SIGNED BY ENTIRE BAND ? THE GRATEFUL DEAD ? ANTHEM ? ACID LACED DEAD HEAD PSYCH

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499

                HAND SIGNED BY LEGENDARY ACID ROCK BAND

        100% GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHED BY THE ORIGINAL GRATEFUL DEAD

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                ANTHEM OF THE SUN

                  
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                      USA -  WARNER BROTHERS - 1749

No true DEAD-HEAD should be without!

HIGH END INVESTMENT COLLECTIBLE::::

A fantastic (authentic)collectible to be framed in office or music room --- makes for a historic conversation piece ! 

100% GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHED BY THE ORIGINAL GRATEFUL DEAD

Circa '79 pressing of the legendary 1968 ACID-ROCK classic "Anthem Of The Sun"... SIGNED by the hand of each GRATEFUL DEAD member ... an INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT COLLECTIBLE when considering the legacy of this SAN FRANCISCO band ...

The original owner of this album held onto this prized collectible until the very end of his life when cancer parted ways with his possessions ... the album cover is hand signed by the original GRATEFUL DEAD members, obtained at a '70s concert when the original owner managed to get back stage and request the DEAD members to sign this copy, which they did in bold ink, large signatures ::::

In case anyone missed :::: Includes  JERRY "CAPTAIN TRIPS" GARCIA

100% hand signed by :

Jerry Garcia

Bob Weir,

Phil Lesh,

Bill Kreutzman,

Micky Hart,

and  Brent Mayne who died shortly thereafter due to a heroin overdose...

MOST LIKELY you will not see such a rarity again - now or never investment collectible!

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On the Grateful Dead's 1968 recorded "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: BEAUTIFUL (MINT) LARGE & BOLD SIGNATURES on a no better than VG cover NOT because of wear, but rather because of handling creases due to the fact that the cover endured being taken to a DEAD show of several hours and went through the rigors of surviving best it did through the performance - held onto tightly, if not haphazardly by the original owner.

Aside the handling creases, there are no delete marks, no split seams, and no writing

The vinyl: all top level clean and clear, TOP COPY rated: M- TOP COPY plays with outstanding MINT audio with no problems or no groove wear. Clean Warner Brothers labels...

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record