Grateful Dead - American Beauty - The Angel's Share (Remastered) (1970/2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The musical distillers that recently uncorked Workingman’s Dead: The Angel’s Share have finished another batch of unreleased session recordings by the Grateful Dead. This time, the heavenly sonic elixir will toast the 50th anniversary of American Beauty with over two hours of unreleased studio outtakes, demos, and alternate mixes.

AMERICAN BEAUTY: THE ANGEL’S SHARE brings together never-before-heard studio recordings compiled from dozens of recently discovered 16-track reels. It includes multiple outtakes for several album tracks along with demos for every song on the album (except “Box Of Rain”) plus one for “To Lay Me Down,” which was later included on Jerry Garcia’s first solo album, Garcia. All 10 demos are available today for streaming and digital download with the full 56-track AMERICAN BEAUTY: THE ANGEL’S SHARE to be released as a digital exclusive on October 15, shortly before the 50th anniversary of the album’s original release date: November 1, 1970.

Like its predecessor, the latest incarnation of The Angel’s Share was made possible by the tireless work of engineer Brian Kehew and archivist Mike Johnson who – operating under the supervision of Grateful Dead legacy manager David Lemieux – spent countless hours compiling and piecing the reels together to create this revelatory experience.

AMERICAN BEAUTY: THE ANGEL’S SHARE opens with 10 demos that were recorded in August 1970 at Pacific High Recording Studio, the same place the band recorded Workingman’s Dead just a few months earlier. While fans are accustomed to hearing songs evolve through the band’s live recordings, this installment of The Angel’s Share offers them a rare opportunity to hear songs like “Ripple” (then titled “Hand Me Down”) grow from its first demo into the final version.

The vast remainder of The Angel’s Share features a mix of partial and complete takes from these sessions including multiple takes of “Friend Of The Devil,” “Ripple” and Pigpen’s “Operator,” an alternate mix of “Truckin’” and a different version of “Candyman.” These intimate in-studio performances are interspersed with conversations that make it feel like you’re in the studio with the band (Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bob Weir) along with producer Stephen Barncard and engineer Phil Sawyer.

TRACKLIST

1. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Demo)
2. Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia (Demo)
3. Grateful Dead - Candyman (Demo)
4. Grateful Dead - To Lay Me Down (Demo)
5. Grateful Dead - Truckin' (Demo)
6. Grateful Dead - Hand Me Down (Ripple) (Demo)
7. Grateful Dead - Brokedown Palace (Demo)
8. Grateful Dead - Till the Morning Comes (Demo)
9. Grateful Dead - Attics of My Life (Demo)
10. Grateful Dead - Operator (Demo)
11. Grateful Dead - Box of Rain (Acoustic Mix)
12. Grateful Dead - Candyman (Alternate Take)
13. Grateful Dead - Truckin' (Alternate Mix)
14. Grateful Dead - Operator (Take 1) (Slated)
15. Grateful Dead - Operator (Take 2 Breakdown) (Slated)
16. Grateful Dead - Operator (Take 3) (Slated)
17. Grateful Dead - Operator (Take 4 Breakdown) (Slated)
18. Grateful Dead - Operator (Take 5, Misnamed as Take 6) (Slated)
19. Grateful Dead - Operator (Take 6 Breakdown) (Slated)
20. Grateful Dead - Operator (Take 7 Breakdown) (Slated)
21. Grateful Dead - Operator (Take 8) (Slated)
22. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 1 Breakdown) (Slated)
23. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 2 Breakdown) (Slated)
24. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 3 Breakdown) (Slated)
25. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 4 Breakdown) (Slated)
26. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 5) (Slated)
27. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 6) (Slated)
28. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 7) (Slated)
29. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Arranging Take 1) (Not Slated)
30. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Arranging Take 2) (Not Slated)
31. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Arranging Take 3) (Not Slated)
32. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 9 Breakdown) (Slated)
33. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 10 Breakdown) (Slated)
34. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 11) (Slated)
35. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 12 Breakdown) (Slated)
36. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 13) (Not Slated)
37. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 14 Breakdown) (Slated)
38. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 15) (Slated)
39. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 16) (Slated)
40. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 17) (Slated)
41. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 18) (Slated)
42. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 19) (Not Slated)
43. Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (Take 20) (Slated)
44. Grateful Dead - Attics of My Life (Take 1) (Slated)
45. Grateful Dead - Attics of My Life (Take 2 Breakdown) (Slated)
46. Grateful Dead - Attics of My Life (Take 3 Breakdown) (Slated)
47. Grateful Dead - Attics of My Life (Take 4 Breakdown) (Slated)
48. Grateful Dead - Attics of My Life (Take 5) (Slated)
49. Grateful Dead - Attics of My Life (Solo Version) (Demo)
50. Grateful Dead - Hand Me Down (Ripple) [Take 1 Breakdown] (Slated)
51. Grateful Dead - Hand Me Down (Ripple) [Take 2 With Vocals] (Slated)
52. Grateful Dead - Hand Me Down (Ripple) [Take 3] (Slated)
53. Grateful Dead - Hand Me Down (Ripple) [Take 4] (Slated)
54. Grateful Dead - Hand Me Down (Ripple) [Take 5 Breakdown] (Slated)
55. Grateful Dead - Hand Me Down (Ripple) [Take 6 Breakdown] (Slated)
56. Grateful Dead - Hand Me Down (Ripple) [Take 7] (Slated)



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