open 12 to 7 today ! on this date 43 years ago ! Grateful Dead is the seventh alb** by the Grateful Dead, released in October 1971 on Warner Bros. Records, catalogue 2WS-1935. It is their second live double alb**, and also known generally by the names Skull and Roses (due to its iconic cover art) and Skull f*** (the name the band originally wanted to give to the alb**, which was rejected by the record company).