Deluxe two CD 50th Anniversary edition. This double disc set includes two versions of the original album - one fully remastered from the original 1968 mix, and the other remastered from the more well-known 1971 mix. Both mixes of the albums were mastered by Grammy-winning engineer David Glasser from the original analog master tapes. The set also includes a bonus disc with a previously unreleased complete live show recorded on October 22, 1967 at Winterland in San Francisco, CA. The band's most experimental album, Anthem Of The Sun was an unprecedented mix of studio and live recordings stitched together to create a hybrid. Fifty years later, it remains a pinnacle of psychedelic music. It also marked a departure for the band, as they began to channel their creativity into longer jams on songs like "Alligator" and "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)" - two live staples of the Dead's early days. "This is one the most thrilling albums The Grateful Dead ever produced, mixing portions of live recordings from the first six months of Mickey's tenure with the band, along with studio experimentations that would hint at where the Dead would go when they started recording to 16-track tape the following year."
1. Original 1968 Mix - That's It for the Other One 2. I. Cryptical Envelopment 3. II. Quadlibet for Tender Feet 4. III. the Faster We Go, the Rounder We Get 5. IV. We Leave the Castle 6. New Potato Caboose 7. Born Cross-Eyed 8. Alligator 9. Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) 10. 1971 Remix - That's It for the Other One 11. I. Cryptical Envelopment 12. II. Quadlibet for Tender Feet 13. III. the Faster We Go, the Rounder We Get 14. IV. We Leave the Castle 15. New Potato Caboose 16. Born Cross-Eyed 17. Alligator 18. Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) 19. Winterland, San Francisco, Ca 10/22/67 CD2 20. Morning Dew 21. New Potato Caboose 22. It Hurts Me Too 23. Cold Rain and Snow 24. Turn on Your Love Light 25. Beat It on Down the Line 26. That's It for the Other One 27. I. Cryptical Envelopment 28. II. the Other One 29. III. Cryptical Envelopment