American Beauty: 50th Anniversary LP EditionsGrateful DeadInitial release : 2020Rhino / Grateful Dead A remastered LP release of American Beauty marking the 50th anniversary of the original release of the album. This LP was released in a number of formats including black vinyl, picture disc LP, swily colored vinyl and crimson vinyl.
Tracks
- Box Of Rain
- Friend Of The Devil
- Sugar Magnolia
- Operator
- Candyman
- Ripple
- Brokedown Palace
- Till The Morning Comes
- Attics Of My Life
- Truckin'
Musicians
- Jerry Garcia - guitar, pedal steel, piano, vocals
- Phil Lesh - bass, guitar, piano, vocals
- Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
- Pigpen (Ron McKernan) - harmonica, vocals
- Mickey Hart - percussion
- Bill Kreutzmann - drums
- Dave Torbert - bass on Box Of Rain
- Dave Nelson - electric guitar on Box Of Rain
- David Grisman - mandolin on Friend Of The Devil and Ripple
- Howard Wales - piano on Brokedown Palace and organ on Candyman and Truckin'
- Ned Lagin - piano on Candyman
- New Riders of the Purple Sage
Credits
Original LP credits:
- Producers - The Grateful Dead
- Co-producer - Audio-Steve Barncard
- Artwork - Kelly-Mouse Studios
- Photography - George Conger
- Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco in August and September 1970
50th anniversary credits:
- Mixing (from the 16-track analog master tapes) - Jeffrey Norman
- Mastering - David Glasser
- Speed correction and tape restoration - Plangent Processes
Related releases
American Beauty was originally released in 1970:
A 3 CD expanded edition and a colored vinyl LP version of American Beauty were also released to mark the 50th anniversary:
A digital album of previously unreleased studio outtakes from the American Beauty recordings sessions was also released to mark the 50th anniversary:
See the page for the original LP for information about other related releases.
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Black vinyl label
Picture disc LPs
Swirly colored vinyl LP
Crimson vinyl LP
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