Here Comes Sunshine 1973
Here Comes Sunshine 1973 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Packaged as a box set, it contains five complete concerts on 17 CDs. It was recorded in May and June 1973. It is scheduled to be released on June 30, 2023, in a limited edition of 10,000 copies.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Released | June 30, 2023 | |||
Recorded | May 13 – June 10, 1973 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Rhino | |||
Producer | Grateful Dead | |||
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Here Comes Sunshine 1973 contains recordings of these concerts:
- May 13, 1973 – Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa
- May 20, 1973 – Campus Stadium, Santa Barbara, California
- May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California
- June 9, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C.
- June 10, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C.
The box set also includes a poster and a tenugui.
At the June 10 concert, Dickey Betts and Butch Trucks from the Allman Brothers Band, along with Merl Saunders, sat in for the final set of music. The song "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" from that set was previously released on the album Postcards of the Hanging.
The June 10 concert is also being produced as a separate album called RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73. It is scheduled to be released as a four-disc CD on June 30, 2023, and as an eight-disc LP on July 28, 2023.
Track listing
Disc 1
- May 13, 1973 – Iowa State Fairgrounds – first set:
- "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry)
- "Deal" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter)
- "Mexicali Blues" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow)
- "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Box of Rain" (Phil Lesh, Hunter)
- "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller)
- "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead)
- "El Paso" (Marty Robbins)
- "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips)
- "Don't Ease Me In" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead)
- "Around and Around" (Berry)
Disc 2
- May 13, 1973 – Iowa State Fairgrounds – second set:
- "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Big River" (Johnny Cash)
- "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter)
- "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow)
- "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter)
Disc 3
- May 13, 1973 – Iowa State Fairgrounds – third set, part one:
- "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter)
- "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter)
- May 13, 1973 – Iowa State Fairgrounds – encore:
- "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter)
Disc 4
- May 13, 1973 – Iowa State Fairgrounds – third set, part two:
- "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter)
- "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter)
Disc 5
- May 20, 1973 – Campus Stadium – first set:
- "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips)
- "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter)
- "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow)
- "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "The Race Is On" (Don Rollins)
- "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead)
- "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller)
- "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter)
Disc 6
- May 20, 1973 – Campus Stadium – second set:
- "Promised Land" (Berry)
- "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow)
- "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter)
- "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead)
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter)
- "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Big River" (Cash)
- "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "El Paso" (Robbins)
- "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter)
Disc 7
- May 20, 1973 – Campus Stadium – third set:
- "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter)
- "Jam" > (Grateful Dead)
- "The Other One" > (Weir, Bill Kreutzmann)
- "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter)
- May 20, 1973 – Campus Stadium – encore:
- "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry)
Disc 8
- May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium – first set:
- "Promised Land" (Berry)
- "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter)
- "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "The Race Is On" (Rollins)
- "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow)
- "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow)
- "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter)
Disc 9
- May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium – second set:
- "Here Comes Sunushine" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "El Paso" (Robbins)
- "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller)
- "You Ain't Woman Enough" (Loretta Lynn)
- "Box of Rain" (Weir, Hunter)
- "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead)
- "Big River" (Cash)
- "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Around and Around" (Berry)
- May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium – third set, part one:
- "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips)
Disc 10
- May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium – third set, part two:
- "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter)
- "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann)
- "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter)
- May 20, 1973 – Kezar Stadium – encore:
- "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter)
Disc 11
- June 9, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – first set, part one:
- "Promised Land" (Berry)
- "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow)
- "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter)
- "Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow)
- "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "El Paso" (Robbins)
- "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter)
- "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller)
- "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter)
Disc 12
- June 9, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – first set, part two:
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter)
- "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead)
- June 9, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – second set, part one:
- "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter)
- "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter)
Disc 13
- June 9, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – second set, part two:
- "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips)
- "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Big River" (Cash)
- "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter)
Disc 14
- June 10, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – first set, part one:
- "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose)
- "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller)
- "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter)
- "Wave That Flag" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow)
- "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter)
- "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "The Race Is On" (Rollins)
- "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "El Paso" (Robbins)
Disc 15
- June 10, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – first set, part two:
- "Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter)
- June 10, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – second set, part one:
- "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Big River" (Cash)
- "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter)
Disc 16
- June 10, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – second set, part two:
- "Around and Around" (Berry)
- "Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron McKernan, Weir, Hunter)
- "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter)
- "Truckin'" (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter)
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter)
Disc 17
- June 10, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – third set:
- "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Bob Dylan)
- "That's All Right" (Arthur Crudup)
- "Promised Land" (Berry)
- "Not Fade Away" > (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin)
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead)
- "Drums" > (Kreutzmann)
- "Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin)
- "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry)
Personnel
Grateful Dead
- Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
- Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
- Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Keith Godchaux – keyboards
- Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
Additional musicians
- Dickey Betts – guitar – June 10, 1973 third set
- Butch Trucks – drums – June 10, 1973 third set
- Merl Saunders – organ – June 10, 1973 third set
Production
- Produced by Grateful Dead
- Produced for release by David Lemieux
- Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
- Recording: Kidd Candelario, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Owsley Stanley
- Artwork, package design: Masaki Koike
- Liner notes: Ray Robertson, The Owsley Stanley Foundation, David Lemieux
References
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