Ndira apfuura, nhengo dze Kuonga Vakafa uye Rhino label yakazivisa kuburitswa kunotevera kwedambarefu rembiri rine nziyo dzakanakisa dzeboka reCalifornia. Kuparurwa uku kuchave chimwe chezviitiko zvakarongwa gore rino kupemberera kusvitsa makore makumi mashanu kuumbwa kwechikwata chine mukurumbira ichi chekuAmerica. Grateful Dead yanga iri kwemakumi emakore mumwe wevanonyanya kutsanangura veCalifornian psychedelic rock, bhendi rine mukurumbira rakavaka chisikwa chayo chese kuburikidza nekushanya kwaro kusingaverengeki uye maalbum asingakanganwiki mukati memakumi mashanu emakore apfuura.
Iri dambarefu rekubatanidza richava nenziyo dzinokwana makumi matatu nembiri, idzo munhevedzano yenguva dzicharatidza shanduko yeboka reCalifornian mumakumi emakore akasiyana. Iyo kaviri albhamu ine anopfuura maawa maviri emimhanzi, ine nziyo dzakanakisa dzeboka dzakadzokororwa nainjiniya David Glasser. Iyo albhamu ine rarities senge maviri nehafu maminetsi vhezheni ye 'Dark Star', rwiyo runosvika maminetsi makumi matatu ruchirarama, iyo yakazara suite ye'Terrapin Station', yaionekwa seyakafa, uye imwe chete 'Touch of Gray' yaive yepamusoro gumi muna 30.