Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead

Ladies And Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead
Ladies And Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	October 2000
Recorded	April 25, 1971 – April 29, 1971
Venue	Fillmore East
Genre	Jam, folk rock, psychedelic rock
Length	296:44
Label	Grateful Dead Records / Arista Records
Producer	David Lemieux
Grateful Dead chronology

Professional ratings
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Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead is a four-CD live album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded at the April 25–29, 1971 shows at the Fillmore East in New York City.^[2]^[3] Some songs on the eponymous live album Grateful Dead were recorded at these shows as well. The album, released in October 2000, was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 6, 2002.^[4] Unlike Dick's Picks, Road Trips, Dave's Picks, and certain other of the band's archival series of live album releases, which are simply two-track stereo recordings made from the soundboard during the concert, the shows on Ladies and Gentlemen were recorded on a 16-track multitrack recorder and were mixed down to stereo just prior to the album's 2000 release.

Track listing

All tracks recorded at the Fillmore East

Disc 1
No.	Title	Recording date	Length
1.	"Truckin'^[5]" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir)	April 29, 1971	10:13
2.	"Bertha" (Hunter, Garcia)	April 29, 1971	6:27
3.	"Next Time You See Me" (Frank Forest, William G. Harvey)	April 25, 1971	4:23
4.	"Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller)	April 25, 1971	3:35
5.	"Bird Song" (Hunter, Garcia)	April 28, 1971	9:18
6.	"Dark Hollow" (Bill Browning)	April 29, 1971	3:31
7.	"I Second That Emotion" (Al Cleveland, William Robinson)	April 25, 1971	5:22
8.	"Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips)	April 28, 1971	3:39
9.	"Cumberland Blues" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh)	April 28, 1971	5:19
10.	"Good Lovin' >" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick)	April 25, 1971	2:28
11.	"Drums >" (Bill Kreutzmann)	April 25, 1971	5:40
12.	"Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick)	April 25, 1971	15:00

Disc 2
No.	Title	Recording date	Length
1.	"Sugar Magnolia^[5]" (Hunter, Weir)	April 25, 1971	5:48
2.	"Loser" (Hunter, Garcia)	April 28, 1971	6:58
3.	"Ain't It Crazy (The Rub)" (Lightnin' Hopkins)	April 28, 1971	5:36
4.	"El Paso" (Marty Robbins)	April 28, 1971	5:34
5.	"I'm a King Bee" (Slim Harpo)	April 28, 1971	8:27
6.	"Ripple" (Hunter, Garcia)	April 29, 1971	5:15
7.	"Me and Bobby McGee" (Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson)	April 28, 1971	6:16
8.	"Uncle John's Band >" (Hunter, Garcia)	April 27, 1971	6:06
9.	"Turn On Your Lovelight" (Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott)	April 27, 1971	22:18

Disc 3
No.	Title	Recording date	Length
1.	"China Cat Sunflower >" (Hunter, Garcia)	April 25, 1971	4:52
2.	"I Know You Rider" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead)	April 25, 1971	6:07
3.	"It Hurts Me Too" (Elmore James)	April 29, 1971	6:46
4.	"Sing Me Back Home" (Merle Haggard)	April 25, 1971	10:03
5.	"Hard To Handle^[6]" (Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones, Otis Redding)	April 29, 1971	9:24
6.	"Dark Star >" (Hunter, Garcia, Mickey Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron McKernan, Weir)	April 28, 1971	13:55
7.	"St. Stephen >" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh)	April 28, 1971	6:06
8.	"Not Fade Away >" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty)	April 28, 1971	3:31
9.	"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad >" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead)	April 28, 1971	6:27
10.	"Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty)	April 28, 1971	3:30

Disc 4
No.	Title	Recording date	Length
1.	"Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose)	April 29, 1971	10:29
2.	"New Minglewood Blues" (trad., arr. Weir)	April 29, 1971	4:23
3.	"Wharf Rat" (Hunter, Garcia)	April 28, 1971	9:19
4.	"Alligator >" (Hunter, McKernan, Lesh)	April 29, 1971	4:04
5.	"Drums >" (Kreutzmann)	April 29, 1971	4:11
6.	"Jam >" (Grateful Dead)	April 29, 1971	9:32
7.	"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad >" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead)	April 29, 1971	4:55
8.	"Cold Rain and Snow" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead)	April 29, 1971	5:47
9.	"Casey Jones" (Hunter, Garcia)	April 27, 1971	6:25
10.	"In the Midnight Hour >" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett)	April 29, 1971	9:49
11.	"And We Bid You Goodnight" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead)	April 29, 1971	3:55

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann – drums
Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, percussion, harmonica, vocals
Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals

Special guest appearance by:

Tom Constanten – keyboards on disc 3, tracks 6–10

Production

Compilation produced by David Lemieux
Recorded by Bob Matthews and Betty Cantor-Jackson
Mixed by Jeffrey Norman
Tape archivists: Dick Latvala, David Lemieux
Project coordinator: Cassidy Law
Archival research: Eileen Law
Cover design and lettering: Randy Tuten
Tie dye artist: James Preston
Photography: Amalie R. Rothschild, Fred Ordower
Program notes: Blair Jackson
Assistant engineer: Rudson Shurtliff

References

^ Metzger, John. Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead, The Music Box, December 2000
^ ^a ^b Lankford, Ronnie D. Jr. Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead at Allmusic
^ Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead at the Grateful Dead Family Discography
^ MusicBrainz. Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead, MusicBrainz, March 2023
^ ^a ^b Also released on Weir Here
^ Previously used for the video release Backstage Pass

[MusicBox-1] Metzger, John. Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead, The Music Box, December 2000

[Allmusic-2] Lankford, Ronnie D. Jr. Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead at Allmusic

[DeadDisc-3] Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead at the Grateful Dead Family Discography

[MusicBrainz-4] MusicBrainz. Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead, MusicBrainz, March 2023

[ReferenceA-5] Also released on Weir Here

[6] Previously used for the video release Backstage Pass

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