming to Theaters Ahead of Amazon Prime Release". JamBase. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
- ^ Abramovitch, Seth (October 23, 2014). "Martin Scorsese to Exec Produce Grateful Dead Doc". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ McNary, Dave (December 14, 2016). "Sundance Film Festival Adds Grateful Dead Documentary Long Strange Trip". Variety. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
- ^ Bernstein, Scott (December 19, 2016). "Grateful Dead Documentary Long Strange Trip Spans 235 Minutes". JamBase. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
- ^ McNary, Dave (January 18, 2017). "Grateful Dead Documentary Long Strange Trip Bought by Amazon". Variety. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
- ^ Fear, David (January 24, 2017). "Sundance 2017: Grateful Dead Doc Long Strange Trip Is Heartbreaking Tribute". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
- ^ Gleiberman, Owen (March 17, 2017). "Film Review: Long Strange Trip". Variety. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ^ Hoffman, Jordan (January 26, 2017). "Long Strange Trip Might Just Convince Naysayers to Care About the Grateful Dead". Vanity Fair. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ Abcarian, Robin (April 16, 2017). "Deadheads Aren't the Only Ones Who'll Enjoy This Long Strange Trip". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ^ Bernstein, Scott (April 13, 2017). "Grateful Dead Reveals Long Strange Trip Soundtrack Details". JamBase. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^ Newcomb, Ming Lee (April 13, 2017). "Track Listings for Soundtrack of New Grateful Dead Documentary, Long Strange Trip, Released". Live for Live Music. Retrieved April 14, 2017.