Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings
2018 live album by Grateful Dead
Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead . It contains six complete concerts recorded in the Pacific Northwest in 1973 and 1974, on 19 CDs. It was released, in a limited edition of 15,000 copies, on September 7, 2018.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
A 3-CD album of songs selected from Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings , titled Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It , was released the same day.
Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package .[ 6] The CDs are contained in a bentwood box decorated with First Nations -inspired art by Roy Henry Vickers .[ 7]
Concerts
The concert recordings included in the album are:
June 22, 1973 – P.N.E. Coliseum , Vancouver, British Columbia
June 24, 1973 – Portland Memorial Coliseum , Portland, Oregon
June 26, 1973 – Seattle Center Arena , Seattle, Washington
May 17, 1974 – P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia
May 19, 1974 – Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
May 21, 1974 – Hec Edmundson Pavilion , Seattle, Washington
Track listing
June 22, 1973 – P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia
Disc 1
First set:
"Bertha" (Jerry Garcia , Robert Hunter ) – 6:30
"Beat It On Down the Line " (Jesse Fuller ) – 3:41
"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:00
"Mexicali Blues " (Bob Weir , John Perry Barlow ) – 4:02
"Box of Rain " (Phil Lesh , Hunter) – 5:47
"Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:29
"The Race Is On " (Don Rollins) – 3:17
"Sugaree " (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:05
"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:34
"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:22
"Jack Straw " (Weir, Hunter) – 5:01
Disc 2
"China Cat Sunflower " > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:39
"I Know You Rider " (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:48
"Big River " (Johnny Cash ) – 5:01
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:00
"Playing in the Band " (Weir, Mickey Hart , Hunter) – 18:59
Second set:
"Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:25
"Promised Land " (Chuck Berry ) – 2:58
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:30
"El Paso " (Marty Robbins ) – 4:33
Disc 3
"Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:23
"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:00
"Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis ) – 3:56
"He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:24
"Truckin' " > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 26:06
"The Other One" > (Weir, Bill Kreutzmann ) – 15:22
"Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:05
Disc 4
"Sugar Magnolia " (Weir, Hunter) – 9:57
"Casey Jones " (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:31
Encore:
"Johnny B. Goode " (Berry) – 3:56
June 24, 1973 – Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
Disc 5
First set:
"Promised Land" (Berry) – 3:43
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:09
"Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:53
"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:48
"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:52
"Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter) – 5:30
"Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis) – 4:20
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:02
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:24
"The Race Is On" (Rollins) – 3:27
"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:30
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:30
"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 6:47
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:05
Disc 6
"Around and Around " (Berry) – 5:06
Second set:
"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:44
"You Ain't Woman Enough " (Loretta Lynn ) – 3:42
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:35
"Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:57
"Greatest Story Ever Told" > (Weir, Hunter) – 5:04
"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:12
"Big River" (Cash) – 4:47
Disc 7
"Dark Star " > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan , Weir, Hunter) – 27:46
"Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:40
"China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:38
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:40
Encore:
"One More Saturday Night " (Weir) – 5:16
June 26, 1973 – Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, Washington
Disc 8
First set:
"Casey Jones" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:01
"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:33
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:47
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:04
"Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter) – 5:35
"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:23
"Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:08
"You Ain't Woman Enough" (Lynn) – 3:47
"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:06
"The Race Is On" (Rollins) – 3:34
"China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:08
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:00
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:28
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:50
Disc 9
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 15:49
Second set:
"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:56
"Promised Land" (Berry) – 3:27
"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:46
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:28
"Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:18
"Big River" (Cash) – 4:58
"Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:58
"Me and My Uncle " (John Phillips ) – 3:11
Disc 10
"He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:59
"Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 10:55
"The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 6:33
"Me and Bobby McGee " > (Kris Kristofferson ) – 5:25
"The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 18:06
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:03
Encore:
"Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 3:56
May 17, 1974 – P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia
Disc 11
First set:
"Promised Land" (Berry) – 3:33
"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:45
"The Race Is On" (Rollins) – 3:34
"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:56
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:16
"Dire Wolf " (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:28
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:53
"Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07
"Big River" (Cash) – 5:22
"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:47
"Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:48
"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:59
Disc 12
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 23:07
Second set:
"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:09
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:17
"Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:27
"Money Money" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:45
"China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:20
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:22
Disc 13
"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:27
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:18
"Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 9:56
"Nobody's Fault But Mine " > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:14
"Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:19
"China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:01
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:21
May 19, 1974 – Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
Disc 14
First set:
"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:14
"Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:58
"Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis) – 3:57
"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:08
"Scarlet Begonias " (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:12
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:47
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:27
"Me and Bobby McGee" (Kristofferson) – 6:02
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:31
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:23
"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:28
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:35
"Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07
"Money Money" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:27
Disc 15
"China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:34
"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:40
Second set:
"Promised Land" > (Berry) – 3:37
"Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:08
"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:10
"Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:36
"Weather Report Suite" > (Weir, Eric Andersen ) – 17:58
"Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:49
"Big River" (Cash) – 5:36
"Peggy-O " (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:11
Disc 16
"Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 9:15
"Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 9:58
"Not Fade Away " > (Buddy Holly , Norman Petty ) – 6:58
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:59
"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:36
Encore:
"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:37
May 21, 1974 – Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington
Disc 17
First set:
"Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:25
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20
"Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:47
"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:55
"Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Hunter) – 3:59
"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:45
"The Race Is On" (Rollins) – 3:34
"Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:55
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:56
"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:25
"Money Money" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:01
"Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:18
Disc 18
"Weather Report Suite" > (Weir, Andersen) – 17:22
"China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:48
Second set:
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 46:59
"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:47
Disc 19
"Big River" (Cash) – 5:24
"Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:40
"Around and Around" (Berry) – 5:25
"Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:52
"Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:45
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:03
Encore:
"Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:08
Personnel
Grateful Dead
Production
Produced by Grateful Dead
Produced for release by David Lemieux
Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
Recording: Rex Jackson (1973), Kidd Candelario (1974)
Analog tape transfers and restoration: John K. Chester, Jamie Howarth - Plangent Processes
Cover art: Roy Henry Vickers
Photos: Richie Pechner
Liner notes: Nicholas G. Meriwether
Charts
References
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^ Bernstein, Scott (June 12, 2018). "Grateful Dead Announces Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings Box Set" . JamBase . Retrieved July 6, 2018 .
^ D'Arcangelo, Sam (June 12, 2018). "Grateful Dead to Release 19-Disc Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings Box Set" . Live for Live Music . Retrieved July 6, 2018 .
^ Maxwell, Jackson (June 12, 2018). "Grateful Dead Announce Massive Live Box Set, Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings " . Guitar World . Retrieved July 6, 2018 .
^ "Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set" . dead.net . June 12, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018 .
^ Boone, John (December 7, 2018). "2019 Grammy Nominations: See the Complete List" . Entertainment Tonight . Retrieved February 11, 2019 .
^ Devlin, Mike (September 4, 2018). "New Grateful Dead Box Set Includes Unreleased Vancouver Concert During Band's Peak" . Vancouver Courier . Retrieved February 11, 2019 .
^ "Grateful Dead Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved September 18, 2018.
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