<Tr> <Td> Robert Christgau </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rolling Stone </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> What a Long Strange Trip It's Been is the second compilation album by the Grateful Dead . It was released August 18, 1977 by Warner Bros. Records, three years after the Skeletons from the Closet compilation . Both albums are subtitled "The Best of the Grateful Dead". Unlike the previous compilation, What a Long Strange Trip It's Been is a double album . </P> <P> After the Grateful Dead had completed their contract with Warner Bros. and begun self - releasing their recordings, the label released Skeletons from the Closet . The compilation of tracks from their back catalog was successful and when the band moved onto Arista Records in 1977, to record Terrapin Station, Warner Bros. released a second, larger compilation of tracks from the 1967--1972 period . </P>

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