Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It

Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	September 7, 2018
Recorded	1973 – 1974
Genre	Rock
Length	234:30
Label	Rhino (R2 572292)
Producer	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings (2018) Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It (2018) Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, 5/19/74 (2018)

Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains songs recorded at various concerts in the Pacific Northwest in 1973 and 1974. It was released on September 7, 2018. The songs on the album are excerpted from the 19-CD box set Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings, which contains six complete shows and was released the same day.^[1][2][3][4]

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Fred Thomas wrote, "Culled from several shows taking place in the Pacific Northwest on summer tours of 1973 and 1974, Believe It If You Need It zeroes in on the Grateful Dead in a particularly playful and comfortable phase, with the Deadhead-populated region and the Dead's first taste of financial success giving their playing in this time a more carefree fluidity.... "Playing in the Band" from a 5/21/74 performance at the University of Washington in Seattle is nothing short of epic, even for the Dead.... Even with the odd presentation and occasional performance issues, this set captures the Dead in what would be a short-lived period of playful release, grappling with both sadness and success through some of their most free and searching playing."^[5]

Track listing

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recorded	Venue	Length
1.	"China Cat Sunflower" >	Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter	May 19, 1974	Portland Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon	8:38
2.	"I Know You Rider"	Traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead			5:30
3.	"Bird Song"	Garcia, Hunter	June 22, 1973	P.N.E. Coliseum Vancouver, British Columbia	14:21
4.	"Box of Rain"	Phil Lesh, Hunter	June 24, 1973	Portland Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon	5:19
5.	"Brown-Eyed Women"	Garcia, Hunter	May 21, 1974	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington	5:02
6.	"Truckin' " > [a]	Garcia, Lesh, Bob Weir, Hunter	May 19, 1974	Portland Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon	10:43
7.	"Jam" >	Grateful Dead			9:58
8.	"Not Fade Away" >	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty			6:56
9.	"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad"	Traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead			7:01
10.	"One More Saturday Night"	Weir			4:51
Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recorded	Venue	Length
1.	"Here Comes Sunshine"	Garcia, Hunter	June 22, 1973	P.N.E. Coliseum Vancouver, British Columbia	12:11
2.	"Eyes of the World" >	Garcia, Hunter	May 17, 1974		13:24
3.	"China Doll"	Garcia, Hunter	May 21, 1974	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington	5:33
4.	"Playing in the Band"	Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter			46:32
Disc three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recorded	Venue	Length
1.	"Sugaree"	Garcia, Hunter	May 17, 1974	P.N.E. Coliseum Vancouver, British Columbia	7:37
2.	"He's Gone" >	Garcia, Hunter	June 22, 1973		11:30
3.	"Truckin'" >	Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter			26:06
4.	"The Other One" >	Weir, Bill Kreutzmann			15:43
5.	"Wharf Rat" >	Garcia, Hunter			7:58
6.	"Sugar Magnolia"	Weir, Hunter			9:53

Notes

1. "Tico-Tico" tuning before "Truckin'"

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
• Keith Godchaux – keyboards
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums
• Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

Production

• Produced by Grateful Dead
• Produced for release by David Lemieux
• Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
• Recording: Rex Jackson (1973), Kidd Candelario (1974)
• Original art: Roy Henry Vickers
• Art direction: Roy Henry Vickers, Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson
• Design: Lisa Glines
• Photos: Richard Pechner
• Liner notes: Jesse Jarnow

References

1. Shteamer, Hank (June 12, 2018). "Hear Grateful Dead's Epic "Truckin'" Jam from New Pacific Northwest '73−'74 Box". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
2. Bernstein, Scott (June 12, 2018). "Grateful Dead Announces Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings Box Set". JamBase. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
3. Maxwell, Jackson (June 12, 2018). "Grateful Dead Announce Massive Live Box Set, Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings". Guitar World. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
4. "Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It (Best Of)". dead.net. June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
5. Thomas, Fred. "Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It". AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2018.