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Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71

Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71 is a live album by the Grateful Dead. As the title suggests, it was recorded at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri on December 10, 1971. It was released as a three-disc CD and digitally on October 1, 2021, and as a five-disc LP on November 19, 2021.[2][3][4][5]

Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71
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Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedOctober 1, 2021
RecordedDecember 10, 1971
VenueFox Theatre
GenrePsychedelic rock[1]
Length183:37
LabelRhino
ProducerGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dave's Picks Volume 39
(2021) 		Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71
(2021) 		Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73
(2021)

The same recording was released on October 8, 2021, as part of the seven-concert, 20-CD box set Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73.

At the December 10, 1971 concert, and at the other shows on this tour, the opening act was the New Riders of the Purple Sage.[6]

Track listing edit

Disc 1

First set:
  1. "Bertha" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 6:32
  2. "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:48
  3. "Mr. Charlie" (Ron McKernan, Hunter) – 4:25
  4. "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:22
  5. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:49
  6. "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:49
  7. "Jack Straw" (Bob Weir, Hunter) – 5:30
  8. "Next Time You See Me" (Bill Harvey, Earl Forest) – 4:37
  9. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:43
  10. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:56
  11. "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:12
  12. "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:42

Disc 2

Second set:
  1. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 22:12
  2. "Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:06
  3. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 6:57
  4. "Run Rudolph Run" (Johnny Marks, Marvin Brodie, Chuck Berry) – 3:39
  5. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50
  6. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:54
  7. "Comes a Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:41

Disc 3

  1. "Truckin'" (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 8:09
  2. "Drums" (Bill Kreutzmann) – 3:21
  3. "The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 13:13
  4. "Sittin' On Top of the World" (Lonnie Carter, Walter Jacobs) – 3:10
  5. "The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 6:02
  6. "Not Fade Away" (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 5:58
  7. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:13
  8. "Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 3:59
Encore:
  2. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:52

Personnel edit

Grateful Dead

Production

  • Produced by Grateful Dead
  • Produced for release by David Lemieux
  • Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
  • Recording: Rex Jackson
  • Tape restoration and speed correction: Jamie Howarth, John Chester
  • Art direction: Rory Wilson, Liane Plant
  • Original art: Liane Plant
  • Package design: Rory Wilson
  • Photos: Bob Marks
  • Liner notes: Nicholas G. Meriwether

Charts edit

Chart performance for Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[7] 8

References edit

  1. ^ Collette, Doug (December 25, 2021). "Grateful Dead: Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO (12/10/71)". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  2. ^ Rowe, M A (July 20, 2021). "Grateful Dead – Fox Theater, St. Louis, MO 12/10/71 on 5LP and 3CD Sets". MusicTAP. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  3. ^ Blistein, Jon (July 21, 2021). "Grateful Dead to Collect Early Seventies St. Louis Shows in New Set 'Listen to the River'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 21, 2021 – via Yahoo Entertainment.
  4. ^ Bernstein, Scott (July 21, 2021). "Grateful Dead Details 'Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73' Box Set". JamBase. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  5. ^ Friedlander, Matt (July 21, 2021). "The Grateful Dead Releasing 20-CD Box Set Featuring Seven Early-'70s Concerts in St. Louis". ABC Audio. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  6. ^ Scott, John W.; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. (1999). DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists. Cornish, NH: DeadBase. p. 23. ISBN 1-877657-22-0.
  7. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2021. 40. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
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