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GRATEFUL DEAD American Beauty – 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 33-track 3-CD set, the crown jewel of the Dead’s studio output, produced for release by David Lemieux. Featuring the essential album remastered on CD, plus the previously unreleased complete live show from the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York on 18th February 1971. Presented on three HDCD compact discs, housed inside an 8-panel digipak within a ‘rose logo’ embossed outer slipcase. This copy remains in Near Mint condition R2624978)
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TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
By any measure, 1970 was a high-water mark for the Grateful Dead. Hot on the heels of the incredible success of Workingmans Dead that summer, the band returned in the autumn with the equally stunning American Beauty. Those back-to-back classics not only introduced songs that would be a key part of the groups live repertoire for decades, but they also opened a gateway into the world of the Grateful Dead for generations of Dead Heads. American Beauty celebrate its 50th anniversary this year with two new releases.
The three-CD set includes the original album with newly remastered audio, plus an unreleased concert recorded on February 18, 1971 at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. The show was mixed from the 16-track analog master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weirs Marin County TRI Studios and mastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer, David Glasser. The 12 picture disc includes the original album with newly remastered audio.
Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron Pigpen McKernan, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart recorded American Beauty in August and September 1970 at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco with producer Stephen Quinn Barncard. When they entered the studio, Workingmans Dead was still on the charts going strong. Such a quick follow-up on studio albums was unheard of for the band, and a feat they would never repeat. Equally shocking was the high level of craftsmanship exhibited by new songs like, Friend Of The Devil, Sugar Magnolia, Truckin, and Ripple. Today, its still considered to be one of the greatest albums ever made.
American Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) includes the bands previously unreleased live performance from February 18, 1971 at the Capitol Theatre, one of the most requested archival recordings in the Deads vault. On stage that night, the Dead debuted a whole new batch of songs, five in all: Wharf Rat, Playing In The Band, Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told and Loser. Fans were also treated to a few standbys from the previous decade, including St. Stephen and an inspired Dark Star jam that led into Wharf Rat and back to Dark Star. Notably, keyboardist Ned Lagin (who played piano on Candyman on American Beauty) sat in with the band for the show.
CD One: Original Album Remastered
1. Box Of Rain
2. Friend Of The Devil
3. Sugar Magnolia
4. Operator
5. Candyman
6. Ripple
7. Brokedown Palace
8. Till The Morning Comes
9. Attics Of My Life
10. Truckin
CD Two: Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/18/71)
1. Bertha
2. Truckin
3. Hurts Me Too
4. Loser
5. Greatest Story Ever Told
6. Johnny B. Goode
7. Mama Tried
8. Hard To Handle
9. Dark Star
10. Warf Rat
11. Dark Star
12. Me And My Uncle
CD Three: Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/18/71)
1. Casey Jones
2. Playing In The Band
3. Me And Bobby McGee
4. Candyman
5. Big Boss Man
6. Sugar Magnolia
7. St. Stephen
8. Not Fade Away
9. Goin Down The Road Feeling Bad
10. Not Fade Away
11. Uncle Johns Band
Artist – Grateful Dead (click link for complete listing)
Title – American Beauty (click link for more of the same title)
Year of Release – 2020
Original Year of Release – 1970
Format – 3-CD album set (Triple CD)
Record Label – Rhino / Warner Records
Catalogue No – R2624978 (click link for more)
Country of Origin – United Kingdom (UK)
Language – Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Additional info – Deleted, Picture Sleeve
Barcode – 603497848515
Condition – This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info.
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Alternative Names – The Grateful Dead.
Related Artists – Bob Weir, Bobby & The Midnites, Good Old Boys, Goose (US), Jerry Garcia, Kingfish, Matt Kelly, Merl Saunders, Mickey & The Heartbeats, Mickey Hart, Old And In The Way, Phil Lesh, Phil Lesh & Friends, Rhythm Devils, Robert Hunter, The Other Ones.
GENRES
60s Rock, 70s Rock, 70s Artists, Psychedelic.
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