Europe '72 - Grateful Dead (Warner Bros. 3WX 2668) Download MP3 (256kbps) or Download FLAC
The Dead: Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals Ron (Pigpen) McKernan - organ, harmonica, vocals Phil Lesh - bass, vocals Bill Kreutzmann - drums Keith Godchaux - piano Donna Godchaux - vocals Robert Hunter - songwriter
Full album download includes Bonus Material: The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion) (4/26/72 Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt, Germany) Looks Like Rain (4/8/72 Empire Pool, Wembley, England) Good Lovin'> Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)> Who Do You Love?> Cautin (Do Not Stop On Tracks)> Good Lovin' (4/14/72 Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark) Yellow Dog Joke (Hugo Fuguzef)
Released in November, 1972
The album was heavily overdubbed in the studio, and includes Merl Saunders on organ. The onstage equipment setup was duplicated in the studio, to preserve the ambience, and used for the overdubs.
Several of the songs on this album ("He's Gone", "Jack Straw", "Brown Eyed Women", "Ramble On Rose", "Mr. Charlie", and "Tennessee Jed") had been intended for a third studio album which was to be a continuation of the sentiments expressed on "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty"; this third studio album, tentatively entitled "Rambling Rose" was not recorded.
"Cumberland Blues" is from April 8, 1972
"Brown Eyed Women is from April 14, 1972
"Jack Straw", "China Cat Sunflower" > "I Know You Rider", and "Tennessee Jed" are from May 3, 1972
"Sugar Magnolia" is from May 4, 1972
"He's Gone" is from May 10, 1972
"You Win Again" and "It Hurts Me Too" are from May 24, 1972
"Truckin'" > "Epilogue" > "Prelude" > "Morning Dew" are from May 26, 1972
"One More Saturday Night" could be from May 24, 25 or 26, 1972
"Ramble On Rose" could be from May 23, 25 or 26, 1972
"Mr. Charlie" could be from May 23, 24, 25 or 26, 1972
Performances of Pigpen's "The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)" and "Beat It On Down The Line" had been intended for the album, but were not included. They are included here as bonus tracks.
