| Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | March 21, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | February 14, 1968 (principal recording) January–February, 1968 (bonus tracks) | |||
| Genre | Rock,jam | |||
| Length | 156:48 bonus disc: 77:57 | |||
| Label | Grateful Dead | |||
| Producer | Grateful Dead | |||
| Grateful Dead chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 Bonus Disc | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | (favorable)[1] |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Best Of Website | (A+)[3] |
| The Music Box |  [4] |
Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 is a two-CD live album by the American rock band theGrateful Dead. The sixth in their "Road Trips" series of albums, it was the first to contain a complete concert—the February 14, 1968, show at the Carousel Ballroom (later known asthe Fillmore West) inSan Francisco, California. Bonus material on Disc 1, as well as the bonus disc offered to early purchasers, comes from the Grateful Dead andQuicksilver Messenger Service "Tour of the Great Pacific Northwest", immediately preceding the Carousel Ballroom show. The album was released on March 21, 2009.[5][6]
Although the Valentine's Day show at the Carousel was not the first rock concert there, it was the first show under the management auspices of the Dead, Quicksilver andJefferson Airplane, who had leased the venue to compete with the Avalon Ballroom andBill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium. Thus, the show was billed as the "Grand Opening". The Grateful Dead shared the bill withCountry Joe and the Fish. The cover ofRoad Trips Volume 2 Number 2 incorporates artwork byStanley Mouse that was used in the poster promoting the concert.
Live material from this show, along with recordings of other concerts from the same era, was used in the creation ofAnthem of the Sun, a Dead album that is an amalgam of studio and live material.[2]
The seven tracks from Seattle are believed to have been mislabeled. The show actually occurred on January 27, 1968, not January 23.
Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 contains two performances of "Dark Star" — one from the February 14, 1968 concert at the Carousel Ballroom, and one from February 2, 1968, at theCrystal Ballroom inPortland, Oregon. A third performance of the song, from theEagles Auditorium inSeattle, Washington, is included on the bonus disc.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew" | Bonnie Dobson,Tim Rose | 6:30 |
| 2. | "Good Morning Little School Girl" | Sonny Boy Williamson | 12:35 |
| 3. | "Dark Star →" | Jerry Garcia,Mickey Hart,Bill Kreutzmann,Phil Lesh,Ron "Pigpen" McKernan,Bob Weir,Robert Hunter | 6:10 |
| 4. | "China Cat Sunflower →" | Garcia, Hunter | 4:25 |
| 5. | "The Eleven →" | Lesh, Hunter | 5:15 |
| 6. | "Turn On Your Love Light" | Joe Scott,Deadric Malone | 9:02 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date and venue | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Viola Lee Blues" | Noah Lewis | 1/20/68,Eureka Municipal Auditorium | 20:38 |
| 8. | "Beat It On Down the Line" | Jesse Fuller | 1/23/68,Eagles Auditorium Building | 3:38 |
| 9. | "It Hurts Me Too" | Elmore James | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 4:20 |
| 10. | "Dark Star" | Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter | 2/2/68,Crystal Ballroom | 6:40 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "That's It for the Other One →
| Garcia Weir, Kreutzmann Garcia | 9:30 |
| 2. | "New Potato Caboose →" | Lesh, Robert Petersen | 8:48 |
| 3. | "Born Cross-Eyed →" | Weir | 2:38 |
| 4. | "Spanish Jam" | Grateful Dead | 12:28 |
| 5. | "Alligator →" | Lesh, McKernan, Hunter | 14:30 |
| 6. | "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) →" | Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir | 10:00 |
| 7. | "Feedback" | Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir | 6:10 |
| 8. | "In the Midnight Hour(Encore)" | Steve Cropper,Wilson Pickett | 10:35 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date and venue | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Viola Lee Blues" | Noah Lewis | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 22:46 |
| 2. | "Good Morning Little School Girl" | Sonny Boy Williamson | 1/20/68, Eureka Municipal Auditorium | 12:14 |
| 3. | "New Potato Caboose" | Lesh, Petersen | 1/30/68,Erb Memorial Union | 12:40 |
| 4. | "Dark Star →" | Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 7:45 |
| 5. | "China Cat Sunflower →" | Garcia, Hunter | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 5:08 |
| 6. | "The Eleven" | Hunter, Lesh | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 6:00 |
| 7. | "Turn On Your Love Light" | Scott, Malone | 1/23/68, Eagles Auditorium Building | 12:55 |
