Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72

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Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72
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Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedJuly 9, 2002
RecordedApril 7 – May 26, 1972
Genre
Length5:14:05
LabelGDM/Arista
Producer
  • David Lemieux
  • Jeffrey Norman
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 25
(2002) 		Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72
(2002) 		View from the Vault, Volume Three
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
The Music Box5/5 stars[2]

Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 is a live box set from the Grateful Dead that collects performances from seven of their eight shows in England during their spring 1972 tour of Europe (their first tour of the UK and continental Europe).[3]

The band visited England three times on the tour. They had booked four concerts in London (condensed to two) and one for Newcastle before touring mainland Europe. After the tour began, an opportunity came to return to England to play the stormy Bickershaw Festival, in between dates in Paris and Amsterdam. To make up for the poor sound and crowded shows at the last-minute replacement venue, the Empire Pool, they added more dates at the end of the tour, returning again to London for four performances at the acoustically favorable Lyceum Theatre in the West End.[4]

Track listing[]

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording date/venueLength
1."Cold Rain and Snow"Traditional, arranged by Grateful DeadMay 24, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London6:02
2."Greatest Story Ever Told"Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Robert HunterMay 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan6:00
3."Mr. Charlie"Ron McKernan, HunterMay 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan3:52
4."Sugaree"Jerry Garcia, HunterApril 11, 1972, Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne7:34
5."Mexicali Blues"Weir, John BarlowMay 24, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London4:10
6."Big Boss Man"Al Smith, Luther DixonMay 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan6:28
7."Deal"Garcia, HunterApril 11, 1972, Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne5:51
8."Jack Straw[a]"Weir, HunterMay 26, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London5:19
9."Big Railroad Blues"Noah LewisApril 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London4:26
10."It Hurts Me Too"Elmore JamesApril 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London6:07
11."China Cat Sunflower >"Garcia, HunterMay 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London5:05
12."I Know You Rider"
"Happy Birthday to You[b]"		Traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead
Patty Hill, Mildred J. Hill		May 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London
May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan		6:02
1:48
13."Playing in the Band"Weir, Hart, HunterMay 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan10:10
Total length:78:55

Notes

  1. ^ Also released on Weir Here
  2. ^ Played in celebration of Bill Kreutzmann's 26th birthday
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording date/venueLength
1."Good Lovin'"Rudy Clark, Artie ResnickMay 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan20:31
2."Ramble on Rose"Garcia, HunterMay 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan6:41
3."Black-Throated Wind"Weir, BarlowApril 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London6:07
4."Sitting on Top of the World"Walter Jacobs, Lonnie CarterMay 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London3:30
5."Comes a Time"Garcia, HunterMay 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London7:01
6."Turn on Your Love Light >"Deadric Malone, Joseph ScottMay 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan13:02
7."Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad >"Traditional, arranged by Grateful DeadMay 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan8:22
8."Not Fade Away >"Charles Hardin, Norman PettyMay 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London4:54
9."Hey! Bo Diddley >"Bo DiddleyMay 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London4:30
10."Not Fade Away"Hardin, PettyMay 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London3:06
Total length:77:44
Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording date/venueLength
1."Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"Huey SmithMay 24, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London5:15
2."Black Peter"Garcia, HunterMay 24, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London8:52
3."Chinatown Shuffle"McKernanMay 24, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London3:23
4."Truckin' >"Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir, HunterApril 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London10:14
5."Drums >"Bill KreutzmannApril 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London2:44
6."The Other One >"Weir, KreutzmannApril 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London19:31
7."El Paso >"Marty RobbinsApril 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London4:47
8."The Other One >"Weir, KreutzmannApril 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London8:20
9."Wharf Rat"Garcia, HunterApril 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London10:48
10."One More Saturday Night"WeirApril 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London4:57
Total length:78:52
Disc four
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording date/venueLength
1."Uncle John's Band"Garcia, HunterMay 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London7:20
2."The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)"McKernanMay 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London7:57
3."Dark Star >[a]"Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, HunterApril 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London31:27
4."Sugar Magnolia >"Weir, HunterApril 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London7:15
5."Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)[b]"Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, WeirApril 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London17:15
6."Brokedown Palace"Garcia, HunterApril 11, 1972, Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne7:02
Total length:78:16

Notes

  1. ^ An excerpt of this track was previously released on Glastonbury Fayre
  2. ^ Edited version of the performance

Recording dates[]

  • April 7 at the Empire Pool in Wembley – Disc 1, track 1 (introduction only); Disc 3, tracks 4-9
  • April 8 at the Empire Pool – Disc 1, tracks 9 and 10; Disc 2, track 3; Disc 3, track 10; Disc 4, tracks 3-5
  • April 11 at the Newcastle City Hall – Disc 1, tracks 4 and 7; Disc 4, track 6
  • May 7 at the Bickershaw Festival in Wigan – Disc 1, tracks 2-3, 6, 12 ("Happy Birthday to You" only), 13; Disc 2, tracks 1-2 and 6-7
  • May 23 at the Lyceum Theatre in London – Disc 1, tracks 11 and 12; Disc 2, tracks 4 and 5, 7 (coda only), 8-10; Disc 4, tracks 1 and 2
  • May 24 at the Lyceum Theatre – Disc 1, tracks 1 and 5; Disc 3, tracks 1-3
  • May 26 at the Lyceum Theatre – Disc 1, track 8

Two additional tracks from the May 24 concert were later released on Rockin' the Rhein. All of these concerts were later released in their entirety on Europe '72: The Complete Recordings.

Personnel[]

Grateful Dead[]

  • Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
  • Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, harmonica, vocals
  • Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums
  • Keith Godchaux – piano
  • Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals

Production[]

  • David Lemieux – compilation producer
  • Jeffrey Norman – mixing
  • Bob Matthews – recording
  • Betty Cantor – recording
  • Dennis Leonard – recording
  • Jim Furman – recording
  • Cassidy Law – project coordination
  • Dick Latvala – tape archivist
  • Eileen Law – archival research
  • Rudson Shurtliff – assistant engineer
  • Mary Ann Mayer – photography
  • Richard Biffle – cover art
  • Robert Minkin – layout design
  • Heard – crew
  • Jackson – crew
  • Kidd – crew
  • Parrish – crew
  • Ramrod – crew
  • Raizene, Winslow – crew
  • Barry – crew
  • Blair Jackson – liner notes
  • Sam Cutler – onstage band introduction

Charts[]

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
2002 Billboard 200 160[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72". AllMusic. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  2. ^ Metzger, John. Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72, The Music Box, November 2002
  3. ^ Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 at the Grateful Dead Family Discography
  4. ^ Europe '72: The Complete Recordings; Rhino Records, 2011. Liner Notes: Gary Lambert, Sam Cutler, Simon Robinson.
  5. ^ "Billboard album chart history — Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72". Retrieved November 18, 2009.
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