Live at Hampton Coliseum

Live at Hampton Coliseum is an album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on May 4, 1979, at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. Produced as a two-disc vinyl LP, in a limited edition of 7,900 numbered copies, it was released on April 19, 2014, in conjunction with Record Store Day.[1][2][3]

Live at Hampton Coliseum
Red, blue, and black drawing of a skeletal hand holding a ticket, with Hampton Coliseum in the background
Live album by
ReleasedApril 19, 2014
RecordedMay 4, 1979
GenreRock
LabelRhino
ProducerGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dave's Picks Volume 9
(2014)
Live at Hampton Coliseum
(2014)
Dave's Picks Volume 10
(2014)

The May 4, 1979 concert was the band's first show at Hampton Coliseum, and their third with then-new keyboardist Brent Mydland.[4]

Track listing edit

Side one
  1. "Loser" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:39
  2. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:14
  3. "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:20
  4. "Passenger" (Phil Lesh, Peter Monk) – 5:36
Side two
  1. "I Need a Miracle" (Bob Weir, John Barlow) – 4:26
  2. "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:26
  3. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 6:51
  4. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:36
Side three
  1. "Estimated Prophet" (Weir, Barlow) – 12:24
  2. "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:21
Side four
  1. "Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 8:14
  2. "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:39
  3. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 7:20

Personnel edit

Grateful Dead
Production
  • Produced by Grateful Dead
  • Produced for release by David Lemieux
  • Executive producer: Mark Pinkus
  • Associate producers: Doran Tyson, Ryan Wilson
  • LP mastering: Jeffrey Norman
  • Lacquers cut by: Chris Bellman
  • Recording: Dan Healy
  • Illustrations: Kyle Field
  • Photography: James R. Anderson
  • Art direction, design: Jonathan Lane

Concert set list edit

The complete set list for the May 4, 1979 concert at Hampton Coliseum was:[5]

  • First set: "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" > "Franklin's Tower", "Mama Tried" > "Mexicali Blues", "Candyman", "Lazy Lightning" > "Supplication", "Loser"*, "New Minglewood Blues"*, "Don't Ease Me In"*, "Passenger"*
  • Second set: "I Need a Miracle"* > "Bertha"* > "Good Lovin'"*, "Ship of Fools"*, "Estimated Prophet"* > "Eyes Of The World"* > "Drums" > "Space" > "Truckin'"* > "Stella Blue"* > "Around and Around"*

* Included in Live at Hampton Coliseum

References edit

  1. ^ "Grateful Dead: Live at Hampton Coliseum, Record Store Day. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  2. ^ Live at Hampton Coliseum at the Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  3. ^ Ryan, Patrick (April 15, 2014). "As Vinyl Sales Rise, Record Store Day Plays It Forward", USA Today. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  4. ^ "Record Store Day: Grateful Dead Live at Hampton Coliseum", JamBase, March 20, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  5. ^ Scott, John W.; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. (1999). DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists. Cornish, NH: DeadBase. p. 44. ISBN 1-877657-22-0.