From The Mars Hotel (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) includes the Dead’s nearly complete, previously unreleased show from May 12, 1974, at the University of Nevada in Reno, playing an outdoor football stadium during a huge wind storm. The classic performance features all of the highs you expect from the Grateful Dead at this time: a huge “China Cat Sunflower” > “I Know You Rider,” From The Mars Hotel tunes including “U.S. Blues” an “Ship Of Fools,” a second set jam featuring one of those versions of “The Other One,” and plenty of classic Dead such as “Brown-Eyed Women,” “Tennessee Jed,” “Mississippi Half-Step,” “Truckin',” “Sugar Magnolia,” and so many more great songs from their entire career. This is prime Wall Of Sound era Grateful Dead, from the sound system's first-ever road show. Coming on the heels of the Dead's two months in the studio recording Mars Hotel, it was an exceptionally exciting time in Grateful Dead world, even by their lofty standards.
From The Mars Hotel (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Disc 1
U.S. Blues
China Doll
Unbroken Chain
Loose Lucy
Scarlet Begonias
Pride Of Cucamonga
Money Money
Ship Of Fools
-Bonus Tracks-
China Doll (Demo)
Wave That Flag (Demo)
Disc 2
-Live From The University Of Nevada-Reno, 5/12/74-
Sugaree
Mexicali Blues
Tennessee Jed
Jack Straw
Brown-Eyed Women
Beat It On Down The Line
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
El Paso
U.S. Blues
Greatest Story Ever Told
It Must Have Been The Roses
Me And Bobby McGee
Disc 3
-Live From The University Of Nevada-Reno, 5/12/74-
Deal
Around And Around
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
Truckin'>
The Other One>
Row Jimmy
Big River
Ship Of Fools
Sugar Magnolia