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Brian A. Anderson retraces the chaotic, mind-bending 1965 Muir Beach Acid Test—where Owsley Stanley, Ken Kesey’s Pranksters, and the newly named Grateful Dead collided.

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The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection

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The full, untold story of the Grateful Dead’s “Wall of Sound,” an unprecedented and since unparalleled speaker system.

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Filling four trucks and as loud as an airplane taking off, the Wall of Sound was the largest, most sophisticated sound system ever built. It nearly destroyed the band.