Anthem of the Sun is the second album by rock band the Grateful Dead, released in 1968 on Warner Bros/Seven Arts. It is the first album to feature second drummer Mickey Hart. The band was also joined by Tom Constanten, who contributed avant-garde instrumental and studio techniques influenced by composers John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
The album was assembled through a collage-like editing approach helmed by members Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh (along with soundman Dan Healy), in which disparate studio and live performance tapes were spliced together to create new hybrid recordings. The band also supplemented their performances with instruments such as prepared piano, kazoo, harpsichord, timpani, trumpet, and güiro. The result is an experimental amalgam that is neither a studio album nor a live album, but both at the same time.
In 1972, a more commercial alternate mix of the album was officially released to capitalize on the band's recent success. A 2018 reissue on Rhino Records collects both the 1968 and 1972 mixes.
- Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, vibraslap, vocals, co-lead vocals on "That's It for the Other One" and "Born Cross-Eyed"
- Mickey Hart – drums, orchestra bells, gong, chimes, crotales, prepared piano, finger cymbals
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums, glockenspiel, gong, chimes, crotales, prepared piano, finger cymbals
- Phil Lesh – bass guitar, trumpet, harpsichord, kazoo, piano, timpani, vocals
- Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – Hammond and Vox organs, celesta, claves, vocals, lead vocals on "Alligator" and "Caution"
- Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, vocals, lead vocals on "New Potato Caboose", co-lead vocals on "That's It for the Other One" and "Born Cross-Eyed"
Additional personnel
Tom Constanten – prepared piano, piano, electronic tape
Disc 1
01. That's It For The Other One (Cryptical Envelopment / Quadlibet For Tender Feet / The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get / We Leave The Castle) (1968 Mix) (7:40)
02. New Potato Caboose (1968 Mix) (8:26)
03. Born Cross-Eyed (1968 Mix) (2:07)
04. Alligator (1968 Mix) (11:21)
05. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) (1968 Mix) (9:48)
06. That's It For The Other One (Cryptical Envelopment / Quadlibet For Tender Feet / The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get / We Leave The Castle) (1971 Remix) (7:40)
07. New Potato Caboose (1971 Remix) (8:26)
08. Born Cross-Eyed (1971 Remix) (2:22)
09. Alligator (1971 Remix) (11:25)
10. Caution (Do Not Stop On The Tracks) (1971 Remix) (9:04)
Disc 2
11. Morning Dew (Live at Winterland, San Francisco, CA 10/22/67) (7:38)
12. New Potato Caboose (Live at Winterland, San Francisco, CA 10/22/67) (9:49)
13. It Hurts Me Too (Live at Winterland, San Francisco, CA 10/22/67) (4:16)
14. Cold Rain And Snow (Live at Winterland, San Francisco, CA 10/22/67) (3:16)
15. Turn On Your Love Light (Live at Winterland, San Francisco, CA 10/22/67) (12:21)
16. Beat It On Down The Line (Live at Winterland, San Francisco, CA 10/22/67) (2:58)
17. That's It For The Other One (Cryptical Envelopment I / The Other Side / Cryptical Envelopment II) (Live at Winterland, San Francisco, CA 10/22/67) (14:47)
