1968 PROMO The GRATEFUL DEAD ANTHEM OF THE SUN Psych

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        ORIGINAL1968 ACID ROCK CLASSIC COLLECTIBLE                                         

                 ULTRA RARE WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL                                                            

          THE GRATEFUL DEAD

           ANTHEM OF THE SUN

\      USA -  (W7) WARNER BROTHERS - 1749 WHITE LABEL PROMO

SUPER RARE, ADVANCE RELEASE WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL TOP COLLECTIBLE 1968 first printing on the old 7 ARTS Warner Brothers label...      

On the Grateful Dead's Anthem of the Sun ...the studio with its production work meshes into live performance, the carefully crafted flows smoothly together and the end product is one of the finest albums to come out of San Francisco, a personal statement of the rock aesthetic on a level with the Jefferson Airplane's After Bathing at Baxters.

The first side of Anthem of the Sun is a masterpiece of rock, "That's It for the Other One" and "New Potatoes Caboose" being particularly noteworthy. The main theme of "Other One" is an eminently memorable quasi-rural melody that starts right off with the tasteful guitar of Garcia that dominates the record; a second movement starts the confusion between live and studio (nice stereo production work here), fading into a restatement of the main theme; then there is some beautiful musique concrete leading into "Caboose." Already there is evident carefully arranged vocal work, a departure from the Dead's previous release. The end of "Caboose" is a driving guitar solo by Garcia that builds into structured frenzy thanks to Lesh's bass, the drums of Hart and Kreutzmann, and especially Garcia's masterful playing. Garcia is that rarity among rock guitarists, a thoughtful phraser who logically constructs his solos in a manner not unlike a capable jazz musician. Together Lesh, Weir and Garcia (along with McKernan's fat globs of organ) produce a complex, tight sound that stands with the best hard rock around.

Kazoos open "Alligator," which is that kind of song, hardly dead serious. But it includes another fine Gacia solo; Lesh shows here as elsewhere that he is a fine bass player, while Hart and Kreutzmann work together to form one of the most powerful (and inventive) percussion units in rock. With "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" we are confronted with the album's most curious track, which ranges from a white-imitation blues riff vamp-until-ready to 60-cycle hum and microphone feedback. So much else is right about this album. The mixture of electronic and serious music achieved by Edgar Varese on "Deserts" stands as one of the most impressive achievements in this area; on their own terms the Dead have achieved a comparable blend of electronic and electric music. For this reason alone Anthem of the Sun is an extraordinary event. It's was over a year since the first Dead album in '67. It was worth the wait. 
           

Side one

1. "That's It for the Other One" – 7:46:
   • "Cryptical Envelopment"
   • "Quadlibet for Tenderfeet"
   • "The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get" 
   • "We Leave the Castle" 
2. "New Potato Caboose"  – 8:18
3. "Born Cross-Eyed" (Weir) – 2:04

Side two

4. "Alligator"  – 15:17
5. "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)"  – 5:32

CONDITION: The cover is solid on all seams (no seam splits), VG++ just a little light shelf wear starting along the pocket opening of the front cover and the back cover with oval group photo is top minty clean....overall is collectible with still vivid colors, etc 40+ years old acid-rock collectible...

The vinyl is all glossy CLEAN, both sides are shiny with smooth clear grooves...VG++ to "EX" & M- all upper levels, at the worse there are a little minor scuffs that you have to  look hard to even see, so...expect playback to be highly enjoyable excellent clean.

Both White Label Promo labels are CLEAN....

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record