Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81

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Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81
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ReleasedSeptember 23, 2022
RecordedMarch 9, 1981
Venue Madison Square Garden
Genre Rock
Length172:52
Label Rhino
Producer Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83
(2022)
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81
(2022)
Dave's Picks Volume 44
(2022)

Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 9, 1981. It was released on September 23, 2022.

Contents

The same recording was released on the same day as part of the six-concert, 17-CD box set In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83 . [1] [2] [3] [4]

Whilst there was no vinyl version available on release, a 5LP version was released as part of Rocktober in October 2023 by Rhino. [5]

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:
  1. "Feel Like a Stranger" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 9:07
  2. "Althea" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:52
  3. "C.C. Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:00
  4. "Ramble On Rose" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:41
  5. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 5:31
  6. "Deep Elem Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:03
  7. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:58
  8. "Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:15
  9. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:02

Disc 2

Second set:
  1. "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:33
  2. "I Know You Rider" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:11
  3. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:32
  4. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:22

Disc 3

  1. "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 14:07
  2. "Uncle John's Band" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:46
  3. "Drums" > (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 10:32
  4. "Space" > (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 7:30
  5. "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 7:47
  6. "Stella Blue" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:50
  7. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 6:51
Encore:
  1. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:32

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [6] 73

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