Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2
| Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | March 21, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | February 14, 1968 (principal recording) January–February, 1968 (bonus tracks) | |||
| Genre | Rock, jam | |||
| Length | 156:48 bonus disc: 77:57 | |||
| Label | Grateful Dead | |||
| Producer | Grateful Dead | |||
| Grateful Dead chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 Bonus Disc | ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | (favorable)[1] |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Best Of Website | (A+)[3] |
| The Music Box |  [4] |
Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 is a two-CD live album by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. The sixth in their "Road Trips" series of albums, it was the first to contain a complete concert—the February 14, 1968, show at the Carousel Ballroom (later known as the Fillmore West) in San Francisco, California. Bonus material on Disc 1, as well as the bonus disc offered to early purchasers, comes from the Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service "Tour of the Great Pacific Northwest", immediately preceding the Carousel Ballroom show. The album was released on March 21, 2009.[5][6]
The Carousel & Seattle concerts
[edit]Although the Valentine's Day show at the Carousel was not the first rock concert there, it was the first show under the management auspices of the Dead, Quicksilver and Jefferson Airplane, who had leased the venue to compete with the Avalon Ballroom and Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium. Thus, the show was billed as the "Grand Opening". The Grateful Dead shared the bill with Country Joe and the Fish. The cover of Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 incorporates artwork by Stanley Mouse that was used in the poster promoting the concert.
Live material from this show, along with recordings of other concerts from the same era, was used in the creation of Anthem of the Sun, a Dead album that is an amalgam of studio and live material.[2]
The seven tracks from Seattle are believed to have been mislabeled. The show actually occurred on January 27, 1968, not January 23.
Dark Star
[edit]Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 contains two performances of "Dark Star" — one from the February 14, 1968 concert at the Carousel Ballroom, and one from February 2, 1968, at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. A third performance of the song, from the Eagles Auditorium in Seattle, Washington, is included on the bonus disc.
Track listing
[edit]Disc one
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) | 6:30 |
| 2. | "Good Morning Little School Girl" (Sonny Boy Williamson) | 12:35 |
| 3. | "Dark Star →" (Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Bob Weir, Robert Hunter) | 6:10 |
| 4. | "China Cat Sunflower →" (Garcia, Hunter) | 4:25 |
| 5. | "The Eleven →" (Lesh, Hunter) | 5:15 |
| 6. | "Turn On Your Love Light" (Joe Scott, Deadric Malone) | 9:02 |
| No. | Title | Recording date and venue | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Viola Lee Blues" (Noah Lewis) | 1/20/68, Eureka Municipal Auditorium | 20:38 |
| 8. | "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 3:38 |
| 9. | "It Hurts Me Too" (Elmore James) | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 4:20 |
| 10. | "Dark Star" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) | 2/2/68, Crystal Ballroom | 6:40 |
Disc two
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "That's It for the Other One →
| 9:30 |
| 2. | "New Potato Caboose →" (Lesh, Robert Petersen) | 8:48 |
| 3. | "Born Cross-Eyed →" (Weir) | 2:38 |
| 4. | "Spanish Jam" (Grateful Dead) | 12:28 |
| 5. | "Alligator →" (Lesh, McKernan, Hunter) | 14:30 |
| 6. | "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) →" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) | 10:00 |
| 7. | "Feedback" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) | 6:10 |
| 8. | "In the Midnight Hour (Encore)" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) | 10:35 |
| No. | Title | Recording date and venue | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Viola Lee Blues" (Noah Lewis) | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 22:46 |
| 2. | "Good Morning Little School Girl" (Sonny Boy Williamson) | 1/20/68, Eureka Municipal Auditorium | 12:14 |
| 3. | "New Potato Caboose" (Lesh, Petersen) | 1/30/68, Erb Memorial Union | 12:40 |
| 4. | "Dark Star →" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 7:45 |
| 5. | "China Cat Sunflower →" (Garcia, Hunter) | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 5:08 |
| 6. | "The Eleven" (Hunter, Lesh) | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 6:00 |
| 7. | "Turn On Your Love Light" (Scott, Malone) | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 12:55 |
Personnel
[edit]Musicians
[edit]- Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
- Mickey Hart – drums
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals
- Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, vocals
- Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
Production
[edit]- Produced by Grateful Dead
- Compilation produced by David Lemieux and Blair Jackson
- Recorded by Dan Healy
- CD Mastering by Jeffrey Norman at Garage Audio Mastering, Petaluma CA
- Audio Restoration by Jamie Howarth / Plangent Processes
- Cover art by Scott McDougall
- Original Poster by Stanley Mouse
- Photo by Ted Streshinsky
- Package design by Steve Vance
- Special Thanks to Matt Smith
References
[edit]- ^ Collette, Doug. Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2, All About Jazz, May 17, 2009
- ^ a b Ruhlman, William. "Road Trips, Vol. 2, No. 2: Carousel 2-14-68". AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ Small, Barry. Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 at The Best of Website
- ^ Metzger, John. Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2, The Music Box, September 2009
- ^ Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 at the Grateful Dead Family Discography
- ^ Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 at dead.net
