Grateful Dead To Reissue ‘Aoxomoxoa’ With Unreleased Live Recordings

The Grateful Dead have announced plans to reissue Aoxomoxoa on the 50th Anniversary of the album’s release in June.More »

By wpengine on March 30, 2019

UNION, IL – MARCH 27: Original Rick Griffin Leaping Tiger painting created for the 1990 Grateful Dead European Tour is prepared for auction on March 27, 2015 in Union, Illinois. The painting and other items will be offered for sale with a trove of other Grateful Dead memorabilia at a two-day sale on August 11 and 12 by Donley Auction Services in Union. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The Grateful Dead have announced plans to reissue Aoxomoxoa on the 50th Anniversary of the album’s release in June. The two-disc deluxe edition will include remastered versions of the original 1969 album and previously unreleased live tracks. “In 1969, for their third album, the Grateful Dead eschewed outside producers and created Aoxomoxoa themselves, beginning a run of self-produced albums that would continue until 1977,” said Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux. He added, “Scrapping the first sessions, which were recorded to eight-track tape, the Dead now had 16 tracks with which to experiment their psychedelic sound, with an album that included entirely Robert Hunter-penned lyrics for the first time.” The album will also be released as a 12-inch picture disc as a limited edition of 10,000 copies on Rhino Records. Copyright(c) 2019 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «