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Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set

WHAT'S INSIDE:
6 Complete Shows On 19 Discs
• 6/22/73 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 6/24/73 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 6/26/73 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
• 5/17/74 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering
Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes
Original Art by First Nations Artist Roy Henry Vickers
Photos by Richie Pechner
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000

Includes an immediate digital download of "Eyes Of The World (P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 5/17/74)"

"We were in the Pacific Northwest...between somewhere in Washington and some other where in Oregon. The road took us to the lip on a ridge, from where we could see around us for many miles in all directions … It was breathtaking to behold, but as we watched, we had a firm realization that we were witnessing something even more beautiful than our eyes could ever take in … Life causes life. Heaven and Earth dance in this way endlessly, and their child is the forest. And so there we were, epiphanously watching that grandest and most glorious dance of life—of which we are just a tiny part—awed by a magnificence without beginning, without end..."

Bob Weir, “Sell Headwaters—Everyone Wins,” San Francisco Chronicle

The Pacific Northwest offers up a rich feast of land, sky, and water. It is ripe with influences, abundant with symbols, deep and spirited. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that the Grateful Dead played some of their most inspired shows on these fertile grounds. It does, however, sometimes take a breath for the elements to re-align years later. It seems for us, they finally have and we are able to present not just a glimpse of the band's extraordinary exploratory tour through the region, but a two-tour bounty as the PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.

For PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, we've paired two short runs made up of six previously unreleased shows - P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. (6/22/73); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (6/24/73); Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (6/26/73); P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada (5/17/74); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (5/19/74); and Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (5/21/74). Each show has been mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. The transfers from the masters were transferred and restored by Plangent Processes, further ensuring that this is the best, most authentic that these shows have ever sounded.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS comes in an ornate box created by Canada’s preeminent First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers (more on this tremendous artist soon). To complement the music, the set also includes a 64-page book with an in-depth essay by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether and photos by Richie Pechner.

Due September 7th, this release is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from dead.net. You'll want to grab a copy while you can and sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks.

Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

Get it while you can.

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September 28, 2018 - 1:19pm

#521

SJR

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PNR--Disappointments

There are some issues with the recordings. The quality of the music recordings is overall very good. However there are several recordings with the Portland shows where you virtually cannot hearing any singing. And if you listen to Bob on one of the Portland shows (I think 1974) he says about 6 or 7 songs into it that they are having technical glitches. But did not get resolved until a couple of songs later. I had forgotten that Donna could sometimes be distracting. The packaging presentation is phenomenal. Super coffee table item. Very nice.
September 28, 2018 - 1:00pm

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Scott111

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thanks Ben. i'll exercise

thanks Ben. i'll exercise more patience and have some faith that it will show up soon. loving these recordings so far. 40 years of listening and i'm hearing some things i never hear before in these shows...especially keith and bobby's playing
September 28, 2018 - 12:30pm

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direwulf

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FMR

Thanks for the clarification, I forgot those were from Brookvale instead. Not sure I agree on the upgraded sound but I'll pop it on the turntable this weekend, crank it, and listen with fresh ears. Maybe I was just peeved when I found out they were CD mixes and was looking for inferiority in the sound. Also does mastered from the original tapes mean it's not the CD pressed on the vinyl or is it just business lingo and a grey area way to say just saying, well "everything is from the original tapes." Mhmmm I may have to put this on my shelf now that Ive been reminded that it's not Real Gone that gave me my first DPs vinyls...
September 28, 2018 - 11:46am

#524

Ben68

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Replacements

Scott, I requested replacements on 9.8 and have yet to receive.
September 28, 2018 - 10:18am

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Scott111

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replacements

completed the request form to obtain a replacement disc 2 ten days ago and have heard and recieved nothing. anyone recieve replacements yet?
September 28, 2018 - 10:09am

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CaseyJanes

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DP 34 Vinyl

I emailed Real Gone and asked about release date for this as well as whether vinyl was mastered from original tapes or pressed from the CD. Here is the response they emailed: Hello, I think it will be available in stores in November. We are shipping it today. It was mastered from the original tapes. I will update soon on how it sounds. Appears it will be delivered next week some time. KCJ
September 28, 2018 - 9:10am

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FMR

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direwulf - DP vinyl

Real Gone didn't release DP 1 & 2 on vinyl, that was Brookvale. They did master from the CD, however they were upfront about it and it was only because the original tapes are lost or destroyed. I also have to disagree about the sound quality. They do sound better than the original CDs - whatever they did, they absolutely made the vinyl release sound better. The other Brookvale vinyl DPs are from the master tapes and excellent quality. Again, Real Gone makes no mention at all what was used for 34. Interestingly, the artwork has the CD mastering credit on the back! Brookvale put out a statement sometime back that their rights to doing the entire DP catalog (which was the original plan) had been taken away and they would only be able to release some of the volumes, which is why they jumped from 6 to 8,skipping 7 for their last release. It's a shame, as they did such an excellent job.
September 28, 2018 - 8:51am

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jaydoublu

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Need Help PLEASE with PNW

Having trouble with pops and no music and such on certain CDs. I understand the warts and all concept. Has anyone mapped out the reel changes or other flaws? Having issues with cds 1,9,10 and 12. 2cds from 5/19 unusable, Doc contacted on 5/19, yet to listen to 13 on.
September 28, 2018 - 8:19am

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daverock

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12.31.78 Ben

I can't remember the Around and Around from 12.31.78, but that show has got my favourite Johnny B. Goode on it...by anybody. Anybody not called Jimi Hendrix, anyway. It doesn't start off too distinctively, but when Jerry takes his first solo the energy level just goes through the roof. The others all stand round him in a circle while he goes nuts . When he stops soloing, the energy drops back gain-and then picks up when he plays his final solo. Incredible.
September 28, 2018 - 8:07am

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80sfan

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sharing

it's so true and it's one of things that makes our community so unique. I get so much joy out of sharing this music, I know that many of you do too. So many generous people here. As an aside, on this rainy Friday I'm listening to DaP24 (8/25/72). Almost forgot how much I loved this show. Nice warm first set..perfect for a morning like this.

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Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set

WHAT'S INSIDE:
6 Complete Shows On 19 Discs
• 6/22/73 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 6/24/73 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 6/26/73 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
• 5/17/74 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering
Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes
Original Art by First Nations Artist Roy Henry Vickers
Photos by Richie Pechner
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000

Includes an immediate digital download of "Eyes Of The World (P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 5/17/74)"

"We were in the Pacific Northwest...between somewhere in Washington and some other where in Oregon. The road took us to the lip on a ridge, from where we could see around us for many miles in all directions … It was breathtaking to behold, but as we watched, we had a firm realization that we were witnessing something even more beautiful than our eyes could ever take in … Life causes life. Heaven and Earth dance in this way endlessly, and their child is the forest. And so there we were, epiphanously watching that grandest and most glorious dance of life—of which we are just a tiny part—awed by a magnificence without beginning, without end..."

Bob Weir, “Sell Headwaters—Everyone Wins,” San Francisco Chronicle

The Pacific Northwest offers up a rich feast of land, sky, and water. It is ripe with influences, abundant with symbols, deep and spirited. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that the Grateful Dead played some of their most inspired shows on these fertile grounds. It does, however, sometimes take a breath for the elements to re-align years later. It seems for us, they finally have and we are able to present not just a glimpse of the band's extraordinary exploratory tour through the region, but a two-tour bounty as the PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.

For PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, we've paired two short runs made up of six previously unreleased shows - P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. (6/22/73); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (6/24/73); Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (6/26/73); P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada (5/17/74); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (5/19/74); and Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (5/21/74). Each show has been mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. The transfers from the masters were transferred and restored by Plangent Processes, further ensuring that this is the best, most authentic that these shows have ever sounded.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS comes in an ornate box created by Canada’s preeminent First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers (more on this tremendous artist soon). To complement the music, the set also includes a 64-page book with an in-depth essay by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether and photos by Richie Pechner.

Due September 7th, this release is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from dead.net. You'll want to grab a copy while you can and sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks.

Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

Get it while you can.

City of New Orleans

Of course! almost forgot that one. Willie Nelson also does a killer version. I guess we should give "Wabash Cannonball" an honorable mention, although I don't think its quite as great as the tunes mentioned so far. Definitely, the Dead/Jerry's "Smokestack Lightning" and "It takes a lot to Laugh.." are top shelf. I'm not sure what to make of "Click Clack" but need to give it a few more listens. Well, yeah its Beefheart, so you know....

Car Songs - Red Barchetta / Listening Party

Unbelievably powerful riff + Neil Peart's insane drumming and Geddy Lee's voice in its prime. I'd be remiss not to mention Terry Brown's mad production skills. I can't beat this for car songs Jimbo. Is anyone else wrestling the urge to listen to the Listening Party tracks? KeithFan! Stay on target....stay on target.... When this baby hits 88, we're going to see some serious shit. "CHINACAT SUNFLOWER>I KNOW YOU RIDER" "SUGAR MAGNOLIA" "PLAYING IN THE BAND" "HERE COMES SUNSHINE" "LOOKS LIKE RAIN" "STELLA BLUE" "BIRD SONG" "HE'S GONE" "TRUCKIN'>JAM>NOT FADE"

The Dead/Jerry's song?-Gollum

I am not sure about either the Dead or Jerry being granted ownership of "Smokestack Lightning" and "It Takes a Lot To Laugh". The original versions of both songs, by Wolf and Dylan are great, though.

6/24/70

Anyone know if this show is in the Vault? I have the archive.org version. Would love to know if there is release potential for this one.

6/24/70

I think they forgot to press Record for this one.

June 24, 1970

A *missing* Fillmore East tape!I contend this show was recorded by Bob Matthews (my guess) and somewhere along the line, the GDP master tape went missing - early on.

Train songs

“Play A Train Song”Covered by Hard Working Americans. I never heard the original. Also, “Driving that train.....”

Train in the Distance - Paul Simon

Perhaps the perfect song. A complete, cinematic lifetime love story in just 3 verses. Incredibly efficient songwriting. Many have called this the perfect song. Train in the Distance - Paul Simon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCFTHhcvRT0

You said it brother,

TRAIN IN THE DISTANCE!

Train in the Distance

Are those fisher price, plinky plonk keyboard effects I hear? (Couldn't resist..) :D

6/24/70

Jim, Born X-Eyed, thanks for the feedback on this show. I have an AUD copy. The Dark Star is a 3 parter that has an Attics and Sugar Magnolia. Top shelf. They play around with the Sugar Mag riff a bit in the beginning, and it's just fantastic.

Train songs

Maybe not the best, buts it’s good and it’s definetly different....Pat Metheny: Last Train Home Edit: oh yeah, wasn’t Caution written by Bill and Phil emulating the freaqent passing of trains at some early regular gig they had?

Train songs....

....well Phish has this little dittie called, wait for it, Train Song. "and we drank a little wine". They have another one called Get Back On The Train."When I jumped off, I had a bucket full of thoughts When I first jumped off, I held that bucket in my hand Ideas that would take me all around the world I stood and watched the smoke behind the mountain curl It took me a long time to get back on the train Now I'm gone and I'll never look back again I'm gone and I'll never look back at all You know I'll never look back again I turn my face into the howlin' wind It took me a long time to get back on the train See my face in the town that's flashing by See me standing at the station in the rain See me running there beside the car I left it all behind, again I'll travel far It took me a long time to get back on the train." Yeah. They have some songs with silly lyrics. This is not one of them.

Slow Train Comin

Well, my baby went to Illinois with some bad-talkin’ boy she could destroy A real suicide case, but there was nothin’ I could do to stop it I don’t care about economy I don’t care about astronomy But it sure do bother me to see my loved ones turning into puppets There’s a slow, slow train comin’ up around the bend

Choo choo Mama,

Jimi’s: Hear My Train a Coming, and Steps Ahead: Trains

Slow Train Coming

Yep - definitely "Slow Train Coming"! Add "Mystery Train", and "Orange Blossom Special"(the Johnny Cash one with lyrics!)

Train to Strawberry Fields....

https://youtu.be/4Nq-GyLrtHc

Train

"All Down The Line" by The Stones is a great train song.

Train songs, All Down the Line

Never heard of it

trains bellerin plain

Parapliers the willow dippedRolled roots gnarled like rakers This hollow hole don’t hold no jokers or fakers Don’t fall by no jokers or fakers Puller down to the stirrin’ hay acres Parapliers pinches uh levy ‘n pulled way thru the toe Foothills, locomotives walked ‘n sugar beets rolled Down the tracks Sunburn bounce soot off the black smokestacks Parapliers pinched up slow down the sky Blue ‘o’ poured the engineer’s voice Whstlin’ down low ‘n piped like clacks By the ol’ scarecrow ‘n pots ‘n pans burn the fireman’s hands till the Kettle leaped fire round the belly ‘o’ The bayou boy bums with sunken gums ‘n pits his strength to the 7th sons down Parapliers rumbled like uh straight iron gun Like uh red hot iron thru the egg white ‘o’ Sunnyland drum, horn blow Sun like uh bubble pop yellow, down she go Mah cowcatcher whistled like uh steel flash scream Hose sucked out for water ‘n the wheeldriver Sparkled like an Indian flint ‘n the fireman ‘n the brakeman bent ‘n waved his long red underwear arm All aboard The lantern flared ‘n the caboose waved uh green gone on

Train song.

There are plenty of people on here who profess to be fans of The Who, but nobody has mentioned "5:15" from their "Quadrophenia" album: "Where have I been? Out of my brain on the 5:15 Out of my brain on the train Out of my brain on the train"

trains

Locomotive Breath - Jethro TullTrain left here this morning - Eagles Train Song - Back Street Crawler Milk Train - Jefferson Airplane Gone Dead Train - Crazyhorse Two Trains - Little Feat Lonesome Train - JJ Cale just a few

5:15

Simonrob don't be ridiculous, that song is about a ferry not a train. Feeling "merry" was drug-speak for getting high on Leapers in 60s Mod London. Inside outside, leave me alone. Inside outside, nowhere is home. Inside outside, where have I been? Out feeling merry on the 5:15. Out feeling merry on the ferry... Speaking of 5/15, I've made an important discovery. Dark Star 5/15/70 at 15:15, Jerry goes divine for a few minutes. I wonder if that's still the Gibson SG he used on Live Dead. I love that guitar.

5:15

Why should I care?Why should I care? Girls of fifteen Sexually knowing The ushers are sniffing Eau-de-cologning The seats are seductive Celibate sitting Pretty girls digging Prettier women Magically bored On a quiet street corner Free frustration In our minds and our toes Quiet storm water M-m-my generation Uppers and downers Either way blood flows Inside outside, leave me alone Inside outside, nowhere is home Inside outside, where have I been? Out of my brain on the 5:15 Out of my brain on the train Out of my brain on the train A raft in the quarry Slowly sinking Back of a lorry Holy hitching Dreadfully sorry Apple scrumping Born in a war Birthday punching He man drag In the glittering ballroom Gravely outrageous In my high heel shoes Tightly undone Know what they're showing Sadly ecstatic That their heroes are news Inside outside, leave me alone Inside outside, nowhere is home Inside outside, where have I been? Out of my brain on the 5:15 Out of my brain on the train Out of my brain on the train, on the train I'm out of my brain Out of my brain on the train Here it comes Out of my brain, on the train, on the train Out of my brain on the train Why should I care? Why should I care? @ KeithFan, possibly the lyrics lost something in the translation from English to American. Never seen a reference to merry or ferry in the song. Where did you find those lyrics? Indeed leapers was slang for amphetamines, but not a word I have ever heard used in that context, but mods (who loved amphetamines - and scooters) were a bit before my time.

All Down the Line

Agree with daverock, this is a great vintage Stones tune. I first heard it on the “Garden State 78” double bootleg album. Another great train track from the Stones is Love in Vain, which I believe has already been mentioned.

Give back to Caesar...

Love in Vain is a Robert Johnson tuneTrain Leaves here This Morning is from Gene Clark & Bernie Leadon A few more random rootsy train songs: The Train Kept A Rollin' Tiny Bradshaw Mistery Train Junior Parker Streamlined Cannonball Roy Acuff Last Train Arlo Guthrie El Tren Lechero Felix Perez Cardozo Hey Porter Johnny Cash Southbound Line Tracy Pendarvis Night Train to Memphis Roy Acuff Blue Railroad Train Delmore Brothers

Night Train

By Guns N Roses Crazy Train - Ozzy w/ Randy Rhodes I think these "trains" are metaphorical but they still count. Blue Train - Coltrane Take the A Train - Ellington Downtown Train - Tom Waits There's some old timey song about hitching a ride in a box car that I can't remember.

Rogue guy takin the A train

Not metaphorical, real The title refers to the then-new A subway service that runs through New York City, going at that time from eastern Brooklyn, on the Fulton Street Line opened in 1936, up into Harlem and northern Manhattan, using the Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan opened in 1932.

Thunder Express

Having listened to as much MC5 (hi Zally) as I can recently, I think I should reappear to plug their excellent "Thunder Express". Its about a car, not a train. But it moves like a train.

Yup, the A Train is real

Night Train and Crazy Train were the ones I meant as metaphorical. I probably put that sentence in the wrong spot, after the things it was referring to. Should have led with that. Tom Waits Downtown Train is really about stalking someone at a subway stop too. King of the Road is the old timey song I was trying to think of. Lots of train references.

Jimmie Rodgers

We can't leave out Jimmie. "Waiting on a Train" "Hobo Bill's Last Ride" among others. Dang, there's lots of great songs about trains.

Flatt & Scruggs

..can't forget Flatt & Scruggs when it comes to train songs. I'm sure I forgot a few.. Big Black Train Last Train to Clarksville Bummin' an Old Freight Train Petticoat Junction Mule Train ?? The Train that Carried My Girl From Town Train Number 1262 East Bound Train Train 45 Train of Love Blue Train Night Train to Memphis Adding New Potato Caboose to the list too.

trains

Train songs

Tons of Steel

Train Dreams

Moving on to books, "Train Dreams" by Denis Johnson is worth reading. As is the same author's "Jesus' Son". A great writer.

The bus turns into a train

Last Train......

.... From Poor Valley. A rarely played gem from the JGB.

Simonrob

It was an awful awful joke. Vguy I am not. I am, however, familiar with Pete, The Who, and protagonist Jimmy's story, and I did get quite a chuckle out of it once I'd read what I'd written. I guess that either makes me a narcissist or the funniest guy in the room. fourwinds - I will give you the Magic Bus (turned train) for the low low price of - you guessed it, 100 English pounds! But wait.... Isn't it the Magic Ferry?

Mungees

Didn't the Monkeys have a song about a train?

Best train ever

Festival Express!!!!!! Janis: “next time you throw a train, invite me!”

Excited train guy

Referenced by Dave. http://www.dead.net/store/music/new-releases/daves-picks-2018-subscript…

Re: Excited Train Guy

Ha, that excited train guy video is too funny. Reminds me of "The new phonebook is here!!!" (Navin R. Johnson, the Jerk) https://youtu.be/-7aIf1YnbbU

Re: Navin R. Johnson

Ha.. classic. I became exactly that happy the day my number quit appearing in the phone book. Now it appears only the really poor volunteer fire departments, cancer charities, disabled cops & vets (apparently without insurance) and credit card companies with much better rates than I currently have can access my phone records. Joy. Edit: A preemptive comment on disabled civil servants, hats off.. you have my support. I just don't trust telemarketers that somehow get my phone number can call me fifteen times a year. Most times very little money trickles down to the folks that need it and executives and shell companies gobble what they can first. No attempt on my part to be unkind.. I feel my $50 to archive.org each year is well spent.

What do you call a hippie's wife?....

....Mississippi. lol

The bleedin' 'Oo, eh? Very nice, that...

...but see ya n raise ya, lads!:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6BFg1Ku9iU

must mention

Hellbound Train - Savoy Brown

mystery train

funny game...downtown train -T waits marrakesh express -Crosby steals the cash big railroad blues Spike Driver Blues Last train to Hicksville -Dan Hicks Monkey & the engineer Hear my train a comin -Jimi Hendrix would it be easier with car Baby you can drive...

train songs

Have these been mentioned? Texas eagle - Steve Earle Another journey by train - The Cure Train Song - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Whistlin' past the graveyard - Tom Waits From Mrs. loudmouth: Peace Train - Cat Stevens Isn't John Henry about building train tracks?

Trains

Savoy Brown- Hellbound TrainWarren Zevon- Nightime in the switching Yard Chris Stapleton- Midnight Train To Memphis Saxon- Princess of the Night

all aboard

Los Lobos "That Train Don't Stop Here (Anymore)"... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFMuuPN7Jdo

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