Grateful Dead - American Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (3 CD, 2020) [24-96]


This three-CD set feature the original album with newly remastered audio, plus one of the most requested archival recordings in the Dead's vault - the unreleased concert recorded on February 18, 1971 at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. On stage that night, the Dead debuted a whole new batch of songs, five in all: “Wharf Rat,” “Playing In The Band,” “Bertha,” “Greatest Story Ever Told” and “Loser.” Fans were also treated to a few standbys from the previous decade, including “St. Stephen” and an inspired “Dark Star>Wharf Rat>Dark Star” jam. Notably, keyboardist Ned Lagin (who played piano on “Candyman” on American Beauty) sat in with the band for the show. It's all been mixed from the 16-track analog master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir’s Marin County TRI Studios and mastered by Grammy® Award-winning engineer, David Glasser. 



Disc 1

01. Box of Rain (2020 Remaster) (5:17)
02. Friend Of The Devil (2020 Remaster) (3:23)
03. Sugar Magnolia (2020 Remaster) (3:20)
04. Operator (2020 Remaster) (2:24)
05. Candyman (2020 Remaster) (6:14)
06. Ripple (2020 Remaster) (4:08)
07. Brokedown Palace (2020 Remaster) (4:10)
08. Till The Morning Comes (2020 Remaster) (3:08)
09. Attics Of My Life (2020 Remaster) (5:13)
10. Truckin' (2020 Remaster) (5:07)


Disc 2

01. Bertha (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (6:21)
02. Truckin' (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (9:14)
03. Hurts Me Too (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (5:57)
04. Loser (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (6:56)
05. Greatest Story Ever Told (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (3:49)
06. Johnny B. Goode (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (3:09)
07. Mama Tried (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (3:23)
08. Hard To Handle (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (9:15)
09. Dark Star, Pt. 1 (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (7:03)
10. Wharf Rat (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (7:24)
11. Dark Star, Pt. 2 (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (7:22)
12. Me And My Uncle (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (4:13)


Disc 3

01. Casey Jones (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (7:38)
02. Playing In The Band (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (6:12)
03. Me And Bobby McGee (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (6:35)
04. Candyman (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (8:00)
05. Big Boss Man (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (5:43)
06. Sugar Magnolia (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (7:13)
07. St. Stephen (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (6:26)
08. Not Fade Away, Pt. 1 (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (4:32)
09. Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (5:03)
10. Not Fade Away, Pt. 2 (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (4:01)
11. Uncle John's Band (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) (6:39)