SHRINK "W-7" 1968 Orig ● THE GRATEFUL DEAD ● ANTHEM ● ACID LACED DEAD HEAD PSYCH

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78

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• 1968 SAN FRANCISCO SOUND
   ACID ROCK CLASSIC
  W-7 ORIG LABEL, COVER IN SHRINK WRAP ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
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• Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records – WS 1749
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• Matrix Side A: 39369 WS 1749 A -1B
  Side B: 39370 WS 1749 B -1B
  

• Super scarce/collectible 1968 
• "W-7" Warner Brothers label print 
  
• STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAP with custom original 1968 store price sticker on outside of shrink wrap
• Second LP by The GRATEFUL DEAD
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• Recorded in 1967, the Grateful Dead's "Anthem of the Sun" mushroomed in the studio with its production work meshed into live performance, the carefully crafted production mix 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."
  
• Phil Lesh was open to his love of avant garde classical (John Cage, Stockhausen, etc.) and it frequently shows within. Much of the album showcases live recordings spliced in a Los Angeles studios (the reason the earliest Dead albums, as well as Jefferson Airplane, were recorded in L.A. was the apparent lack of decent recording studios in San Francisco prior to 1969 before the opening of Wally Heider). 
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• The DEAD never felt too comfortable in the studio preferring a live environment. "That's It for the Other One" might starts off mellow, with Jerry Garcia's unmistakable voice, but the listener will find intense passages throughout. Garcia doesn't even use his trademark lead guitar sound so common in Dead concerts, but gets it on with heavily fuzzed leads common to acid rock techniques more of the time. They really send-off on the deep end here, "Alligator" shows a heavy percussion experiment, since Mickey Hart just joined the band and obviously shows his tricks here. "Caution (Do Not Step on Tracks)" has more trippy percussion and spoken dialog, ending with strange use of guitar feedback and weird electronic effects. 
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• This album really has an "everything but the kitchen sink" approach. It was a rather costly experiment that nearly bankrupted the band, but for sure, for those who want to hear the Dead at their most tripped-out, here's your baby.
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• Side one
  


• "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"


• "New Potato Caboose" – 8:18


• "Born Cross-Eyed" (Bobby Weir) – 2:04


• Side two


• "Alligator" – 15:17


• "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" – 5:32

1.   CONDITION:
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3. The cover: rated: near Mint in ORIGINAL Factory Shrink Wrap ...original custom store price sticker on outside plastic wrapper, dates the printing ... There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ...

1. The vinyl: Rated: "EX" (excellent) sides appear clean near to M- area yet grading as second-hand artifact, 58 years ago ~ and "W7"-Warner Brothers labels are clean