Europe '72: Wembley Empire Pool, London, England (4/7/1972)

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Europe '72: Wembley Empire Pool, London, England (4/7/1972)
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Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedOctober 3, 2011
RecordedApril 7, 1972
VenueWembley Empire Pool, London, England
Genre Rock
Length163:28
Label Rhino
Producer Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Europe '72 Volume 2
(2011)		Europe '72: Wembley Empire Pool, London, England (4/7/1972)
(2011)		 Europe '72: Beat Club, Bremen, West Germany (4/21/1972)
(2011)

Europe '72: Wembley Empire Pool, London, England (4/7/1972) is a live album by the Grateful Dead. [1] [2] [3] It was released along with Europe '72 Volume 2 and the Europe '72 box set. It was the first concert of the tour. The next album after the Europe '72 series was Road Trips Volume 4 Number 5 .

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:
  1. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter) – 5:24
  2. "Sugaree" (Jerry Garcia, Hunter) – 7:08
  3. "Chinatown Shuffle" (Ron "Pigpen" McKernan) – 3:02
  4. "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:38 [lower-alpha 1]
  5. "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:33
  6. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:14
  7. "Big Boss Man" (Al Smith, Luther Dixon) – 4:38 [lower-alpha 2]
  8. "Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 5:55
  9. "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:55
  10. "Mr. Charlie" (McKernan, Hunter) – 4:56
  11. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:58
  12. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:02

Disc 2

  1. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 10:04
Second set:
  2. "Truckin'" (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir, Hunter) > – 10:53 [lower-alpha 3]
  3. "Drums" (Bill Kreutzmann) > – 2:39 [lower-alpha 3]
  4. "The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 19:36 [lower-alpha 3]
  5. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) > – 4:44 [lower-alpha 3]
  6. "The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) > – 8:20 [lower-alpha 3]
  7. "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:58 [lower-alpha 3]

Disc 3

  1. "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:21
  2. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:56
  3. "Not Fade Away" (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) > – 4:19 [lower-alpha 1]
  4. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) > – 6:08 [lower-alpha 1]
  5. "Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 3:42 [lower-alpha 1]
Encore:
  2. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:36

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Also released on Europe '72 Volume 2 .
  2. ↑ "Big Boss Man" inexplicably stopped being recorded with less than a minute to go in the song. Also, it appears "Casey Jones" was performed later in the same set, but was not recorded.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Previously released on Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 .

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References

  1. ↑ "Europe '72 Vol 1: 4/7/72 [Wembley Empire Pool, London, England]". AllMusic. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Opener: 4/7/72 Wembley and the Greatest (Baseball) Story Ever Told". On the Bus: 40-Year Retrospective of Europe '72. April 7, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Europe '72: Wembley Empire Pool, London". Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
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