Jerry Garcia Band - Heads & Tails: Volume 2 (Lavender Eco-Mix Vinyl)

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Lavender Eco-Mix Vinyl Double A-sided LP: Heads side (1976) and Tails side (1993), each with its own cover Printed insert
Release Date Dec 4, 2026
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  • Label Round Records (rr0)
  • Format Vinyl, LP, Album
  • Format details Lavender Eco-Mix Vinyl Double A-sided LP: Heads side (1976) and Tails side (1993), each with its own cover Printed insert
  • Media 1 x Vinyl
  • This pressing Dec 4, 2026
  • Region US
  • Genres Rock
  • UPC 880882713812
Releases Dec 4, 2026

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Lavender Eco-Mix Vinyl LP

Heads & Tails is the Garcia family's archival vinyl series for Jerry Garcia performances that sit on tapes otherwise unfit for a full release. Each volume pairs two shows, one per side, and treats the record as a double A-side: there is no front and back, only a Heads side and a Tails side, each with its own cover. Volume 2 is pressed on lavender eco-mix vinyl and comes with a printed insert.

The Heads side comes from Keystone Berkeley on January 26, 1976, the first show Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux played with the Jerry Garcia Band. They joined Garcia, bassist John Kahn and drummer Ron Tutt in a lineup that held together until August 1977. The side opens with Irving Berlin's "Russian Lullaby," carried by Keith on piano, a song Garcia had already cut in the studio for his 1974 solo album Compliments. It closes with the band's first-ever performance of the traditional gospel song "Who Was John?", the track in the video above.

The Tails side jumps seventeen years to August 8, 1993, an afternoon show at Portland Meadows in Oregon. By then the band was Garcia and Kahn with keyboardist Melvin Seals, drummer David Kemper and singers Gloria Jones and Jacklyn LaBranch, the lineup behind the band's early-'90s live records, then in its last months together. It holds Van Morrison's "And It Stoned Me" and Daniel Lanois's "The Maker," with Garcia singing lead on the second.

Tracklist

Heads: January 26, 1976, Keystone, Berkeley, CA

  1. Russian Lullaby
  2. Who Was John?

Tails: August 8, 1993, Portland Meadows, Portland, OR

  1. And It Stoned Me
  2. The Maker

Complete the Collection

Three Jerry Garcia Band titles at Evergreen Vinyl, this one included: Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive Volume 21.

UPC: 880882713812
Label: Round Records (rr0)
Release Date: 12.4.26
Format: Vinyl