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Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron Pigpen McKernan, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart recorded American Beauty in August and September 1970 at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco with producer Stephen Quinn Barncard. When they entered the studio, Workingmans Dead was still on the charts going strong. Such a quick follow-up on studio albums was unheard of for the band, and a feat they would never repeat. Equally shocking was the high level of craftsmanship exhibited by new songs like, Friend Of The Devil, Sugar Magnolia, Truckin, and Ripple. Today, its still considered to be one of the greatest albums ever made.
American Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) includes the bands previously unreleased live performance from February 18, 1971 at the Capitol Theatre, one of the most requested archival recordings in the Deads vault. 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 jam that led into Wharf Rat and back to Dark Star. Notably, keyboardist Ned Lagin (who played piano on Candyman on American Beauty) sat in with the band for the show.
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