30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995

30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995
Drawing of the sun with a lightning bolt skull inside it
Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2015
Recorded1965–1995
GenreRock
Length277:13
LabelRhino
ProducerGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dave's Picks Volume 15
(2015) 		30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995
(2015) 		30 Trips Around the Sun
(2015)

30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995 is a four-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains 30 songs recorded in concert—one from each of the years 1966 through 1995—plus one song recorded in a 1965 studio session. All of the tracks are selected from the 80-CD box set 30 Trips Around the Sun, which contains 30 previously unreleased complete shows. The album was released on September 18, 2015.[1][2][3][4] A chronological sampling format was also used for the 5-disc set So Many Roads (1965–1995).

Production

Speaking about the selection of concerts for the box set from which the Definitive Live Story tracks were excerpted, producer and tape archivist David Lemieux said, "Our first criterion was the very best live music to represent any given year in the band's history. We wanted to make sure that there were not only the tent-pole shows that fans have been demanding for decades but also ones that are slightly more under the radar, but equally excellent."[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]

On AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Most of all, 30 Trips illustrates how the Dead kept circling back to their folk and blues beginnings no matter who supplemented the core quintet of Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart. While the four or five main keyboardists brought their own signatures (particularly Pigpen, whose rough-hewn growl provided a gritty counterpart to the band's spacy early explorations), come 1971, the year after the twin masterpieces of Workingman's Dead and American Beauty, the Dead maintained a groove more psychedelic in spirit than sound.... If you take all 30 trips, the Dead's journey feels long and sweet and unlike anything else in rock."[5]

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Date/venueLength
1."Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)"Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron McKernan, Bob WeirNovember 3, 1965, Golden Gate Recorders, San Francisco, California [a]3:17
2."Cream Puff War"GarciaJuly 3, 1966, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco[b]5:10
3."Viola Lee Blues"Noah LewisNovember 10, 1967, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California15:17
4."Dark Star"Garcia, Mickey Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Robert HunterOctober 20, 1968, Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California10:31
5."Doin' That Rag"Garcia, HunterFebruary 22, 1969, Dream Bowl, Vallejo, California6:53
6."Dancing in the Street"William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo HunterApril 15, 1970, Winterland Arena, San Francisco[c]11:31
7."Ain't It Crazy (The Rub)"Lightnin' HopkinsMarch 18, 1971, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri4:43
8."Tomorrow Is Forever"Dolly PartonSeptember 24, 1972, Palace Theatre, Waterbury, Connecticut5:32
9."Here Comes Sunshine"Garcia, HunterNovember 14, 1973, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California13:00

Notes

  1. ^ More from the session was previously released on Birth of the Dead and So Many Roads (1965–1995)
  2. ^ More from this concert was previously released on Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966
  3. ^ Contains a patch from the April 12, 1970, San Francisco performance featured on Fallout from the Phil Zone
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Date/venueLength
1."Uncle John's Band"Garcia, HunterSeptember 18, 1974, Parc des Expositions, Dijon, France9:28
2."Franklin's Tower"Garcia, Kreutzmann, HunterSeptember 28, 1975, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco7:52
3."Scarlet Begonias"Garcia, HunterOctober 3, 1976, Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan12:00
4."Estimated Prophet"Weir, John BarlowApril 25, 1977, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey8:00
5."Samson and Delilah"traditional, arranged by Grateful DeadMay 14, 1978, Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island10:20
6."Lost Sailor" → "Saint of Circumstance"Weir, BarlowOctober 27, 1979, Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts12:28
7."Deep Elem Blues"traditional, arranged by Grateful DeadNovember 28, 1980, Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida4:59
Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Date/venueLength
1."Shakedown Street"Garcia, HunterMay 16, 1981, Barton Hall, Ithaca, New York16:32
2."Bird Song"Garcia, HunterJuly 31, 1982, Manor Downs, Austin, Texas9:42
3."My Brother Esau"Weir, BarlowOctober 21, 1983, The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts5:22
4."Feel Like a Stranger"Weir, BarlowOctober 12, 1984, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, Maine10:07
5."Let It Grow"Weir, BarlowJune 24, 1985, Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati12:38
6."Comes a Time"Garcia, HunterMay 3, 1986, Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California7:52
7."Morning Dew"Bonnie Dobson, Tim RoseSeptember 18, 1987, Madison Square Garden, New York City11:21
Disc four
No.TitleWriter(s)Date/venueLength
1."Not Fade Away"Charles Hardin, Norman PettyJuly 3, 1988, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine8:02
2."Blow Away"Brent Mydland, BarlowOctober 26, 1989, Miami Arena, Miami, Florida7:53
3."Ramble On Rose"Garcia, HunterOctober 27, 1990, Zenith, Paris, France7:33
4."High Time"Garcia, HunterSeptember 10, 1991, Madison Square Garden, New York City7:39
5."Althea"Garcia, HunterMarch 20, 1992, Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario7:31
6."Broken Arrow"Robbie RobertsonMarch 27, 1993, Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York6:04
7."So Many Roads"Garcia, HunterOctober 1, 1994, Boston Garden, Boston7:30
8."Visions of Johanna"Bob DylanFebruary 21, 1995, Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah10:22

Personnel

Grateful Dead

N.B. years listed for the shows included in this release only, not each member's tenure in the band.

Additional musicians
Production
  • Produced by Grateful Dead
  • Produced for release by David Lemieux, Doran Tyson, Mark Pinkus
  • Associate producer: Ivette Ramos
  • Mixing for 1967 and 1989 shows: Jeffrey Norman
  • CD mastering: Jeffrey Norman, David Glasser
  • Tape to digital transfers, wow and flutter correction: John K. Chester, Jamie Howarth
  • Design, artwork: Steve Vance
  • Art direction: Doran Tyson, Steve Vance
  • Photos: Herb Greene, Mary Anne Mayer, Susana Millman, Bob Minkin, Paul Ryan
  • Package supervision: Kate Dear
  • Tape research: Michael Wesley Johnson
  • Liner notes: Jesse Jarnow

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[6] 35
US Billboard 200[7] 161

References

  1. ^ Fricke, David (June 2, 2015). "Grateful Dead Archivist Details Massive, New 80-Disc Box Set", Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  2. ^ Kaye, Ben (June 2, 2015). "Grateful Dead's New Box Set Boasts 73 Hours of Unreleased Audio over 80 Discs", Consequence of Sound. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Grateful Dead Celebrate 50th Anniversary with 30 Trips Around the Sun Box Set, Featuring 30 Unreleased Shows", Guitar World, June 2, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  4. ^ 30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995, Dead.net, June 2, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. 30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995 at AllMusic. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  6. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2015. 39. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  7. ^ "Grateful Dead Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
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