Grateful Dead: Listen to the River,
Box Set 71, 72, 73
CD585
- 20 CD box set
Rhino - 2021
Grateful Dead: LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS '71 '72 '73 Box Set, 7 complete shows on 20 CDs
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/09/71
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/10/71
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/17/72
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/18/72
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/19/72
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/29/73
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/30/73
Sourced from tapes recorded by Rex Jackson, Owsley "Bear" Stanley, and Kidd Candelario
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 13,000
LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS '71 '72 '73 is a 20CD set featuring five shows from the Fox Theatre - December 9 and 10, 1971; October 17-19, 1972; and two from the Kiel Auditorium - October 29 and 30, 1973.
The seven shows in the collection span slightly less than two years, but they represent some of the best shows the Grateful Dead played during some of its peak tours. The music tells the story of a band evolving, changing from one sound to another seamlessly, precipitated – in large part – by significant personnel changes in the Dead’s lineup.
The two 1971 shows feature the original Grateful Dead lineup plus newcomer Keith Godchaux on piano. This version of the band would hold together for the next six months as the Dead embarked upon its Europe '72 tour. By the time the Dead returned to the Fox Theatre less than a year later, they were without Pigpen, who'd played his final show with the Dead at the Hollywood Bowl on June 17, 1972. A year after the exceptional Fox 1972 shows, the Dead came back to St. Louis, but played the much larger Kiel Auditorium, touring behind the release of WAKE OF THE FLOOD, which came out just two weeks before.
All told, the band played 60 different songs during these shows highlighted by blazing romps through "Beat It On Down The Line" and "One More Saturday Night" and wistful takes on "Row Jimmy" and "Brokedown Palace" (whose lyrics give the collection its name). Meanwhile, the copious jamming ebbed and flowed like the mighty Mississippi River on multiple voyages through "The Other One" and "Dark Star." Naturally, the band paid tribute to one of its favorite rock and rollers and one of St. Louis' biggest stars by playing Chuck Berry songs at every show in the collection, including Pigpen galloping through "Run Rudolph Run."
Each show has been restored and speed corrected using Plangent Processes with mastering by Jeffrey Norman. The collection comes in a slipcase with artwork by Liane Plant and features an 84-page hardbound book as well as other Dead surprises. To set the stage for the music, the liner notes provide several essays about the shows, including one by Sam Cutler, the band's tour manager during that era, and another by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether, among others.
Track listing:
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO (12/9/71)
Disc 1
TRUCKIN', BROWN-EYED WOMEN, MR. CHARLIE, JACK STRAW, SUGAREE, BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE, IT HURTS ME TOO, TENNESSEE JED, EL PASO, RUN RUDOLPH RUN, BLACK PETER, PLAYING IN THE BAND
Disc 2
CASEY JONES, ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT, RAMBLE ON ROSE, MEXICALI BLUES, BIG BOSS MAN, SUGAR MAGNOLIA, NOT FADE AWAY>, GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD>, NOT FADE AWAY
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO (12/10/71)
Disc 3
BERTHA, ME AND MY UNCLE, MR. CHARLIE, LOSER, BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE, SUGAREE, JACK STRAW, NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME, TENNESSEE JED, EL PASO, BIG RAILROAD BLUES, CASEY JONES
Disc 4
GOOD LOVIN', BROKEDOWN PALACE, PLAYING IN THE BAND, RUN RUDOLPH RUN, DEAL, SUGAR MAGNOLIA, COMES A TIME
Disc 5
TRUCKIN'>, DRUMS>, THE OTHER ONE>, SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD>, THE OTHER ONE>, NOT FADE AWAY>, GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD>, NOT FADE AWAY, ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO (10/17/72)
Disc 6
PROMISED LAND, BIRD SONG, EL PASO, SUGAREE, ME AND MY UNCLE, TENNESSEE JED, BIG RIVER, CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER>, I KNOW YOU RIDER, BLACK-THROATED WIND, DEAL
Disc 7
CUMBERLAND BLUES, PLAYING IN THE BAND, CASEY JONES, GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, DON'T EASE ME IN, MEXICALI BLUES, BLACK PETER, ME AND BOBBY McGEE, BERTHA
Disc 8
JACK STRAW, FRIEND OF THE DEVIL, BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE, RAMBLE ON ROSE, MISSISSIPPI HALF-STEP UPTOWN TOODELOO, SUGAR MAGNOLIA, NOT FADE AWAY>, GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD>, NOT FADE AWAY, UNCLE JOHN'S BAND, JOHNNY B. GOODE
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO (10/18/72)
Disc 9
BERTHA, ME AND MY UNCLE, DON'T EASE ME IN, MEXICALI BLUES, BROWN-EYED WOMEN, BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE, BIRD SONG, BIG RIVER, LOSER, JACK STRAW, BIG RAILROAD BLUES, EL PASO, CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER>, I KNOW YOU RIDER
Disc 10
PLAYING IN THE BAND>, DRUMS>, DARK STAR>, MORNING DEW>, PLAYING IN THE BAND
Disc 11
DEAL, PROMISED LAND, BROKEDOWN PALACE, ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT, CASEY JONES
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO (10/19/72)
Disc 12
PROMISED LAND, TENNESSEE JED, JACK STRAW, DON'T EASE ME IN, BLACK-THROATED WIND, SUGAREE, MEXICALI BLUES, BERTHA, EL PASO, CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER>, I KNOW YOU RIDER, BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE, DIRE WOLF, AROUND AND AROUND
Disc 13
CASEY JONES, BIG RIVER, FRIEND OF THE DEVIL, ME AND MY UNCLE, BIRD SONG
Disc 14
TRUCKIN’>, DRUMS>, THE OTHER ONE>, HE'S GONE>, THE OTHER ONE, GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, COMES A TIME, NOT FADE AWAY>, GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD>, NOT FADE AWAY
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO (10/29/73)
Disc 15
COLD RAIN AND SNOW, BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE, BROWN-EYED WOMEN, MEXICALI BLUES, DON'T EASE ME IN, BLACK-THROATED WIND, TENNESSEE JED, THE RACE IS ON, ROW JIMMY, EL PASO, EYES OF THE WORLD>, CHINA DOLL
Disc 16
AROUND AND AROUND, PROMISED LAND>, BERTHA>, GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, LOSER, BIG RIVER, BROKEDOWN PALACE
Disc 17
TRUCKIN'>, DRUMS>, THE OTHER ONE>, WHARF RAT>, SUGAR MAGNOLIA, CASEY JONES
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO (10/30/73)
Disc 18
HERE COMES SUNSHINE, ME AND MY UNCLE, RAMBLE ON ROSE, LOOKS LIKE RAIN, DEAL, MEXICALI BLUES, THEY LOVE EACH OTHER, EL PASO, ROW JIMMY, JACK STRAW
Disc 19
CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER>, I KNOW YOU RIDER, PLAYING IN THE BAND, MISSISSIPPI HALF-STEP UPTOWN TOODELOO, BIG RIVER, GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD>, JOHNNY B. GOODE, ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT
Disc 20
DARK STAR>, STELLA BLUE>, EYES OF THE WORLD>, WEATHER REPORT SUITE,
PRELUDE, PART 1 , PART 2 - LET IT GROW