Grateful Dead - 1974-05-12 - Reno NV (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1974-05-12

University of Nevada

Reno, NV

Soundboard recording

256 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01.  Promised Land

02.  Sugaree

03.  Mexicali Blues

04.  Tennessee Jed

05.  Jack Straw

06.  Brown Eyed Women

07.  Beat It On Down The Line

08.  China Cat Sunflower

09.  I Know You Rider

2nd Set:

01.  El Paso

02.  U.S. Blues

03.  Greatest Story Ever Told

04.  It Must Have Been the Roses

05.  Bobby McGee

06.  Deal

07.  Around And Around

08.  Mississippi Half-Step

3rd Set:

01.  Truckin' > 

02.  Nobody's Fault Jam > 

03.  The Other One > 

04.  Mind Left Body Jam > 

05.  Row Jimmy 

06.  Big River 

07.  Ship Of Fools

Encore: 

08.  Sugar Magnolia

Grateful Dead - 1974-05-12 - Reno NV (SBD)

Grateful Dead - 1970s: While I’m partial to 1977 as the Grateful Dead’s finest year, many will argue that 1974 was the band’s high point. That year, the Dead rolled out the Wall of Sound, 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. With the Wall Of Sound at their back, the Dead played several shows in 1974 that rank among their best ever, including July 31 at Dillon Stadium and August 6 at Roosevelt Stadium (both officially released), as well as June 23 in Miami. In addition, the Grateful Dead played their 5 “retirement” shows at Winterland in October 1974, immortalized in the Grateful Dead movie, though the band eventually would return to touring after 18 months away. This soundboard recording cpatures the Dead durng that historic year in Reno oN may 12, 1974, 42 years ago today.