Operator (original studio mix)

Name: Operator
Duration: 2 min 24 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.4	Operator	2:21	Grateful Dead	American Beauty	Grateful Dead	Album	US1970-11	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records ("W7" imprint of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records, Inc.)	ST-93416
1.4	Operator	2:21	Grateful Dead	American Beauty (Burbank label image without Warner Communications logo, see annotation for additional disambiguation)	Grateful Dead	Album	US1973	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	WS 1893
Promotion
1.4	Operator	2:21	Grateful Dead	American Beauty	Grateful Dead	Album	US1970-11	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	WS 1893

co-producer:	Steve Barncard
producer:	Grateful Dead
bass:	Phil Lesh (in 1970-09)
drums (drum set):	Bill Kreutzmann (in 1970-09)
guitar:	Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (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 (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-09)
percussion:	Mickey Hart (drummer for The Grateful Dead) (in 1970-09)
piano:	Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-09) Phil Lesh (in 1970-09)
vocals:	Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) (in 1970-09) Phil Lesh (in 1970-09) Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (in 1970-09) Bob Weir (in 1970-09)

recorded at:	Wally Heider Studios (@ 245 Hyde Street, San Francisco) in San Francisco (in 1970-09)

has remixes:	Operator (2001 remix)

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/1tPEhOQMRKHeWn7nJwUkqO [info]

recording of:	Operator (in 1970-09)

lyricist and composer:	Ron “Pigpen” McKernan