Grateful Dead - 1974-02-22 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1974-02-22

Winterland Arena

San Francisco, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

Soundcheck:

01. Let It Grow

02. They Love Each Other

03. U.S. Blues

04. U.S. Blues

05. Attics Of My Life

06. It Must Have Been The Roses

07. Estimated Prophet Jam

1st Set:

01. U.S. Blues

02. Beat It On Down The Line

03. Brown Eyed Women

04. Mexicali Blues

05. It Must Have Been The Roses

06. Black Throated Wind

07. They Love Each Other

08. Big River

09. Loose Lucy

10. El Paso

11. Row Jimmy

12. Tico Tico

13. Playing In The Band

2nd Set:

01. Tennessee Jed

02. Me And My Uncle

03. Ship Of Fools

04. The Race Is On

05. China Cat Sunflower >

06. I Know You Rider

07. Truckin' >

08. Nobody's Fault But Mine >

09 Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad

3rd Set:

01. Tuning

02. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo

03. Promised Land

04. Brokedown Palace

05. Jack Straw

06. Eyes Of The World >

07. China Doll

08. Wharf Rat >

09. Sugar Magnolia

Encore:

01. Uncle John's Band

Grateful Dead - 1974-02-22 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

From October 16 to 20, 1974, the Grateful Dead played their "retirement shows" at Winterland, concerts that were immortalized in the Grateful Dead movie, released in 1977, and the soundtrack, a 5 CD set released in 2005.  Those shows were not just some of the best of the year, but also of the band's entire career.  In fact, talk to any Deadhead, and they might tell you that every show that year was "the best ever".  In addition to the October Winterland CDs, 4 of the Dick Pick's series, a Road Trip volume and 2 Dave's Pick's releases have all been dedicated to 1974.  The band introduced the Wall of Sound in 1974, an enormous concert speaker system designed to be distortion-free while serving as its own monitoring system. The Wall of Sound was the largest sound system developed up to that point with over 600 speakers that could unleash a total of 26,400 watts of audio power. Four tractor trailers and 21 crew members were required to haul and set up the 75-ton Wall. The system was so expensive that while the band came out of retirement in 1976, the Wall never did!  When the band started touring in 1974, however, with 3 shows at Winterland, the same venue where the year would end (providing a come full circle sense of closure), the Wall was not yet ready for prime time.  It wouldn't be introduced until a show at the Cow Palace on March 23.  With or without The Wall, the Dead were in peak form in 1974.  This soundboard recording captures show #1 from that year on February 22, 1974, 4 decades ago today.  Download this one now, then come back tomorrow and the next day for installments 2 and 3 of this Same Tour, Different Show entry.