Disc one

1. "Cold Rain and Snow" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:02
2. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Robert Hunter
   Robert Hunter (lyricist)
   Robert C. Hunter is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.-Biography:He was born Robert Burns in San Luis Obispo, California...
   
   , Mickey Hart
   Mickey Hart
   Mickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995...
   
   , Bob Weir
   Bob Weir
   Bob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...
   
   ) – 6:00
3. "Mr. Charlie" (Hunter, Ron McKernan) – 3:52
4. "Sugaree
   Sugaree
   "Sugaree" is a song written by long-time Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by guitarist Jerry Garcia. It was written for Jerry Garcia's first solo album Garcia, which was released in January 1972...
   
   " (Hunter, Jerry Garcia
   Jerry Garcia
   Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
   
   ) – 7:34
5. "Mexicali Blues" (John Barlow
   John Perry Barlow
   John Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic...
   
   , Weir) – 4:10
6. "Big Boss Man" (Luther Dixon
   Luther Dixon
   Luther Dixon was an American songwriter, record producer, and singer. Dixon's songs achieved their greatest success in the 1950s and 60s, and were recorded by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Jackson 5, B.B. King, Dusty Springfield, and others...
   
   , Al Smith
   Al Smith
   Alfred Emanuel Smith. , known in private and public life as Al Smith, was an American statesman who was elected the 42nd Governor of New York three times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928...
   
   ) – 6:28
7. "Deal" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:51
8. "Jack Straw" (Hunter, Hart) – 5:19
9. "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis
   Noah Lewis
   Noah Lewis was an American jug band and country blues musician, generally known for playing the harmonica.-Life and career:...
   
   ) – 4:26
10. "It Hurts Me Too
    It Hurts Me Too
    "It Hurts Me Too" is a blues standard that is "one of the most interpreted blues [songs]". First recorded in 1940 by Tampa Red, the song is a mid-tempo eight-bar blues that features slide guitar...
    
    " (Elmore James
    Elmore James
    Elmore James was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was known as "the King of the Slide Guitar" and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.-Biography:James was born Elmore Brooks in the old Richland community in...
    
    ) – 6:07
11. "China Cat Sunflower" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:05
12. "I Know You Rider/Happy Birthday to You
    Happy Birthday to You
    "Happy Birthday to You", also known more simply as "Happy Birthday", is a song that is traditionally sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's birth...
    
    " (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 7:50
13. "Playing in the Band
    Playing in the Band
    "Playing in the Band" is a Grateful Dead song. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir composed it. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the self-titled 1971 live album Grateful Dead...
    
    " (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 10:10

Disc two

1. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark
   Rudy Clark
   Rudy Clark is an American songwriter about whom little biographical information seems to be known. Supposedly a former mail carrier hailing from New York City, he was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s...
   
   , Artie Resnick) – 20:31
2. "Ramble on Rose" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:41
3. "Black-Throated Wind
   Black-Throated Wind
   "Black-Throated Wind" is the second track from Bob Weir's solo debut Ace. The song was written by Weir and lyricist John Perry Barlow about the experiences Barlow had on a road trip from New York to San Francisco in 1971...
   
   " (John Barlow
   John Perry Barlow
   John Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic...
   
   , Weir) – 6:07
4. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Lonnie Carter, Walter Jacobs) – 3:30
5. "Comes a Time" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:01
6. "Turn on Your Love Light" > (Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott) – 13:02
7. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 8:22
8. "Not Fade Away
   Not Fade Away (song)
   "Not Fade Away" is a song credited to Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and first recorded by Holly's band The Crickets in Clovis, New Mexico, on May 27, 1957...
   
   " > (Buddy Holly
   Buddy Holly
   Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
   
   , Norman Petty
   Norman Petty
   Norman Petty was an American musician, songwriter, and pioneer record producer who helped shape modern popular music, including pop and rock....
   
   ) – 4:54
9. "Hey! Bo Diddley" > (Bo Diddley
   Bo Diddley
   Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...
   
   ) – 4:30
10. "Not Fade Away" > (Holly, Petty) – 3:06

Disc three

1. "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (Huey Smith) – 5:15
2. "Black Peter" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:52
3. "Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 3:23
4. "Truckin'
   Truckin'
   "Truckin'" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album American Beauty. It was recognized by the United States Library of Congress in 1997 as a national treasure....
   
   " > (Hunter, Garcia, Phil Lesh
   Phil Lesh
   Phillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....
   
   , Weir) – 10:14
5. "Drums" > (Bill Kreutzmann
   Bill Kreutzmann
   Bill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
   
   ) – 2:44
6. "The Other One" > (Kreutzman, Weir) – 19:31
7. "El Paso" > (Marty Robbins
   Marty Robbins
   Martin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
   
   ) – 4:47
8. "The Other One" > (Kreutzman, Weir) – 8:20
9. "Wharf Rat" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:48
10. "One More Saturday Night
    One More Saturday Night (song)
    "One More Saturday Night" is a song written by Bob Weir and performed by the Grateful Dead. Weir is credited with writing "One More Saturday Night", although there is evidence that the song was originally written with Robert Hunter, with different lyrics...
    
    " (Weir) – 4:57

Disc four

1. "Uncle John's Band
   Uncle John's Band
   "Uncle John's Band" is a song by the Grateful Dead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album Workingman's Dead...
   
   " (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:20
2. "The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)" (McKernan) – 7:57
3. "Dark Star
   Dark Star (song)
   "Dark Star" is a song released as a single by the Grateful Dead. It was written by lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by lead guitarist Jerry Garcia; however, compositional credit is sometimes extended to include Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, the late Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and Bob Weir...
   
   " > (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) – 31:27
4. "Sugar Magnolia
   Sugar Magnolia
   "Sugar Magnolia" is a song by the Grateful Dead. Written by Robert Hunter and Bob Weir, it is one of the most well-known songs by the band, alongside such hits as "Truckin'," "Casey Jones," "Uncle John's Band," and "Touch of Grey."...
   
   /Sunshine Daydream" > (Hunter, Weir) – 7:15
5. "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) – 17:15
6. "Brokedown Palace" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:02

Recording dates

• April 7 at the Empire Pool in Wembley
  Wembley
  Wembley is an area of northwest London, England, and part of the London Borough of Brent. It is home to the famous Wembley Stadium and Wembley Arena...
  
   – Disc 3, tracks 4-9
• April 8 at the Empire Pool – Disc 1, tracks 9-10, Disc 2, track 3, Disc 3, track 10 & Disc 4, tracks 3-5
• April 11 at the Newcastle City Hall
  Newcastle City Hall
  Newcastle City Hall is a concert hall, located in Newcastle upon Tyne which has hosted many popular music and classical artists throughout the years, as well as standup and comedy acts. Opened in 1927, the City Hall was built as a part of a development which also included the adjacent City Pool...
  
   – Disc 1, tracks 4 & 7 & Disc 4, track 6
• May 7 at the Bickershaw Festival
  Bickershaw festival
  The Bickershaw festival was a rock festival held in Bickershaw, Greater Manchester, England between the 5–7 May 1972. Apart from the 1976-79 Deeply Vale Festivals, the Bickershaw festival was the only major north-west multi-day festival with camping...
  
   in Wigan
  Wigan
  Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...
  
   – Disc 1, tracks 2-3, 6 & 13 & Disc 2, tracks 1-2 & 6-7
• May 23 at the Strand Lyceum in London
  London
  London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
  
   – Disc 1, tracks 11-12, Disc 2, tracks 4-5 & 8-10 & Disc 4, tracks 1-2
• May 24 at the Strand Lyceum – Disc 1, tracks 1 & 5 & Disc 3, tracks 1-3
• May 26 at the Strand Lyceum – Disc 1, track 8

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia - lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Bob Weir - rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
  
  , vocals
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - organ
  Organ (music)
  The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
  
  , harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  , vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  
• Keith Godchaux
  Keith Godchaux
  Keith Richard Godchaux was a musician best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead.-Biography:Keith Godchaux was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Concord, California...
  
   - piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals

Production

• Compilation producer – David Lemieux
• Mixing – Jeffrey Norman
• Recording – Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor, Dennis Leonard, Jim Furman
• Project coordination – Cassidy Law
• Tape archivist – Dick Latvala
  Dick Latvala
  Dick Latvala was an American tape archivist for the Grateful Dead. He started the CD series Dick's Picks, an ongoing series that selects live music from Grateful Dead concerts. The first volume of Dick's Picks was released in 1993. The series was continued after Latvala's death, with later...
  
  
• Archival research – Eileen Law
• Assistant engineer – Rudson Shurtliff
• Photography – Mary Ann Mayer
• Cover art – Richard Biffle
• Layout design – Robert Minkin
• Crew – Heard, Jackson, Kidd, Parrish, Ramrod, Raizene, Winslow, Barry
• Liner notes – Blair Jackson
• Onstage band introduction – Sam Cutler

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