Grateful Dead I Know You Rider Europe 72
| Europe '72 | ||||
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 The "Truckin' Foot" stepping over Europe | ||||
| Live anthology by Grateful Expressionless | ||||
| Released | Nov 5, 1972 (1972-11-05) | |||
| Recorded | April–May 1972 | |||
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| Length | 109:35 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. 3WX 2668 | |||
| Grateful Expressionless chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Europe '72 | ||||
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Europe '72 is a live triple album by the Grateful Dead, released in Nov 1972. It covers the ring's tour of Western Europe in Apr and May that year, and showcases live favourites, extended improvisations and several new songs including "Jack Straw" and "Brown Eyed Women". The album was the first to include pianist Keith Godchaux and his wife, vocaliser Donna Jean Godchaux, and the last to feature founding fellow member Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who died presently after its release.
The European bout was expensive and logistically complicated, and the band's tape company hoped that a live album would recoup its costs. Consequently, the entire tour was recorded, with highlights making it onto the concluding release. Europe '72 is i of the nigh commercially successful and critically acclaimed albums by the Dead. It was ane of the start triple-tape rock albums to be certified gold by RIAA; the anthology has since been certified double platinum. A second volume was released in 2011, in conjunction with the release of the entire 22-engagement tour every bit Europe '72: The Complete Recordings.
Bout [edit]
Prior to the Grateful Dead'due south 1972 tour of Western Europe, the band had undergone several changes in personnel. Drummer/percussionist Mickey Hart left the grouping in early 1971, making Bill Kreutzmann the group's sole drummer in one case once more. Keyboardist Keith Godchaux was recruited, in September 1971, initially to augment founding member Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who had been hospitalized and was experiencing increasingly poor wellness.[2] Additionally, Godchaux's wife Donna (a former session vocalist who had worked with Percy Sledge and Elvis Presley) officially joined the band as a backup vocalist in March, shortly before the tour commenced.[iii] [4]
Every bit the ring became more popular and they were booked into larger venues, the touring entourage encompassed extra road coiffure, administrative staff, friends and relatives, growing to 43 people who became known as the "Grateful Dead Family".[5] The tour began with two nights at the Empire Pool, Wembley on April seven–8, 1972.[half-dozen] It progressed through Denmark, Germany (including an appearance on the TV Show Beat Club) and France.[7] The Expressionless returned to the U.k. to play the Bickershaw Festival on May 7 (Kreutzmann's altogether),[viii] progressing through Continental Europe again (including a show recorded for Radio Grand duchy of luxembourg) and ending with a iv-night stand at the Lyceum Theatre, London on May 23–26.[ix] The last evidence was the terminal that featured McKernan as a lead vocalist;[10] he performed at one more evidence the following month before retiring from music, dying in March 1973.[11] [12]
By the time the tour started, lead guitarist Jerry Garcia had switched from using the Gibson SG to a 1959 Fender Stratocaster. He had get increasingly influenced by country and traditional American music.[13] Songs such every bit "Jack Straw" stemmed from these influences,[14] while "Cumberland Blues" and "Tennessee Jed" had lyrics relating to American historical culture.[15] "Truckin'", which was so the band's biggest hit single, talked almost the band's experiences on the road. The Dead began performing "China Cat Sunflower" (from Aoxomoxoa) equally a medley with the traditional "I Know You Rider", linking their psychedelic past with the group'southward new management.[16]
Recording [edit]
The band hoped that the expensive trip to Europe would be financially offset by the release of a live-album documentation of the tour. Consequently, the Expressionless'southward record label, Warner Bros., paid for the ring to travel with a professional 16-runway recorder.[17]
Europe '72 was the third alive anthology by the Expressionless in as many years, showcasing how the group's reputation was based on live shows.[13] The album contained mostly new material, in addition to live arrangements of tracks plant on previous studio albums. Garcia continued his songwriting collaboration with lyricist Robert Hunter.[13] Rhythm guitarist Bob Weir as well collaborated with Hunter, though the pair subsequently cruel out, leading Weir to collaborate with John Perry Barlow after Europe '72.[18] Pigpen fabricated his third singing-songwriting contribution to a Dead album, writing "Mr. Charlie" with Hunter.[19] The new songs were never officially released in studio form except "One More Saturday Night", which came out as a single to promote the bout and then appeared on Bob Weir'southward solo album, Ace. Consequently, Europe '72 was treated as a new-fabric release as much as a live retrospective, and the new songs on the album were considered definitive versions.[4]
Although Europe '72 is billed as a live album, the songs were subject to various studio overdubs, peculiarly vocals. Several of the songs with Garcia on pb vocals were pitched abrupt by as much as a one-half-step.[20] Weir later said that the overdubbing was a mutual decision by the band and the record company, and both were happy to polish upwards the album for release.[21]
Encompass [edit]
The "Truckin' Fool" slap-up water ice cream against his head
Europe '72, like other Grateful Dead embrace fine art, was designed past Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse (known as Kelly/Mouse studios). The album was originally published every bit a triple-LP with an accompanying booklet. In contrast to the band's previous albums, the artwork is set against white, mostly-empty panels of (originally) a triple gatefold sleeve. The front encompass shows a large "Truckin'" pes stepping across the Atlantic to Europe. The back comprehend depicts the corresponding "Truckin' Fool" peachy an ice cream cone against his brow. Airborne drops of water ice foam are fatigued every bit a text ambigram, indistinctly spelling the word "Live".[22]
The inside credits list all 43 members of the touring entourage such every bit Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia. A colour booklet contains photos of European sites and the concerts (including part of the entourage waiting to lath a DFDS ferry at Newcastle), references to Revelation and the Feast of Fools, and a long business relationship of how the bout split up into two factions, the "Bozos" and the "Bolos". The conclusion is the kickoff appearance of the epithet "There is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert".[22]
Release [edit]
Europe '72 was released on November 5, 1972, reaching No. 24 in the Billboard charts.[23] The album was the offset to feature Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux.[iv] It was also the last to feature McKernan. Several songs on which he sang lead were retired after the tour's finale at the Lyceum.[24]
An edited version of the album's "Carbohydrate Magnolia" was released equally a vii" single, with "Mr. Charlie" as the B-side.[25]
Reissues [edit]
Europe '72 was reissued as a 2-disc CD in 1990 and again in 2001, with bonus tracks, equally part of The Golden Road (1965–1973) box set up. This version was subsequently released independently in 2003, which also has the covers reversed, with "The Fool" on the forepart.[26] A sequel, Europe '72 Volume two, was released in 2011. It contains songs that were played on the tour merely non included on the original album, including a lengthy jam of Dark Star and The Other I.[27]
Fans have rated the album highly, and there was demand to hear recordings of the unabridged tour. In September 2011, all 22 shows were released every bit Europe '72: The Consummate Recordings, a 73-CD box set. Due to higher than expected demand, the 7,200 numbered copies of the box set sold out as a pre-order in less than iv days. The first three grand copies ordered had an pick for custom personalisation. A music-only version (without the box set up's steamer body and accoutrements) was also given a express release.[20]
Reception [edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [28] |
| Christgau's Tape Guide | B+[29] |
| Rolling Rock | (favorable)[xxx] |
Europe 72 was a commercial success, remaining in the US anthology charts for 24 weeks.[three] [31] It has since become one of the most successful Grateful Dead albums in terms of sales, and has been certified Double Platinum, selling over i,000,000 copies.[32] [33]
The album was well received past music critics. Tom Dupree's contemporary review in Rolling Stone praised the audio fidelity and musicianship, especially Garcia's pb guitar playing: "He displays more sheer savvy of the guitar fretboard and its incorporation — but not sublimation — into the stone milieu than anyone I tin can remember of". He besides said "at that place are riffs of all kinds liberally scattered throughout".[30] In 2015, the periodical listed the anthology as number 19 in their peak 50 alive albums of all time.[34] A retrospective AllMusic review praised Pigpen'due south contributions, ranking them as some of the all-time in his career, and noted the triple-LP format immune the grouping's extended concert jams to exist presented faithfully on tape.[28] A retrospective in Modernistic Drummer said Europe '72 was "a snapshot of the Dead at what many believe was its musical peak, before fatal drugs took hold, tight and hungry to explore spiritual spaces inside music."[32]
Rails listing [edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording appointment/venue[22] | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cumberland Blues" | Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter | Apr viii, 1972, Empire Pool | 5:47 |
| 2. | "He'southward Gone" | Garcia, Hunter | May 10, 1972, Concertgebouw | 7:12 |
| 3. | "One More Saturday Dark" | Bob Weir | May 26, 1972, Lyceum Theatre | 4:45 |
| Total length: | 17:29 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording engagement/venue | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jack Harbinger" | Weir, Hunter | May 3, 1972, L'Olympia | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Y'all Win Once more" | Hank Williams | May 24, 1972, Lyceum Theatre | 3:54 |
| 3. | "People's republic of china True cat Sunflower" | Garcia, Hunter | May 3, 1972, L'Olympia | five:33 |
| 4. | "I Know Y'all Passenger" | Trad., arr. Grateful Dead | May 3, 1972, 50'Olympia | four:55 |
| Full length: | 19:25 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(south) | Recording date/venue | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| i. | "Brown-Eyed Women" | Garcia, Hunter | April xiv, 1972, Tivolis Koncertsal | 4:55 |
| 2. | "Hurts Me Too" | Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn | May 24, 1972, Lyceum Theatre | 7:18 |
| iii. | "Constitutional On Rose" | Garcia, Hunter | May 26, 1972, Lyceum Theatre | six:09 |
| Full length: | 18:02 | |||
| No. | Championship | Writer(s) | Recording appointment/venue | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sugar Magnolia" | Weir, Hunter | May 4, 1972, L'Olympia | 7:04 |
| ii. | "Mr. Charlie" | Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Hunter | May 23, 1972, Lyceum Theatre | 3:xl |
| 3. | "Tennessee Jed" | Garcia, Hunter | May three, 1972, L'Olympia | 7:xiii |
| Full length: | 18:07 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(due south) | Recording date/venue | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one. | "Truckin'" | Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter | May 26, 1972, Lyceum Theatre | 13:08 |
| ii. | "Epilog" | Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Bill Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir | May 26, 1972, Lyceum Theatre | 4:33 |
| Total length: | xviii:16 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(south) | Recording date/venue | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one. | "Prelude" | Garcia, K. Godchaux, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir | May 26, 1972, Lyceum Theatre | 8:08 |
| 2. | "Morn Dew" | Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose | May 26, 1972, Lyceum Theatre | ten:35 |
| Total length: | nineteen:18 | |||
2003 reissue [edit]
Disc 1, track 14 and Disc 2, tracks v-xi are bonus tracks.
| No. | Title | Author(southward) | Recording appointment/venue | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cumberland Dejection" |
| 5:41 | |
| two. | "He's Gone" |
| 6:57 | |
| iii. | "One More Saturday Night" |
| 4:47 | |
| iv. | "Jack Straw" |
| four:48 | |
| 5. | "You lot Win Again" |
| 4:00 | |
| 6. | "People's republic of china Cat Sunflower" |
| 5:33 | |
| 7. | "I Know You Rider" |
| five:03 | |
| 8. | "Brown Eyed Women" |
| iv:37 | |
| 9. | "Hurts Me Also" |
| seven:18 | |
| 10. | "Ramble On Rose" |
| vi:01 | |
| 11. | "Carbohydrate Magnolia" |
| 7:10 | |
| 12. | "Mr. Charlie" |
| 3:37 | |
| 13. | "Tennessee Jed" |
| vii:10 | |
| xiv. | "The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)" |
| April 26, 1972, Jahrhundert Halle | 6:fifty |
| Total length: | 79:53 | |||
| No. | Championship | Writer(s) | Recording appointment/venue | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Truckin" |
| 13:06 | |
| ii. | "Epilog" |
| 5:06 | |
| 3. | "Prologue" |
| 7:38 | |
| 4. | "Forenoon Dew" |
| 11:41 | |
| 5. | "Looks Similar Rain" |
| April 8, 1972, Empire Pool | vii:37 |
| half dozen. | "Good Lovin'" |
| April 14, 1972, Tivolis Koncertsal | xviii:thirty |
| 7. | "Caution (Practise Not Stop On Tracks)" |
| Apr fourteen, 1972, Tivolis Koncertsal | 4:39 |
| 8. | "Who Do You Love?" |
| Apr 14, 1972, Tivolis Koncertsal | 0:23 |
| 9. | "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)" |
| Apr 14, 1972, Tivolis Koncertsal | one:44 |
| 10. | "Good Lovin'" |
| April 14, 1972, Tivolis Koncertsal | 3:04 |
| 11. | "The Yellowish Canis familiaris Story" |
| Apr eight, 1972, Empire Pool | 3:09 |
| Total length: | 76:44 | |||
Personnel [edit]
Taken from the sleeve notes:[22]
The Grateful Dead
- Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
- Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals
- Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, harmonica, vocals
- Keith Godchaux – pianoforte
- Beak Kreutzmann – drums
- Donna Godchaux – backing vocals
- Robert Hunter – songwriter
Additional personnel
- Heard, Jackson, Kid, Parrish, Ramrod, Razine, Winslow, Barry, Rudzo – equipment
- Dan Healy – technical help
- Candace Brightman, Ben Haller – phase lighting
- Betty Cantor, Jim Furman, Bob Matthews, Rosie, Sorcerer – recording
- Betty Cantor, Bob Matthews – mixing
- Kelley / Mouse Studios – cover art
Charts [edit]
- "Sugar Magnolia"
Certifications [edit]
References [edit]
Citations
- ^ "Grateful Dead : Sugar Magnolia". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ Schinder & Schwartz 2008, p. 340.
- ^ a b Helander 2001, p. 322.
- ^ a b c Schinder & Schwartz 2008, p. 341.
- ^ Dodd & Spaulding 2002, p. 86.
- ^ Scully 2001, p. 219.
- ^ Scully 2001, pp. 220–223.
- ^ Scully 2001, p. 224.
- ^ Scully 2001, pp. 224–225.
- ^ "The Strand, Lyceum, 1972". Grateful Dead (official website). Retrieved July sixteen, 2018.
- ^ "Hollywood Bowl, June 1972". Grateful Expressionless (official website). Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ Shenk & Silberman 2015, p. 255.
- ^ a b c Dodd & Spaulding 2002, p. 296.
- ^ Trager 1997, p. 212.
- ^ Trager 1997, pp. 76, 365–6.
- ^ Tuedio & Spector 2010, p. 49.
- ^ Scully 2001, p. 217.
- ^ "R.I.P. John Perry Barlow, former lyricist of Grateful Dead has died at age of lxx". Consequence of Sound. February seven, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ Tuedio & Spector 2010, p. lxxx.
- ^ a b Fricke, David. "Grateful Dead Attain Back to Legendary 1972 Tour for Massive Box Fix". Rolling Rock . Retrieved Feb 13, 2011.
- ^ Ayers, Mike (September 21, 2011). "A Minute With: Bob Weir looking dorsum to Grateful Expressionless '72". Reuters. Retrieved Apr 1, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Europe 72 (Media notes). Warner Bros. 1972. K66019.
- ^ "Album Cover – Europe '72 LP Front". expressionless.internet . Retrieved April iii, 2018.
- ^ "The Strand Lyceum – May 26, 1972". dead.net. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ Trager 1997, pp. 272, 359.
- ^ "Europe 72 (2003 CD reissue)". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ "Europe '72 Vol 2". AllMusic. Retrieved April i, 2018.
- ^ a b Planer, Lindsay. "Europe '72". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: 1000". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ a b Dupree, Tom (January four, 1973). "Europe '72 review". Rolling Stone . Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ^ a b "Grateful Expressionless Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ a b Carne, Keith (April 2018). "The Grateful Expressionless's Europe '72". Modern Drummer . Retrieved Apr 6, 2018.
- ^ "Happy 45th: Grateful Dead, EUROPE '72". Rhino Records. Retrieved July xvi, 2018.
- ^ "50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. April 29, 2015. Retrieved July seven, 2015.
- ^ "Europe 72 – Grateful Dead (2003 reissue)". AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ "Grateful Dead Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ "American album certifications – Grateful Dead – Europe '72". Recording Manufacture Association of America.
Sources
- Shenk, David; Silberman, Steve (2015). Skeleton Key: A Lexicon for Deadheads. Crown / Archetype. ISBN978-one-101-90563-0.
- Schinder, Scott; Schwartz, Andy (2008). Icons of Rock. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN978-0-313-33847-2.
- Trager, Oliver (1997). The American Book of the Dead. Simon and Schuster. ISBN978-0-684-81402-five.
- Dodd, David; Spaulding, Diana (2002). The Grateful Dead Reader. Oxford Academy Press. ISBN978-0-195-14706-3.
- Scully, Stone (2001). Living with the Dead: Twenty Years on the Bus with Garcia and the Grateful Dead. Cooper Square Printing. ISBN978-1-461-66113-9.
- Helander, Brock (2001). The Rockin' 60s: The People Who Fabricated the Music. Schirmer Merchandise Books. ISBN978-0-857-12811-9.
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