Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings
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Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings is a 9 CD live album by the American rock band the Grateful Dead
. It contains three complete concerts. It was recorded on June 7, 8, and 9, 1977, at the Winterland Ballroom
in San Francisco, California. The album was released on October 1, 2009.
A tenth, "bonus" disc was included with early shipments of the album. The bonus disc contains material from the May 12, 1977 concert at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois
.
Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings was the third Grateful Dead album to contain an entire "run" of concerts. The first was Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings, which was released in 2005. The second was Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings
, released in 2008.
June 7, 1977 — Encore:
June 8, 1977 — Encore:
June 9, 1977 — Encore:
* Included in the Winterland June 1977 bonus disc
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
. It contains three complete concerts. It was recorded on June 7, 8, and 9, 1977, at the Winterland Ballroom
Winterland Ballroom
The Winterland Ballroom, often referred to as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland, was an old ice skating rink and 5,400-seat music venue in San Francisco, California...
in San Francisco, California. The album was released on October 1, 2009.
A tenth, "bonus" disc was included with early shipments of the album. The bonus disc contains material from the May 12, 1977 concert at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
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Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings was the third Grateful Dead album to contain an entire "run" of concerts. The first was Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings, which was released in 2005. The second was Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings
Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings
Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings is a 9 CD live album by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains three complete concerts, missing only the encore of the first concert. It was recorded on November 9, 10, and 11, 1973, at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California...
, released in 2008.
Recording and mastering
The album was released in HDCD format. This provides enhanced sound quality when played on CD players with HDCD capability, and is fully compatible with regular CD players.Disc 1
June 7, 1977 — First set:- "Bertha" (Jerry GarciaJerry GarciaJerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
, Robert HunterRobert 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...
) – 7:34 - "Jack StrawJack Straw (song)Jack Straw is a rock song written by Bob Weir and Robert Hunter in the Troubadour tradition. The track appeared on the Grateful Dead album, Europe '72, and was frequently performed live by the band....
" (Bob WeirBob WeirBob 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...
, Hunter) – 6:19 - "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:25
- "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, John Perry BarlowJohn Perry BarlowJohn 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...
) – 9:05 - "Peggy-OThe Bonnie Lass o' FyvieThe Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie is a Scottish folk song about a thwarted romance between a soldier and a girl. Like many folk songs, the authorship is unattributed, there is no strict version of the lyrics, and it is often referred to by its opening line There once was a troop o' Irish dragoons...
" (Traditional) – 10:13 - "Funiculi FuniculaFuniculì, Funiculà"Funiculì, Funiculà" is a famous Neapolitan song written by Italian journalist Peppino Turco and set to music by Italian composer Luigi Denza in 1880. It was composed to commemorate the opening of the first funicular cable car on Mount Vesuvius. The 1880 cable car was later destroyed by the...
" (Peppino TurcoPeppino TurcoGiuseppe “Peppino” Turco was an Italian songwriter.Turco was born in Naples. Initially he was a renowned journalist and poet, collaborating with the satirical newspaper Capitan Fracassa in Rome and various Neapolitan periodicals...
, Luigi DenzaLuigi DenzaLuigi Denza , was an Italian composer.Denza was born at Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples. He studied music under Saverio Mercadante and Paolo Serrao at the Naples Conservatory. Later, he moved to London and became a professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music in 1898...
) – 3:06 - "El PasoEl Paso (song)"El Paso" is a country and western ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959. It was released as a single the following month, and became a major hit on both the country and pop music charts, reaching number...
" (Marty RobbinsMarty RobbinsMartin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
) – 4:52 - "Friend of the DevilFriend of the Devil"Friend of the Devil" is a song recorded by the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia and John Dawson and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. It is the second track of the Dead's 1970 album American Beauty....
" (Garcia, John DawsonJohn Dawson (musician)John Collins Dawson IV, nicknamed "Marmaduke" , was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the leader and co-founder of the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage.-Musical career:...
, Hunter) – 8:42 - "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:20
Disc 2
June 7, 1977 — Second set:- "Scarlet BegoniasScarlet Begonias"Scarlet Begonias" is a song by the Grateful Dead in 4/4 time. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music by Jerry Garcia. The song first appears on the 1974 release Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel....
" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:11 - "Fire on the MountainFire on the Mountain (Grateful Dead song)"Fire on the Mountain" is a song by the Grateful Dead. It was written by lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by drummer Mickey Hart. It was commercially released on the album Shakedown Street in November 1978. An earlier instrumental version of this song titled "Happiness is Drumming" appeared in...
" > (Mickey HartMickey HartMickey 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...
, Hunter) – 9:03 - "Good Lovin'" > (Artie Resnick, Rudy ClarkRudy ClarkRudy 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...
) – 7:29 - "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:24
- "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 8:48
- "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:47
- "Drums" (Bill Kreutzman, Hart) – 3:01
Disc 3
- "Samson and DelilahSamson and Delilah (song)"Samson and Delilah" is a traditional song based on the Biblical tale of Samson and his betrayal by Delilah. Its best known performer is perhaps the Grateful Dead, who first performed the song live in 1976, with guitarist Bob Weir singing lead vocals. It was frequently played live by the Dead. The...
" (Traditional) – 9:30 - "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:51
- "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning DewMorning Dew"Morning Dew", also known as " Morning Dew", is a post-apocalyptic folk-rock song written by Canadian singer Bonnie Dobson in 1962.According to Dobson in a 1993 interview, "Morning Dew" was inspired by the film On the Beach....
" > (Bonnie DobsonBonnie DobsonBonnie Dobson is a Canadian folk music songwriter, singer, and guitarist, most known in the 1960s for composing the songs "I'm Your Woman" and "Morning Dew"...
, Tim RoseTim RoseTimothy Alan Patrick Rose , best known professionally as Tim Rose, was an American singer-songwriter, who spent much of his life in London, England and had more success in Europe than in his native country...
) – 13:15 - "Around and AroundAround and Around"Around and Around" is a 1958 rock song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry. It originally appeared under the name "Around & Around" as the B-side to the single "Johnny B. Goode".- The Rolling Stones :...
" > (Chuck BerryChuck BerryCharles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
) – 9:14
June 7, 1977 — Encore:
- "Uncle John's BandUncle 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...
(Garcia, Hunter) – 11:55 - "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:07
Disc 4
June 8, 1977 — First set:- "New Minglewood Blues" (Noah LewisNoah LewisNoah Lewis was an American jug band and country blues musician, generally known for playing the harmonica.-Life and career:...
) – 6:22 - "SugareeSugaree"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...
" (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:46 - "Mexicali BluesMexicali Blues (song)"Mexicali Blues" is a song from Bob Weir's 1972 Ace solo album that, like the rest of the material on that record, was de facto by the Grateful Dead. Indeed it appears on the 1974 Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead compilation....
" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:55 - "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:34
- "Passenger" (Phil LeshPhil LeshPhillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....
, Peter Monk) – 3:52 - "Sunrise" (Donna GodchauxDonna GodchauxDonna Jean Godchaux-MacKay is an American singer best known for having been a member of the Grateful Dead rock group.-Biography:...
) – 4:14 - "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:47
- "It's All Over NowIt's All Over Now"It's All Over Now" was written by Bobby Womack and Shirley Womack. It was first released by The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack. The Valentinos version entered the Billboard Hot 100 on June 27, 1964, where it stayed on the chart for two weeks, peaking at No. 94...
" (Bobby WomackBobby WomackRobert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack is an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s where he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career has spanned more than 40...
, Shirley Womack) – 8:57 - "Jack-A-RoeJack Monroe (song)"Jack Monroe", also known as "Jack Munro," "Jackie Monroe," "Jack-A-Roe," "Jackaroe," "Jackaro," "Jackie Frazier," "Jack the Sailor," "Jack Went A-Sailing," "The Love of Polly and Jack Monroe," among other titles, is a traditional ballad of uncertain origin.The version "Jack The Sailor" collected...
" (Traditional) – 7:19 - "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:24
- "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:46
Disc 5
June 8, 1977 — Second set:- "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:53
- "Good Lovin'" (Clarke, Resnick) – 6:04
- "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:08
- "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 9:42
- "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 19:20
- "Drums" (Kreutzman, Hart) – 4:05
Disc 6
- "The Other One" > (Grateful Dead) – 14:32
- "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:16
- "Not Fade AwayNot 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 HollyBuddy HollyCharles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
, Norman PettyNorman PettyNorman Petty was an American musician, songwriter, and pioneer record producer who helped shape modern popular music, including pop and rock....
) – 13:44 - "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (Traditional) – 8:06
- "Johnny B. GoodeJohnny B. Goode"Johnny B. Goode" is a 1958 rock and roll song written and originally performed by American musician Chuck Berry. The song was a major hit among both black and white audiences peaking at #2 on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song is one of Chuck Berry's...
" (Berry) – 4:39
June 8, 1977 — Encore:
- "Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:53
Disc 7
June 9, 1977 — First set:- "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:27
- "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:06
- "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:33
- "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:41
- "Sunrise" (Godchaux) – 4:14
- "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:48
- "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:10
- "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:40
- "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:44
Disc 8
June 9, 1977 — Second set:- "Samson and Delilah" (Traditional) – 7:39
- "Funiculi Funicula" (Turco, Denza) – 2:25
- "Help on the Way" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:09
- "Slipknot!" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:00
- "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 17:29
Disc 9
- "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 11:36
- "Saint StephenSt. Stephen (song)"St. Stephen" is a song by the Grateful Dead, written by Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Robert Hunter and originally released on the 1969 studio album Aoxomoxoa. The same year, a live version of the song was released on Live/Dead, their first concert album...
" > (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:30 - "Not Fade Away" > (Holly, Petty) – 6:29
- "Drums" > (Kreutzman, Hart) – 4:22
- "Saint Stephen" > (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 0:51
- "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:10
- "Sugar MagnoliaSugar 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."...
" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:25
June 9, 1977 — Encore:
- "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:08
- "One More Saturday NightOne 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) – 5:18
Bonus Disc
May 12, 1977, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois:- "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:59
- "Dancing in the StreetDancing in the Street"Dancing in the Street" is a 1964 song first recorded by Martha and the Vandellas. It is one of Motown's signature songs and is the group's premier signature song.-Martha and the Vandellas original:...
" (Marvin GayeMarvin GayeMarvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
, Ivy Jo HunterIvy Jo HunterIvy Jo Hunter, born George Ivy Hunter and sometimes credited as Ivy Hunter, is a former R&B songwriter, record producer and singer, most associated with his work for the Motown label in the 1960s....
, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 13:56 - "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:25
- "Playing in the BandPlaying 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...
" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 8:18 - "Drums" > (Kreutzman, Hart) – 4:09
- "Not Fade Away" > (Holly, Petty) – 14:11
- "Comes a Time" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:19
- "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 6:50
Grateful Dead
- Jerry GarciaJerry GarciaJerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
– lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, vocals - Donna GodchauxDonna GodchauxDonna Jean Godchaux-MacKay is an American singer best known for having been a member of the Grateful Dead rock group.-Biography:...
– vocals - Keith GodchauxKeith GodchauxKeith 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...
– keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Mickey HartMickey HartMickey 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...
- drumsDrum kitA 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 .... - Bill KreutzmannBill KreutzmannBill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
– drums - Phil LeshPhil LeshPhillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....
– electric bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Bob WeirBob WeirBob 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...
– rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm 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
Production
- Box set produced by David Lemieux
- Recording by Betty Cantor-Jackson
- CD mastering by Jeffrey Norman at Garage Audio Mastering, Petaluma, CA
- Original 2-track master speed and time base correction by Jamie Howarth, Plangent Processes
- Cover art by Emek
- Uncle Sam art by Gary Gutierrez
- Photography by Bruce Polonsky and Ed Perlstein
- Booklet essay by David Fricke
- Art direction and design by Steve Vance
- Special thanks to Mike Johnson, John Chester, Christine Bunting
May 12, 1977 set list
The set list for the May 12, 1977 concert at the Chicago Auditorium Theater was:- First set: "Bertha", "Me and My Uncle", "Tennessee Jed", "Cassidy", "Peggy-O", "Jack Straw", "They Love Each Other", "New Minglewood Blues", "Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo"*, "Dancin' in the Streets"*
- Second set: "Samson & Delilah", "Brown-Eyed Women", "Estimated Prophet", "Sunrise", "Terrapin Station"*, "Playing in the Band"*, "Drumz"*, "Not Fade Away"*, "Comes A Time"*, "Playing in the Band"*
- Encore: "Johnny B. Goode"