| Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It | ||||
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| Released | September 7, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | June 22, 24, 1973 May 17, 19, 21, 1974 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 234:30 | |||
| Label | Rhino(R2 572292) | |||
| Producer | Grateful Dead | |||
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Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It is a three-CD live album by the rock band theGrateful Dead. It contains songs recorded at various concerts in thePacific Northwest in 1973 and 1974. It was released on September 7, 2018. The songs on the album are excerpted from the 19-CD box setPacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings, which contains six complete shows and was released the same day.[1][2][3][4]
OnAllMusic, Fred Thomas wrote, "Culled from several shows taking place in the Pacific Northwest on summer tours of 1973 and 1974,Believe It If You Need It zeroes in on the Grateful Dead in a particularly playful and comfortable phase, with the Deadhead-populated region and the Dead's first taste of financial success giving their playing in this time a more carefree fluidity.... "Playing in the Band" from a 5/21/74 performance at the University of Washington in Seattle is nothing short of epic, even for the Dead.... Even with the odd presentation and occasional performance issues, this set captures the Dead in what would be a short-lived period of playful release, grappling with both sadness and success through some of their most free and searching playing."[5]
| Disc one | |||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded | Venue | Length |
| 1. | "China Cat Sunflower" → | Jerry Garcia,Robert Hunter | May 19, 1974 | Portland Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon | 8:38 |
| 2. | "I Know You Rider" | Traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead | 5:30 | ||
| 3. | "Bird Song" | Garcia, Hunter | June 22, 1973 | P.N.E. Coliseum Vancouver, British Columbia | 14:21 |
| 4. | "Box of Rain" | Phil Lesh, Hunter | June 24, 1973 | Portland Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon | 5:19 |
| 5. | "Brown-Eyed Women" | Garcia, Hunter | May 21, 1974 | Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington | 5:02 |
| 6. | "Truckin'" →[a] | Garcia, Lesh,Bob Weir, Hunter | May 19, 1974 | Portland Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon | 10:43 |
| 7. | "Jam" → | Grateful Dead | 9:58 | ||
| 8. | "Not Fade Away" → | Buddy Holly,Norman Petty | 6:56 | ||
| 9. | "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" | Traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead | 7:01 | ||
| 10. | "One More Saturday Night" | Weir | 4:51 | ||
| Disc two | |||||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded | Venue | Length |
| 1. | "Here Comes Sunshine" | Garcia, Hunter | June 22, 1973 | P.N.E. Coliseum Vancouver, British Columbia | 12:11 |
| 2. | "Eyes of the World" → | Garcia, Hunter | May 17, 1974 | 13:24 | |
| 3. | "China Doll" | Garcia, Hunter | May 21, 1974 | Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington | 5:33 |
| 4. | "Playing in the Band" | Weir,Mickey Hart, Hunter | 46:32 | ||
| Disc three | |||||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded | Venue | Length |
| 1. | "Sugaree" | Garcia, Hunter | May 17, 1974 | P.N.E. Coliseum Vancouver, British Columbia | 7:37 |
| 2. | "He's Gone" → | Garcia, Hunter | June 22, 1973 | 11:30 | |
| 3. | "Truckin'" → | Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter | 26:06 | ||
| 4. | "The Other One" → | Weir,Bill Kreutzmann | 15:43 | ||
| 5. | "Wharf Rat" → | Garcia, Hunter | 7:58 | ||
| 6. | "Sugar Magnolia" | Weir, Hunter | 9:53 | ||
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