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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


"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.

Show #1
P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. (6/22/73)

Disc 1
1. Bertha [6:30]
2. Beat It On Down The Line [3:41]
3. Deal [5:00]
4. Mexicali Blues [4:02]
5. Box Of Rain [5:47]
6. Bird Song [14:29]
7. The Race Is On [3:17]
8. Sugaree [8:05]
9. Looks Like Rain[7:34]
10. Row Jimmy [9:22]
11. Jack Straw [5:01]

Disc 2
1. China Cat Sunflower> [8:39]
2. I Know You Rider [5:48]
3. Big River [5:01]
4. Tennessee Jed[8:00]
5. Playing In The Band[18:59]
6. Here Comes Sunshine [12:25]
7. Promised Land [2:58]
8. Brown-Eyed Women[5:30]
9. El Paso [4:33]

Disc 3
1. Black Peter [9:23]
2. Greatest Story Ever Told [5:00]
3. Big Railroad Blues[3:56]
4. He's Gone> [11:24]
5. Truckin'> [26:06]
6. The Other One [15:22]
7. Wharf Rat[8:05]

Disc 4
1. Sugar Magnolia [9:57]
2. Casey Jones [7:31]
3. Johnny B. Goode [3:56]

Show #2
Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (6/24/73)

Disc 5
1. Promised Land [3:43]
2. Loser[7:09]
3. Mexicali Blues[3:53]
4. They Love Each Other [5:48]
5. Looks Like Rain[7:52]
6. Box Of Rain[5:30]
7. Big Railroad Blues[4:20]
8. Jack Straw [5:02]
9. Sugaree [7:24]
10. The Race Is On[3:27]
11. Row Jimmy [8:30]
12. Beat It On Down The Line [3:30]
13. China Cat Sunflower> [6:47]
14. I Know You Rider [5:05]

Disc 6
1. Around And Around[5:06]
2. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo [8:44]
3. You Ain’t Woman Enough [3:42]
4. El Paso [4:35]
5. Stella Blue[7:57]
6. Greatest Story Ever Told>[5:04]
7. Bertha[6:12]
8. Big River [4:47]

Disc 7
1. Dark Star> [27:46]
2. Eyes Of The World> [15:40]
3. China Doll [6:38]
4. Sugar Magnolia [9:40]
5. One More Saturday Night [5:16]

Show #3
Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (6/26/73)

Disc 8
1. Casey Jones> [6:01]
2. Greatest Story Ever Told [5:33]
3. Brown-Eyed Women [5:47]
4. Jack Straw [5:04]
5. Box Of Rain [5:35]
6. Deal [4:23]
7. Mexicali Blues [4:08]
8. You Ain't Woman Enough [3:47]
9. Row Jimmy [9:06]
10. The Race Is On [3:34]
11. China Cat Sunflower> [8:08]
12. I Know You Rider [6:00]
13. Beat It On Down The Line [3:28]
14. Loser [6:50]

Disc 9
1. Playing In The Band [15:49]
2. Bertha [5:56]
3. Promised Land [3:27]
4. They Love Each Other [5:46]
5. El Paso [4:28]
6. Black Peter [9:18]
7. Big River [4:58]
8. Here Comes Sunshine [11:58]
9. Me And My Uncle [3:11]

Disc 10
1. He's Gone> [13:59]
2. Truckin'> [10:55]
3. The Other One> [6:33]
4. Me And Bobby McGee> [5:25]
5. The Other One> [18:06]
6. Sugar Magnolia [10:03]
7. Johnny B. Goode [3:56]

Show #4
P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada (5/17/74)

Disc 11
1. The Promised Land [3:33]
2. Deal [4:45]
3. The Race Is On [3:34]
4. Ramble On Rose [6:56]
5. Jack Straw [5:16]
6. Dire Wolf [5:28]
7. Beat It On Down The Line [3:53]
8. Loose Lucy [5:07]
9. Big River [5:22]
10. It Must Have Been The Roses [5:47]
11. Mexicali Blues [3:48]
12. Row Jimmy [8:59]

Disc 12
1. Playing In The Band [23:07]
2. U.S. Blues [6:09]
3. Me And My Uncle [3:17]
4. Ship Of Fools [6:27]
5. Money Money [4:45]
6. China Cat Sunflower> [8:20]
7. I Know You Rider [5:22]

Disc 13
1. Greatest Story Ever Told [5:27]
2. Sugaree [8:18]
3. Truckin’>[9:56]
4. Nobody’s Fault But Mine>[5:14]
5. Eyes Of The World> [13:19]
6. China Doll [6:01]
7. Sugar Magnolia [9:21]

Show #5
Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (5/19/74)

Disc 14
1. Missisippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo[8:14]
2. Mexicali Blues[3:58]
3. Big Railroad Blues [3:57]
4. Black-Throated Wind [7:08]
5. Scarlet Begonias [5:12]
6. Beat It On Down The Line [3:47]
7. Tennessee Jed[8:27]
8. Me And Bobby Mcgee[6:02]
9. Sugaree[7:31]
10. Jack Straw [5:23]
11. It Must Have Been The Roses [5:28]
12. El Paso [4:35]
13. Loose Lucy [5:07]
14. Money Money [4:27]


Disc 15
1. China Cat Sunflower> [8:34]
2. I Know You Rider [5:40]
3. Promised Land> [3:37]
4. Bertha> [6:08]
5. Greatest Story Ever Told[6:10]
6. Ship Of Fools [6:36]
7. Weather Report Suite> [17:58]
8. Wharf Rat [10:49]
9. Big River [5:36]
10. Peggy-O [8:11]

Disc 16
1. Truckin'> [9:15]
2. Jam> [9:58]
3. Not Fade Away>[6:58]
4. Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [6:59]
5. One More Saturday Night [5:36]
6. U.S. Blues [5:37]

Show #6
Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (5/21/74)

Disc 17
1. Me And My Uncle [3:25]
2. Brown-Eyed Women [5:20]
3. Beat It On Down The Line [3:47]
4. Deal [4:55]
5. Mexicali Blues [3:59]
6. It Must Have Been The Roses [5:45]
7. The Race Is On [3:34]
8. Scarlet Begonias [5:55]
9. El Paso [4:56]
10. Row Jimmy [9:25]
11. Money Money [5:01]
12. Ship Of Fools [6:18]

Disc 18
1. Weather Report Suite> [17:22]
2. China Doll[5:48]
3. Playing In The Band[46:59]
4. U.S. Blues [5:47]

Disc 19
1. Big River [5:24]
2. Stella Blue [8:40]
3. Around And Around [5:25]
4. Eyes Of The World> [13:52]
5. Wharf Rat> [9:45]
6. Sugar Magnolia [10:03]
7. Johnny B. Goode [4:08]

Went back and forth on this four times before finally biting.

Just received! Only unpacked, and this is another really nice presentation. Going to be digging into its sonic delights shortly (it is a Pacific Northwest weathery kindda day here in Chicagoland.

The 3 cd is excellent. As I posted in the Now Playing thread, I need to come up with the $'s for the 24 bit "19 disc" version.