Dead and Company just wrapped their final tour (sans Bill Kreutzmann), but rest assured: the Grateful Dead are still very much in the business of the Grateful Dead.
This fall, their sixth studio album, Wake of the Flood, will have been released 50 years ago — so the Dead are marking the occasion with an anniversary reissue, which they've previewed today with a previously unreleased demo version of "Eyes of the World."
Wake of the Flood (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) arrives September 29 through Rhino. The package will be available on 1LP (also as a limited-edition 12-inch vinyl picture disc, "Coke bottle clear vinyl" and "Watermark" custom vinyl) or 2CD.
In addition to the album's original seven songs, it features unheard demo recordings of both "Eyes of the World" and "Here Comes Sunshine" and a live set recorded at the Grateful Dead's November 1, 1973, concert at Northwestern University's McGaw Memorial Hall in Evanston, IL.
Hear the demo below, and keep scrolling for the full deluxe tracklist details.
Wake of the Flood (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition):
Side A
1. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
2. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
3. Row Jimmy
4. Stella Blue
5. Here Comes Sunshine
6. Eyes of the World
7. Weather Report Suite
8. Eyes of the World (Demo)
9. Here Comes Sunshine (Demo)
Side B
Live at McGaw Memorial Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (11/01/73)
1. Weather Report Suite
2. Morning Dew
3. Playing in the Band
4. Uncle John's Band
5. Playing in the Band
6. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
Pre-order Wake of the Flood (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition).
This fall, their sixth studio album, Wake of the Flood, will have been released 50 years ago — so the Dead are marking the occasion with an anniversary reissue, which they've previewed today with a previously unreleased demo version of "Eyes of the World."
Wake of the Flood (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) arrives September 29 through Rhino. The package will be available on 1LP (also as a limited-edition 12-inch vinyl picture disc, "Coke bottle clear vinyl" and "Watermark" custom vinyl) or 2CD.
In addition to the album's original seven songs, it features unheard demo recordings of both "Eyes of the World" and "Here Comes Sunshine" and a live set recorded at the Grateful Dead's November 1, 1973, concert at Northwestern University's McGaw Memorial Hall in Evanston, IL.
Hear the demo below, and keep scrolling for the full deluxe tracklist details.
Wake of the Flood (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition):
Side A
1. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
2. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
3. Row Jimmy
4. Stella Blue
5. Here Comes Sunshine
6. Eyes of the World
7. Weather Report Suite
8. Eyes of the World (Demo)
9. Here Comes Sunshine (Demo)
Side B
Live at McGaw Memorial Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (11/01/73)
1. Weather Report Suite
2. Morning Dew
3. Playing in the Band
4. Uncle John's Band
5. Playing in the Band
6. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
Pre-order Wake of the Flood (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition).
