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. It was written by

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ist

Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with the Other Ones, later known as the Dead ...

during the band's sessions creating the album ''

Anthem of the Sun ''Anthem of the Sun'' is the second album by American rock band the Grateful Dead, released on July 16, 1968, by Warner Bros-Seven Arts. The album was assembled through a collage-like editing approach helmed by members Jerry Garcia and Phil Les ...

'', produced by

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, in 1968. It was released as a

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with the single " Dark Star", one of the band's best-known musical excursions. The single was first released in April 1968 by

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and is a different mix than the version included on the ''Anthem of the Sun'' album. The single was re-released in the United Kingdom in 1977 as a promotion distributed with the Dark Star magazine. The single release included lyrics of "Dark Star" on the back cover. While writing the single Weir said he wanted the abrupt, brief breaks in the music to sound like "thick air". The band had lots of strange experimenting during the songwriting process which irritated producer Dave Hassinger so much that he left the studio. David Dodd believes this happened right around 1:32 in the song, just before the lyrics "my how lovely you are, my dear". This single version of the song would be later released as part of the

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'' by Warner Bros. in 1977, the twelve- CD retrospective

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'' in 2001, released by

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(a subsidiary of Warner Bros.), and the 2003 re-release of ''Anthem of the Sun'' by Rhino.

Albums

The following are the albums on which the song has appeared: ;

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s *''

'', Grateful Dead, 1968 ;

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s *''

Dick's Picks Volume 22 ''Dick's Picks Volume 22'' is a two-CD album by the rock group the Grateful Dead, the 22nd installment of the live archival release series. It documents portions of the concerts on February 23 and 24, 1968, at the Kings Beach Bowl in Kings Beac ...

'', Grateful Dead, 2001 * ''Road Trips Volume 2, Number 2'', Grateful Dead, 2009 ;

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s *''Some Of Our Best Friends Are'', Various Artists, 1969 *''

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/Anthem Of The Sun'', Grateful Dead, 1976 *''

'', Grateful Dead, 1977 *''

'', Grateful Dead, 2001

References

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