Grateful Dead – Aoxomoxoa (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (1969/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:22:46 minutes | 5,24 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Grateful Dead – Rhino
Remastered from the original 1969 recordings: Grateful Dead will continue their ambitious reissue series to commemorate the 50-year anniversary for each of their albums with Aoxomoxoa this June. Like all the albums in this ongoing series, Aoxomoxoa will be released approximately 50 years after its anniversary date as a two-album deluxe edition that includes the original album with newly remastered sound, plus a bonus disc of unreleased live recordings.
Grateful Dead audiovisual archivist Dave Lemieux says: “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. 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.”
An enigmatic classic, Aoxomoxoa is messy and murky, mysterious and majestic – a perfect time capsule that is still stubbornly resplendent a half century after it first appeared. The album introduced favorites like “St. Stephen” and “Mountains On The Moon,” as well as “China Cat Sunflower” – a song that would continue to remain in the band’s repertoire.
The deluxe edition’s bonus disc features unreleased live performances captured over several nights in January 1969 at the Avalon Ballroom. Recorded several months before the release of Aoxomoxoa, the live tracks include early versions of two tracks from the album – “Dupree’s Diamond Blues” and “Doin’ That Rag.” The disc also includes the final live performance of “Clementine,” a song the band began performing in 1968 but was never released on a studio album. The band also played several songs from its second album, Anthem of the Sun (1968). Highlights include a dynamic romp through “New Potato Caboose” and an electrifying “Alligator>Caution” jam that captures Pigpen at his primal best.
When these shows were recorded, the band members were: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, Phil Lesh, Tom Constanten, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann.
The Deadheads are back. Among the many documentaries and events that go with each anniversary, the cult band have reissued one of their best works: Aoxomoxoa. Released on 20th June 1969, two months before Woodstock, the palindrome includes two of the jam-masters’ classics: St. Stephen and China Cat Sunflower. There’s Rosemary too, a dazzling ballad arranged by Jerry Garcia. Less experimental than Anthem Of Sun, the Grateful Dead’s third record features Tom Constanten on piano and Mickey Hart on drums. In addition to the 16 re-recorded tracks from 1969 and 1971, this Deluxe Edition boasts a live performance from January 1969 recorded at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. – Charlotte Saintoin
Tracklist:
01. Grateful Dead – St. Stephen (Original Mix-Remastered) (04:29)
02. Grateful Dead – Dupree’s Diamond Blues (Original Mix-Remastered) (03:41)
03. Grateful Dead – Rosemary (Original Mix-Remastered) (02:06)
04. Grateful Dead – Doin’ That Rag (Original Mix-Remastered) (05:17)
05. Grateful Dead – Mountains of the Moon (Original Mix-Remastered) (04:13)
06. Grateful Dead – China Cat Sunflower (Original Mix-Remastered) (04:17)
07. Grateful Dead – What’s Become of the Baby (Original Mix-Remastered) (08:28)
08. Grateful Dead – Cosmic Charlie (Original Mix-Remastered) (05:43)
09. Grateful Dead – St. Stephen (1971 Mix-Remastered) (04:27)
10. Grateful Dead – Dupree’s Diamond Blues (1971 Mix-Remastered) (03:33)
11. Grateful Dead – Rosemary (1971 Mix-Remastered) (02:00)
12. Grateful Dead – Doin’ That Rag (1971 Mix-Remastered) (04:44)
13. Grateful Dead – Mountains of the Moon (1971 Mix-Remastered) (04:05)
14. Grateful Dead – China Cat Sunflower (1971 Mix-Remastered) (03:42)
15. Grateful Dead – What’s Become of the Baby (1971 Mix-Remastered) (08:15)
16. Grateful Dead – Cosmic Charlie (1971 Mix-Remastered) (05:29)
17. Grateful Dead – New Potato Caboose (Live at Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 1.24.69) (13:59)
18. Grateful Dead – Dupree’s Diamond Blues (Live at Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 1.25.69) (04:41)
19. Grateful Dead – Doin’ That Rag (Live at Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 1.25.69) (05:42)
20. Grateful Dead – Alligator (Live at Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 1.25.69) (09:09)
21. Grateful Dead – Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (Live at Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 1.25.69) (07:11)
22. Grateful Dead – Feedback (Live at Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 1.25.69) (03:45)
23. Grateful Dead – And We Bid You Goodnight (Live at Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 1.25.69) (02:39)
24. Grateful Dead – Clementine (Live at Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 1.26.69) (11:04)
25. Grateful Dead – Death Don’t Have No Mercy (Live at Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 1.26.69) (09:56)
