Listen To The River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73 (20-CD)

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What's Inside:
7 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 20 Discs
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/09/71
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/10/71
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/17/72
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/18/72
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/19/72
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/29/73
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/30/73
Sourced from tapes recorded by Rex Jackson, Owsley "Bear" Stanley, and Kidd Candelario
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes

Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 13,000

Steamboats and BBQ, ice cream cones and Mardi Gras - are you ready to laissez les bons temps rouler with the "gateway" to the Grateful Dead? Meet us, won't you, in St. Louis for seven complete and previously unreleased Dead concerts that capture the heart of the band's affinity for the River City.

LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS ’71 ’72 ’73 is a 20CD set featuring five shows from the Fox Theatre - December 9 and 10, 1971; October 17-19, 1972; and two from the Kiel Auditorium - October 29 and 30, 1973.

The seven shows in the collection span slightly less than two years, but they represent some of the best shows the Grateful Dead played during some of its peak tours. The music tells the story of a band evolving, changing from one sound to another seamlessly, precipitated – in large part – by significant personnel changes in the Dead’s lineup.

The two 1971 shows feature the original Grateful Dead lineup plus newcomer Keith Godchaux on piano. This version of the band would hold together for the next six months as the Dead embarked upon its Europe ’72 tour. By the time the Dead returned to the Fox Theatre less than a year later, they were without Pigpen, who’d played his final show with the Dead at the Hollywood Bowl on June 17, 1972. A year after the exceptional Fox 1972 shows, the Dead came back to St. Louis, but played the much larger Kiel Auditorium, touring behind the release of WAKE OF THE FLOOD, which came out just two weeks before.

All told, the band played 60 different songs during these shows highlighted by blazing romps through “Beat It On Down The Line” and “One More Saturday Night” and wistful takes on “Row Jimmy” and “Brokedown Palace” (whose lyrics give the collection its name). Meanwhile, the copious jamming ebbed and flowed like the mighty Mississippi River on multiple voyages through “The Other One” and “Dark Star.” Naturally, the band paid tribute to one of its favorite rock and rollers and one of St. Louis’ biggest stars by playing Chuck Berry songs at every show in the collection, including Pigpen galloping through “Run Rudolph Run.”

Each show has been restored and speed corrected using Plangent Processes with mastering by Jeffrey Norman. The collection comes in a slipcase with artwork by Liane Plant and features an 84-page hardbound book as well as other Dead surprises. To set the stage for the music, the liner notes provide several essays about the shows, including one by Sam Cutler, the band’s tour manager during that era, and another by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether, among others.

Due October 1st, LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS ’71 ’72 ’73, is limited to 13,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from Dead.net.

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January 18, 2022 - 8:22am

#121

hendrixfreak

Joined:
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We HAVE a wayback machine, but it's ...

in the Vault. I finally looked up the show they released on vinyl only with the "Origins" comic book. It's a 30-minute slice (released) of a much longer show. And if they have it all in the Vault, then this will be my new mantra, bellowed at the top of my lungs as the Wayback Machine rattles and purrs prior to take-off:

08/21/68
Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA
Set 1:
Cryptical Envelopment
Drums
The Other One
Cryptical Envelopment
Good Morning Little School Girl
Alligator
Set 2:
Dark Star*
St. Stephen*
The Eleven*
Death Don't Have No Mercy*
Turn On Your Love Light
Encore:
Midnight Hour

*released on vinyl

Now that "Origins" has proved to be a pathetic flop, may we please have this '68 extravaganza in its entirety? I sense that this show would require buckling up or one risks the possibility of being thrown off the Wayback Machine. And who knows where you land when that happens....
January 18, 2022 - 8:03am

#122

billy the kiddd

Joined:
November 8, 2021

1970 box. set

Very cool! They should just release whatever they have from 1970 as 1 big box set. That would be a knockout!
January 18, 2022 - 7:38am

#123

1stshow70878

Joined:
September 11, 2014

The Way-Back Machine

I've always been curious about that time machine. Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman travel as they are now. I was hoping we could go back with a Matrix style residual self image but without all the guns. (We're gonna need backup!) If it's 1970 I would be 13, but with what I know now? Or maybe you get the experience AND the memory of it when you get back. Ideally I would be 21 or so with my 64 year old experiences intact but without the forgetfulness. I never read the instructions until after I've screwed it up though, so this could go badly. But what the hell, I'm in!
Cheers
Edit: Jim, are there fees involved? A dress code? Snacks and drinks served, or is it too short a flight? I think I'll wait until the snow melts if it's at your place in MD.
January 18, 2022 - 7:36am

#124

hendrixfreak

Joined:
February 26, 2014

Excellent point, DR

To add a layer, consider that Robert Hunter wrote all the words (except 'Operator') that captured the emotions and thoughts to which you refer, experienced by individuals and the group -- that's a feat, considering the lyrical craft in evidence. Lyrics that live inside millions of people and, arguably, permeated generations.

Truckin's "What a long, strange trip it's been..." is obvious, but how about some of the lines and the tone of, say, Attics of My Life, "where all the print is blurred..."

Just wow. When Hunter died, hot tears caught me by surprise.
January 18, 2022 - 3:58am

#125

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

the other thing about 1970 -

To state the obvious, is that the songs on "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty" had only just been written. I have read in various places that Altamont, the New Orleans bust, the death of Phil Lesh's father and Bob Weir's girlfiriend Frankie all directly inspired certain songs. So when they sang and played them, they were singing about their lives as they were being lived, in that moment. Inevitabley, with the passing of the time, the songs get more distanced from their source of inspiration. Some may suffer from this, and some may grow - but there is something special, for me, about the moment of creation - when something is being explored for the first time.

Other years have a similar quality - it must have been incredible to see them in 1968 when nothing remotley like it had ever been unleashed before
January 17, 2022 - 9:50pm

#126

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

RTFM

If you read the instructions, it says to avoid setting the dials to 8/27/72. Apparently, the pole in question was toxic, which would not have been a big deal if Pole Guy was wearing proper attire. A tragic moment in GD History. A raise of the glass to Pole Guy, careful with the wayback folks.
January 17, 2022 - 8:30pm

#127

hendrixfreak

Joined:
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Easy, alvarhanso.....

If you read the fine print on that time machine, there is a disclaimer concerning the possibility that you ARE Pole Guy. This discovery could spoil your romp across 1972.

Just sayin'..................
January 17, 2022 - 2:48pm

#128

nitecat

Joined:
November 1, 2010

Last five

Road Trips 2.3 Wall of Sound WOW Eyes>China Doll, WR Suite>Jam>TOO>It's a Sin Jam>Stella Blue
Linda Rondstadt Greatest hits 1 & 2 What a voice
Trio Complete Collection - Dolly, Emmylou and Linda Sweet harmonies
GD 3/29/90 with Branford Bird Song is amazing-to think he had never heard the song before that night
TTATS 2/22/69 WOW

Also finally able to watch Ray Davies' 1984 film-making debut as director, writer and composer of the hour-long "Return to Waterloo", a collaboration with Channel Four. I've been trying to track this down for years, and my sweetie gave it to me as a birthday present.
January 17, 2022 - 2:17pm

#129

alvarhanso

Joined:
January 16, 2014

Just one year...

Assuming you couldn't land in late 1968, watch some shows and then join the crew, or stay on following them in perpetuity, then I'd choose 1972, especially if it meant hitting Europe with them, getting burnt at Veneta and not turning into Pole Guy, seeing Folsom Field and then the September tour of the East and that magnificent Fall from St Louis to Texas and all points in between. Close second would be 1974 to witness the glory of the Wall of Sound and the wonderful music that helped generate.

If I was hitting other bands, too, I'd do 1970 as well. I would start out at Fillmore East 2/11-13 with the Allman Brothers opening for the Dead at the Fillmore East, then fly across the pond to witness The Who destroy Leeds and Hull, England on 2/14-15. I'd catch as much of those three bands as I could, while getting in Mad Dogs and Englishmen at the Fillmore East 3/27-28, which made up that live album. The Dead at Fillmore West 4/15 would be on the agenda, and that whole run, because I think they played with Miles Davis at that run. May would be the Dead college tour, June The Who's US tour starting June 7 at the Metropolitan Opera House for two shows complete with Tommy, July 4, I'd detour to the Atlanta Pop Fest, for The ABB opening and closing the fest, and Jimi Hendrix. Then up to Tanglewood, MA to see The Who's tour closer. Then I'd go back on ABB tour, which would be a logistical nightmare, but I'd get to see the Love Valley Festival July 17-19, then next show playing Central Park in NYC, then Boston Common, and back down for a bunch of shows in NC, including the one my dad went to at Joker's 3 in Greensboro. Last show I'd would be their Miami show August 26 where Tom Dowd brought Eric Clapton and the Dominoes to see the ABB, and stole Duane away from a few shows. Then across the pond to the Isle of Wight Festival for The Who with Entwistle debuting his famous leather skeleton outfit, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and many others among 600,000 people. Then back across to catch the Dead at the Fillmore East, where I make sure soundboard tapes are made, same for the Capitol Theatre 11/8/70. The rest of the time I might just hang out at the Fillmore East for a month, and Fillmore West for a month. I'd make sure to be there for just two other concerts 12/1 Derek and the Dominoes in Tampa with Duane, and the Allmans NYE at the Warehouse in New Orleans.
January 17, 2022 - 12:33pm

#130

billy the kiddd

Joined:
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If I could pick one year.......

If I could pick one year to go back and follow the Grateful Dead playing live, it would be 1970. The Dead had all those great new songs that year from Workingmans Dead and American Beauty, they were playing the acoustic and electric shows. playing at cool small venues. Fillmore West & East, Colleges. Super jamming on Dark Star, The Other One and Viola Lee Blues. Yeah, 1970 would definitely be the year I would pick to follow live shows by the Dead.

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What's Inside:
7 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 20 Discs
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/09/71
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/10/71
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/17/72
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/18/72
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/19/72
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/29/73
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/30/73
Sourced from tapes recorded by Rex Jackson, Owsley "Bear" Stanley, and Kidd Candelario
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes

Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 13,000

Steamboats and BBQ, ice cream cones and Mardi Gras - are you ready to laissez les bons temps rouler with the "gateway" to the Grateful Dead? Meet us, won't you, in St. Louis for seven complete and previously unreleased Dead concerts that capture the heart of the band's affinity for the River City.

LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS ’71 ’72 ’73 is a 20CD set featuring five shows from the Fox Theatre - December 9 and 10, 1971; October 17-19, 1972; and two from the Kiel Auditorium - October 29 and 30, 1973.

The seven shows in the collection span slightly less than two years, but they represent some of the best shows the Grateful Dead played during some of its peak tours. The music tells the story of a band evolving, changing from one sound to another seamlessly, precipitated – in large part – by significant personnel changes in the Dead’s lineup.

The two 1971 shows feature the original Grateful Dead lineup plus newcomer Keith Godchaux on piano. This version of the band would hold together for the next six months as the Dead embarked upon its Europe ’72 tour. By the time the Dead returned to the Fox Theatre less than a year later, they were without Pigpen, who’d played his final show with the Dead at the Hollywood Bowl on June 17, 1972. A year after the exceptional Fox 1972 shows, the Dead came back to St. Louis, but played the much larger Kiel Auditorium, touring behind the release of WAKE OF THE FLOOD, which came out just two weeks before.

All told, the band played 60 different songs during these shows highlighted by blazing romps through “Beat It On Down The Line” and “One More Saturday Night” and wistful takes on “Row Jimmy” and “Brokedown Palace” (whose lyrics give the collection its name). Meanwhile, the copious jamming ebbed and flowed like the mighty Mississippi River on multiple voyages through “The Other One” and “Dark Star.” Naturally, the band paid tribute to one of its favorite rock and rollers and one of St. Louis’ biggest stars by playing Chuck Berry songs at every show in the collection, including Pigpen galloping through “Run Rudolph Run.”

Each show has been restored and speed corrected using Plangent Processes with mastering by Jeffrey Norman. The collection comes in a slipcase with artwork by Liane Plant and features an 84-page hardbound book as well as other Dead surprises. To set the stage for the music, the liner notes provide several essays about the shows, including one by Sam Cutler, the band’s tour manager during that era, and another by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether, among others.

Due October 1st, LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS ’71 ’72 ’73, is limited to 13,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from Dead.net.

Hard to believe I'm the first comment

Guess I got lucky?

This is a box set to get on board with. I like the concept of "the river". Listened to 12/10/71 last night at store, very nice show, very nice recording off archive. "Official" release should be a-ok.

NOW WHERE IS DaP 39???? :-)

Plangent Processes ....

.... I am in! Dutifully ordered; grateful for the embarrassment of riches

2021 Box Set

Another big surprise from Dave. A St. Louis 71-73 combo, nobody had this on their radar screen. Just ordered mine. Never have seen a box released without a seaside chat. What the hell is going on? I am excited!

Yahoo!

You are the MAN, Dave!!!

And all the PTB.

:)))

Wonder what the box is gonna look like?

No pictures of the box!

OMG!!

So, everyone was right: it's a '71, fall '72, fall '73 box. The setlists really reflect the band's evolution, especially going from a 7-minute Playing in the Band to a 20+ minute version over the course of the year.

Beautiful the way this box will provide the pre-Euro '72 and post Euro-'72 band in all its glory.

$200? There's the sweet spot.

I believe this will take me a good deal of the w-w-w-winter to listen to, much less fully absorb.

Yet another multi-year geographic focus. Well played, Dave! Muchas gracias!

The record industry is killing me...

Is there no end to the releases this month!!!??!?!

We got the Joni, we got the Dylan, we got the dead, we got the lee morgan.

No way I can hide all this from my wife!! I can hide the mail when it comes,,, but,,,, that new book shelf to hold all this stuff I can't hide as easily!

LIstening to Birdsong from 10/17/72,,,, another one from the archive that is damn near perfect, official release should be even better!!!

At Last

Been waiting months for this announcement and it’s seven early 70’s shows which I love. Ordered immediately as I expect the 13000 will go quickly. Can’t wait for Autumn to listen to these shows. Now roll on DaP39!

Wonderful!....

....simply wonderful!

Got the Fox Box I Have Been Asking For....

....and then some. This is an instant classic.

Killer box set!

I just ordered 2, one for me and one for my brother. What a knockout!

Oooooooh....

....I like that cap a lot. SOLD!

Yippee

Of course I’ve ordered it!

OK, GD

You got my $$$ for a very appreciated release.

My first show anniversary was this past Sunday (7/18/82)...39 years later, the long, strange trip continues.

God Bless the Grateful Dead!!!

I Totally Understand Dennis!!

Dead Fox Box Ordered - check! Lee Morgan Lighthouse Box Ordered - check! Bob Dylan Bootleg Springtime In NY Ordered - check! Plus sundry Dave McMurray, Crosby, Drive-By Truckers, and Son Volt - check! Separation & Divorce - pending!

I just got notice the dog's license is up for renewal, so I can start by adding a zero on the end of that charge on the books...New cord for my tools, add a zero to the total....

Only one Cumberland?!....

....what a rip off. Cancelling my order (kidding).

wut

...this came as a surprise, however the pre-available sleuthing that was initiated yesterday has now paid off.

Thanks GD!

Sixtus

How fast will it sell out?

FAST!

Yes!

To Dave L - Thank You! Many of us (myself included) have been asking for the Fox shows in some capacity. It is clear you watch these boards. I know from the Seaside chat that these shows have been on your radar for a while. Still these shows have been heavily discussed on the boards in recent years so we are being given what we asked for. Adding the shows from 1973 is the icing on the cake.

Of course I ordered this box as soon as I saw the announcement. I can't wait to get it.

Right in the sweet spot

Count me in again. Great combo of shows here.

Thoughts

I was so excited to hear about this new boxed set. After learning about these shows, I’m even more excited. I’m glad that it spans three separate years in the Dead cannon, and the setlists look amazing. Even the shows without the Dark Stars, Other Ones, and other jam vehicles look interesting and captivating. Even more, I’m very grateful that some of this material is getting released separately as well. The 12/10/71 show is getting released on both CD and vinyl(!), and the Playin’>Drums>DS>Dew>Playin’ is getting released on vinyl too. Very smart decision. Overall, this is very exciting.

Three Comments

First, is it "Only One Cumberland?...." or, "It's Got a Cumberland!"

Second.. thank you GD/David Lemieux.. not many of you know this, but HendrixFreak has been both on a hunger strike and out on the ledge of 53rd floor of the Wells Fargo Building in Denver threatening to jump unless he gets a Fall '72 box. I am happy to report he is down off the ledge and finishing a greasy pulled pork sammy at the BBQ joint around the corner. Extra greasy...

Third.. Dennis, I am beginning to feel much sympathy for your wife.

All is good with the world again. As you were.

So I go downstairs.....

... after a morning of ordering more "stuff" from the cornucopia of musical choices being given us (or thrusted upon us), I head down to read my favorite monthly paper "The Funny Times".

There is the single panel joke. Guy at an AA meeting talking to the group.

My name is Roger. I own a plethora of music on original vinyl, eight-track, cassette and compact disc. Including most digital file formats. I was about to buy remastered rereleases on 180-gram vinyl when my wife said I needed help.

Bottom of panel labeled "Audiophiles Anonymous"

Funny, fate or cry for help?

I was thrilled when I saw…

I was thrilled when I saw this news. October 19, 1972 was the night I got on the bus. I thought the roof was gonna come off the place during the Casey Jones at the end of the first set. At that moment I knew I wanted more of this. I never missed a St. Louis show after that.

I've been waiting almost 50…

I've been waiting almost 50 years for these! These were amongst the first shows I attended (along with the Miami Rock Festival , a Kiel Auditorium show in late 1970, and Early 1971 shows at the Fox - THAT Fox show is when I got it; got on the Bus!). These shows were seminal! Thank you so much for releasing this set. I can HARDLY WAIT!

Listen to the River

Done! No problems ordering. I'm just glad I happened to be doing my morning emails when the announcement
popped up. Let the Games begin!

Well...

At least Doc gets more lovingly redone 71, Hendrix freak gets some fall 72, and congrats to the rest of y'all excited about this one....I'm getting disc 10 & 20 with big Dark Stars and fall 73. Sure I'll get hooked on the rest as is usually the case with releases I'm at first apprehensive about..
Curious how long this one will take to sell out?

Nice work

Thanks Dave and Co

oh my goodness

must be dreaming

A crowd pleaser

This box should be a real crowd pleaser. Thanks Dave and Dead.net -- everyone involved. Like the Pacific Northwest box, this regional, but, over the years releases are a nice touch. With that in mind, Dave please consider an MSG N.Y.C. September 1979 release. . .. Just sayin'. I predict it would be an instant sell out and another crowd pleaser.

I really can not wait to see the artwork, box, discs, booklet, inserts, etc..

Vinyl Me Please!

Great offerings! The "Run, Run, Rudolf" with Pigpen was on a GD Hour from the early/mid 90's. One of my required X-mas selections every year near the holiday. Cheers!

Finally able to complete my order!!

Dead.net didn't like my VPN so I turned it off while ordering.

I'm trying not to take this personally.

Yep. Ordered my copy too. …

Yep. Ordered my copy too. And i 2nd the request for an MSG box.

Good times...

Well, JimInMD has no idea that his mentioning Wells Fargo and BBQ sandwiches is clairvoyant, in that Saturday I had problems with my bank (WF) and went out for BBQ sandwiches.... All is well now. And topped off by this new box.

A rough patch has now passed and, if anyone needs a laugh, check out the avatar on the official announcement at the top of the comments page -- it's "Sri" or somebody likely not connected to DL and TPTB.

This sucker gonna sell out in a day or so, max.

What??

Only 6 versions of Beat It On Down The Line???
Count me out.

Ordered! Now trying to…

Ordered! Now trying to decide if I should grab the 12/10/71 5LP set too. Any idea if that one is Limited Edition too?

I Left St. Louis, City of Blues

Oh wow.......a true 70's Show-Me box set, and vinyl to boot.....sign me up! And I just scored tickets for Phish in Denver on Labor Day weekend!!! Not a bad days work.

Yes I'm still alive and lurking.

Be well & Be good dead folks!

KCJ

Edit: BBQ in St. Louis? Laughable...head west

Ordered!

Grabbed the hat as well!

Very excited

The acoustics of the Fox are incredible. I've seen Dylan and Neil Young solo there. I can't imagine seeing the Dead there. The Kiel Center (now called the Scott Trade Center) is awesome too, but the Fox is the best in St Louis.

I'm 2 hours SE of St Louis,…

I'm 2 hours SE of St Louis, so 90% of my concert experiences are from there. Love the Lou!

How do you order it, though?

I can't seem to get through to the pre-order page. It looks plenty good -especially the 1972 and 1973 shows, but I'm drawing blanks trying to order it at the moment.

looks great

DaveRock

Did you select the three ALAC files? They have to be selected even if you don’t intend to download them. The lower pre-order button should then work. If that isn’t the problem then I can’t help It seemed pretty seamless to me. Good Luck.

Edit certainly easier to order than submit the comment 3 attempts and I had to replace the word downlo(ads) with files

Daverock!

Try turning off your VPN. That worked for me.

Wait, what!?!

7 shows, from '71-'73, and there's only 1Wharf Rat?

Phew!

Stillwaters & Colin-thanks for your advice. It was not choosing to download the three tracks to listen to that was stopping me getting through. It does say its a required field, but as I am not going to listen to them I assumed I didn't need to fill in the field.
It would have been ironic if, after checking on here every day since Doomsday to see if a box had been announced, then seeing it had, and that it included shows from the 71-73 era - I found I didn't have the wherewithal to order it !

Now I know why I had a hankering for BBQ yesterday...

Had the Brisket Bomb along pork bellies and hush puppies yesterday for lunch - you guys and gals north of Boston, check out The Rusty Can in Byfield MA...

Looking at Compendium - a Feeling Groovy Jam, a Mind Left Body Jam, a couple of Darkstars, TOOs, Birdsongs plus a Cumberland and a Here Comes Sunshine, wow all I need is a Black Peter - woops check that box too.

Now the important part are the two vinyl ala carte's worthy???

Thankful Dead

I’m actually happy this box set is from the 70’s. I have enough Grateful Dead albums. Had it been a box set from the 60’s, 80’s or 90’s, it would have been harder to pass on.