Reflections [Original recording remastered]

Jerry Garcia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 12, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B0007OQ6S4
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,989 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Might As Well

2. Mission in the Rain

3. They Love Each Other

4. I'll Take A Melody

5. It Must Have Been the Roses

6. Tore Up Over You

7. Catfish John

8. Comes A Time

9. Mystery Train

10. All by Myself

11. Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie

12. You Win Again

13. Orpheus

Editorial Reviews

The Jerry Garcia Band and the Grateful Dead play on this 1976 release (a #42 LP), doing Might As Well; They Love Each Other; Tore Up over You; Catfish John , and more. Bonus cuts include a Mystery Train studio jam and an 18-minute Orpheus by the Dead!

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jerry Garcia at his prime, July 3, 2005

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James Moulton (Abington,Pa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reflections (Audio CD)

This CD, remastered by Rhino with 5 extra cuts sounds incredible. It is almost 80 minutes long. The original album only had 8 songs, but there were some long ones. This title "Reflections" is good. The Dead had taken a year off from touring "1975" and had recorded "Blues For Allah" earlier in the year.
What is neat, is that half of the songs are recorded with the "Dead" and the other half with "The Jerry Garcia Band".
Garcia uses his custom guitar "The Wolf" on this album, some really nice pics and liner notes come with the remastered version. Some standout tracks are "They Love Each Other" which the Dead played for years to come, a reggae type rhytmn with great backup vocals with Bob Weir and Donna. "I'll Take a Melody" is a real slow paced retrospective song with lots of great guitar. Another great ballad is "It Must Have Been The Roses" which ended up in the Dead's set list too.
"Catfish John" is another great reggae type melody with the Dead backing him up. Great lead guitar break, Jerry really puts emotion in his leads and creative tones thru his custom made "Wolf". More tight backup vocals with Bob and Donna.
"Comes A Time" is an emotive hearttaker, incredible guitar tones,(especially on this Rhino version).
"Mystery Train" is a great loosely jammed bonus track. Great version of Hank William's "You Win Again"(where's the guitar break?)
The last track is a blowaway, the first version of "Orpheus" which became a Dead jam staple. This is an incredible Miles Davis type jam. Jerry is incredible, the band is so in synch with each other."Wow" (almost 18 minutes"
If you are a Garcia fan, you have to get this!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Consistently Excellent, November 20, 2009

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Chris Luallen (Nashville, Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reflections (Audio CD)

While Jerry's debut solo album "Garcia" features more of my favorite Grateful Dead songs, I prefer "Reflections" for it's consistent excellence. Among the Garcia/ Hunter originals on here I was most impressed by the rockin' version of "Might As Well", a great party tune commemorating the Dead's time with Janis Joplin, The Band and others as they travelled by train to a series of concerts in Canada circa 1970. I also highly recommend "Festival Express", a movie capturing this wild ride. Among the covers "Catfish John" has always been a favorite of mine. But I think that here it is even surpassed by Jerry's emotional singing and playing on Allen Touissaint's "I'll Take A Melody".

The original 1976 album had only 8 songs. But the CD contains 5 bonus tracks, including a rollicking Elvis Presley number,"Mystery Train", and Hank William's "You Win Again". But most Deadheads will likely gravitate towards "Orpheus" an epic 18 minute jam session, the sort that made the Dead's live performances so legendary. This is my personal favorite among Garcia's solo albums and certainly one worth owning.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Jerry CD, January 24, 2008

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Rajo (Northeast, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reflections (Audio CD)

This is my favorite Jerry solo album! All the songs have a nice flow and more of a jam-style than the heavy production as in some of the other CDs (e.g., Cats).

Jerry gets a great sound from his guitar on "Catfish John"--it sounds like a steel drum. And I love the final lead of "I'll Take a Melody."

You also get some Dead staples: "They Love Each Other", "It Must Have Been the Roses", & "Comes a Time". Not surprising considering the entire band played on many of the songs.