Dead Set

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Dead Set
Live album by The Grateful Dead
Released	August, 1981
Recorded	September 25, 1980 - October 31, 1980
Genre	Rock
Length	73:51
Label	Arista
Producer(s)	Betty Cantor-Jackson, Jerry Garcia, Dan Healy
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The Music Box 12/04
The Grateful Dead chronology
Reckoning (1981)	Dead Set (1981)	In the Dark (1987)

Dead Set is a 1981 live album by the Grateful Dead.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 2006 bonus material, Disc two 3 Musical personnel 4 Recording dates 5 Charts

[edit] Track listing

1. "Samson and Delilah" (trad., arr. Weir) – 5:02
2. "Friend of the Devil" (Dawson, Hunter, Garcia) – 7:28
3. "New Minglewood Blues" (trad., arr. Weir) – 4:41
4. "Deal" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:36
5. "Candyman" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:15
6. "Little Red Rooster" (Dixon) – 4:31
7. "Loser" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:45
8. "Passenger" (Monk, Lesh) – 3:21
9. "Feel Like a Stranger" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:41
10. "Franklin's Tower" (Hunter, Garcia, Kreutzman) – 5:22
11. "Rhythm Devils" (Hart, Kreutzman) – 4:02
12. "Space" (Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, Mydland) – 2:29
    • Initially omitted from the CD release, included on 2006 remaster. Some CD releases include "Space" instead of "Rhythm Devils".
13. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hunter, Hart) – 6:30
14. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 4:04
15. "Brokedown Palace" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:42

[edit] 2006 bonus material, Disc two

1. "Let It Grow" (Barlow, Weir) – 9:38
2. "Sugaree" (HUnter, Garcia) – 9:51
3. "C.C. Rider" (trad., arr. Weir) – 7:17
4. "Row Jimmy" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:14
5. "Lazy Lightnin'" (Barlow, Weir) – 2:53
6. "Supplication" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:50
7. "High Time" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:40
8. "Jack Straw" (Hunter, Weir) – 6:17
9. "Shakedown Street" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:42
10. "Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 4:50

[edit] Musical personnel

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass guitar
• Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Mickey Hart - drums

[edit] Recording dates

Dead Set was recorded during the same shows as Reckoning. Although the individual recording dates are easier to determine, there are still some dates missing. The known dates are:

• "Deal", "Feel Like A Stranger" and "Not Fade Away" recorded at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco on October 4, 1980
• "Shakedown Street" recorded at Warfield Theatre on October 7, 1980
• "Samson And Delilah", "New Minglewood Blues" and "Jack Straw" recorded at Warfield Theatre on October 10, 1980
• "Loser" recorded at Warfield Theatre on October 11, 1980
• "C.C. Rider" and disc 2, tracks 5-6 recorded at Warfield Theatre on October 13, 1980
• "Franklin's Tower" recorded at Radio City Music Hall on October 25, 1980
• "Let It Grow" and "Sugaree" recorded at Radio City Music Hall on October 26, 1980
• "Friend Of The Devil" recorded at Radio City Music Hall, New York on October 27, 1980
• "Candyman" and "Little Red Rooster" recorded at Radio City Music Hall on October 29, 1980
• Disc 1, tracks 11-13 (including "Space") recorded at Radio City Music Hall on October 31, 1980

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Pop Albums	29

The Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia • Bob Weir • Vince Welnick • Phil Lesh • Bill Kreutzmann • Mickey Hart
Brent Mydland • Keith Godchaux • Donna Jean Godchaux • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan • Tom Constanten
Discography
Studio albums: The Grateful Dead | Anthem of the Sun | Aoxomoxoa | Workingman's Dead | American Beauty | Wake of the Flood | Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel | Blues for Allah | Terrapin Station | Shakedown Street | Go to Heaven | In the Dark | Built to Last
Live albums: Live/Dead | Grateful Dead | Europe '72 | History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) | Steal Your Face | Reckoning | Dead Set | Without a Net | One From the Vault | Infrared Roses | Two from the Vault | Hundred Year Hall | Dozin' at the Knick | Fallout from the Phil Zone | Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69 | Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead | View From The Vault, Volume One | View From The Vault, Volume Two | Nightfall of Diamonds | Grateful Dead Documentary | Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 | View from the Vault, Volume Three | Go to Nassau | The Closing of Winterland | Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead | The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack | Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 | Truckin' Up to Buffalo | Dicks Picks (36 Volumes) | Digital Download Series (12 Volumes)
Compilations/Box Sets: Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead | What a Long Strange Trip It's Been | Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977-1987) | The Arista Years | Selections from the Arista Years | So Many Roads (1965-1995) | The Golden Road (1965-1973) | Postcards of the Hanging | Birth of the Dead | The Very Best of the Grateful Dead | Beyond Description (1973-1989) | The Complete Fillmore West 1969 | Fillmore West 1969 | Grayfolded | Live at the Cow Palace |
Lyricists
Robert Hunter • John Perry Barlow • Gerrit Graham • Bobby Petersen
Spin-off Bands
Jerry Garcia Band • Ratdog • Phil Lesh and Friends • Rhythm Devils
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