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Aoxomoxoa
Aoxomoxoa cover
Studio album by Grateful Dead
Released June 20, 1969
Recorded September 1968 – March 1969
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 38:07 (original LP)
79:20 (CD reissue)
Label Warner Bros. WS1790
Producer(s) Grateful Dead
Professional reviews
Grateful Dead chronology
Anthem of the Sun
(1968)		 Aoxomoxoa
(1969)		 Live/Dead
(1969)

Aoxomoxoa is the third studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was originally titled Earthquake Country.[1] Many Deadheads consider this era of the Dead to be the experimental apex of the band's history. It is also the first album with Tom Constanten as an official member of the band. Rolling Stone, upon reviewing the album, mentioned that "no other music sustains a lifestyle so delicate and loving and lifelike."[2] Image File history File links Aoxomoxoa. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... The Grateful Dead were an American rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Warner Bros. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The Grateful Dead were an American rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Robert Christgau (2006) Robert Christgau (sometimes abbreviated in print to Xgau), born April 18, 1942, is an American essayist, music journalist, and the self-declared Dean of American Rock Critics[1] His first reviews were published by Esquire in 1967. ... The Grateful Dead were an American rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... Anthem of the Sun is the second studio album by the Grateful Dead. ... Live/Dead is a 1969 live album by the Grateful Dead. ... A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... The Grateful Dead were an American rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... A black-and-white photo of the above symbol was featured inside the album jacket of the self-titled Grateful Dead album along with the address below. ... Tom Constanten Musician, primarily keyboardist, born March 19, 1944, best known for his stint with the Grateful Dead from 1968-1970. ... This article is about the magazine. ...


The title of the album is a palindrome created by cover artist Rick Griffin and lyricist Robert Hunter. According to the audio version of the Rock Scully memoir, Living with the Dead (read by the author and former Dead co-manager himself), the title is pronounced "OX-OH-MOX-OH-AH". see also Alexadrome For the movie, see Palindromes (film) Look up Palindrome in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Richard Alden Griffin (June 18, 1944 - August 18, 1991) was an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters in the 1960s. ... Robert C. Hunter (born June 23, 1941) is an American lyricist, singer songwriter, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. ... Rock Scully, co-author with David Dalton of the book Living With The Dead, was the manager of the band The Grateful Dead from 1965 to 1985. ...


In 1991 Rolling Stone selected Aoxomoxoa as having the 8th best album cover of all time.[3] A 5 year-old Courtney Love appears on the back cover of the album with her family. This article is about the magazine. ... Courtney Michelle Love[1] (born July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ...


Tapes of outtakes from the recording sessions exist among fans.

Contents

Making of the album

The group had already initiated recording sessions for the album when Ampex manufactured and released the first multi-track recording machine (model number MM-1000). This doubled the number of tracks the band had available when they recorded Anthem of the Sun the previous year. As a direct consequence, the band spent eight months off-and-on in the studio not only recording the album but getting used to—and experimenting with—the new technology. Garcia commented that "it was our first adventure with sixteen-track and we tended to put too much on everything ... A lot of the music was just lost in the mix, a lot of what was really there."[1] As a result, Garcia and Lesh went back in the studio in 1971 to remix the album, removing whole sections of songs for a re-release. Essentially, the first release in 1969 is "lost," since the current CD reissue is from the 1971 mixing. Ampex is based in Redwood City, California. ... Multitrack recording is a method of sound recording that allows for the recording and re-recording of multiple sound sources, independent of time. ... Anthem of the Sun is the second studio album by the Grateful Dead. ...


In Grateful Dead history, Aoxomoxoa had a number of firsts connected with it. It is the first album the band recorded in or near their hometown of San Francisco (at Pacific Recording Studio in nearby San Mateo, and at the similarly named Pacific High Recording Studio in San Francisco proper) It is the first studio release to include pianist Tom Constanten as a permanent member. It was also the first to have lyricist Robert Hunter as a full-time contributor to the band, thus initiating the Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter songwriting partnership that endured for the rest of the band's existence. It was also the first time the band would put emphasis on acoustic songs, such as "Mountains of the Moon" and "Dupree's Diamond Blues." Lesh played acoustic bass for the first time, commenting that "the fun part of that was trying to play in tune with no frets to guide my fingers, just like a violin."[4] Nickname: Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Government  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area  - City  47 sq mi (122 km²)  - Land  46. ... San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Tom Constanten Musician, primarily keyboardist, born March 19, 1944, best known for his stint with the Grateful Dead from 1968-1970. ... Robert C. Hunter (born June 23, 1941) is an American lyricist, singer songwriter, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


The lengthy sessions for the album would put the band deeper into debt with Warner Bros. Records—specifically, a total cost of $180,000 for Aoxomoxoa, it was their most amibitous and costly venture to that date.[2] It would be the last time the band would ever run up such high studio bills. Although the album does harbor several Dead classics (including "Doin' That Rag", "Dupree's Diamond Blues" and "Cosmic Charlie"), only two songs would remain in the Dead's live repertoire permanently, "St. Stephen" and "China Cat Sunflower". The album itself was regarded as both creatively unique and also commercially inaccessible.[2]


The 2003 reissue (also part of the Golden Road boxed set from 2001) includes three studio jams (including an early version of "The Eleven") from the original aborted eight-track sessions for the album, and a live version of "Cosmic Charlie" recorded early in 1969. The Golden Road (1965-1973) is a twelve-CD boxed set retrospect of the Grateful Deads studio and live albums during their time with Warner Bros. ... A boxed set (often erroneously referred to as a box set) is one or more musical recordings, films, or television programs that are contained in a box. ...


Track listing

all songs written by Garcia and Hunter unless otherwise noted.


Side one

  1. "St. Stephen" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 4:26
  2. "Dupree's Diamond Blues"– 3:32
  3. "Rosemary" – 1:58
  4. "Doin' That Rag" – 4:41
  5. "Mountains of the Moon" – 4:02

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Robert C. Hunter (born June 23, 1941) is an American lyricist, singer songwriter, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. ... Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley, California) is a musician and founding member of the rock band, Grateful Dead; he played bass guitar in that group throughout their entire 30-year career. ...

Side two

  1. "China Cat Sunflower" – 3:40
  2. "What's Become Of The Baby" – 8:12
  3. "Cosmic Charlie" – 5:29

2003 reissue

  1. "St. Stephen" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 4:26
  2. "Dupree's Diamond Blues" – 3:32
  3. "Rosemary" – 1:58
  4. "Doin' That Rag" – 4:41
  5. "Mountains of the Moon" – 4:02
  6. "China Cat Sunflower" – 3:40
  7. "What's Become Of The Baby" – 8:12
  8. "Cosmic Charlie" – 5:29
  9. "Clementine Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 10:46
  10. "Nobody's Spoonful Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 10:04
  11. "The Eleven Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 15:00
  12. "Cosmic Charlie" – 6:47

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Robert C. Hunter (born June 23, 1941) is an American lyricist, singer songwriter, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. ... Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley, California) is a musician and founding member of the rock band, Grateful Dead; he played bass guitar in that group throughout their entire 30-year career. ...

Musical personnel

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Robert Hall Weir (October 16, 1947–) is an American guitar player, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. ... Tom Constanten Musician, primarily keyboardist, born March 19, 1944, best known for his stint with the Grateful Dead from 1968-1970. ... Ronald C. Pigpen McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973) was a founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. ... Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley, California) is a musician and founding member of the rock band, Grateful Dead; he played bass guitar in that group throughout their entire 30-year career. ... Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto, California) was the drummer for legendary rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire 30-year career. ... Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943) is best known as one of the two drummers from the rock band the Grateful Dead. ...

Production personnel

  • Grateful Dead - producers and arrangers
  • Bob Matthews - executive engineer
  • Betty Cantor - engineer
  • Ron Wickersham - consulting engineer
  • Dan Healy - consulting engineer
  • Owsley Stanley - consulting engineer (credited as "Owsley")
  • Ram Rod, John P. Hagen & Jackson - equipment managers (listed as "Kwipment Krew")

The Grateful Dead were an American rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... Audio engineering is the branch of engineering dealing with the production of sound through mechanical means. ... Owsley Stanley (b. ... Laurence Shurtliff (1947 - May 16,2006) (a. ...

Bonus tracks production details

San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Nickname: Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Government  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area  - City  47 sq mi (122 km²)  - Land  46. ... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...

Reissue production credits

  • James Austin and David Lemieux - reissue producers
  • Peter McQuaid - executive producer, Grateful Dead Productions
  • Michael Wesley Johnson - associate producer, research coordination
  • Eileen Law - archival research, Grateful Dead Archives
  • Cassidy Law - project coordination, Grateful Dead Archives
  • Jeffrey Norman - additional mixing on bonus tracks
  • Joe Gastwirt - mastering, production consultant

James Austin (1813 – February 27, 1897) was a prominent nineteenth century Toronto businessman. ... Peter McQuaid is a politician of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Miscellanea

  • A very young Courtney Love appears on the album's back cover.[5]
  • A remixed version of Aoxomoxoa supervised by Jerry Garcia was issued in 1971 or 1972 (with the same catalog number, WS1790), and can be identified by the legend on the back cover that reads, "Remixed September, 1971".
  • A poster of Aoxomoxoa appears in one edition of Alan Moore's Watchmen.(#5, page 7, panel 6)
  • The Bold As Love sequence, by Gwyneth Jones feature a rockstar character named Sage Pender [real name Stephen Pender], who often uses the pseudonym 'Aoxomoxoa'. He is the frontman of the band 'Aoxomoxoa and the Heads'. In the second book of the series, Castles Made Of Sand, it is revealed that Grateful Dead are one of his favourite bands, and a major influence for 'the Heads'

Courtney Michelle Love[1] (born July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ... Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton) is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. ... Watchmen is a twelve-issue graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. ... Well-known people named Gwyneth Jones include: Gwyneth Jones (novelist) Gwyneth Jones (opera singer) Gwyneth Jones (North Walian) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

References

  1. ^ a b Garcia: An American Life by Blair Jackson, Penguin Books, 1999, pg. 162.
  2. ^ a b c Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip by Jake Woodward, et al. Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2003, pg. 99.
  3. ^ Rateyourmusic.com, list adapted from November 14, 1991 issue of Rolling Stone. Retrieved on July 29, 2006.
  4. ^ Phil Lesh: Searching for the Sound by Phil Lesh, Little, Brown and Company, 2005, pg. 138.
  5. ^ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200753
The Grateful Dead
Members
Jerry Garcia • Bob Weir • Phil Lesh • Bill Kreutzmann • Mickey Hart • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Brent Mydland • Keith Godchaux • Donna Godchaux • Vince Welnick • Tom Constanten
Spin-off bands
Jerry Garcia Band • Ratdog • Phil Lesh and Friends • Rhythm Devils • The Other Ones • The Dead
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Grateful Dead songs
Eric Andersen • John Perry Barlow • Dark Star Orchestra • Deadhead • Bob Dylan • Bill Graham • Gerrit Graham • The Grateful Dead Movie • Grateful Dead Records • Rick Griffin • David Grisman • Bruce Hornsby • Robert Hunter • Jazz Is Dead • Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band • Alton Kelly • Steve Kimock • Kingfish • Ned Lagin • Dick Latvala • Legion of Mary • Branford Marsalis • Stanley Mouse • New Riders of the Purple Sage • Old and in the Way • Reconstruction • Merl Saunders • Laurence Shurtliff • Owsley Stanley • Sunshine Daydream • Howard Wales • Wall of Sound • Wharf Rats
Discography
Studio albums
The Grateful Dead | Anthem of the Sun | Aoxomoxoa | Workingman's Dead | American Beauty | Wake of the Flood | Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel | Blues for Allah | Terrapin Station | Shakedown Street | Go to Heaven | In the Dark | Built to Last
Live albums
Live/Dead | Grateful Dead | Europe '72 | History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) | Steal Your Face | Reckoning | Dead Set | Without a Net | One From the Vault | Infrared Roses | Two from the Vault | Grayfolded | Hundred Year Hall | Dozin' at the Knick | Fallout from the Phil Zone | Terrapin Station (Limited Edition) | Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69 | Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead | View From The Vault, Volume One | View From The Vault, Volume Two | Nightfall of Diamonds | Postcards of the Hanging | Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 | View from the Vault, Volume Three | Go to Nassau | Birth of the Dead | View from the Vault, Volume Four | The Closing of Winterland | Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead | The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack | Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 | Truckin' Up to Buffalo | Fillmore West 1969 | Live at the Cow Palace | Dicks Picks (36 Volumes) | Digital Download Series (12 Volumes)
Compilations and box sets
Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead | What a Long Strange Trip It's Been | Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977-1987) | The Arista Years | Selections from the Arista Years | So Many Roads (1965-1995) | So Many Roads (1965-1995) Sampler | The Golden Road (1965-1973) | The Very Best of the Grateful Dead | Beyond Description (1973-1989) | The Complete Fillmore West 1969
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