Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings
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]
Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings | ||||
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Released | September 7, 2018 | |||
Recorded | 1973 – 1974 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Rhino | |||
Producer | Grateful Dead | |||
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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
- Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
- Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
- Keith Godchaux – keyboards
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
- Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
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
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[8] | 88 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[9] | 12 |
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