NgoJanuwari odlule, amalungu e Nokubonga Dead kanye nelebula le-Rhino limemezele ukushicilelwa okulandelayo kwe-albhamu ekabili enezingoma ezihamba phambili zeqembu lesi-Californian. Lokhu kwethulwa kuzoba yingxenye yemicimbi ehlelelwe kulo nyaka yokugubha iminyaka engama-50 kwasungulwa leli qembu lodumo laseMelika. I-Grateful Dead sekungamashumi eminyaka ingomunye wabalingisi abakhulu be-Californian psychedelic rock, ibhendi edumile elakhe indawo yonke ngokwalo ngohambo lwalo olungenakubalwa nama-albhamu akhumbulekayo kule minyaka engamashumi amahlanu edlule.
Le albhamu entsha yokuhlanganiswa izoqukatha isamba samaculo angu-32, azolandelana ngokulandelana azobonisa ukuvela kweqembu laseCalifornian emashumini eminyaka ahlukene. I-albhamu ekabili iqukethe umculo ongaphezu kwamahora amabili, nezingoma ezihamba phambili zeqembu eziphinde zabekwa phambili ngunjiniyela u-David Glasser. I-albhamu iqukethe okungajwayelekile njengenguqulo yemizuzu emibili nengxenye ye 'Inkanyezi Emnyama', ingoma efinyelela emaminithini angu-30 bukhoma, iqoqo eliphelele le-'Terrapin Station', elibhekwa njengobuciko babafileyo, kanye nengoma eyodwa ethi 'Touch of Gray' eyayiyi-Top 10 ngo-1987.