A little more than four months after Monterey Video reissued “The Grateful Dead Movie” on DVD with a host of bonus footage and music, Rhino will release a five-disc box set soundtrack to the landmark 1977 concert film. Recorded during a quintet of shows at the storied San Francisco venue Winterland in 1974, the new set will boast 20 recordings not included in the original film or the DVD reissue.
In addition to the first-time inclusion of such favorites as “Not Fade Away,” “Wharf Rat” and “Dark Star,” several songs and lengthy jams that had been edited for the movie are restored to their full glory on the box. Most notable is an hour-long exploration of “Sugar Magnolia,” “He’s Gone,” “Caution Jam,” drums/space, “Truckin’,” “Black Peter” and “Sunshine Daydream” that consumes most of the fourth disc.
Rounding out the box is a 24-page booklet that includes rare photos and memorabilia associated with the film.
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