"It takes all you got just to stay on the beat"

The Annotated Mickey Hart Discography

An installment in The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.
By David Dodd
Library, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Copyright notice

Recordings by Mickey Hart:

Part V of the Annotated Grateful Dead Discography


  1. THE APOCALYPSE NOW SESSIONS: THE RHYTHM DEVILS PLAY RIVER MUSIC (1980)

    Passport Records: PB 9844

    Produced by Mickey Hart

    Composed by Hart, Mike Hinton, and Airto Moreira

    The Rhythm Devils: Mickey Hart, Billy Kretuzmann, Airto Moreira, Mike Hinton, Jim Loveless, Greg Errico, Jordan Amarantha, Phil Lesh.

    Artwork: Stanley Mouse

    Tracks:


  2. AT THE EDGE (1990)

    Rykodisc: RYKO 1443 124 4

    All-Music Guide entry

    Musicians:

    Tracks:

    1. "#4 for Gaia"
    2. "Sky Water"
    3. "Slow Sailing"
    4. "Lonesome Hero"
    5. "Fast Sailing"
    6. "Cougar Run"
    7. "Eliminators"
    8. "Brainstorm"
    9. "Pigs in Space"

  3. DAFOS (1983)

    Mickey Hart, Airto, Flora Purim

    Produced by Mickey Hart and Airto Moreira

    Recorded October 24, 1982 and March 21, 1983 at the Japan Center Theatre, San Francisco.

    Cover photography: John Werner

    Dafos logo: Alton Kelley

    Musicians:

    Tracks:


  4. DIGA (March, 1976)

    Produced by Mickey Hart

    Diga Rhythm Band

    Additional musicians:

    Cover art: Jordan Stenberg; photo: Oneheart

    Tracks:

    1. "Razooli": Ray Spiegel
    2. "Happiness Is Drumming": Diga Rhythm Band
    3. "Tal Mala": Ustad Alla Rahka, Diga Rhythm Band
    4. "Sweet Sixteen": Diga Rhythm Band
    5. "Magnificent Sevens": Diga Rhythm Band


  5. MICKEY HART'S MYSTERY BOX (June, 1996)

    Rykodisc: RCD 10338

    Produced by Mickey Hart; co-production and mixing by Robin Millar

    Photographic illustration: Karen B. Ollis

    Lyrics by Robert Hunter

    Musicians: (a very sketchy list...)

    Rainforest ambience and birds on "The Next Step" recorded by Steven Feld

    Tracks:

    1. "Where Love Goes (Sito)": music by Hart, Mint Juleps, Olatunji, Hussain, Hidalgo
    2. "Full Steam Ahead": music by Hart, Jenkins, Welnick, Mint Juleps, Hussain, Hidalgo, Adepoju
    3. "Down The Road": music by Hart, Jenkings, Welnick, Hidalgo
    4. "The Sandman": music by Hart, Jenkins, Welnick, Mint Juleps, Hussain
    5. "The Next Step": music by Hart, Jenkins, Welnick, Sterling, Hussain, Hildago, Adepoju
    6. "Look Away": music by Hart, Mint Juleps, Adepoju, Hildago
    7. "Only the Strange Remain": music by Hart
    8. "Sangre de Cristo": music by Hart, Jenkins, Welnick, Hussain, Hidalgo
    9. "John Cage Is Dead": music by Hart, Jenkins, Welnick, Hidalgo, Hussain
    10. "The Last Song": music by Hart, Mint Juleps, Adepoju, Hidalgo


  6. MUSIC TO BE BORN BY (1989)

    Rykodisc: RYKO 1443 20112 2

    All-Music Guide entry

    Produced by Mickey Hart

    Musicians:


  7. PLANET DRUM (1991)

    Rykodisc: RCD 10206

    Produced by Mickey Hart

    "The World"

    Musicians:

    Tracks:

    1. "Udu Chant"
    2. "Island Groove"
    3. "Light Over Shadow"
    4. "Dance of the Hunter's Fire"
    5. "Jewe ("You are the One")"
    6. "The Hunt"
    7. "Temple Caves"
    8. "The Dancing Sorcerer"
    9. "Bones"
    10. "Lost River"
    11. "Evening Samba"
    12. "Iyanu ("Surprises")"
    13. "Mysterious Island"

  8. ROLLING THUNDER (May, 1972)

    Cover art: Kelley/Mouse Studios

    Personnel:

    Tracks:

    1. "Rolling Thunder/Shoshone Invocation": Rolling Thunder
    2. "The Main Ten (Playing in the Band)": m: Hart & Weir; w: Hunter
    3. "Fletcher Carnaby": m: Hart; w: Hunter
    4. "The Chase (Progress)": Hart
    5. "Blind John": m: C.J. Stetson; w: Peter Monk
    6. "Young Man": m: Hart; w: Peter Monk
    7. "Deep, Wide and Frequent": Hart
    8. "Pump Song" [aka "Greatest Story Ever Told"]: m: Weir & Hart; w: Hunter
    9. "Grandma's Cookies": Hart
    10. "Hangin' On": m: C.J. Stetson; w: Peter Monk; arr. Hart

  9. YAMANTAKA (1982)

    CELESTIAL HARMONIES RECORDS 1372 13003 2

    All-Music Guide entry

    With Henry Wolff and Nancy Hennings

    Tracks:

    1. "Revolving Mask of Yamantaka" Hart/Wolff/Hennings
    2. "Yamantaka, Pt. 1-7": Hart/Wolff/Hennings/Diamond
    3. "Towards the Bending of The Light": Hennings/Keane
    4. "Solar Winds": Wolff/Keane
    5. "Field of Souls": Wolff/Keane

First posted: April 14, 1995
Last revised: October 10, 1996