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Grateful Dead – Sunshine Daydream, Veneta, OR, 8/27/72 (4-CD & DVD)

$ 39.95
$ 39.95
Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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The Veneta show exists in a special category of Dead lore, the kind of recording that circulated on cassette for decades before most fans even knew what they were hearing. Coming just months after the Europe '72 tour that produced one of the band's most beloved official releases, the Dead arrived in Oregon at an absolute peak, road-hardened and loose, playing for old friends in a setting that stripped away any pretense of a conventional concert.

On August 27, 1972, fresh off their now-legendary European tour, the Grateful Dead traveled to Veneta, Oregon and reunited with the Merry Pranksters to throw a benefit concert for the Kesey family's Springfield Creamery. The show was recorded and filmed but never officially released for decades — and in the years since, it became the most-requested live show in Grateful Dead history.

The setlist is a masterclass in peak-era Dead, moving from the opening "Promised Land" through fan favorites like "China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider," "Playing in the Band," and "Bird Song," before culminating in a soaring "Dark Star" deep into the second set. On a sweltering Oregon afternoon, the band played like they had something to prove — and delivered one of the finest performances of their career.

Tracklist

CD 1

CD1-1. Introduction (4:01)
CD1-2. Promised Land (3:24)
CD1-3. Sugaree (7:30)
CD1-4. Me And My Uncle (3:16)
CD1-5. Deal (4:55)
CD1-6. Black-Throated Wind (7:01)
CD1-7. China Cat Sunflower (7:58)
CD1-8. I Know You Rider (7:03)
CD1-9. Mexicali Blues (3:49)
CD1-10. Bertha (5:59)

CD 2

CD2-1. Playing In The Band (19:57)
CD2-2. He's Gone (9:32)
CD2-3. Jack Straw (5:06)
CD2-4. Bird Song (13:17)
CD2-5. Greatest Story Ever Told (5:36)

CD 3

CD3-1. Dark Star (31:28)
CD3-2. El Paso (5:04)
CD3-3. Sing Me Back Home (10:51)
CD3-4. Sugar Magnolia (8:45)
CD3-5. Casey Jones (6:25)
CD3-6. One More Saturday Night (5:03)

DVD

DVD-1. Promised Land
DVD-2. China Cat Sunflower
DVD-3. I Know You Rider
DVD-4. Jack Straw
DVD-5. Bird Song
DVD-6. Dark Star
DVD-7. El Paso
DVD-8. Sing Me Back Home
DVD-9. Greatest Story Ever Told

UPC: 081227965013
Label: Warner Bros. UK
Release Date: 10.7.13
Format: CD