Grateful Dead* – Aoxomoxoa

Mine came with a big ol’ warp ☹️ but the record plays spotlessly anyway. What a stunning press, surely the best this record has ever sounded 10/10

Wherein the Grateful Dead get better & better with some fantastic folky songs morphing into Americana cosmic psych with clear production & strong reliance on acoustics & effects. Among Grateful Dead’s top 6 studio LPs.
Awesome early raw Dead.

So, in 1971 the Dead remixed the album to tone down some of the more out-there production of the 1969 original, according to Allmusic. Is this Bellman cut using the 1969 mix then?

This is the original 1969 mix. The copy I have the label and matrix matches this copy but the cover matches https://www.discogs.com/release/9940587.

Is olive label UK pressing contains an original 1969 mix or it’s 1971 remix ?

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noooooooooo that's the worst possible mispress that could possibly happen

Some people are saying what a great Picture Disc this is sound wise but as far as my copy is concerned, I still get the customary "wind-tunnel whooshing" between tracks and in the super quiet bits. I expected that because it goes with the territory. You sacrifice some sound quality for a really cool looking disc. If you're just an average guy with an average stereo and an average outlook, this won't bother you too much. However, if you are a super-anal audiophile with a sound system resembling Kenneth Strickfaden's Frankenstein laboratory (in that old Boris Karlof movie) with all those glowing tubes and electrical arcs, then this PD is not for you. The "whoosh" factor is there, let me assure you.

My copy is mislabeled as Van Morrison - Moondance. And its a bad pressing to boot. Tons of surface noise and a really muddy mix.

Extremely punchy bass and guitar. A must have for dead fans