GD: Road Trips: Volume 1 Number 2

[Kanada Kev]

Road Trips: Volume 1 Number 2

Ah yes, the glorious year of 1977, a favorite of discerning Dead Heads for three decades now! For the second volume in our new Road Trips series, we’ve chosen another tour that was not tapped previously through Dick’s Picks—a blazing swing through the Southwest, Colorado and down to Louisiana during the first weeks of October 1977.

This was a great time for the band: Both the years-in-the-making Grateful Dead Movie and the new Terrapin Station album had come out a few months earlier and the group was riding high on momentum from both of those projects. There was exciting new material that had debuted at the beginning of the year, including “Estimated Prophet,†“Terrapin†and “Fire on the Mountain,†and steady touring through the spring allowed the band to really explore the nuances of the new repertoire, while they also continued to hone the material that had come in following the band’s return to the stage in mid-1976 after their hiatus. What you’ll find on these great-sounding discs is a mixture of old favorites played with that fabled ’77 energy, and more recent material that was hitting new peaks nightly. There’s a “Let It Grow†that will knock your tie-dyed socks off, one of the great versions of “Sugaree†of that or any year, the famous “Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Franklin’s Tower†from Norman, Oklahoma, epic workouts on “Playing in the Band†and “The Other One†and a jammed-out “Black Peter†for the ages. Hot stuff!

As always with Road Trips, if you order NOW (as they say on late-night TV), we will also include a 12-piece set of steak knives…no, wait a second, that’s not right. We’ll also include a special limited edition Bonus Disc with a dazzling plethora of other tunes from the same tour, including a wicked “Scarlet> Fire†(from Baton Rouge) and the group’s second-ever version of “Iko-Iko†(from “Al-be-ker-kay,†as Bugs Bunny called it).

One again, the discs have been lovingly compiled and painstakingly mastered (in HDCD) from the original master tapes (in this case reels) by Jeffrey Norman. The booklet that accompanies the CDs boasts scads of great photos from the era and a very cool historical essay by the ever-hip and erudite scribe Steve Silberman.

TRACK LIST

DISC 1:

1. Let It Grow (10:17) (10/11/77)

2. Sugaree (17:41) (10/16/77)

3. The Music Never Stopped (8:59) (10/16/77)

4. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo (11:53) (10/14/77)

5. El Paso (4:52) (10/14/77)

6. Help On the Way (5:48) (10/11/77)

7. Slipknot! (4:02) (10/11/77)

8. Franklin's Tower (14:59) (10/11/77)

DISC 2:

1. Playing In the Band (17:12) (10/14/77)

2. Drums (3:09) (10/16/77)

3. The Other One (8:24) (10/16/77)

4. Good Lovin' (5:53) (10/16/77)

5. Terrapin Station (11;29) (10/16/77)

6. Black Peter (13:17) (10/16/77)

7. Around and Around (9:08) (10/16/77)

8. Brokedown Palace (5:51) (10/14/77)

9. Playing In the Band reprise (5:23) (10/14/77)

BONUS DISC:

1. Scarlet Begonias (10:02) (10/16/77)

2. Fire On the Mountain (9:31) (10/16/77)

3. Estimated Prophet (12:04) (10/16/77)

4. Loser (7:55) (10/14/77)

5. Sunrise (3:56) (10/11/77)

6. Iko Iko (7:05) (10/7/77)

7. The Wheel (5:30 (10/7/77)

8. Wharf Rat (13:31) (10/7/77)

9. Sugar Magnolia (9:48) (10/7/77)

[Kanada Kev]

Listen to Disc 1 for FREE right now:

http://www.dead.net/listeningparty/

Starting at noon, Monday February 4th, and running for a limited time; we proudly present the entirety of the Road Trips: Volume One, Number Two first disc. Play the whole thing or just browse the tracks. Do it as many times as you want, it's absolutely free!

Listen NOW

Edited February 5, 2008 by Guest

[Ol'Hickster]

Sweet Kanada Thanks for the link buddy

[Kanada Kev]

No problemo ...

[hamilton]

I like the pacing of the releases for this new series - it's only been a couple of months since Volume 1, Number 1. Hooray!

[Rob Not Bob]

These Rhino bastiches want all my money ... and they are going to end up getting it, damnit.

[Prost]

Nice! The first one was great! I'll have to grab this one.

[Rob Not Bob]

I just got mine ... anyone else get theirs yet?

[hamilton]

Still waiting...

[phishtaper]

For those who experienced Dead Tour, no explanation is necessary. For those who didnt, no explanation is possible.

St. Thomas Aquinas ... kinda

[The Chameleon]

Gotta get these ones...look great..

Are they only available on line right now?

[Tenenbaum]

There are brutal comments being left by "completist"-type fans on dead.net.

I've been listening to complete AUD/SBD shows and Dick's Picks for eons, and to be honest, I really dig these compilations. These days, I prefer to skip directly to the main course...

[Rob Not Bob]

There are brutal comments being left by "completist"-type fans on dead.net.

I've been listening to complete AUD/SBD shows and Dick's Picks for eons, and to be honest, I really dig these compilations. These days, I prefer to skip directly to the main course...

I've been waiting for ages for another Fallout From The Phil Zone type release (granted , So Many Roads and to a lesser extend Golden Road and Beyond Description helped fill this bill.) Having plenty of complete shows, I like getting the highlights package.

[Hux]

Surprised they passed over one of my favourite '77 shows:

Moody Coliseum (SMU), Dallas, TX (10/15/77)

Or as I call it (because of the post Stella finale) Bobfest '77...

Bertha

Good Lovin'

They Love Each Other

Mama Tried

Big River

Ramble on Rose

Looks Like Rain

Peggy-O

Let it Grow

Samson and Delilah

Sunrise

Terrapin Station

St. Stephen

Not Fade Away

Stella Blue

Sugar Magnolia

Truckin'

One More Saturday Night

[captainsunshine]

Nice! Thanks for posting this, Kev!

[Rob Not Bob]

Surprised they passed over one of my favourite '77 shows:

Moody Coliseum (SMU), Dallas, TX (10/15/77)

Maybe it (Like 05/08) just isn't in the vault.