Grateful Dead introducing “Here Comes Sunshine 1973” Limited Edition Individually Numbered To 10,000 exclusively at Dead.net.
- Five complete, previously unreleased performances on 17CDs
- Des Moines, IA 5/13/73
- Santa Barbara, CA 5/20/73
- San Francisco, CA 5/26/73
- Washington, D.C. 6/9/73
- Washington, D.C. 6/10/73
- Recorded by Kidd Candelario, Betty Cantor-Jackson, and Owsley Stanley
- Newly restored and speed-corrected audio by Plangent Processes
- Mastered by Jeffrey Norman
- Liners featuring notes from Canadian author Ray Robertson, The Owsley Stanley Foundation, and Legacy Manager and Audio Archivist, David Lemieux
- Art and Design by GRAMMY® Award-winning Art Director, Masaki Koike
- Custom-dyed Tenugui and an exclusive poster featuring an illustration by Mary Ann Mayer
“There’s the simple fact that the band members were old enough and experienced enough by now to be virtuosos on their instruments (what other group—rock or jazz or any other kind of music—could boast a trio of spectacularly singular talents such as Garcia, Lesh, and Weir?) but were still young enough to want to play and play and play some more, the happy, itchy inclination of youth. As a few of the shows in the HERE COMES SUNSHINE boxed set attest, it wasn’t unusual for a 1973 concert to exceed four hours. And within the shows themselves, there are nearly nightly examples of hour-long orgies of tune-linked songcraft and juicy jamming.” – Ray Robertson, “Here Comes Sunshine 1973” Liners
8 years in and the Grateful Dead are a little bit of everything to everyone. They are putting up textures and tones of Rock, of Jazz, of Country, with set-morphing vibes and long stretches of improvisations that are completely keyed into the sum of their parts. Keith Godchaux is here with his cascading notes. Donna Jean too. Both finding their footing and keeping things steady in the wake of Pigpen‘s unfillable gap. The spring of 1973 feels transformative for the Dead – no more so than the May and early June shows, complementary yet remarkably different, soon-to-be cornerstones of everyone’s tape collections, and now, 50 years later, set to be part of the band’s official canon.
“Here Comes Sunshine 1973” is a limited-edition, 17CD boxed set with five previously unreleased, highly sought-after Dead shows, including: Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA (5/13/73), Campus Stadium, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA (5/20/73), Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA (5/26/73), and Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C. (6/9/73) and (6/10/73).
During the spring, the band road-tested most of the songs they would record that summer for “Wake OF The Flood” – their first studio album in three years – including early live versions of “Mississippi Half-Step Toodeloo,” “Row Jimmy,” “Stella Blue,” “Eyes Of The World,” and, the set’s namesake, “Here Comes Sunshine.” Also tucked into the collection are songs destined for the Dead’s 1974 studio album, From The Mars Hotel – “China Doll,” “Loose Lucy,” and “Wave That Flag,” a precursor to “U.S. Blues.”
The new repertoire slipped neatly into the fluid setlists alongside songs honed on the 1972 European tour (“Jack Straw,” “Tennessee Jed,” “Brown-Eyed Women”), Chuck Berry perennials (“Promised Land,” “Around And Around”), Classic Country (“Big River,” “The Race Is On”), and incredible jam sequences: “He’s Gone” “Truckin’” “The Other One” “Eyes Of The World.”
Due June 30th, the individually-numbered, limited-edition 17xCD set features vibrant graphics and custom-designed folios by GRAMMY® Award-winning Art Director Masaki Koike, a custom-dyed Tenugui and an exclusive poster featuring an illustration by Mary Ann Mayer, and liner notes by Canadian author Ray Robertson, The Owsley Stanley Foundation, and David Lemieux. And, of course, it features newly restored and speed-corrected audio by Plangent Processes, mastered by Jeffrey Norman.
Digital convert? We’ve got you covered too. On the very same day you can collect your hi-definition download.
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Tracklist:
Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA (5/13/73)
Disc 1
1. PROMISED LAND
2. DEAL
3. MEXICALI BLUES
4. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER
5. BOX OF RAIN
6. LOSER
7. BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE
8. CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER>
9. I KNOW YOU RIDER
10. EL PASO
11. ROW JIMMY
12. ME AND MY UNCLE
13. DON’T EASE ME IN>
14. AROUND AND AROUND
Disc 2
1. TENNESSEE JED
2. BIG RIVER
3. BERTHA
4. JACK STRAW
5. SUGAREE
6. LOOKS LIKE RAIN
7. HERE COMES SUNSHINE
8. PLAYING IN THE BAND
Disc 3
1. MISSISSIPPI HALF-STEP UPTOWN TOODELOO
2. GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
3. BROWN-EYED WOMEN
4. CASEY JONES
Disc 4
1. HE’S GONE>
2. TRUCKIN’>
3. THE OTHER ONE>
4. EYES OF THE WORLD>
5. CHINA DOLL
6. SUGAR MAGNOLIA
Campus Stadium, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA (5/20/73)
Disc 5
1. BERTHA
2. ME AND MY UNCLE
3. BOX OF RAIN
4. DEAL
5. LOOKS LIKE RAIN
6. TENNESSEE JED
7. THE RACE IS ON
8. CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER>
9. I KNOW YOU RIDER
10. BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE
11. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER
12. PLAYING IN THE BAND
Disc 6
1. PROMISED LAND
2. BROWN-EYED WOMEN
3. MEXICALI BLUES
4. ROW JIMMY
5. JACK STRAW
6. BIG RAILROAD BLUES
7. GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
8. HERE COMES SUNSHINE
9. BIG RIVER
10. LOSER
11. EL PASO
12. CASEY JONES
Disc 7
1. TRUCKIN’>
2. JAM>
3. THE OTHER ONE>
4. EYES OF THE WORLD>
5. STELLA BLUE
6. SUGAR MAGNOLIA
7. JOHNNY B. GOODE
Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA (5/26/73)
Disc 8
1. PROMISED LAND
2. DEAL
3. JACK STRAW
4. TENNESSEE JED
5. THE RACE IS ON
6. SUGAREE
7. MEXICALI BLUES
8. ROW JIMMY
9. LOOKS LIKE RAIN
10. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER
11. PLAYING IN THE BAND
Disc 8
1. HERE COMES SUNSHINE
2. EL PASO
3. LOSER
4. BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE
5. YOU AIN’T WOMAN ENOUGH
6. BOX OF RAIN
7. CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER>
8. I KNOW YOU RIDER
9. BIG RIVER
10. BERTHA
11. AROUND AND AROUND
12. MISSISSIPPI HALF-STEP UPTOWN TOODELOO
13. ME AND MY UNCLE
Disc 10
1. HE’S GONE>
2. TRUCKIN’>
3. THE OTHER ONE
4. EYES OF THE WORLD>
5. CHINA DOLL
6. SUGAR MAGNOLIA
7. CASEY JONES
RFK Stadium, Washington, DC (6/9/73)
Disc 11
1. PROMISED LAND
2. DEAL
3. LOOKS LIKE RAIN
4. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER
5. JACK STRAW
6. LOOSE LUCY
7. MEXICALI BLUES
8. ROW JIMMY
9. EL PASO
10. BOX OF RAIN
11. SUGAREE
12. BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE
13. TENNESSEE JED
Disc 12
1. GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
2. CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER>
3. I KNOW YOU RIDER
4. HE’S GONE>
5. TRUCKIN’>
6. PLAYING IN THE BAND
Disc 13
1. LOSER
2. ME AND MY UNCLE
3. MISSISSIPPI HALF-STEP UPTOWN TOODELOO
4. BIG RIVER
5. EYES OF THE WORLD>
6. CHINA DOLL
7. SUGAR MAGNOLIA
RFK Stadium, Washington, DC (6/10/73)
Disc 14
1. MORNING DEW
2. BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE
3. RAMBLE ON ROSE
4. JACK STRAW
5. WAVE THAT FLAG
6. LOOKS LIKE RAIN
7. BOX OF RAIN
8. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER
9. THE RACE IS ON
10. ROW JIMMY
11. EL PASO
Disc 15
1. BIRD SONG
2. PLAYING IN THE BAND
3. EYES OF THE WORLD>
4. STELLA BLUE
5. BIG RIVER
6. HERE COMES SUNSHINE
Disc 16
1. AROUND AND AROUND
2. DARK STAR>
3. HE’S GONE>
4. WHARF RAT>
5. TRUCKIN’
6. SUGAR MAGNOLIA
Disc 17
Final set with Dickey Betts and Butch Trucks
1. IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY
2. THAT’S ALL RIGHT
3. PROMISED LAND
4. NOT FADE AWAY>
5. GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD>
6. DRUMS>
7. NOT FADE AWAY
8. JOHNNY B. GOODE
RFK Stadium:
Washington, D.C., 6/10/73
Widely considered one of the Grateful Dead‘s seminal performances, and certainly one of the very best of the universally acclaimed 1973 performing year, 6/10/73 is as synonymous with great Grateful Dead concerts as are 2/13/70, 8/27/72, and 5/8/77. There are few shows that deliver the goods to the extent of this concert, with its statement-opener of “Morning Dew,” through lengthy workouts on “Bird Song,” “Playing In The Band,” “Here Comes Sunshine,” “Eyes Of The World,” and an other-worldly “Dark Star.” Add to this a nearly hour-long encore/third set featuring members of the Allman Brothers Band (with whom the Dead shared the bill at RFK in 1973), and you have not only one of the most unique shows in Grateful Dead history, but also one of the most exciting, inspired and powerful performances of the Dead‘s entire career. We’re serving up the complete previously unreleased performance, with Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction, and mastering by Jeffrey Norman on 4xCD, 8LP (limited to 9,000), and digitally this summer. Come and get it!
Pre-Order the album here: https://store.dead.net/en/grateful-dead/special-collections/here-comes-sunshine/rfk-stadium-washington-d.c.-61073-%5B4-cd%5D/603497835515.html
Pre-Order the 8xLP Set here: https://store.dead.net/en/grateful-dead/special-collections/here-comes-sunshine/rfk-stadium-washington-d.c.-61073-%5B8-lp%5D/603497835522.html
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Tracklist:
Morning Dew
Beat It On Down The Line
Ramble On Rose
Jack Straw
Wave That Flag
Looks Like Rain
Box Of Rain
They Love Each Other
The Race Is On
Row Jimmy
El Paso
Bird Song
Playing In The Band
Eyes Of The World>
Stella Blue
Big River
Here Comes Sunshine
Around And Around
Dark Star>
He’s Gone>
Wharf Rat>
Truckin’
Sugar Magnolia
[Final Set With Dickey Betts And Butch Trucks]
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
That’s All Right
Promised Land
Not Fade Away>
Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad>
Drums>
Not Fade Away
Johnny B. Goode
“Ramble On Rose,” making its recorded debut only a few months earlier when “Europe ’72” was released in the fall of 1972, was the first “new” music played on 6/10/73, with the first two songs at the show being from the Dead‘s eponymous first album from 1967. With its peaks and powerful singing from Jerry, RFK was surely swaying to the new sounds of the Grateful Dead. – David Lemieux
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