The Closing of Winterland

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The Closing of Winterland
The Closing of Winterland cover
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released December, 2003
Recorded December 31, 1978
Genre Country rock, Folk-rock, Rock
Label Rhino Records
Producer(s) Jeffrey Norman
David Lemieux
Grateful Dead chronology
The Very Best of the Grateful Dead
(2003)		 The Closing of Winterland
(2003)		 Dick's Picks Volume 31
(2004)


The Closing of Winterland is a 4 CD soundtrack of the Grateful Dead's New Year's Eve show 1978. The concert was also released as a DVD. The title derives from the fact that it was the last concert in San Francisco's Winterland Arena which was shut down shortly thereafter. The Dead celebrated the Closing as an approximately five hour long party (complete with breakfast with the audience at dawn) and invited some guests including guitarist John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service and Ken Kesey as well as actor Dan Aykroyd who provided the midnight countdown.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc One

  1. "Sugar Magnolia" (Robert Hunter, Bob Weir) – 7:21
  2. "Scarlet Begonias" (Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 11:55
  3. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hunter, Mickey Hart) – 13:12
  4. "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:11
  5. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 7:05
  6. "Friend of the Devil" (John Dawson, Hunter, Garcia) – 10:48
  7. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) – 8:55
  8. "Stagger Lee" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:03
  9. "From the Heart of Me" (Donna Godchaux) – 3:49
  10. "Sunshine Daydream" (Hunter, Weir) – 3:15

[edit] Disc Two

  1. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arr. Weir) – 9:17
  2. "Ramble on Rose" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:35
  3. "I Need a Miracle" (John Barlow, Weir) – 11:19
  4. "Lady with a Fan" / "Terrapin Station" (Hunter, Garcia) – 12:23
  5. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 13:06

[edit] Disc Three

  1. "Rhythm Devils" (Hart, Bill Kreutzman) – 19:23
  2. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 19:34
  3. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 9:19

[edit] Disc Four

  1. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) – 12:05
  2. "The Other One" (Kreutzman, Weir) – 4:45
  3. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) – 1:15
  4. "Wharf Rat" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:00
  5. "Saint Stephen" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) – 7:52
  6. "Good Lovin'" (Artie Resnick, Rudy Clark) – 11:00
  7. "Casey Jones" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:17
  8. "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:42
  9. "And We Bid You Goodnight" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 1:30

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Grateful Dead

[edit] Guests

  • Bill Graham – master of ceremonies
  • Dan Aykroyd – midnight countdown
  • John Cipollina – guitar
  • Ken Kesey – thunder machine
  • Matthew Kelly – harmonica
  • Lee Oskar – harmonica
  • Greg Errico – drums

[edit] Production

  • Producers – David Lemieux, Jeffrey Norman
  • Mixing – Jeffrey Norman
  • Archival research – Eileen Law
  • Cover art – Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley
  • Photography – Ed Perlstein
  • Additional photography – Michael Zagaris, Steve Schneider
  • Package design & production – Robert Minkin
  • Liner notes – Gary Lambert, Glenn Lambert
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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 | Grayfolded | Hundred Year Hall | Dozin' at the Knick | Fallout from the Phil Zone | Terrapin Station (Limited Edition) | 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 | Postcards of the Hanging | Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 | View from the Vault, Volume Three | Go to Nassau | Birth of the Dead | View from the Vault, Volume Four | 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 | Fillmore West 1969 | Live at the Cow Palace | Dicks Picks (36 Volumes) | Digital Download Series (12 Volumes)
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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) | So Many Roads (1965-1995) Sampler | The Golden Road (1965-1973) | The Very Best of the Grateful Dead | Beyond Description (1973-1989) | The Complete Fillmore West 1969
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