Operator (original studio mix)

~ Recording by Grateful Dead

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
  • 1970-11-01 US
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
  • 1970-11 US
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
  • 1970-11 NZ
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty (Burbank label image without Warner Communications logo, see annotation for additional disambiguation)
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty (limited edition)
  • 1979-04 US
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty (club release – Columbia House)
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
  • 1998-10-25 JP
8.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadThe Golden Road (1965–1973)
  • 2001-10-16 US
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
  • 2003-02-11 GB
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty (remastered)
  • 2003-02-25 US
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
5.4Operator2:26The Grateful DeadThe Warner Bros. Studio Albums
  • 2010-09-21 XE
5.4Operator2:21The Grateful DeadThe Warner Bros. Studio Albums (stereo, remastered on 180g vinyl)
1.4Operator2:25Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
  • 2012-11-06 XW
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
4.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadComplete Studio Albums Collection
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
  • 2014-11-11 US
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
  • 2014-11-18 US
2.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
  • 2014-11-18 US
1.4Operator2:24Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty (50th anniversary deluxe edition)
  • 2020-10-30 XE
1.4Operator2:24Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty (50th anniversary deluxe edition)
  • 2020-10-30 XW
1.4Operator2:24Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
  • 2020-10-30 XE
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty (matrix CD 759927190-2.2 V01, with mastering IFPI code and mould SID code)
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
Promotion
1.4Operator2:21Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
  • 1970-11 US
Withdrawn
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty
(unknown)
1.4Operator2:26Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty

Relationships

co-producer:Steve Barncard
producer:Grateful Dead
bass:Phil Lesh (in 1970-09)
drums (drum set):Bill Kreutzmann (in 1970-09)
guitar:Jerry Garcia (in 1970-09)
Phil Lesh (in 1970-09)
Bob Weir (in 1970-09)
harmonica:Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (in 1970-09)
pedal steel guitar:Jerry Garcia (in 1970-09)
percussion:Mickey Hart (in 1970-09)
piano:Jerry Garcia (in 1970-09)
Phil Lesh (in 1970-09)
vocals:Jerry Garcia (in 1970-09)
Phil Lesh (in 1970-09)
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (in 1970-09)
Bob Weir (in 1970-09)
recorded at:Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1970-09)
has remixes:Operator
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/1tPEhOQMRKHeWn7nJwUkqO [info]
recording of:Operator (in 1970-09)

Operator

lyricist and composer:Ron “Pigpen” McKernan