Released April 26, 2011 | Recorded November 21, 1973 Release date 26 April 2011 Label Grateful Dead Records | |
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Length 224:22bonus disc: 78:13 Similar Grateful Dead albums, Rock music albums |
Road Trips Volume 4 Number 3 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Subtitled Denver '73, it contains the complete concert recorded on November 21, 1973, at Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. It also includes three songs recorded the previous night at the same venue. The 15th of the Road Trips series of archival albums, it was released as a three-disc CD on April 26, 2011.
Contents
- Critical reception
- Disc one
- Disc two
- Disc three
- 2011 Bonus Disc
- Grateful Dead
- Production
- Set lists
- Songs
- References
A bonus disc was included with the album in shipments to customers who had pre-ordered all four 2011 Road Trips albums. The bonus disc was recorded on December 6, 1973, at Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio.
Critical reception
Writing in The Music Box, John Metzger said, "So, why is it that with all of the music that the Grateful Dead has dispensed, it took until 2011 for the band to issue its performance at the Denver Coliseum on November 21, 1973? Beautifully presented along with a handful of selections from the show that was held on the previous night, Road Trips, Vol. 4, No. 3: Denver '73 is, to put it quite bluntly, the best release that the Grateful Dead has issued in a long time.... Good fortune undeniably was smiling upon the audience... Not only did the band deliver a musical performance that was rock-solid, but it also assembled a well-paced show that peaked in all of the right places. Much as the cover art... suggests, the Grateful Dead galloped across the Wild West with guns a-blazin' as it painted images of outlaws on the run from life and love."
Disc one
November 21 – First set:- "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:29
- "Sugaree" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:41
- "Jack Straw" (Bob Weir, Hunter) – 5:13
- "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:26
- "Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 6:51
- "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:31
- "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:48
- "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:37
- "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:35
- "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:08
- "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:22
- "Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:53
Disc two
November 21 – First set:November 21 – Second set:Disc three
November 21 – Second set:November 21 – Encore:November 20 – Second set:2011 Bonus Disc
December 6, 1973, Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio:- "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Hart, Weir, Hunter) – 5:42
- "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:18 >
- "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:31
- "Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 43:33 >
- "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:03
Grateful Dead
Production
Set lists
Following are the full set lists from the November 20 and 21, 1973 concerts at Denver Coliseum.
Tuesday, November 20
Wednesday, November 21
* Included in Road Trips Volume 4 Number 3
Songs
Me and My Uncle
Sugaree
Jack Straw