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The Grateful Dead to reissue entire discography

The Grateful Dead have announced a reissue series of their entire discography. It is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of their self-titled debut studio album being released. The Grateful Dead is set to be reissued January 20th, find the full tracklist below. All of the band’s studio and official live albums will be released again around its 50-year anniversary in 2xCD and vinyl picture disc versions. Both will feature remastered versions of the albums. The CD versions will include a bonus disc of unreleased recordings as well. The band also announced a 7-inch singles subscription, letting fans to order reissues of their singles in chronological order. Find out more information about the reissues and new singles club here.

 

The Grateful Dead:

Disc One (Original Album, Newly Remastered)

01 The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
02 Beat it On Down the Line
03 Good Morning Little School Girl
04 Cold Rain & Snow
05 Sitting on Top of the World
06 Cream Puff War
07 Morning Dew
08 New, New Minglewood Blues
09 Viola Lee Blues

Disc Two (P.N.E. Garden Auditorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 07/29/66-07/30/66)

01 Standing on the Corner
02 I Know You Rider
03 Next Time You See Me
04 Sitting on Top of the World
05 You Don’t Have To Ask
06 Big Boss Man
07 Stealin’
08 Cardboard Cowboy
09 Baby Blue
10 Cream Puff Wars
11 Viola Lee Blues
12 Beat it On Down the Line
13 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
14 Cold, Rain and Snow
15 One Kind Favor
16 Hey Little One
17 New Minglewood Blues

The Grateful Dead to release documentary to celebrate 50th anniversary

The Grateful Dead will be celebrating their 50th anniversary with a full-length documentary out next year. The movie, authorized by the band, will be directed by Amir Bar-Lev and Martin Scorsese as executive producer.

The untitled project will follow the band from their origins in 1965, put light on the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995, and close with what the band is doing right now. Interviews will be conducted with the surviving band members, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir will all be interviewed for the project, along with more people in the band’s history. The interviews will be spread amongst with never-before-seen concert and behind-the-scenes footage.

Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, and Weir said in a statement, “Millions of stories have been told about the Grateful Dead over the years. With our 50th Anniversary coming up, we thought it might just be time to tell one ourselves and Amir is the perfect guy to help us do it. Needless to say, we are humbled to be collaborating with Martin Scorsese … The 50th will be another monumental milestone to celebrate with our fans and we cannot wait to share this film with them.”

Scorsese said, “The Grateful Dead were more than just a band. They were their own planet, populated by millions of devoted fans. I’m very happy that this picture is being made and proud to be involved.”