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Europe '72: The Complete Recordings is a box set of live recordings by the rock band the Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...

. Billed as a "mega box set", it contains all of the band's spring 1972 concert tour of Europe — 22 complete shows, on 73 CDs. It was released on September 1, 2011.

All of the concerts from Europe '72: The Complete Recordings are also being produced as individual albums, most of them on three or four CDs. They are being released in chronological order, with all 22 slated to come out before the end of 2011. Each of the individual album covers features artwork by Scott McDougall, inspired by the front and back cover art that was created by Stanley Mouse

Stanley Mouse

Stanley George Miller , better known as Mouse and Stanley Mouse, is an American artist, notable for his 1960s psychedelic rock concert poster designs and Grateful Dead album cover art.-Early life:...

and Alton Kelley for the original Europe '72
Europe '72
Europe '72 is a 1972 live triple album of performances by the Grateful Dead, recorded during their tour of Western Europe in early 1972.-History:...

album.

Production

The CDs for the album were created by remixing the original 16-track

Multitrack recording

Multitrack recording is a method of sound recording that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources to create a cohesive whole...

analog tapes

Magnetic tape sound recording

The use of magnetic tape for sound recording originated around 1930. Magnetizable tape revolutionized both the radio broadcast and music recording industries. It did this by giving artists and producers the power to record and re-record audio with minimal loss in quality as well as edit and...

. The set was mastered in HDCD

High Definition Compatible Digital

High Definition Compatible Digital, or HDCD is a patented encode-decode process, now owned by Microsoft, that improves the audio quality of standard Redbook audio CDs, while retaining backward compatibility with existing Compact disc players....

format. This provides enhanced sound quality when played on CD players with HDCD capability, but is fully compatible with conventional CD players.

The collection was first announced on January 19, 2011 and was described as consisting of "over 60" CDs

Compact Disc

The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

; however, the final CD count was 73. Initially, the set was offered only as an exclusive limited edition of 7,200 copies, each of which are encased in a box that looks like a steamer trunk

Trunk (luggage)

A trunk, also known as a travelling chest, is a large cuboid container for holding clothes and other personal belongings, typically about wide, and each deep and high. They were most commonly used for extended periods away from home, such as for boarding school, or long trips abroad...

, and include an illustrated hardcover book and other bonus material. The first 3,000 of these sets are personalized with a name of the buyer's choice. The demand was much greater than anticipated and all 7,200 sets were sold online within four days. In response to the ongoing demand, subsequent copies of the set were released, dubbed Europe '72: The Complete Recordings — All the Music Edition, which have individual packaging for each concert, including liner notes, but which do not include the steamer trunk case, the book, or the other extras.

Other albums from the Europe '72 tour

Four previous live albums were taken from the band's 1972 European tour. Europe '72
Europe '72
Europe '72 is a 1972 live triple album of performances by the Grateful Dead, recorded during their tour of Western Europe in early 1972.-History:...

was released in 1972 as a triple LP

LP record

The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...

, and later rereleased as double CD, and has vocal tracks that were overdubbed in the recording studio. Hundred Year Hall
Hundred Year Hall
Hundred Year Hall is a two-CD live album by the Grateful Dead. It was the first album to be released after Jerry Garcia's death, and one of the first releases in a continuing rush of live albums from the band's vault...

is a two-disc CD taken from the April 26 concert in Frankfurt

Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

. Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 is a four-disc CD of selections from various concerts in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. And Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead
Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead
Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead is a Grateful Dead triple live album released in 2004. It was recorded at Rheinhalle in the German town of Düsseldorf on April 24, 1972 during their famous European tour. The tracklist on the CD differs from the actual setlist played that night. It was done...

, on three discs, contains the complete concert from April 24 in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

.

In addition, a new collection, Europe '72 Volume 2
Europe '72 Volume 2
Europe '72 Volume 2 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It is a two-CD set which features 20 tracks from the band's Spring 1972 tour of Europe. As such, it represents a belated sequel to the band's original three-LP 1972 release, Europe '72...

, released in September 2011, features two CDs of performances culled from the Complete Recordings. None of the songs on this album were also included in Europe '72.

Concerts

Europe '72: The Complete Recordings contains the following concerts:

April 7 – Wembley Empire Pool
Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...

, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
April 8 – Wembley Empire Pool, London, England
April 11 – Newcastle City Hall
Newcastle City Hall
Newcastle City Hall is a concert hall, located in Newcastle upon Tyne which has hosted many popular music and classical artists throughout the years, as well as standup and comedy acts. Opened in 1927, the City Hall was built as a part of a development which also included the adjacent City Pool...

, Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

, England
April 14 – Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
April 16 – Stakladen, Aarhus University, Aarhus
Aarhus
Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...

, Denmark
April 17 – Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
April 21 – Beat-Club
Beat-Club
Beat-Club was a German music program that ran from September 1965 to December 1972. It was broadcast from Bremen, Germany on Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen, the national public TV channel of the ARD, and produced by one of its members, Radio Bremen, later co-produced by WDR following the 38th episode...

, Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...

, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
April 24 – Rheinhalle, Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

, West Germany
April 26 – Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

, West Germany
April 29 – Musikhalle
Laeiszhalle
The Laeiszhalle is a concert hall in Hamburg, Germany and home to the Hamburger Symphoniker.The hall is named after the German shipowning company F. Laeisz, founder of the concert venue and was planned by the architect Martin Haller.-External links:...

, Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, West Germany
May 3 – Olympia Theatre
Paris Olympia
The Olympia is a music hall in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Located at No. 28, Boulevard des Capucines, its closest métro/RER stations are Madeleine, Opéra, Havre – Caumartin and Auber....

, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
May 4 – Olympia Theatre, Paris, France
May 7 – Bickershaw Festival
Bickershaw festival
The Bickershaw festival was a rock festival held in Bickershaw, Greater Manchester, England between the 5–7 May 1972. Apart from the 1976-79 Deeply Vale Festivals, the Bickershaw festival was the only major north-west multi-day festival with camping...

, Wigan
Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...

, England
May 10 – Concertgebouw
Concertgebouw
The Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" literally translates into English as "concert building"...

, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
May 11 – Grote Zaal De Doelen
De Doelen
270px|thumb|De DoelenDe Doelen is a concert venue and convention centre in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was originally built in 1934 but then destroyed in 1940 during the German bombardment of Rotterdam in May 1940 at the outset of World War II...

, Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

, Netherlands
May 13 – Lille Fairgrounds, Lille
Lille
Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...

, France
May 16 – La Grande Salle Du Grand Theatre
Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
The Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, inaugurated in 1964 as the Théâtre Municipal de la Ville de Luxembourg, underwent renovation work in 2002–2003 resulting in substantial improvements to the stage technology, acoustics and lighting facilities...

, Luxembourg
Luxembourg (city)
The city of Luxembourg , also known as Luxembourg City , is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers in southern Luxembourg...

, Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
May 18 - Kongressall, Deutsches Museum
Deutsches Museum
The Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of technology and science, with approximately 1.5 million visitors per year and about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology. The museum was founded on June 28, 1903, at a meeting of the Association...

, Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, West Germany
May 23 – Lyceum Theatre, London, England
May 24 – Lyceum Theatre, London, England
May 25 – Lyceum Theatre, London, England
May 26 – Lyceum Theatre, London, England

Grateful Dead

Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...

– lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

, vocals, pedal steel guitar
Pedal steel guitar
The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...

(on "Looks Like Rain"), organ
Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

(on "Good Lovin'")
Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
Keith Godchaux
Keith Godchaux
Keith Richard Godchaux was a musician best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead.-Biography:Keith Godchaux was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Concord, California...

– piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...

– drums
Phil Lesh
Phil Lesh
Phillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....

– electric bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

, vocals
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, harmonica
Harmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

, percussion, vocals
Bob Weir
Bob Weir
Bob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...

– rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

, vocals
Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter
-Politics:*Robert Hunter , Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Colony, Governor of New York, New Jersey, Jamaica*Robert C. Hunter , U.S. judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals...

– songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

Production

Produced for release by David Lemieux
Mixed by Jeffrey Norman at Prairie Sun Recording, Cotati, California
CD mastering by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, Colorado
Recording by Betty Cantor, Janet Furman, Bob Matthews, Rosie, Wizard
Cover illustrations by Scott McDougall
Package design by Steve Vance
Liner notes written by Gary Lambert, Rosie McGee, Larry Rogers, Palle Lykke, Blair Jackson, David Gans
David Gans (musician)
David Gans, in Los Angeles, California, is an American musician, songwriter, and music journalist. He is a guitarist, and is known for incisive, literate songwriting. He is also noted for his music loop work, often creating spontaneous compositions in performance...

, Steve Silberman, Jeff Tamarkin
Jeff Tamarkin
Jeff Tamarkin is an American editor, author and historian specializing in music and popular culture.-Career:For 15 years Tamarkin was editor of Goldmine, a magazine for record and CD collectors. Prior to that, he served as the first editor of CMJ and as editor of Relix...

, Simon Robinson, Nicholas Meriwether, Sam Cutler
Sam Cutler
Sam Cutler is best known as former tour manager for the Rolling Stones. In numerous magazine articles and books, Cutler has been casually demonized as an unwitting, yet primary, catalyst of the violence that took place at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert.-Early life and career:Sam Cutler was born...

, Chris Jones, Alex Allan
Alex Allan
Alexander Allan is the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee of the United Kingdom and Head of Intelligence Assessment. He is the son of Robert Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew.- Early life :...

Europe '72: Wembley Empire Pool, London, England (4/7/1972)

Album released October 3, 2011

Length 163:28 (2:43:28)

Disc 1

First set:

"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Bob Weir
Bob Weir
Bob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...

, Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995...

, Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter (lyricist)
Robert C. Hunter is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.-Biography:He was born Robert Burns in San Luis Obispo, California...

) – 5:24
"Sugaree
Sugaree
"Sugaree" is a song written by long-time Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by guitarist Jerry Garcia. It was written for Jerry Garcia's first solo album Garcia, which was released in January 1972...

" (Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...

, Hunter) – 7:08
"Chinatown Shuffle" (Ron "Pigpen" McKernan) – 3:02
"Me and My Uncle
Me and My Uncle
"Me and My Uncle", often also written "Me & My Uncle," is a song composed by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, and popularized by the Grateful Dead and Judy Collins...

" (John Phillips
John Phillips (musician)
John Edmund Andrew Phillips , was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and promoter . Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the singing group The Mamas & the Papas...

) – 3:38
"China Cat Sunflower
China Cat Sunflower
"China Cat Sunflower" is a song performed by the Grateful Dead which was first recorded for their third studio album Aoxomoxoa. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music composed by Jerry Garcia. The song is typically sung by Jerry Garcia. The first live recording of this song...

" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:33
"I Know You Rider
I Know You Rider
"I Know You Rider" is a traditional woman's blues song that has been adapted by numerous artists. Modern versions can be traced back to the song's appearance in the 1934 book, American Ballads and Folk Songs, by the noted father and son musicologists and folklorists, John Lomax and Alan Lomax...

" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:14
"Big Boss Man
Big Boss Man
Big Boss Man may refer to:*Big Boss Man , a British jazz/funk band*"Big Boss Man", a blues song made famous by Jimmy Reed*Big Boss Man , an album by The Kentucky Headhunters*Ray Traylor, a professional wrestler...

" (Al Smith, Luther Dixon
Luther Dixon
Luther Dixon was an American songwriter, record producer, and singer. Dixon's songs achieved their greatest success in the 1950s and 60s, and were recorded by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Jackson 5, B.B. King, Dusty Springfield, and others...

) – 4:38
"Black-Throated Wind
Black-Throated Wind
"Black-Throated Wind" is the second track from Bob Weir's solo debut Ace. The song was written by Weir and lyricist John Perry Barlow about the experiences Barlow had on a road trip from New York to San Francisco in 1971...

" (Weir, John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic...

) – 5:55
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:55
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:56
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller
Jesse Fuller
Jesse Fuller was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues".-Early life:...

) – 3:58
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:02

Disc 2

"Playing in the Band
Playing in the Band
"Playing in the Band" is a Grateful Dead song. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir composed it. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the self-titled 1971 live album Grateful Dead...

" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 10:04

Second set:

"Truckin'
Truckin'
"Truckin'" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album American Beauty. It was recognized by the United States Library of Congress in 1997 as a national treasure....

" (Garcia, Phil Lesh
Phil Lesh
Phillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....

, Weir, Hunter) > – 10:53
"Drums" (Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...

) > – 2:39
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 19:36
"El Paso
El Paso (song)
"El Paso" is a country and western ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959. It was released as a single the following month, and became a major hit on both the country and pop music charts, reaching number...

" (Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Martin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...

) > – 4:44
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 8:20
"Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:58

Disc 3

"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:21
"Sugar Magnolia
Sugar Magnolia
"Sugar Magnolia" is a song by the Grateful Dead. Written by Robert Hunter and Bob Weir, it is one of the most well-known songs by the band, alongside such hits as "Truckin'," "Casey Jones," "Uncle John's Band," and "Touch of Grey."...

" (Weir, Hunter) - 7:56
"Not Fade Away
Not Fade Away (song)
"Not Fade Away" is a song credited to Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and first recorded by Holly's band The Crickets in Clovis, New Mexico, on May 27, 1957...

" (Norman Petty
Norman Petty
Norman Petty was an American musician, songwriter, and pioneer record producer who helped shape modern popular music, including pop and rock....

, Charles Hardin
Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...

) > – 4:19
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 6:08
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 3:42

Encore:

"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:36

Notes

Europe '72: Wembley Empire Pool, London, England (4/8/1972)

Album released October 3, 2011

Length 177:59 (2:57:59)

Disc 1

First set:

"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:44
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:20
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 3:56
"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:54
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:02
"Next Time You See Me
Next Time You See Me
"Next Time You See Me" is a blues song recorded in 1956 by Junior Parker . The song was Parker's first record chart appearance after joining Duke Records and one of his most successful singles in both the R&B and pop charts...

" (William Harvey, Earl Forest) – 4:32
"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:56
The Yellow Dog Story (traditional, arranged by Bob Weir) – 3:13
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:08
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:35
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:18

Disc 2

"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 11:28
"Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark
Rudy Clark
Rudy Clark is an American songwriter about whom little biographical information seems to be known. Supposedly a former mail carrier hailing from New York City, he was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s...

, Arthur Resnick) – 10:43
"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:57
"Casey Jones
Casey Jones (song)
"Casey Jones" is a song by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia, and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. The song first appeared on the Dead's 1970 album Workingman's Dead. Subsequently it was included on a number of their live albums.The Grateful Dead...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:29

Second set:

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 11:52
"Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis
Noah Lewis
Noah Lewis was an American jug band and country blues musician, generally known for playing the harmonica.-Life and career:...

, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:29
"Hurts Me Too
It Hurts Me Too
"It Hurts Me Too" is a blues standard that is "one of the most interpreted blues [songs]". First recorded in 1940 by Tampa Red, the song is a mid-tempo eight-bar blues that features slide guitar...

" (Elmore James
Elmore James
Elmore James was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was known as "the King of the Slide Guitar" and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.-Biography:James was born Elmore Brooks in the old Richland community in...

, Marshall Sehorn) – 5:56

Disc 3

"Dark Star
Dark Star (song)
"Dark Star" is a song released as a single by the Grateful Dead. It was written by lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by lead guitarist Jerry Garcia; however, compositional credit is sometimes extended to include Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, the late Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and Bob Weir...

" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 32:09
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) > – 7:17
"Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) – 18:30

Encore:

"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:46

Notes

Europe '72: City Hall, Newcastle, England (4/11/1972)

Album released October 3, 2011

Length 202:18 (3:22:18)

Disc 1

First set:

"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:43
"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:38
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:03
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:29
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:14
"Big Boss Man" (Smith, Dixon) – 6:52
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:25
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:23
"Jack Straw
Jack Straw (song)
Jack Straw is a rock song written by Bob Weir and Robert Hunter in the Troubadour tradition. The track appeared on the Grateful Dead album, Europe '72, and was frequently performed live by the band....

" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:11
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:47
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 6:31
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:56

Disc 2

"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 10:53
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 5:24
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:33
"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:12
"Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:33
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:01

Second set:

"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 15:27
"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:14

Disc 3

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) > – 19:26
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 3:18
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 25:47
"Comes a Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:55
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:50

Encore:

"Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:58
"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:52

Notes

Europe '72: Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (4/14/1972)

Album released October 3, 2011

Length 206:16 (3:26:16)

Disc 1

First set:

"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:32
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:27
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:46
"You Win Again
You Win Again (Hank Williams song)
"You Win Again" is a 1952 song by Hank Williams. In style, the song is a blues ballad and deals with the singer's dispair with his partner. "You Win Again" would peak at number ten on the Most Played in C&W Juke Boxes chart, where it remained for a single week .-Cover versions:* Late in 1957,...

" (Hank Williams) – 4:01
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:07
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:52
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:34
"Me and Bobby McGee
Me and Bobby McGee
"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller. Others performed the song later, including Kristofferson himself, and Janis Joplin who topped the U.S. singles chart with the song in 1971 after her death, making the song the second...

" (Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...

, Fred Foster
Fred Foster
Fred Foster is an American songwriter, record producer, and founder of Monument Records.-Biography:...

) – 6:04
"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:34
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 11:27

Disc 2

"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:56
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:24
"Big Boss Man" (Smith, Dixon) – 6:24
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:16
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:53

Second set:

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 10:55
"Hurts Me Too" (James, Sehorn) – 6:57
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:57
"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:06

Disc 3

"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 29:25
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) > – 6:41
"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) > – 18:27
"Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) > – 6:44
"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 3:00

Disc 4

"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:25
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) > – 5:39
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 6:55
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 3:25

Encore:

"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:44

Notes

Europe '72: Stakladen, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark (4/16/1972)

Album released October 3, 2011

Length 169:47 (2:49:47)

Disc 1

First set:

"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:53
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:04
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 3:11
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:40
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:39
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:12
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:12
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 6:37
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:41
"Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:55
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:34
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 4:23

Disc 2

"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 11:33
"Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:11

Second set:

"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 20:08
"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 6:28
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:48
"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:54

Disc 3

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) > – 11:37
"Jam" (Grateful Dead) > – 16:32
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 3:32
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) > – 3:01
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 2:38
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) > – 5:56
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 6:32
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 3:06

Notes

Europe '72: Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (4/17/1972)

Album released October 3, 2011

Length 183:28 (3:03:28)

Disc 1

First set:

"Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:28
"Me and Bobby McGee" (Kristofferson, Foster) – 6:19
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:55
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 6:04
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:29
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 3:57
"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:02
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 5:11
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:48

Second set:

"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:42
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 3:48

Disc 2

"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:58
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:59
"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:44
"Hurts Me Too" (James, Sehorn) – 7:13
"Ramble on Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:12
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 5:17
"Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:38
"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 11:08

Disc 3

Third set:

"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 30:59
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) > – 6:55
"Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) > – 23:39
"Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode
"Johnny B. Goode" is a 1958 rock and roll song written and originally performed by American musician Chuck Berry. The song was a major hit among both black and white audiences peaking at #2 on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song is one of Chuck Berry's...

" (Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...

) – 4:18

Notes

Europe '72: Beat Club, Bremen, West Germany (4/21/1972)

Album released November 1, 2011

Length 79:22 (1:19:22)

"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:06
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:58
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:05
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:53
"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:51
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 10:56
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:03
"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) > – 9:33
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 1:16
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 21:47

Notes

Europe '72: Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf, West Germany (4/24/1972)

Album released November 1, 2011

Length 204:40 (3:24:40)

Disc 1

First set:

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 11:17
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:01
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 3:10
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:59
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 6:07
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:19
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:12
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:30
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:39

Disc 2

"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 11:40
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 4:41
"Me and Bobby McGee" (Kristofferson, Foster) – 6:20
"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 17:30
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:12

Disc 3

Second set:

"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 25:45
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) > – 3:23
"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 14:38
"Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 9:16
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:47

Disc 4

Third set:

"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:33
"Hurts Me Too" (James, Sehorn) – 8:34
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:47
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) > – 3:19
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 6:30
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 3:01

Encore:

"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:44

Notes

Europe '72: Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt, West Germany (4/26/1972)

Album released November 1, 2011

Length 230:49 (3:50:49)

Disc 1

First set:

"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:05
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:34
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:35
"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:19
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:40
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 4:25
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:25
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:12
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:52
"Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:46
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:23

Disc 2

"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:58
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:43
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:44
"You Win Again" (Williams) – 4:34
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:36
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:47
"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:43
"The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)" (McKernan) – 6:57
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50
"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 14:08
"Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:20

Disc 3

Second set:

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) > – 14:10
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 4:07
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 36:27
"Comes a Time" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 6:41
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:13

Disc 4

"Turn On Your Lovelight
Turn On Your Love Light
"Turn On Your Love Light" is an R&B-style blues song recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961. It was a both an important R&B and pop chart hit for Bland and has become one of his most identifiable songs...

" (Joseph Scott, Deadric Malone) > – 17:06
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 9:40
"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:04

Notes

Europe '72: Musikhalle, Hamburg, West Germany (4/29/1972)

Album released November 1, 2011

Length 176:42 (2:56:42)

Disc 1

First set:

"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:43
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:15
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:14
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:57
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:24
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:35
"Big Boss Man" (Smith, Dixon) – 5:24
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:58
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:49
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:46

Disc 2

"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:07
"Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:47
"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 16:27
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:04

Second set:

"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 6:15
"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:58
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 5:31

Disc 3

"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 30:11
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) > – 6:28
"Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) – 21:15

Encore:

"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:06
"Uncle John's Band
Uncle John's Band
"Uncle John's Band" is a song by the Grateful Dead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album Workingman's Dead...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:39

Europe '72: Olympia Theatre, Paris, France (5/3/1972)

Album released November 1, 2011

Length 220:40 (3:40:40)

Disc 1

First set:

"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:48
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:19
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 3:45
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:12
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:03
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 3:02
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:36
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:34
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:30
"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:25
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 4:50
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 11:01

Disc 2

"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:32
"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 16:53
"Sing Me Back Home
Sing Me Back Home (song)
"Sing Me Back Home" is a 1967 single written and recorded by Merle Haggard. "Sing Me Back Home" would be Merle Haggard's third number one. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of seventeen weeks on the country chart...

" (Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...

) – 9:19
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:15

Second set:

"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:27
"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:19
"Hurts Me Too" (James, Sehorn) – 6:34

Disc 3

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) > – 9:33
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 18:29
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 3:19
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 12:52
"Me and Bobby McGee" (Kristofferson, Foster) > – 5:30
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 2:46
"Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:34

Disc 4

"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:23
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) > – 6:21
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) > – 4:46
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 7:04
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 2:44

Encore:

"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:18

Notes

Europe '72: Olympia Theatre, Paris, France (5/4/1972)

Album released November 1, 2011

Length 213:35 (3:33:35)

Disc 1

First set:

"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:56
"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:17
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:10
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:33
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:24
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 3:30
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 10:34
"You Win Again" (Williams) – 4:14
"Hurts Me Too" (James, Sehorn) – 7:24
"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:21
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:51

Disc 2

"Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:06
"The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)" (McKernan) – 7:00
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:22

Second set:

"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 23:18
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 6:20
"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:57
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:57

Disc 3

"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 19:21
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 2:32
"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 17:34
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) > – 7:41
"Sing Me Back Home" (Haggard) – 11:37

Disc 4

"Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:01
"Big Boss Man" (Smith, Dixon) – 6:39
"Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:16
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 7:15
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 2:57

Encore:

"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:45

Notes

Europe '72: Bickershaw Festival, Wigan, England (5/7/1972)

Album released November 29, 2011

Length 338:30 (3:58:30)

Disc 1

First set:

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 10:57
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:29
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:16
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 4:03
"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:39
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 3:22
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:57
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:57
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:59
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 5:54

"Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday to You

"Happy Birthday to You", also known more simply as "Happy Birthday", is a song that is traditionally sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's birth...

" (Patty Hill

Patty Hill

Patty Smith Hill is perhaps best known for co-writing the tune which became popular as Happy Birthday to You. She was an American nursery school, kindergarten teacher, and key founder of the National Association Nursery Education which now exists as the National Association For the Education of...

) – 0:31

Disc 2

"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 11:36
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:43
"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 20:01
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:43

Second set:

"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 7:50
"Big Boss Man" (Smith, Dixon) – 6:26
"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:59
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:59

Disc 3

"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 19:49
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 2:24
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 30:34
"Sing Me Back Home" (Haggard) – 11:27

Disc 4

"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) > – 9:22
"Turn On Your Lovelight" (Scott, Malone) > – 13:02
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 8:55
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 4:21

Encore:

"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:03

Notes

Europe '72: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland (5/10/1972)

Album released November 29, 2011

Length 215:54 (3:35:54)

Disc 1

First set:

"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:17
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 3:40
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 4:44
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:16
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:49
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:46
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 5:16
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:57
"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:33
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:52

Disc 2

"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 13:50
"Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:55
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:53
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:31
"Big Boss Man" (Smith, Dixon) – 4:21
"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:20
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:52

Disc 3

Second set:

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) > – 8:50
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 2:24
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 34:21
"Me and Bobby McGee" (Kristofferson, Foster) > – 5:34
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 2:04
"Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:54

Disc 4

"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:38
"The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)" (McKernan) – 6:59
"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:48
"Sing Me Back Home" (Haggard) – 10:00
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) > – 7:02
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) > – 4:47
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 8:52
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 4:12

Notes

Europe '72: Grote Zaal De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland (5/11/1972)

Album released November 29, 2011

Length 223:59 (3:43:59)

Disc 1

First set:

"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 10:52
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:23
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 3:51
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:21
"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:04
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 3:10
"Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:40
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:04
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:05
"Hurts Me Too" (James, Sehorn) – 6:22
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:26
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:05

Disc 2

"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:55
"Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:18
"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 12:35
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:19

Second set:

"Morning Dew
Morning Dew
"Morning Dew", also known as " Morning Dew", is a post-apocalyptic folk-rock song written by Canadian singer Bonnie Dobson in 1962.According to Dobson in a 1993 interview, "Morning Dew" was inspired by the film On the Beach....

" (Bonnie Dobson
Bonnie Dobson
Bonnie Dobson is a Canadian folk music songwriter, singer, and guitarist, most known in the 1960s for composing the songs "I'm Your Woman" and "Morning Dew"...

, Tim Rose
Tim Rose
Timothy Alan Patrick Rose , best known professionally as Tim Rose, was an American singer-songwriter, who spent much of his life in London, England and had more success in Europe than in his native country...

) – 12:38
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:11
"The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)" (McKernan) – 7:33
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:52
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:17
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 4:42

Disc 3

"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 13:46
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 3:48
"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 30:33

Disc 4

"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) > – 7:43
"Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) > – 16:34
"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 9:18
"Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:47

Notes

Europe '72: Lille Fairgrounds, Lille, France (5/13/1972)

Album released November 29, 2011

Length 172:24 (2:52:24)

Disc 1

First set:

"Tuning Rap" – 3:28
"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:43
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:12
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:47
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:52
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:28
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:07
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:00
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:51
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:06
"Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:42
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 5:02
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 12:39

Disc 2

"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:02
"Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:34
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:21

Second set:

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) > – 11:00
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 2:28
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 28:41
"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:07

Disc 3

"Hurts Me Too" (James, Sehorn) – 8:20
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) > – 6:43
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) > – 4:33
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 7:53
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 3:10

Encore:

"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:24

Europe '72: La Grande Salle Du Grand Theatre, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (5/16/1972)

Album released November 29, 2011

Length 154:18 (2:34:24)

Disc 1

Sound check:

"Big River
Big River (Johnny Cash song)
"Big River" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. Released as a single by Sun Records in 1958, it went as high as #4 on the Billboard country music charts and stayed on the charts for 14 weeks...

" (Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

) – 6:16
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) > – 3:13

First set:

"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:54
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:28
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 3:45
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:03
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:53
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:54
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:47
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:55
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:18
"Hurts Me Too" (James, Sehorn) – 6:41
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:18
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 11:15

Disc 2

"Promised Land
Promised Land (song)
"Promised Land" is a song lyric written by Chuck Berry to the melody of "Wabash Cannonball", an American folk song. The song was first recorded in this version by Chuck Berry in 1964 for his album St. Louis to Liverpool. Released in 1965, it was Berry's first single issued following his prison term...

" (Berry) – 3:19

Second set:

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) > – 12:06
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 2:27
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 19:36
"Sing Me Back Home" (Haggard) – 10:42
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:49
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) > – 3:56
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 7:21
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 3:23

Encore:

"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:16

Europe '72: Kongressaal, Munich, West Germany (5/18/1972)

Album released November 29, 2011

Length 186:30 (3:06:30)

Disc 1

First set:

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 10:34
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:19
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:01
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:51
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:46
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 3:16
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:57
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:29
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:54
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:43

Disc 2

"Hurts Me Too" (James, Sehorn) – 8:19
"You Win Again" (Williams) – 4:55
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 10:59
"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 12:37
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:52

Second set:

"Sitting on Top of the World
Sitting on Top of the World
"Sitting on Top of the World" is a folk-blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon, core members of the Mississippi Sheiks, a popular country blues band of the 1930s...

" (Lonnie Carter, Walter Jacobs
Walter Vinson
Walter Vinson was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks, worked with Bo Chatmon and his brothers, and co-wrote the blues standard, "Sitting on Top of the World"...

) – 3:33
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:14
"Ramble on Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:44
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 2:48

Disc 3

"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 28:20
"Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 11:45
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 1:08
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:04

Encore:

"Sing Me Back Home" (Haggard) – 11:35
"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:00

Disc 1

First set:

"Promised Land (Berry) – 3:20
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:15
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 3:49
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:43
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:33
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 4:54
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:53
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:05
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:13
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:22
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:57
"Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:00
"The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)" (McKernan) – 7:57
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 12:38

Disc 2

"Sitting on Top of the World" (Carter, Jacobs) – 3:20
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (Huey "Piano" Smith) – 5:12
"Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:30
"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 11:48
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:45

Second set:

"Ramble on Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:21
"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 29:54
"Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 11:36

Disc 3

"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:52
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:59
"Comes a Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:44
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 8:52
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) > – 4:53
"Hey Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...

) > – 4:30
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 3:06

Encore:

"Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:54

Notes

Disc 1

First set:

"Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:43
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:34
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:03
"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:35
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:13
"Hurts Me Too" (James, Sehorn) – 7:43
"Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:20
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:37
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:57
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:50
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:34
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 12:15
"You Win Again" (Williams) – 4:14
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:56

Disc 2

"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:16

Second set:

"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (Smith) – 5:27
"Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:36
"Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:07
"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) > – 11:53
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 1:50
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 29:45
"Sing Me Back Home" (Haggard) – 10:30

Disc 3

"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) > – 7:11
"Turn On Your Lovelight" (Scott, Malone) > – 12:02
"The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)" (McKernan) – 8:36

Encore:

"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:10

Notes

Disc 1

First set:

"Promised Land (Berry) – 3:22
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:55
"Big Boss Man" (Smith, Dixon) – 6:15
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:07
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:37
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:07
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:01
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 4:30
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:45
"Me and Bobby McGee" (Kristofferson, Foster) – 5:49

Disc 2

"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 15:29
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 15:49
"Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter_ – 6:37
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:58

Second set:

""Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:38
"Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:44
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:46
"Ramble on Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:33

Disc 3

"Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 9:50
"Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 8:44
"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) > – 34:36
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:29

Disc 4

"Comes a Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:40
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:52
"Sitting on Top of the World" (Carter, Jacobs) – 3:53
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 10:01
"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:00

Notes

Disc 1

First set:

"Promised Land (Berry) – 3:48
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:34
"Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 3:55
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:26
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:47
"Next Time You See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 4:52
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:53
"Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:27
"The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)" (McKernan) – 7:50
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 18:01

Disc 2

"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:09
"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:28
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:18
"Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:56
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 6:16
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:46
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) > – 6:42
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 8:16
"Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 2:59

Disc 3

Second set:

"Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) > – 18:57
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 9:09
"Drums" (Kreutzmann) > – 2:17
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 12:19
"Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) > – 11:47
"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 5:47
"Sing Me Back Home" (Haggard) – 10:58

Disc 4

"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:45
"Ramble on Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:21
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:01
"Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:41

Encore:

"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:09

Notes

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