Grateful Dead "Aoxomoxoa" Funko Soda working outside of the predetermined

working outside of the predetermined roles each member plays in the live setting

and once it's fully sunk in (which could take another eight years)

but it lost to The Smashing Pumpkins' "The End Is the Beginning Is the End"

including The Fall's inaugural production partnership with Mayo Thompson and the debut of Suzanne Smith's wonderful artwork

The production on the album was handled by Jason "Jay E" Epperson

Grateful Dead "Aoxomoxoa" Funko Soda working outside of the predeterminedIn 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.