Houston, Texas 11-18-1972

Houston, Texas 11-18-1972 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on November 18, 1972, at Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston, Texas, and includes most of the second set of the concert. It was produced as a CD, and also as a limited edition, two-disc vinyl LP, and was released by Rhino Records on November 28, 2014, in conjunction with Record Store Day Black Friday.[1][2][3][4][5]

Houston, Texas 11-18-1972
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	November 28, 2014
Recorded	November 18, 1972
Genre	Rock
Length	79:54
Label	Rhino
Producer	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dave's Picks Volume 12 (2014) Houston, Texas 11-18-1972 (2014) Dave's Picks Volume 13 (2015)

Track listing

CD

The track listing for the CD is:

1. "Bertha" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 5:53
2. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 5:04
3. "He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:05
4. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:47
5. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:43
6. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 25:49
7. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:45
8. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:45

LP

On the vinyl album the songs are in a slightly different order:

Side A

1. "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:53
2. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:04
3. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:43

Side B

1. "He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:05
2. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:47

Side C

1. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 25:49

Side D

1. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:45
2. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:45

Personnel

Grateful Dead

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

Production

• Produced by Grateful Dead
• Original recordings produced by Owsley Stanley
• Produced for release by David Lemieux
• Executive producer: Mark Pinkus
• Associate producers: Doran Tyson, Ivette Ramos
• Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
• Cover illustration: Gary Houston
• Art direction, design: Steve Vance

Concert set list

The set list for the November 18, 1972 concert at Hofheinz Pavilion was:[6]

• First set: "Promised Land", "Sugaree", "Mexicali Blues", "Loser", "Black Throated Wind", "Tennessee Jed", "El Paso", "Big Railroad Blues", "Box of Rain", "China Cat Sunflower"> "I Know You Rider", "Beat It On Down the Line", "Brown Eyed Women", "Around and Around", "Casey Jones"
• Second set: "Bertha">^[a] "Greatest Story Ever Told",^[a] "He's Gone",^[a] "Jack Straw",^[a] "Deal",^[a] "Playing in the Band",^[a] "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo",^[a] "Sugar Magnolia",^[a] "One More Saturday Night"
• Encore: "Uncle John's Band"

[a] = included in Houston, Texas 11-18-1972

References

1. Hlavaty, Craig (October 24, 2014). "Previously Unreleased Recording of a Houston Grateful Dead Show in '72 Heading to Record Stores", Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
2. "Grateful Dead, Wilco, Leftover Salmon and Hozier Added to Record Store Day", Jambands.com, October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
3. "Full Record Store Day Black Friday List Revealed", JamBase, October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
4. "Black Friday Record Store Day Preview — Grateful Dead, Flaming Lips, Miles Davis, Umphrey’s McGee, St. Vincent, Joan Jett, Velvet Underground, Disco Biscuits, Decemberists, Gov't Mule, J Mascis, More", The Future Heart, October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
5. "The Grateful Dead: 11/18/72 Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston TX", Record Store Day. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
6. Scott, John W.; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. (1999). DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists. Cornish, NH: DeadBase. p. 28. ISBN 1-877657-22-0.