Anthem of the Sun ~ Grateful Dead

Anthem of the Sun is the second album by rock band the Grateful Dead, released in 1968 on Warner Bros/Seven Arts. It is the first album to feature second drummer Mickey Hart. The band was also joined by Tom Constanten, who contributed avant-garde instrumental and studio techniques influenced by composers John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen. The album was assembled through a collage-like editing approach helmed by members Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh (along with soundman Dan Healy), in which disparate studio and live performance tapes were spliced together to create new hybrid recordings. The band also supplemented their performances with instruments such as prepared piano, kazoo, harpsichord, timpani, trumpet, and güiro. The result is an experimental studio amalgam that is neither a pure studio album nor a live album.

In 1972, a more commercial alternate mix of the album was officially released to capitalize on the band's recent success. A 2018 reissue on Rhino Records collects both the 1968 and 1972 mixes.
1968 Mix Version:
1. That's It For The Other One: Cryptical Envelopement / Quadlibet for Tender Feet / The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get / We Leave the Castle 00:00
2. New Potato Caboose 07:39
3. Born Cross-Eyed 16:05
4. Alligator 18:13
5. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 29:33