''Infrared Roses'' is a live compilation album by the Grateful Dead. It is a conglomeration of their famous

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segments "Drums" and "Space". Somewhere in the middle of the second set of a Grateful Dead concert came a period of musical improvisation, usually 5 to 15 minutes, sometimes longer. This part of the concert is commonly referred to as "Space," and came right after a

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or duet. ''Infrared Roses'' is a compilation of these performances. There are no recognizable songs from the band's repertoire on this release (although a theme from "

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" appears at the start of "Riverside Rhapsody," "Infrared Roses" finishes with the band starting to play "I Need a Miracle," and "Magnesium Night Light" includes a quote of the opening theme of " Dark Star"). Robert Hunter, lyricist with the Grateful Dead, created the names of the tracks for the album. The album cover is by Jerry Garcia, who at the time was creating

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. Music from ''Infrared Roses'' was used as the soundtrack for the 18-minute Grateful Dead video '' Infrared Sightings''.

Track listing

''Musicians listed in order of appearance on each track''. # "Crowd Sculpture" (Bralove) – 2:21 #* Deadheads # "Parallelogram" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 5:06 #* Bill Kreutzmann - Trap Drums Left, Mickey Hart - Trap Drums Right #* Mickey Hart - Beast (Large Drums) and Beam #* Bill Kreutzmann - Timbales # "Little Nemo in Nightland" (Bralove, Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 6:16 #* Bob Weir - Guitar #* Jerry Garcia - Guitar #* Phil Lesh - Bass # "Riverside Rhapsody" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Mydland, Weir) – 3:55 #* Jerry Garcia - Guitar #* Bob Weir - Guitar #* Phil Lesh - Bass #* Brent Mydland - Keyboards #* Bill Kreutzmann - Drums #* Mickey Hart - Drums and Electronic Percussion # "Post-Modern Highrise Table Top Stomp" (Garcia, Green, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Mydland, Weir) – 4:23 #* Stereo Left ← Stereo Center ↓ Stereo Right→ #* Willie Green III - Kick Snare Hat ↓ #* Bill Kreutzmann - Roto Toms ← #* Mickey Hart - Talking Drums → #* Jerry Garcia - Electronic Percussion (Cow Bells, Shakers, Drums) ↓,→ #* Bob Weir - Midi Guitar: Marimba ←,↓ #* Phil Lesh - Bass ↓ #* Brent Mydland - Midi Keyboard (Rattles, Shakers, Toms) ↓ # "Infrared Roses" (Bralove, Garcia, Lesh, Mydland, Weir) – 5:36 #* Brent Mydland - Keys and Synth ("Outerspace FX", Voices, Piano) #* Phil Lesh - Bass and Synth (Trombone, FilterSweeps, French horn, Strings, Bells) #* Bob Weir - Guitar and Synths (Bells, Glockenspiel, Vibes) #* Jerry Garcia - Guitar and Synths (Trumpet, Mandolin, Voices, Strings) # "Silver Apples of the Moon" (Hornsby, Welnick) – 5:41 #* Bruce Hornsby - Piano and Synths (Strings, Vibes) #* Vince Welnick - Synths (Voices, Strings, Rattles, Organ, Bells) # "Speaking in Swords" (Bralove, Hart, Kreutzmann) – 3:29 #* Mickey Hart - Beam and Electronic Percussion #* Bill Kreutzmann - Electronic Percussion # "Magnesium Night Light" (Garcia, Lesh, Mydland, Weir) – 5:28 #* Jerry Garcia - Guitars and Synths (Trumpet, Strings) #* Bob Weir - Guitar and Synths (Bells, Marimbas, Vibes) #* Phil Lesh - Bass and Synths (Bass Fuzz, Filter Sweep, Bells) #* Brent Mydland - Keys and Synths (FX, Piano, Electric Piano) # "Sparrow Hawk Row" (Bralove, Garcia, Healy, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Mydland, Weir) – 3:23 #* Dan Healy - Processing
''and in no particular order'' #* Jerry Garcia - Guitar #* Bob Weir - Guitar #* Phil Lesh - Bass #* Brent Mydland - Keys #* Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann - Drums # "River of Nine Sorrows" (Bralove, Hart, Kreutzmann) – 4:25 #* Mickey Hart - Electronic Percussion, Synths (Bird Whistles, Woodblocks, Log Drum) #* Bill Kreutzmann - Drums, Electronic Percussion, Synths (Gongs, Congas, Woodblocks, Electronic Toms) #* Bob Bralove - Drum Machine Sequencing # "Apollo at the Ritz" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Marsalis, Mydland, Weir) – 8:15 #* Jerry Garcia - Guitar and Synths (Church Bell, Flute, Double Reed and lots more) #* Phil Lesh - Bass and Synths (Bass Flute) #* Branford Marsalis - Tenor and Soprano Sax #* Bob Weir - Guitar and Synths (Trumpet Section) #* Brent Mydland - Keys #* Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann - Drums

Personnel

Grateful Dead * Jerry Garcia – drums,

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, synthesizer * Bob Weir – guitar,

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, synthesizer * Phil Lesh –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, synthesizer *

Brent Mydland Brent Mydland (October 21, 1952 – July 26, 1990) was an American keyboardist and singer. He was a member of the rock band The Grateful Dead from 1979 to 1990, a longer tenure than any other keyboardist in the band. Growing up in Concord ...

– keyboards, rattles, synthesizer,

tom-tom A tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snares, named from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala language. It was added to the drum kit in the early part of the 20th century. Most toms range in size between in diameter, though floor toms can go as l ...

Vince Welnick Vincent Leo Welnick (February 21, 1951 – June 2, 2006) was an American keyboardist-singer-songwriter best known for playing with the band The Tubes during the 1970s and 1980s and with the Grateful Dead in the 1990s. He was inducted into ...

– synthesizer *

Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock, heartland rock, and blues rock musical traditions ...

–

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, keyboards *

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

– drums * Mickey Hart – drums Additional musicians *

Deadhead A Deadhead or Dead Head is a fan of the American rock band the Grateful Dead. In the 1970s, a number of fans began travelling to see the band in as many shows or festival venues as they could. With large numbers of people thus attending strings ...

s on "Crowd Sculpture" * Willie Green III – kick, snare, hat on "Post-Modern Highrise Table Top Stomp" * Dan Healy – processing on "Sparrow Hawk Row" *

Bob Bralove Bob Bralove is a keyboard–synthesizer player who worked as a sound technician with the Grateful Dead from 1986 to 1995. Throughout his tenure, he performed as an auxiliary musician throughout "Drums" and "Space", the band's signature aleatoric ...

– drum machine on "River of Nine Sorrows" * Branford Marsalis – saxophone on "Apollo At The Ritz" Production *Produced by Bob Bralove *Mixing engineer: Jeffrey Norman *Multi-track recording engineer: John Cutler *2-track recording: Dan Healy, Bob Bralove *Digital mastering: Joe Gastwirt *Synthesizer programming: Bob Bralove *Cover art: Jerry Garcia *Art direction: Amy F.

Recording dates

Although the editing techniques used for this album make it nearly impossible to identify all of the concerts used, some dates are identifiable. Some tracks may include material from other concerts in addition to those listed. * "Parallelogram" recorded at JFK Stadium on July 7, 1989 * "Riverside Rhapsody" recorded at Giants Stadium on July 10, 1989 * "Post-Modern Highrise Table Top Stomp" recorded at Oakland Coliseum on December 28, 1989 * "Infrared Roses" recorded at Nassau Coliseum on March 30, 1990 (complete show later released on '' Spring 1990'') * "Magnesium Night Light" recorded at Hampton Coliseum on October 9, 1989 (complete show later released on ''

Formerly the Warlocks ''Formerly the Warlocks'' is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains two complete concerts on six CDs. It was recorded on October 8 and 9, 1989, at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. It was released on September 7, ...

''. Also used for the video '' Backstage Pass'') * "River of Nine Sorrows" and "Apollo at the Ritz" recorded at Nassau Coliseum on March 29, 1990 (complete show later released on '' Wake Up to Find Out'')

References

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