From the Mars Hotel 50: Unbroken Chain

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🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 130 minutes

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The Deadcast explores Phil Lesh’s masterpiece “Unbroken Chain,” its mysterious lyricist Bobby Petersen, & digs into the luminous synth with Ned Lagin himself; plus, the story of the album title & art with the Grateful Dead Records crew & a visit from Animal Collective’s Avey Tare.

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0:00.0	The Good Old Grateful Dead cast, the official podcast of The Grateful Dead.
0:09.9	I'm Rich Mahan with Jesse Jarno, exploring the music and legacy of the Grateful Dead for the committed and the curious.
0:17.0	Ladies and gentlemen, fellow deadheads, welcome to season 9 of the good old Grateful Dead cast.
0:24.2	I'm your co-host Rich Mahan, thank you very much for tuning in.
0:28.2	We are very happy to be back with season 9 and we continue our deep dive into the Grateful Dead's 1974 studio album
0:35.4	from the Mars Hotel. This episode zooms in on one of the most complex songs
0:40.6	the band ever recorded, Phil Lesh's brilliant unbroken chain.
0:47.0	It is the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Deads from the Mars Hotel, and to celebrate this,
0:52.0	Rhino has a grand 50th anniversary release in the works, which includes
0:56.4	the original album remastered, some really cool early demos of songs from the album,
1:02.3	and a previously unreleased live show you need to hear because it sounds so
1:06.3	fantastic. The Grateful Dead played the University of Nevada Reno on May 12th, 1974.
1:13.8	And this show was the first road show for the infamous Wall of Sound, which debuted weeks earlier
1:19.7	at home in San Francisco on March 23rd at the Cow Palace.
1:24.8	This audio for this show was cleaned up and remastered by Grammy award-winning engineer
1:29.2	David Glasser with Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction and was produced for release by David
1:36.8	Lemune.
1:38.4	All of the aforementioned are available as a three-cede set as well as digitally.
1:44.0	There is standard black vinyl,
1:46.3	dead.net exclusive custom vinyl
1:48.8	and a very cool heliotropic vinyl version.
1:52.1	You have to see to believe its graphics animate when you spin it on your
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