Grateful Dead

Anthem of the Sun (1968) and Aoxomoxoa (1969) -- original mixes

The original mix of Anthem of the Sun is not very rare, it was used for the 2001 CD reissue of the album for the Golden Road box set.  It's also the version currently available in stores, on HDCD.  This is a rip of that HDCD.

The Aoxomoxoa original mix has not been available since at the latest 1971, when it was replaced by a Garcia/Lesh remix that made the album a bit less trippy and weird.  The great original mix is "great" for being so very strange and at times inscrutable.  The version included here is a vinyl rip ALLEGEDLY from a reissued vinyl version of the original mix.  Frankly I can't say for sure that it's not from an old LP, but there is a minimum of surface noise which suggests that it may be a recent vinyl issue.  It sure sounds better than most of my LPs and they're not nearly as old as the collectible original vinyl Aoxomoxoa.

So anyhow here's the track list:

01 That's It for the Other One
02 New Potato Caboose
03 Born Cross-Eyed
04 St. Stephen
05 Dupree's Diamond Blues
06 Rosemary
07 Doin' That Rag
08 Mountains of the Moon
09 China Cat Sunflower
10 What's Become of the Baby
11 Cosmic Charlie
12 Alligator
13 Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)

Tracks 1-3, 12 and 13 are the Anthem of the Sun LP.
Tracks 4-11 are the vinyl rip of Aoxomoxoa.

Volume levels were adjusted with replay gain (applying album gain for each album) to make the two albums sit better together on one CD.  Burn the CD or play the FLAC files with NO GAPS between the tracks please.  Enjoy!