RELEASED 20.1.2017
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band's debut album, the Grateful Dead are releasing a 2CD deluxe set and a limited edition vinyl picture disc, a first for the Grateful Dead. The vinyl picture disc will feature the newly remastered audio from the original tapes by David Glasser. The band recorded and mixed The Grateful Dead' in five days before releasing it in March 1967. It captures the group's early sound with a mix of electrified jug band stomps ( Sitting On Top of the World'), Chicago blues ( Good Morning Little School Girl'), crazed modal improv ( Viola Lee Blues'), and Dylan-y put-downs ( Cream Puff War').