Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead

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Ladies and Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead

Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	October, 2000
Recorded	April 25, 1971 - April 29, 1971
Genre	Country rock Folk-rock Psychedelic rock Jam
Length	296:44
Label	Grateful Dead Records / Arista Records
Producer(s)	David Lemieux
Dick's Picks Volume 19 (2000)	Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead (2000)	Dick's Picks Volume 20 (2001)

Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead is a 4 CD live box set by the Grateful Dead of recordings of the April, 1971 shows at the Fillmore East in New York. Grateful Dead was recorded at these shows too. The third disc contains a performance of former Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Production
4 Recording dates

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

"Truckin'" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir) – 10:13
"Bertha" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:27
"Next Time You See Me" (Frank Forest, William G. Harvey) – 4:23
"Beat it on down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:35
"Bird Song" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:18
"Dark Hollow" (Bill Browning) – 3:31
"I Second That Emotion" (Al Cleveland, William Robinson) – 5:22
"Me & My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:39
"Cumberland Blues" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) – 5:19
"Good Lovin' > Drums > Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick / Bill Kreutzmann) – 23:08

[edit] Disc two

"Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream" (Hunter, Weir) – 5:48
"Loser" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:58
"Ain't It Crazy (The Rub)" (Lightnin' Hopkins) – 5:36
"El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 5:34
"I'm A King Bee" (Slim Harpo) – 8:27
"Ripple" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:15
"Me & Bobby McGee" (Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson) – 6:16
"Uncle John's Band" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:06
"Turn On Your Lovelight" (Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott) – 22:18

[edit] Disc three

"China Cat Sunflower" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:52
"I Know You Rider" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:07
"It Hurts Me Too" (Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn) – 6:46
"Sing Me Back Home" (Merle Haggard) – 10:03
"Hard to Handle"(Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones, Otis Redding) – 9:24
"Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Mickey Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, Ron McKernan, Weir) – 13:55
"Saint Stephen" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) – 6:06
"Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 3:31
"Goin' down the Road Feelin' Bad" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:27
"Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 3:30

[edit] Disc four

"Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 10:29
"New Minglewood Blues" (trad., arr. Weir) – 4:23
"Wharf Rat" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:19
"Alligator" (Hunter, McKernan, Lesh) – 4:04
"Drums" (Kreutzman) – 4:11
"Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 9:32
"Goin' down the Road Feelin' Bad" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 4:55
"Cold Rain & Snow" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 5:47
"Casey Jones" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:25
"In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 9:49
"And We Bid You Goodnight" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 3:55

[edit] Personnel

Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals
Phil Lesh - bass guitar, vocals
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - harmonica, organ, percussion, vocals
Bill Kreutzman - drums
Tom Constanten - organ (disc 3, tracks 6-10)

[edit] Production

David Lemieux - Compilation producer, tape archivist
Bob Matthews - Engineer
Betty Cantor-Jackson - Engineer
Rudson Shurtliff - Assistant engineer
Dick Latvala - Tape archivist

[edit] Recording dates

April 25, 1971 - Disc 1, tracks 3-4, 7 & 10, Disc 2, track 1, Disc 3, tracks 1-2 & 4
April 27, 1971 - Disc 2, tracks 8-9, Disc 4, track 9
April 28, 1971 - Disc 1, tracks 5 & 8-9, disc 2, tracks 2-5 & 7, Disc 3, tracks 6-10, Disc 4, track 3
April 29, 1971 - Disc 1, tracks 1-2 & 6, Disc 2, track 6, Disc 3, tracks 3 & 5, Disc 4, tracks 1-2, 4-8 & 10-11

The Grateful Dead

Members

Jerry Garcia • Bob Weir • Phil Lesh • Bill Kreutzmann • Mickey Hart • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan

Brent Mydland • Keith Godchaux • Donna Godchaux • Vince Welnick • Tom Constanten

Spin-off bands

Jerry Garcia Band • Ratdog • Phil Lesh and Friends • Rhythm Devils • The Other Ones • The Dead

Grateful Dead songs
Eric Andersen • John Perry Barlow • Dark Star Orchestra • Deadhead • Bob Dylan • Bill Graham • Gerrit Graham • The Grateful Dead Movie • Grateful Dead Records • Rick Griffin • David Grisman • Bruce Hornsby • Robert Hunter • Jazz Is Dead • Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band • Alton Kelly • Steve Kimock • Ned Lagin • Dick Latvala • Legion of Mary • Branford Marsalis • Stanley Mouse • New Riders of the Purple Sage • Old and in the Way • Reconstruction • Merl Saunders • Owsley Stanley • Sunshine Daydream • Howard Wales • Wall of Sound • Wharf Rats

Discography

Studio albums
The Grateful Dead \| Anthem of the Sun \| Aoxomoxoa \| Workingman's Dead \| American Beauty \| Wake of the Flood \| Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel \| Blues for Allah \| Terrapin Station \| Shakedown Street \| Go to Heaven \| In the Dark \| Built to Last
Live albums
Live/Dead \| Grateful Dead \| Europe '72 \| History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) \| Steal Your Face \| Reckoning \| Dead Set \| Without a Net \| One From the Vault \| Infrared Roses \| Two from the Vault \| Grayfolded \| Hundred Year Hall \| Dozin' at the Knick \| Fallout from the Phil Zone \| Terrapin Station (Limited Edition) \| Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69 \| Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead \| View From The Vault, Volume One \| View From The Vault, Volume Two \| Nightfall of Diamonds \| Postcards of the Hanging \| Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 \| View from the Vault, Volume Three \| Go to Nassau \| Birth of the Dead \| View from the Vault, Volume Four \| The Closing of Winterland \| Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead \| The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack \| Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 \| Truckin' Up to Buffalo \| Fillmore West 1969 \| Live at the Cow Palace \| Dicks Picks (36 Volumes) \| Digital Download Series (12 Volumes)
Compilations and box sets
Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead \| What a Long Strange Trip It's Been \| Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977-1987) \| The Arista Years \| Selections from the Arista Years \| So Many Roads (1965-1995) \| So Many Roads (1965-1995) Sampler \| The Golden Road (1965-1973) \| The Very Best of the Grateful Dead \| Beyond Description (1973-1989) \| The Complete Fillmore West 1969