Ready or Not is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was released on November 22, 2019, through Rhino Entertainment. Featuring live recordings from 1992 through 1995, the album contains nine compositions originally intended for the band's never-finished fourteenth studio album.
Contents
Unfinished Grateful Dead album
In February 1992, the Grateful Dead began work on recording a new studio album. That album was never completed, and the group disbanded in 1995 following the death of Jerry Garcia. Most likely the unfinished studio album would have included the songs that appear on Ready or Not.
Critical reception
On AllMusic, Fred Thomas wrote, "Ready or Not indeed offers a glimpse of what another studio album from what turned out to be the group's later phase would have sounded like, only with the buffer of comfort that comes from them working out the songs on-stage. It's a document not quite like any of the Dead's hundreds of other archival releases, zeroing in on unfamiliar and exciting material."
Track listing
Note: "Corrina" is edited to 15:27 on CD editions of the album.
Personnel
Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann – drums
Mickey Hart – drums
Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals
Production
Produced by Grateful Dead
Produced for release by David Lemieux
Associate Producers: Doran Tyson & Ivette Ramos
Recording: Dan Healy, John Cutler
Mastering: David Glasser
Cover art: Ruben Perez
Photos: Bob Minkin
Design: Steve Vance
Liner notes: Jesse Jarnow