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The "Dark Star" single, released just prior to Anthem of the Sun, is not included on the album, but its B-side, "Born Cross-Eyed", is included in a stereo mix, without the "Feedback" ending. Early pressings of the album include the phrase "The faster we go, the rounder we get" inscribed on the vinyl in the run-out matrix around the label area.
The single was first released in April 1968 by Warner Bros. Records and is a different mix than the version included on the Anthem of the Sun album. The single was re-released in the United Kingdom in 1977 as a promotion distributed with the Dark Star magazine. The single release included lyrics of "Dark Star" on the back cover.
"Dark Star" is a song released as a single by the Grateful Dead on Warner Bros. Records in 1968. It was written by lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by lead guitarist Jerry Garcia ; [ 2 ] however, compositional credit is sometimes extended to include Phil Lesh , Bill Kreutzmann , Mickey Hart , Ron "Pigpen" McKernan , and Bob Weir .
Sixteen of the tracks are taken from previously released albums. Two tracks are single versions previously unavailable on album: the studio version of "Dark Star", and its B-side, the single mix of Anthem of the Sun's "Born Cross-Eyed". The Grateful Dead's most recognizable song at the time, "Truckin'," is the only track used on both compilations.
He joined the Grateful Dead at a concert in Rio Nido, California, where he wrote the lyrics that later became "Dark Star". [ 5 ] Hunter played a minimal role in the Grateful Dead's next album, Anthem of the Sun , but he and Garcia worked together to write every song on Aoxomoxoa , which came after it.
The Warner Bros. Studio Albums is a box set of five vinyl LPs by the rock group the Grateful Dead.It is a reissue of their first five studio albums: The Grateful Dead (1967), Anthem of the Sun (1968), Aoxomoxoa (1969), Workingman's Dead (1970), and American Beauty (1970).
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This performance of the songs "Dark Star" and "St. Stephen" was originally released on the 1969 album Live/Dead. "That's It for the Other One" was originally released on the 1999 album So Many Roads (1965–1995). "Cosmic Charlie" was originally released on the 2005 album Fillmore West 1969.