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John Oswald

Grayfolded: Transitive Axis

Label: Important Records

Format: 3xLP

Genre: Electronic

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Here it is, Deadheads, the ultimate Dark Star is now on vinyl. Deluxe audiophile pressing cut in Toronto under the watchful ears of John Oswald. Elaborately printed packaging in a heavy duty triple gatefold jacket includes liner notes by musicologist Rob Bowman featuring exclusive interviews with Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, and Robert Hunter plus six 'time maps' which chart the source concerts of Dark Star. Music performed by The Grateful Dead (c) Grateful Dead Productions Inc. & Ice Nine Publishing Inc. Taken from over 100 performances of Dark Star recorded between 1968 and 1993. Built, layered and folded to produce one large, new re-composed Dark Star. Original recordings of the Grateful Dead in performance have been processed using Plunderphonic techniques. John Oswald's nearly invisible hand creates the ultimate Dark Star that is even more than the sum of its parts.

'Grayfolded is literally a hundred or so great nights rolled into one extraordinary extended high. Gorgeous sonic oragami.' Rolling Stone. 'An extended time-warped psychedelic jam that is meticulously hallucinatory.' (New York Times)

 'Rightly acclaimed as the ultimate Dark Star, the one you had always hoped the Dead would one day get around to playing.' (London Daily Telegraph)

Details
Cat. number: Imprec 399
Year: 2014
Notes:

Grayfolded - 3 LP 
Transitive Axis (Sides 1-4); Mirror Ashes (Sides 5-6). 

First vinyl pressing. Included 6 time maps and a 10,000 word historical perspective & in-depth interviews with Robert Hunter, Phil Lesh, & Jerry Garcia.