A book of matches bears the ecology symbol. The back cover depicts three men seated around a diner table playing cards, with a globe trophy in the center. The stem of the rose touches the record, as a stylus. The front cover shows a somewhat demonic, red-toned man (with flames reflected in his sunglasses), Botticelli's Venus holding a rose (presumably a reference to American Beauty, the album most-heavily represented), and a smoking skeleton spindling a prescient gold record on its extended middle finger. With no input from the band, it only vaguely represents the imagery associated with the Grateful Dead, and is not in keeping with the tone of previous releases. The artwork for the front and back covers of the album was created by John Van Hamersveld. The album title is a pun, referring both to the idiom and to the fact that these are Grateful Dead tracks from Warner Bros.' "closet" (and skeletons being iconography associated with the band).
Nothing is presented from previous albums Anthem of the Sun, Grateful Dead or Bear's Choice, nor versions from singles. Though "Mexicali Blues" is from Weir's solo album, he is backed by the Grateful Dead.
" One More Saturday Night" is a live version from Europe '72. However "Turn On Your Love Light" is an edited version, that first appeared on the Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders album The Big Ball, rather than the complete version from Live/Dead. Įight of the tracks are from Dead studio recordings, and two are from live albums. compiled Skeletons from the Closet as a "best-of" package, with tracks representing six of the band's nine albums on their label (along with a track from Bob Weir's solo album, Ace). After Wake of the Flood was successfully released on the independent Grateful Dead Records, Warner Bros. Records, the Grateful Dead left the label and started their own production and publishing arm for the release of their albums and other projects. Upon fulfilling their contract with Warner Bros. It was followed three years later by a second compilation, What a Long Strange Trip It's Been. Records to capitalize on the Dead's back catalog, after the band had left the label. As with other such packages, the album was a way for Warner Bros. It was originally released in February 1974. Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead is the first compilation album from rock band the Grateful Dead.
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