Grateful Dead Road Trips CD | Vol. 1 No. 1 – Fall ’79 (2007)

Released November 5, 2007, Grateful Dead – Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 1: Fall ’79 kicks off the acclaimed archival series with a fiery look at the band’s first tour featuring keyboardist Brent Mydland. Sourced from standout East Coast shows in New Haven (10/25), Uniondale (10/31), Philadelphia (11/6), Landover (11/8), Buffalo (11/9), and Ann Arbor (11/10), the collection captures the Dead reinventing themselves at the close of the 1970s.

Performance highlights include a rare Dancin’ in the Street → Franklin’s Tower, expansive journeys through Terrapin Station and Playing in the Band, and a powerful Morning Dew. The limited edition pressing adds a Bonus Disc drawn from Halloween and Capital Centre shows, featuring extended jams and deep cuts that make this one of the most rewarding entries in the Road Trips catalog.

Produced by David Lemieux and Blair Jackson, recorded by Dan Healy, and mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman, this set delivers peak late-’70s Dead with warmth and clarity.

Track Listing:
Disc One
Alabama Getaway → Promised Land (11/10/79 – Ann Arbor, MI)
Jack Straw → Deal (11/6/79 – Philadelphia, PA)
Dancing in the Street → Franklin’s Tower → Wharf Rat → I Need a Miracle → Bertha → Good Lovin’ (11/9/79 – Buffalo, NY)

Disc Two
Shakedown Street (10/25/79 – New Haven, CT)
Passenger (11/10/79 – Ann Arbor, MI)
Terrapin Station → Playing in the Band (11/6/79 – Philadelphia, PA)
Not Fade Away → Morning Dew (11/8/79 – Landover, MD)

Bonus Disc
China Cat Sunflower → I Know You Rider (10/31/79 – Uniondale, NY)
Lost Sailor → Saint of Circumstance → Jam (11/8/79 – Landover, MD)
Althea (10/31/79 – Uniondale, NY)
Estimated Prophet → Eyes of the World → Truckin’ → Wharf Rat (11/9/79 – Buffalo, NY)