Grateful Dead Planning Anthem Of The Sun Reissue

Grateful Dead’s 1968 album Anthem Of The Sun is set to be reissued this summer to mark its 50th anniversary. Anthem Of The Sun will be reissued on two discs, with the first featuring the original 1968 mix along with a 1971 remix, while the second disc will have a previously unreleased live recording from the Winterland in San Francisco from October 22, 1967.More »

By on April 26, 2018

Grateful Dead’s 1968 album Anthem Of The Sun is set to be reissued this summer to mark its 50th anniversary. Anthem Of The Sun will be reissued on two discs, with the first featuring the original 1968 mix along with a 1971 remix, while the second disc will have a previously unreleased live recording from the Winterland in San Francisco from October 22, 1967. “This is one the most thrilling albums the Grateful Dead ever produced, mixing portions of live recordings from the first six months of Mickey’s tenure with the band, along with studio experimentations that would hint at where the Dead would go when they started recording to 16-track tape the following year,” archivist and producer David Lemieux says. “The 1971 remix, produced in order to make the album more accessible to the newer fans who were brought on board with Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty, has been the most commonly heard version for the past 45-plus years. However, having this side-by-side with the original 1968 mix demonstrates countless differences, with the original being more primal, psychedelic, and experimental. Add to this the first extant live recording featuring Mickey as a member of the Grateful Dead, and you have a very special release in every way.” The band’s second album, which was originally released on July 18, 1968, will be reissued on July 13. Copyright(c) 2018 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «