Double vinyl LP pressing. Highlights to the Official Motion Picture Soundtrack to the unprecedented four-hour rock documentary about the legendary band The Grateful Dead. The film, executive produced by Martin Scorsese and directed by Amir Bar-Lev, probes the creative forces, subversive ambitions, and interpersonal dynamics that drove the band in their 30-year career. Features unreleased tracks and Dead covers. Emerging from the Bay Area's vibrant 1960s counterculture, The Grateful Dead were a motley crew whose unique sound sprang from an eclectic blend of influences: bluegrass, folk ballads, R&B, free-form jazz, classical and jug band. They became one of the most influential and iconic bands of all time.