℗ 2020 Grateful Dead Productions, Under Exclusive License to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
| Released | October 1, 2020 |
| Duration | 41m 59s |
| Record Label | Grateful Dead/Rhino |
| Genre | Rock (Pop) |
American Beauty: The Angel's Share (Demos)
Grateful Dead
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Friend of the Devil (Demo)
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3:29 | |||
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1.2
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Sugar Magnolia (Demo)
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3:25 | |||
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1.3
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Candyman (Demo)
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5:42 | |||
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1.4
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To Lay Me Down (Demo)
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5:44 | |||
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1.5
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Truckin' (Demo)
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4:13 | |||
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1.6
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Hand Me Down (Ripple / Demo)
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4:06 | |||
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1.7
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Brokedown Palace (Demo)
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3:56 | |||
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1.8
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Till the Morning Comes (Demo)
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4:03 | |||
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1.9
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Attics of My Life (Demo)
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4:58 | |||
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1.10
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Operator (Demo)
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2:23 |
Not so very long ago, Grateful Dead fans were made more than a little bit giddy by the release of Workingman's Dead: The Angel's Share, a collection of previously-unreleased from the sessions that resulted in the Dead’s fourth studio album.
Now, the time has come to get giddy again: to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the band’s landmark LP, American Beauty, Rhino is releasing The Angel's Share for that album as well.
Thanks to the discovery of dozens of recently-discovered 16-track reels, fans will have a chance to check out more than two hours of previously-unreleased studio outtakes, demos, and alternate mixes of this classic album, including demos for all but one of the songs. Sorry, “Box of Rain” fans, you’re out of luck, but if it’s any consolation, you do get the demo for “To Lay Me Down,” which later found its way onto Jerry Garcia’s solo debut, Garcia. In addition, there are multiple outtakes for several of the album tracks.
This "Demos" version features a series of original takes from the new box-set, which compiles many more alternate versions and b-sides.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Grateful Dead/Rhino Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.03 -0.21 to -0.01 | -16.07 -19.04 to -14.09 | -13.08 -16.30 to -11.10 | 11 8 to 13 | |
| 1 | Friend of the Devil (Demo) | -0.01 | -14.93 | -12.2 | 10 |
| 2 | Sugar Magnolia (Demo) | -0.01 | -16.03 | -12.5 | 10 |
| 3 | Candyman (Demo) | -0.21 | -16.63 | -13.6 | 11 |
| 4 | To Lay Me Down (Demo) | -0.01 | -19.04 | -16.3 | 13 |
| 5 | Truckin' (Demo) | -0.01 | -16.25 | -13.5 | 11 |
| 6 | Hand Me Down (Ripple / Demo) | -0.01 | -15.52 | -12.8 | 10 |
| 7 | Brokedown Palace (Demo) | -0.01 | -14.09 | -11.1 | 8 |
| 8 | Till the Morning Comes (Demo) | -0.01 | -15.78 | -12.8 | 11 |
| 9 | Attics of My Life (Demo) | -0.01 | -16.46 | -13.3 | 10 |
| 10 | Operator (Demo) | -0.01 | -15.94 | -12.7 | 11 |