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After venturing into the late 1980s for the last Download Series release, Download Vol. 10,
is a 3 disc release which heads back to that most classic of Grateful Dead years, 1972.
Upon the band's return from Europe in May, they played a few shows in June and July, but it
was this concert, July 21, 1972, that would mark the beginning a virtually non-stop touring
schedule that would take them to the end of the year, and would include some of the best
shows the Grateful Dead ever played: 8/27/72 in Veneta and the Berkeley Community Theater
run that preceded it, 9/21/72 in Philadelphia, 11/17/72 in Wichita, amongst many others.
This first show of that lengthy run would be an auspicious start to the sustained brilliance
of the next five months. Starting with a first set that featured many of the first set songs
of the era played to perfection, including a monster "Playing In The Band," the second set,
as would be expected, was where the real fireworks would be found.
A raucous "Truckin'" moves smoothly into "Drums," followed by a melodic, exploratory
rendition of "The Other One," which drops into a perfect reading of "Comes A Time." Ending
the show is an intensely powerful "Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away" combo
(the first part of "Not Fade Away" is missing from the master tapes, as is the first song
of the evening's performance, "Promised Land"; otherwise Download Vol. 10 presents the
complete concert). As a bonus, we have included the best material from the next night's
concert (7/22/72), including lengthy workouts on "Bird Song" and another stellar "Playing
In The Band."
Grateful Dead
7/21/72
Paramount Northwest Theatre - Seattle, WA
Disc One
1 Sugaree 7:57 (Garcia, Hunter)
2 Black-Throated Wind 6:58 (Weir, Barlow)
3 Cumberland Blues 5:41 (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter)
4 Me and Bobby McGee 5:44 (Kristofferson, Foster)
5 Loser 6:50 (Garcia, Hunter)
6 Mexicali Blues 3:36 (Weir, Barlow)
7 China Cat Sunflower > 5:02 (Garcia, Hunter)
8 I Know You Rider 6:56 (Trad. Arr. By Grateful Dead)
9 Beat It On Down the Line 3:29 (Fuller)
10 Stella Blue 7:43 (Garcia, Hunter)
11 Playing In The Band 11:33 (Weir, Hart, Hunter)
12 Tennessee Jed 8:09 (Garcia, Hunter)
Disc Two
1 Casey Jones 8:09 (Garcia, Hunter)
2 Me and My Uncle 3:15 (Phillips)
3 Deal 5:27 (Garcia, Hunter)
4 Jack Straw 5:15 (Weir, Hunter)
5 He's Gone 9:16 (Garcia, Hunter)
6 Truckin' > 10:32 (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter)
7 Drums > 5:44 (Kreutzmann)
8 The Other One > 22:23 (Weir, Kreutzmann)
9 Comes A Time 7:28 (Garcia, Hunter)
Disc Three
1 Sugar Magnolia 6:58 (Weir, Hunter)
2 Ramble On Rose 6:26 (Garcia, Hunter)
3 Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > 5:21 (Trad. Arr. By Grateful Dead)
4 Not Fade Away 3:19 (Hardin, Petty)
Bonus Tracks from 7/22/72 Seattle, WA
5 You Win Again 4:06 (Williams)
6 Bird Song 9:35 (Garcia, Hunter)
7 Playing In The Band 13:47 (Weir, Hart, Hunter)
8 Morning Dew 12:04 (Dobson, Rose)
9 Uncle John's Band 7:37 (Garcia, Hunter)
10 One More Saturday Night 5:03 (Weir)
Grateful Dead:
Jerry Garcia: Lead Guitar, Vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux: Vocals
Keith Godchaux: Piano
Bill Kreutzmann: Drums
Phil Lesh: Electric Bass
Bob Weir: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Mastering by Jeffrey Norman |