Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1
| Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Live album by | ||||
| Released | November 5, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Fall, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 156:28 bonus disc: 77:26 | |||
| Label | Grateful Dead | |||
| Producer | Grateful Dead | |||
| Grateful Dead chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Alternative cover | ||||
 Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 Bonus Disc | ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | (favorable)[1] |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Music Box |  [3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 is a live album by the Grateful Dead. It contains highlights from their fall 1979 tour of the East Coast. It was released on November 5, 2007.[5][6]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Recording venue and date | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Alabama Getaway >" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) | Crisler Arena, 11/10/79 | 5:31 |
| 2. | "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) | Crisler Arena, 11/10/79 | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Jack Straw >" (Bob Weir, Hunter) | The Spectrum, 11/6/79 | 6:47 |
| 4. | "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) | The Spectrum, 11/6/79 | 6:48 |
| 5. | "Dancing in the Street >" (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 13:10 |
| 6. | "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Hunter) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 12:04 |
| 7. | "Wharf Rat >" (Garcia, Hunter) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 11:15 |
| 8. | "I Need a Miracle >" (Weir, John Perry Barlow) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 4:04 |
| 9. | "Bertha >" (Garcia, Hunter) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 5:52 |
| 10. | "Good Lovin'" (Arthur Resnick, Rudy Clark) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 7:08 |
| No. | Title | Recording venue and date | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) | New Haven Coliseum, 10/25/79 | 15:32 |
| 2. | "Passenger" (Phil Lesh, Peter Monk) | Crisler Arena, 11/10/79 | 6:04 |
| 3. | "Terrapin Station >" (Garcia, Hunter) | The Spectrum, 11/6/79 | 15:25 |
| 4. | "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) | The Spectrum, 11/6/79 | 22:17 |
| 5. | "Not Fade Away >" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) | Capital Centre, 11/8/79 | 9:27 |
| 6. | "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) | Capital Centre, 11/8/79 | 10:13 |
| No. | Title | Recording venue and date | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "China Cat Sunflower >" (Garcia, Hunter) | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 10/31/79 | 7:29 |
| 2. | "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 10/31/79 | 8:07 |
| 3. | "Lost Sailor >" (Weir, Barlow) | Capital Centre, 11/8/79 | 6:30 |
| 4. | "Saint of Circumstance >" (Weir, Barlow) | Capital Centre, 11/8/79 | 5:41 |
| 5. | "Jam" (Grateful Dead) | Capital Centre, 11/8/79 | 7:20 |
| 6. | "Althea" (Garcia, Hunter) | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 10/31/79 | 9:42 |
| 7. | "Estimated Prophet >" (Weir, Barlow) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 13:16 |
| 8. | "He's Gone >" (Garcia, Hunter) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 10:35 |
| 9. | "Jam" (Grateful Dead) | Memorial Auditorium, 11/9/79 | 8:41 |
Credits
[edit]Grateful Dead
[edit]- Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
- Mickey Hart – drums
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Phil Lesh – bass
- Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals
- Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
Production
[edit]- Produced by Grateful Dead
- Compilation produced by David Lemieux and Blair Jackson
- Recorded by Dan Healy
- Edited and mastered by Jeffrey Norman at Garage Audio Mastering
- Cover art by Scott McDougall
- Photos by Jay Blakesberg, Herb Greene, Larry Hulst, and Bob Minkin
- Package design by Steve Vance
- Liner notes written by Blair Jackson
Sound quality
[edit]A label on the CD case for Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 states, "The compact discs herein have been digitally remastered directly from original soundboard cassettes. They are historical snapshots, not modern professional recordings, and may therefore exhibit occasional technical anomalies and unavoidable ravages of time."
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.
Recording dates
[edit]Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 contains selections from the following concerts:
- New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, 10/25/79
- Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, 10/31/79
- The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 11/6/79
- Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, 11/8/79
- Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, 11/9/79
- Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 11/10/79
References
[edit]- ^ Collette, Doug. Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 review at All About Jazz
- ^ Planer, Lindsay. "Road Trips: Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1979 [16 Tracks]". AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ Metzger, John. Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 review, The Music Box, January 2008
- ^ The Grateful Dead Album Guide Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine, Rolling Stone
- ^ Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 at the Grateful Dead Family Discography
- ^ Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1 Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine at dead.net
