Grateful Dead bola americká rocková kapela založená v roku 1965 v Palo Alto v Kalifornii, známa svojím eklektickým štýlom spájajúcim prvky rocku, blues, folku, country, bluegrassu, džezu a psychedélie. Preslávili sa improvizáciami počas svojich živých vystúpení a oddanou fanúšikovskou základňou zvanou Deadheads.
American Beauty, piaty štúdiový album skupiny, vyšiel v novembri 1970 u vydavateľstva Warner Bros. Records a pokračoval vo folk-rockovom a country štýle predchádzajúceho albumu Workingman's Dead. Album obsahuje 33 nahrávok na troch CD, vrátane klasických skladieb ako Box of Rain, Friend of the Devil, Sugar Magnolia, Ripple a Truckin'. Texty väčšiny piesní napísal Robert Hunter. V roku 2003 časopis Rolling Stone zaradil album na 258. pozíciu vo svojom rebríčku 500 najlepších albumov všetkých čias.
V roku 1970 tvorili zostavu Ron „Pigpen“ McKernan, Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Tom Constanten, Bruce Hornsby, Robert Hunter a Rob Wasserman.
Skladby
CD1
1. Box of Rain (2020 Remaster) [05:17]
2. Friend Of The Devil (2020 Remaster) [03:23]
3. Sugar Magnolia (2020 Remaster) [03:19]
4. Operator (2020 Remaster) [02:23]
5. Candyman (2020 Remaster) [06:14]
6. Ripple (2020 Remaster) [04:08]
7. Brokedown Palace (2020 Remaster) [04:09]
8. Till The Morning Comes (2020 Remaster) [03:07]
9. Attics Of My Life (2020 Remaster) [05:13]
10. Truckin' (2020 Remaster) [05:06]
CD2
1. Bertha (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [06:20]
2. Truckin' (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [09:14]
3. Hurts Me Too (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [05:56]
4. Loser (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [06:55]
5. Greatest Story Ever Told (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [03:48]
6. Johnny B. Goode (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [03:08]
7. Mama Tried (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [03:22]
8. Hard To Handle (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [09:14]
9. Dark Star, Pt. 1 (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [07:03]
10. Wharf Rat (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [07:24]
11. Dark Star, Pt. 2 (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [07:21]
12. Me And My Uncle (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [04:13]
CD3
1. Casey Jones (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [07:38]
2. Playing In The Band (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [06:11]
3. Me And Bobby McGee (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [06:35]
4. Candyman (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [07:59]
5. Big Boss Man (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [05:42]
6. Sugar Magnolia (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [07:12]
7. St. Stephen (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [06:26]
8. Not Fade Away, Pt. 1 (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [04:31]
9. Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [05:03]
10. Not Fade Away, Pt. 2 (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [04:00]
11. Uncle John's Band (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/18/71) [06:39]
