Road Trips Volume 3 Number 1

Road Trips Volume 3 Number 1 is a two-CD live album by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. The ninth in their "Road Trips" series of albums, it was recorded on December 28, 1979, at the Oakland Auditorium in Oakland, California, and contains the complete show from that date. A third, bonus disc included with some copies of the album was recorded two nights later, December 30, 1979, at the same venue. The album was released on November 10, 2009.[1][5][6]

Road Trips Volume 3 Number 1
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 10, 2009
RecordedDecember 28, 1979
GenreRock
Length152:32
bonus disc: 78:53
LabelGrateful Dead
ProducerGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings
(2009)
Road Trips Volume 3 Number 1
(2009)
Road Trips Volume 3 Number 2
(2010)
Alternative cover
Road Trips Volume 3 Number 1 Bonus Disc
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
All About Jazz(favorable)[2]
The Music Box[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

Another Grateful Dead album that was recorded at the December 1979 run of concerts at the Oakland Auditorium is Dick's Picks Volume 5.

Track listing edit

Disc One edit

First set:

  1. "Sugaree" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 16:04
  2. "Mama Tried" > (Merle Haggard) – 2:26
  3. "Mexicali Blues" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 4:54
  4. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:15
  5. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) – 8:19
  6. "High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:02
  7. "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:51

Second set:

  1. "Alabama Getaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:06
  2. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 5:07

Disc Two edit

  1. "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:03
  2. "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 17:29
  3. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 7:36
  4. "Space" > (Grateful Dead) – 2:28
  5. "Uncle John's Band" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:34
  6. "I Need a Miracle" > (Weir, Barlow) – 4:05
  7. "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:31
  8. "Good Lovin'" (Artie Resnick, Rudy Clark) – 7:28

Encore:

  1. "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:14
  2. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:56

Bonus Disc edit

December 30, 1979:

  1. "New Minglewood Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 8:21
  2. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:56
  3. "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:44
  4. "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:27
  5. "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:54
  6. "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:24
  7. "Fire on the Mountain" > (Hart, Hunter) – 9:23
  8. "Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 10:10
  9. "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 7:21
  10. "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:11

Personnel edit

Grateful Dead edit

Production edit

  • Produced by Grateful Dead
  • Photos by Jay Blakesberg
  • Booklet essay by Steve Silberman

December 30, 1979 set list edit

The set list for the December 30, 1979 concert at the Oakland Auditorium Arena was:[7]

  • First set: "New Minglewood Blues"*, "Candyman"*, "Me and My Uncle" > "Big River", "Ramble On Rose"*, "Lazy Lightnin'"* > "Supplication"*, "Deal"
  • Second set: "Scarlet Begonias"* > "Fire on the Mountain"*, "Let It Grow"* > "Drums" > "Space" > "Truckin'"* > "Wharf Rat"* > "Around & Around" > "Johnny B. Goode"
  • Encore: "Don't Ease Me In", "Brokedown Palace"

* Included in the Road Trips Volume 3 Number 1 bonus disc

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Ruhlman, William. "Road Trips, Vol. 3, No. 1: Oakland 12-28-79". AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Collette, Doug. Road Trips Volume 3 Number 1 at All About Jazz
  3. ^ Metzger, John. Road Trips Volume 3 Number 1, The Music Box, June 2010
  4. ^ The Grateful Dead Album Guide Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine, Rolling Stone
  5. ^ Jackson, Blair. Road Trips Volume 3 Number 1 at dead.net
  6. ^ Road Trips Volume 3 Number 1 at the Grateful Dead Family Discography
  7. ^ Scott, John W.; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. (1999). DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists. Cornish, NH: DeadBase. p. 46. ISBN 1-877657-22-0.