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Deluxe Box Set Features Five Warner Bros. Records studio albums on 180-Gram Vinyl With Lacquers Cut From The Original Analog Masters.
Between 1967 and 1970, the Grateful Dead recorded five studio albums for Warner Bros. Records that formed the psychedelic canon on which the band's live legend was built. The albums spotlighted the early core lineup of Jerry Garcia, Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart.
Grateful Dead and Rhino will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of 'Workingman's Dead' and 'American Beauty' with 'The Warner Bros. Studio Albums,' a five-LP boxed set available on September 21. The collection contains 'The Grateful Dead' (1967), 'Workingman's Dead,' and 'American Beauty' (1970), plus the original mixes for 'Anthem Of The Sun' (1968) and 'Aoxomoxoa' (1969), available on vinyl for the first time in nearly 40 years.
The set offers detailed replicas of the original albums housed in a hard-shell case that protects and stores the music with the accompanying 12in x 12in book including unpublished photos and new liner notes by Blair Jackson. To ensure the highest degree of quality, the albums were pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI using lacquers cut from the original analog masters by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.
The original mixes for 'Anthem of the Sun' and 'Aoxomoxoa' featured here for the first time since they were released went out of circulation in 1972 and 1971 respectively. Garcia and Lesh revisited 'Aoxomoxoa' two years after its release in an effort to cut through the dense mix, which was a result of the band's extensive experimenting in the studio with one of the first 16-track recorders. The overhaul changed the album's sound significantly, including the end of 'Doin' That Rag,' which originally closed with an a cappella vocal coda that was later removed.
'The Warner Bros. Studio Albums'
Track Listing
The Grateful Dead
Side One
1. The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
2. Beat It On Down The Line
3. Good Morning Little School Girl
4. Cold Rain And Snow
5. Sitting On Top Of The World
6. Cream Puff War
Side Two
1. Morning Dew
2. New, New Minglewood Blues
3. Viola Lee Blues
Anthem Of The Sun
Side One
1. That's It For The Other One
I. Cryptical Envelopment
II. Quadlibet For Tender Feet
III. The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get
IV. We Leave The Castle
2. New Potato Caboose
3. Born Cross-Eyed
Side Two
1. Alligator
2. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
Aoxomoxoa
Side One
1. St. Stephen
2. Dupree's Diamond Blues
3. Rosemary
4. Doin' That Rag
5. Mountains Of The Moon
Side Two
1. China Cat Sunflower
2. What's Become Of The Baby
3. Cosmic Charlie
Workingman's Dead
Side One
1. Uncle John's Band
2. High Time
3. Dire Wolf
4. New Speedway Boogie
Side Two
1. Cumberland Blues
2. Black Peter
3. Easy Wind
4. Casey Jones
American Beauty
Side One
1. Box Of Rain
2. Friend Of The Devil
3. Sugar Magnolia
4. Operator
5. Candyman
Side Two
1. Ripple
2. Brokedown Palace
3. Till The Morning Comes
4. Attics Of My Life
5. Truckin'
The Warner Bros. Studio Albums (5LP 180 Gram Vinyl Boxset) Reviews
The Warner Bros. Studio Albums (5LP 180 Gram Vinyl Boxset) Reviews
| 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:  CAVEAT EMPTOR! This set is bad ass!, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: The Warner Bros. Studio Albums (5LP 180 Gram Vinyl Boxset) (Vinyl) Look, it has been a while since I listened to the Dead on a regular basis, and when I used to tune in frequently, it was mostly live bootlegs that were featured. This set has inspired me to revisit the Dead, and I am happy with the experience. First, great quality vinyl masters, sound is terrific, and hard to find mixes on a couple -- 'Anthem' and "AoxomoxoA' -- are finally made accessible. Second, the Dead weren't known to be a great studio band, but these albums featured are arguably the best products of the studio the Dead managed to turn out. TGD, first album, amphetamine driven, pop psych pioneer. Anthem - Psych classic. Aoxomoxoa - rock psych album like no other. Workingman's Dead demonstrates the inspiration that roots blues music had on the band. American Beauty is a rock and roll classic, with Hunter's poetry and the band's emotions fused with magnetic tape. If you love the dead, you already know, if you are into vinyl and want a peek at some of the most... Read more 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Vinyl Rules!!!, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: The Warner Bros. Studio Albums (5LP 180 Gram Vinyl Boxset) (Vinyl) Finally got it. Perfection is a beautiful thing. I'll admit I'm one of those throwbacks that believse vinyl is best but this is not the place for that. What I can say is they did an incredible job on these records. All to often you can spend big money for a 180 g super LP only to have it less than perfect to say the least. I paid $112 for 5 LPs that are flawless. I will say the booklet is a waste they sure didn't put much effort into it. As to the music, anyone reading this doesn't need a review of that. If you're into vinyl this is a serious need 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Can't go wrong, By This review is from: The Warner Bros. Studio Albums (5LP 180 Gram Vinyl Boxset) (Vinyl) Get this if you're a Dead fan and appreciate the sound of good, clean vinyl. The old tapes don't always sound pristine, but that can't be helped. Overall quality of remastering and packaging is high and worth the price. |
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