Dead Set

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Dead Set
Dead Set cover
Live album by the Grateful Dead
Released August 26, 1981
Recorded September 25 – October 31, 1980
Genre Rock
Length 73:51
Label Arista
Producer Dan Healy
Jerry Garcia
Betty Cantor-Jackson
Professional reviews
Grateful Dead chronology
Reckoning
(1981)		 Dead Set
(1981)		 In the Dark
(1987)

Dead Set is a live album by the Grateful Dead. It was released in August of 1981 on Arista.

The album contains live material recorded between September and October 1980 in a variety of venues.[1] Most CD pressings omitted the track "Space" so the entire album could fit on one CD.[1] However, the album was later rereleased as part of the Beyond Description boxset, as well as an individual CD in 2004 and 2006, respectively. Both of these recordings included "Space". The 2006 release included a bonus CD of live material, also.

Reckoning is essentially the acoustic brother of Dead Set; both of the albums come from the same recorded concerts. It was originally intended for both of the albums to be one double record set, but due to the lengthiness of many of the Grateful Dead's electric tunes, it was decided to separately release the material.[1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Samson and Delilah" (trad., arr. Bob Weir) – 5:02
  2. "Friend of the Devil" (Dawson, Robert Hunter, Jerry 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, Phil Lesh) – 3:21
  9. "Feel Like a Stranger" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:41
  10. "Franklin's Tower" (Hunter, Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann) – 5:22
  11. "Rhythm Devils" (Mickey Hart, Kreutzmann) – 4:02
  12. "Space" (Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Brent Mydland) – 2:29
  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] Disc two (2006 bonus material)

  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] Personnel

[edit] Grateful Dead

[edit] Production

  • Dan Healy – producer
  • Jerry Garcia – producer
  • Betty Cantor-Jackson – producer
  • Joe Gastwirt – digital remastering
  • Don Pearson – engineering
  • John Cutler – engineering
  • Dennis Leonard – engineering
  • Dennis Larkins – cover illustration
  • John Werner – centerfold photography
  • Jim Welch – album jacket production

[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

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Grateful Dead Family Discography – Dead Set (htm). Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved on 2007-02-05.

[edit] External links

  • Dead.net, the official homepage of the Grateful Dead.
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