• Soundtrack to the acclaimed Grateful Dead documentary
• 2 LP set
  
  

The Grateful Dead emerged from the San Francisco Bay Area's psychedelic underground in the mid-1960s to become one of rock music's most enduring and explored acts. Their significance lies not in any single album but in their revolutionary approach to live performance, extended improvisation, and community-building around their music. Long Strange Trip (The Untold Story Of The Grateful Dead) (Motion Picture Soundtrack) arrives in 2017 as a curated selection from the HBO documentary of the same name, offering a chronological journey through the band's five-decade existence via carefully chosen studio and live recordings that capture their evolution across multiple genres and eras.

This compilation traces the Dead's arc from their rowdy garage rock and blues foundations through psychedelic exploration into country-tinged jamming and beyond. Early tracks like "Death Don't Have No Mercy" and "St. Stephen" showcase their raw energy and willingness to deconstruct songs through extended passages, while selections such as "Dark Star" and "China Cat Sunflower" demonstrate the hypnotic, open-ended arrangements that became their calling card. "Easy Wind" and "I Know You Rider" represent the band's later integration of Americana and folk traditions. The record functions as a statement on what made the Dead's music compelling: their refusal to let any song settle into a fixed form, their ability to shift between genres without losing coherence, and their seemingly inexhaustible appetite for reinvention across live performances.

This two-LP edition presents the soundtrack in vinyl format, delivering the full documentary selections across two records with the clarity that the Dead's intricate interplay demands. The packaging includes original artwork and historical documentation that contextualizes each selection within the band's larger story, making this pressing an essential reference for collectors seeking to understand the Dead's impact and stylistic range beyond the studio albums that built their initial reputation.

Title: Long Strange Trip (The Untold Story Of The Grateful Dead) (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: The Grateful Dead
Label: Rhino Records (2)
Style: Rock, Stage & Screen, Blues Rock, Country Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Soundtrack, Garage Rock
Product Type: 2×Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo
Country: US
Release Year: 2017
Barcode: 0 81227 93443 9

Tracklist:

A1. Death Don't Have No Mercy (10:32)
A2. St. Stephen (6:42)
A3. Easy Wind (5:01)
B. Dark Star (23:52)
C1. China Cat Sunflower (5:09)
C2. I Know You Rider (5:55)
C3. The Music Never Stopped (5:33)
C4. Touch Of Grey (5:52)
D1. Dear Mr. Fantasy (7:07)
D2. Hey Jude (4:00)
D3. Ripple (4:10)
D4. Brokedown Palace (4:07)