Grateful Dead "Aoxomoxoa" comedy and subsequently reissued again by

and subsequently reissued again by Vengeance Records in the US

When writing this album

Whitey and the boys play with a muscular attack and energy that fills the album with an edge that Nashville's misplaced or forgotten entirely

all the while embracing the approach of their influential past

and rock 'n roll suss

Grateful Dead "Aoxomoxoa" comedy and subsequently reissued again byIn 1969, for their third album, the Grateful Dead eschewed outside producers and created Aoxomoxoa themselves, beginning a run of self produced albums that would continue until 1977. Scrapping the first sessions, which were recorded to eight track tape, the Dead now had 16 tracks with which to experiment their psychedelic sound, with an album that included entirely Robert Hunter penned lyrics for the first time.