Volume 4 is the fourth in a series of live digital downloads of the 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...

 released by The Grateful Dead Productions. It was released on August 2, 2005 and is a three disc set featuring virtually all of the June 18, 1976 show from the Capitol Theatre

Capitol Theatre (Passaic)

The Capitol Theatre was an entertainment venue located at the intersection of Monroe Street and Central Avenue in Passaic, New Jersey. Built in 1926 as a vaudeville house, the Capitol later served as a movie theater and a venue for rock concerts.Throughout the 1970s and into the mid 1980s, the...

 in Passaic, New Jersey

Passaic, New Jersey

Passaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 69,781, maintaining its status as the 15th largest municipality in New Jersey with an increase of 1,920 residents from the 2000 Census population of 67,861...

. "Tennessee Jed" was omitted because the master tape was plagued with technical problems that could not be fixed in mastering. As a supplement to this omission, the third disc contains highlights from concerts later in June 1976 in Philadelphia and Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

.

May 1976 was the beginning on a near non-stop touring circuit by the Dead that would last up until the band dissolving in 1995 after 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...

's death. Also, 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...

 had just recently returned as the second drummer to the band after a five year hiatus. In the middle of June, the band played three nights at the Capitol Theatre.

New songs for 1976 included "The Music Never Stopped", "Crazy Fingers", "Samson and Delilah", and "The Wheel". The show also featured one of only five Grateful Dead performances of Garcia's song "Mission In The Rain".

Volume 4 was mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman.

Disc one

1. "The Music Never Stopped" (John 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...
   
   , 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...
   
   ) - 5:54
2. "Sugaree" (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...
   
   , 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...
   
   ) - 11:02
3. "Mama Tried" (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,...
   
   ) - 3:06
4. "Crazy Fingers" (Hunter, Garcia) - 13:07
5. "Big River" (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...
   
   ) - 6:22
6. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:49
7. "Looks Like Rain" (Barlow, Weir) - 7:57
8. "Row Jimmy" (Hunter, Garcia) - 10:28
9. "Cassidy" (Barlow, Weir) - 4:45
10. "Mission In the Rain" (Hunter, Garcia) - 7:44
11. "Promised Land" (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

Disc two

1. "Samson and Delilah" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 6:44
2. "St. Stephen" > (Hunter, 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....
   
   ) - 4:39
3. "Not Fade Away" > (Buddy Holly
   Buddy Holly
   Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
   
   , 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....
   
   ) - 11:16
4. "St. Stephen" > (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) - 1:02
5. "Eyes of the World" > (Hunter, Garcia) - 12:31
6. "Drums" > (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...
   
   , 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...
   
   ) - 2:16
7. "The Wheel" > (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:42
8. "Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream" (Hunter, Weir) - 11:42
9. "U.S. Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:50

Disc three (bonus tracks)

1. Scarlet Begonias (6/21/76 Tower Theatre
   Tower Theatre
   Tower Theatre or Tower Theater may refer to:* Tower Theatre * Tower Theatre * Tower Theater * Tower Theatre * Tower Theater...
   
   , Philadelphia, PA) - 10:59
2. Lazy Lightning > (6/21/76 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA) - 2:48
3. Supplication (6/21/76 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA) - 5:18
4. Candyman (6/21/76 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA) - 7:03
5. Playing In the Band > (6/22/76 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA) - 23:25
6. Drums > (6/22/76 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA) - 2:30
7. The Wheel > (6/22/76 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA) - 4:59
8. Playing In the Band (6/22/76 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA) - 3:21
9. High Time (6/28/76 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL) - 9:27

Personnel

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...

:

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, vocals

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

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...

: 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...

: 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

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, vocals


Recording by Betty Cantor-Jackson

Mastering by Jeffrey Norman