What s Inside:
7 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 20 Discs
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
Steamboats and BBQ, ice cream cones and Mardi Gras - are you ready to laissez les bons temps rouler with the gateway to the Grateful Dead? Meet us, won t you, in St. Louis for seven complete and previously unreleased Dead concerts that capture the heart of the band s affinity for the River City.
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.
LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS 71 72 73, is limited to 13,000 individually numbered copies.
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/9/71
Disc 1
TRUCKIN 12:47 BROWN-EYED WOMEN 4:53 MR. CHARLIE 4:13 JACK STRAW 5:20 SUGAREE 7:52 BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE 3:54 IT HURTS ME TOO 6:25 TENNESSEE JED 7:28 EL PASO 5:13 RUN RUDOLPH RUN 3:56 BLACK PETER 9:27 PLAYING IN THE BAND 6:37
Disc 2
CASEY JONES 6:02 ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT 4:39 RAMBLE ON ROSE 8:05 MEXICALI BLUES 3:33 BIG BOSS MAN 5:39 SUGAR MAGNOLIA 7:29 NOT FADE AWAY gt 4:47 GOIN DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD gt 6:29 NOT FADE AWAY 3:59
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/10/71
Disc 3
BERTHA 6:32 ME AND MY UNCLE 3:48 MR. CHARLIE 4:25 LOSER 7:22 BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE 3:49 SUGAREE 8:49 JACK STRAW 5:30 NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME 4:37 TENNESSEE JED 7:43 EL PASO 4:56 BIG RAILROAD BLUES 4:12 CASEY JONES 5:42
Disc 4
GOOD LOVIN 22:12 BROKEDOWN PALACE 6:06 PLAYING IN THE BAND 6:57 RUN RUDOLPH RUN 3:39 DEAL 5:50 SUGAR MAGNOLIA 7:54 COMES A TIME 8:41
Disc 5
TRUCKIN gt 8:26 DRUMS gt 3:21 THE OTHER ONE gt 13:13 SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD gt 3:10 THE OTHER ONE gt 6:02 NOT FADE AWAY gt 5:58 GOIN DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD gt 6:13 NOT FADE AWAY 3:59 ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT 4:52
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/17/72
Disc 6
PROMISED LAND 4:09 BIRD SONG 14:59 EL PASO 5:03 SUGAREE 8:47 ME AND MY UNCLE 3:28 TENNESSEE JED 8:24 BIG RIVER 5:13 CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER gt 7:06 I KNOW YOU RIDER 6:01 BLACK-THROATED WIND 7:07 DEAL 4:53
Disc 7
CUMBERLAND BLUES 6:41 PLAYING IN THE BAND 23:25 CASEY JONES 7:01 GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD 5:38 DON T EASE ME IN 4:43 MEXICALI BLUES 3:43 BLACK PETER 10:07 ME AND BOBBY McGEE 6:24 BERTHA 7:04
Disc 8
JACK STRAW 5:19 FRIEND OF THE DEVIL 5:15 BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE 3:30 RAMBLE ON ROSE 7:32 MISSISSIPPI HALF-STEP UPTOWN TOODELOO 9:16 SUGAR MAGNOLIA 8:50 NOT FADE AWAY gt 4:36 GOIN DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD gt 10:30 NOT FADE AWAY 3:31 UNCLE JOHN S BAND 8:10 JOHNNY B. GOODE 4:18
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/18/72
Disc 9
BERTHA 6:53 ME AND MY UNCLE 4:04 DON T EASE ME IN 4:00 MEXICALI BLUES 3:52 BROWN-EYED WOMEN 5:25 BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE 3:26 BIRD SONG 13:06 BIG RIVER 4:53 LOSER 6:49 JACK STRAW 5:16 BIG RAILROAD BLUES 5:07 EL PASO 5:03 CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER gt 6:05 I KNOW YOU RIDER 5:07
Disc 10
PLAYING IN THE BAND gt 16:16 DRUMS gt 2:46 DARK STAR gt 28:28 MORNING DEW gt 11:06 PLAYING IN THE BAND 5:31
Disc 11
DEAL 5:13 PROMISED LAND 3:59 BROKEDOWN PALACE 6:59 ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT 4:38 CASEY JONES 7:09
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/19/72
Disc 12
PROMISED LAND 4:01 TENNESSEE JED 9:08 JACK STRAW 5:29 DON T EASE ME IN 3:37 BLACK-THROATED WIND 6:56 SUGAREE 8:14 MEXICALI BLUES 3:57 BERTHA 6:25 EL PASO 4:46 CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER gt 6:33 I KNOW YOU RIDER 5:54 BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE 3:45 DIRE WOLF 4:42 AROUND AND AROUND 5:05
Disc 13
CASEY JONES 7:31 BIG RIVER 5:18 FRIEND OF THE DEVIL 4:10 ME AND MY UNCLE 3:51 BIRD SONG 13:00
Disc 14
TRUCKIN gt 10:14 DRUMS gt 2:19 THE OTHER ONE gt 16:24 HE S GONE gt 11:03 THE OTHER ONE 2:07 GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD 5:42 COMES A TIME 7:54 NOT FADE AWAY gt 5:23 GOIN DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD gt 8:57 NOT FADE AWAY 4:04
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/29/73
Disc 15
COLD RAIN AND SNOW 6:20 BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE 3:50 BROWN-EYED WOMEN 5:09 MEXICALI BLUES 4:05 DON T EASE ME IN 3:57 BLACK-THROATED WIND 7:20 TENNESSEE JED 8:18 THE RACE IS ON 3:42 ROW JIMMY 9:36 EL PASO 4:49 EYES OF THE WORLD gt 15:18 CHINA DOLL 5:38
Disc 16
AROUND AND AROUND 5:34 PROMISED LAND gt 3:17 BERTHA gt 6:03 GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD 5:47 LOSER 7:12 BIG RIVER 5:44 BROKEDOWN PALACE 6:42
Disc 17
TRUCKIN gt 18:06 DRUMS gt 2:25 THE OTHER ONE gt 22:13 WHARF RAT gt 11:14 SUGAR MAGNOLIA 10:07 CASEY JONES 6:55
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/30/73
Disc 18
HERE COMES SUNSHINE 12:30 ME AND MY UNCLE 3:28 RAMBLE ON ROSE 6:52 LOOKS LIKE RAIN 8:03 DEAL 5:16 MEXICALI BLUES 3:42 THEY LOVE EACH OTHER 6:01 EL PASO 4:54 ROW JIMMY 10:18 JACK STRAW 5:08
Disc 19
CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER gt 8:57 I KNOW YOU RIDER 6:09 PLAYING IN THE BAND 20:26 MISSISSIPPI HALF-STEP UPTOWN TOODELOO 8:38 BIG RIVER 4:57 GOIN DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD gt 8:33 JOHNNY B. GOODE 4:39 ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT 5:19
Disc 20
DARK STAR gt 27:57 STELLA BLUE gt 7:52 EYES OF THE WORLD gt 17:37 WEATHER REPORT SUITE 15:51PRELUDE 1:24
PART 1 4:56
PART 2 - LET IT GROW 9:31
