Original Grateful Dead Live Europe 72 Volume 2 Review

2011 alive album by Grateful Dead

Europe 72 Volume 2
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	September xx, 2011
Recorded	Apr vii – May 26, 1972
Genre	Rock
Length	155:01
Label	Rhino
Producer	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Europe '72: The Complete Recordings (2011) Europe 72 Book 2 (2011) Europe '72: Wembley Empire Puddle, London, England (4/seven/1972) (2011)

Europe '72 Volume 2 is a alive album by the rock band the Grateful Dead.^[1] It is a ii-CD set which features 20 tracks from the band'south Spring 1972 tour of Europe. Equally such, it represents a belated sequel to the band's original three-LP 1972 release, Europe '72. Around the fourth dimension of the product of the massive Europe '72: The Complete Recordings box set in 2011, Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux was charged with the task of developing this follow-upward compilation, near 4 decades later, without repeating any of the songs that appeared on Europe '72. As with the box gear up, all of the music for this CD was remastered from the original 16-track tapes and encoded with HDCD specifications. The artwork for the release is by Stanley Mouse, who, along with his late partner, Alton Kelley, created the recognizable images for the original release.^{[ii] [three]}

Critical reception [edit]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[iv]
Glide Magazine	[v]

On Allmusic, Richie Unterberger wrote, "The triple-live album Europe '72 is an iconic record not just to Deadheads, only to almost anyone who was effectually Grateful Dead fans or going to college in the subsequent decade, and so often was it blasted out of dorm windows. Near 40 years later, the double-CD Europe '72, Vol. 2 has virtually two and a half more than hours of performances from the Dead's jump 1972 tour.... [The] 20 songs were deliberately selected to avoid duplicating any songs on the first Europe '72. That does hateful some Dead standards featured on the original triple-LP are absent... Just this installment is hardly curt on familiar Expressionless numbers... There are as well some relatively little-heard originals... Fans of their spaciest psychedelic excursions should be sated by the nearly hourlong jam on "Dark Star" and "The Other I" that opens disc two, though that might exam the tolerance of less committed Deadheads. The set features skillful audio and the kind of loose performances that Grateful Dead fans treasure in live recordings..."^[4]

On Glide Magazine, Doug Collette said, "Carefully selected past archivist David Lemieux from various bout stops on the Grateful Dead's offset trip abroad, this packet is deliberately conceived as a companion piece to the original Europe 72. As such, Volume ii functions brilliantly as a complement to that seminal inclusion in the Grateful Dead discography. Instead of the tightly structured material that dominated the triple album (on its release designed to fulfill the band's delivery to Warner Bros Records so they could commencement their own characterization), this ii CD release is filled with cover songs like "Me & My Uncle" and original material that by and large lends itself to improvisation, such as the nearly 30-minute set of segues from "Nighttime Star" to "Drums" and into "The Other One.""^[5]

Writing on JamBands.com, John Patrick Gatta said, "For the greenbacks-strapped [i.e. those who tin can non afford to buy Europe '72: The Complete Recordings] there's this two-CD set, Europe '72 Volume 2, a worthy successor to the legendary Europe '72 triple vinyl album. It compiles 20 tracks from seven dissimilar locales with updated encompass fine art by Stanley Mouse of the Water ice Cream Child.... Much of disc one becomes a tribute to Ron "Pigpen" McKernan... On disc two the musical explorations make it.... [Disc two] draws on nearly all elements of the Dead's range with never a dull moment to exist found. It should also be pointed out that both discs sound amazing! 1 expects proficient things from the folks at Grateful Dead Productions just the clarity of these tapes is really a treasure. Even if you were never there, you can nonetheless experience as if you're reliving the moment."^[6]

Track listing [edit]

Disc one

No.	Title	Author(south)	Recording date/venue	Length
1.	"Bertha"	Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter	April xiv, 1972, Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen	v:53
2.	"Me and My Uncle"	John Phillips	April seven, 1972, Wembley Empire Puddle, London	3:13
3.	"Chinatown Shuffle""	Ron "Pigpen" McKernan	April 14, 1972, Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen	ii:38
4.	"Sugaree"	Garcia, Hunter	May 3, 1972, L'Olympia, Paris	half dozen:56
5.	"Beat It On Down The Line"	Jesse Fuller	May 16, 1972, Le Grand Salle du Grand Theatre, Luxembourg	3:xi
vi.	"Loser"	Garcia, Hunter	April 14, 1972, Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen	6:29
7.	"Next Time You Run into Me""	Bill Harvey, Earl Forest	May 4, 1972, L'Olympia, Paris	4:57
8.	"Black-Throated Wind"	Bob Weir, John Barlow	April fourteen, 1972, Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen	6:00
9.	"Dire Wolf"	Garcia, Hunter	April 26, 1972, Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt	4:46
10.	"Greatest Story E'er Told"	Weir, Mickey Hart, Barlow	May 3, 1972, 50'Olympia, Paris	iv:52
11.	"Bargain"	Garcia, Hunter	May 4, 1972, Fifty'Olympia, Paris	5:05
12.	"Good Lovin'"	Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick	Apr 26, 1972, Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt	12:09
thirteen.	"Playing in the Band"	Weir, Hart, Hunter	May 24, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	eleven:55
Full length:				78:04

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date/venue	Length
1.	"Dark Star >"	Garcia, Hart, Beak Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter	May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	19:49
2.	"Drums >"	Kreutzmann	May seven, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	ii:24
3.	"The Other I >"	Weir, Kreutzmann	May vii, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	30:27
4.	"Sing Me Back Home"	Merle Haggard	May 26, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	10:58
5.	"Not Fade Away >"	Charles Hardin, Norman Petty	April seven, 1972, Wembley Empire Puddle, London	four:24
6.	"Goin' Down The Route Feeling Bad >"	Traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead	April 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	vi:08
7.	"Not Fade Away"	Hardin, Petty	April 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Puddle, London	2:45
Total length:				76:57

Record Store Day vinyl edition [edit]

Europe '72 Volume 2 was produced as a express-edition 4-disc vinyl LP and released for Tape Store Day Blackness Friday on November 25, 2011, with this track listing:^[seven]

Disc 1, side A

1. "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:53
2. "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – iii:thirteen
3. "Chinatown Shuffle" (McKernan) – 2:38
4. "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:56

Disc ane, side B

1. "Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:00
2. "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:29
3. "Next Fourth dimension Y'all See Me" (Harvey, Forest) – 4:57

Disc 2, side A

1. "Beat out It On Downwardly The Line" (Jesse Fuller) – iii:11
2. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:46
3. "Adept Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 12:09

Disc 2, side B

1. "Greatest Story E'er Told" (Weir, Hart, Barlow) – iv:52
2. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:05
3. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – eleven:55

Disc iii, side A

1. "Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 19:49
2. "Drums" (Kreutzmann) – 2:24

Disc iii, side B

1. "The Other One", part 1 (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 20:59

Disc four, side A

1. "The Other 1", part 2 (Weir, Kreutzmann) 9:28
2. "Sing Me Back Home" (Haggard) – 10:58

Disc 4, side B

1. "Big Railroad Dejection" (Noah Lewis) – 3:38 *
2. "Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – four:24
3. "Goin' Downwards The Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:08
4. "Not Fade Abroad" (Petty, Hardin) – 2:45

*LP-only bonus track

Recording dates [edit]

The tracks accept been taken from the following shows:^[1]

• Apr vii, 1972 at Wembley Empire Pool, London, England:

"Me and My Uncle"

"Not Fade Away" >

"Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad" >

"Not Fade Away"

• Apr 14, 1972 at Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Kingdom of denmark:

"Bertha"

"Chinatown Shuffle"

"Loser"

"Black-Throated Wind"

• April 17, 1972 at Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark:

"Large Railroad Blues"

• April 26, 1972 at Jahrhundert Hall, Frankfurt, West Germany:

"Dire Wolf"

"Expert Lovin'"

• May 3, 1972 at Olympia Theatre, Paris, France:

"Sugaree"

"Greatest Story Ever Told"

• May 4, 1972 at Olympia Theatre, Paris, France:

"Side by side Time You See Me"

"Bargain"

• May 7, 1972 at Bickershaw Festival, Wigan, England:

"Dark Star" >

"Drums" >

"The Other One"

• May 16, 1972 at Theatre Hall, Luxembourg, Luxembourg:

"Beat out It On Down The Line"

• May 24, 1972 at Strand Lyceum, London, England:

"Playing In The Band"

• May 26, 1972 at Strand Lyceum, London, England:

"Sing Me Back Home"

Personnel [edit]

Grateful Dead [edit]

• Jerry Garcia – atomic number 82 guitar, vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
• Keith Godchaux – pianoforte
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums
• Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, harmonica, percussion, vocals
• Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Robert Hunter – songwriter

Production [edit]

• Produced for release by David Lemieux
• Executive producer: Marker Pinkus
• Mixed by Jeffrey Norman at Prairie Lord's day Recording, Cotati, CA
• CD mastering by David Glasser, Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO
• Recording by Betty Cantor, Janet Furman, Bob Matthews, Rosie, Wizard
• Encompass artwork past Stanley Mouse
• Package design past Steve Vance

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} "Europe '72, Vol. 2". Grateful Expressionless Family Discography . Retrieved Oct 12, 2011.
2. ^ Jackson, Blair (August 17, 2011). "The Tour That Keeps On Giving: Here's Europe '72: Vol. 2!". dead.net . Retrieved October 12, 2011.
3. ^ Jackson, Blair (Baronial 25, 2011). "More on Europe '72, Vol. 2: A Few Minutes with David Lemieux". expressionless.internet . Retrieved October 12, 2011.
4. ^ ^{a b} Unterberger, Richie. "Europe '72, Vol. 2". AllMusic . Retrieved October fourteen, 2018.
5. ^ ^{a b} Collette, Doug (October 10, 2011). Europe '72 Volume 2, Glide Magazine. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
6. ^ Gatta, John Patrick (October 12, 2011). Europe '72 Book ii, JamBands.com. Retrieved February xiv, 2012.
7. ^ Europe '72 Book two vinyl LP, Discogs. Retrieved November v, 2013.

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