Anthem to Beauty

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Anthem to Beauty

Anthem to Beauty DVD cover
Directed by Jeremy Marre
Starring Grateful Dead
Editing by Phil McDonald
Distributed by Rhino Home Video
Release date(s) 1997
Running time 75 minutes
Country United States
Language English
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Anthem to Beauty is a music documentary about the making of the Grateful Dead albums Anthem of the Sun and American Beauty. It originally aired in a somewhat shortened version in 1997 as part of the television series Classic Albums. It was released on VHS video tape and on DVD in 1998 with a running time of 1 hour 15 minutes.

The video combines footage from the early years of the Grateful Dead with 1997 interviews of former band members and associates. Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir, Robert Hunter, and David Grisman, among others, discuss the creation of 1968's experimental, psychedelic Anthem of the Sun and 1970's folk-rock classic American Beauty. They also listen to and analyze the original master recordings for the albums, and talk about being in (or working with) the Grateful Dead at that time.

Contents

[edit] DVD Track Listing

  1. Introduction
  2. "Truckin'" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh, Weir)
  3. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter)
  4. Celebration
  5. American Beauty Album Cover Creation
  6. 1965 — Beginnings
  7. Neal Cassady
  8. A Record Contract on Their Own Terms
  9. "The Other One" (Kreutzmann, Weir)
  10. Tom Constanten
  11. Anthem of the Sun Album Cover Creation
  12. "Born Cross-Eyed" (Weir)
  13. David Crosby
  14. "Mountains of the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter)
  15. "St. Stephen" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh)
  16. "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter)
  17. "Attics of My Life" (Garcia, Hunter)
  18. "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Dawson, Hunter)
  19. "Ripple" (Garcia, Hunter)
  20. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter)
  21. "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter)
  22. "Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter)
  23. End Credits

[edit] Credits

  • Jeremy Marre – director
  • Nick de Grunwald, Bous de Jong – executive producers
  • Caroline Thomas – series associate producer
  • Chips Chipperfield – series consultant
  • Terry Shand, Geoff Kempin – executive producers for Castle Music Pictures
  • Phil McDonald – editor
  • Joel Wykeham – series production manager
  • Mike Shoring – sound recordist
  • Richard Gibb, Mike Elwell – camera
  • David Gans – consultant

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

  • Scott, John W; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists, 1999, DeadBase, ISBN 1-877657-22-0, p. 122

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