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Here Comes Sunshine 1973

Grateful Dead

Initial release: 2023

Rhino Records

A 17 CD box set of five Grateful Dead shows from May and June 1973. The shows included are May 13 (Des Moines), May 20 (Santa Barbara), May 26 (San Francisco), and June 9 & 10 (Washington). The box set, which is limited to 10,000 copies, also includes a poster and a tenugui. The June 10, Washington show was also separately released at the same time as a 4 CD set.

Tracks

CD 1 (May 13, 1973):

  • Promised Land
  • Deal
  • Mexicali Blues
  • They Love Each Other
  • Box of Rain
  • Loser
  • Beat It On Down the Line
  • China Cat Sunflower >
  • I Know You Rider
  • El Paso
  • Row Jimmy
  • Me and My Uncle
  • Don't Ease Me In >
  • Around and Around
CD 2 (May 13, 1973):
  • Tennessee Jed
  • Big River
  • Bertha
  • Jack Straw
  • Sugaree
  • Looks Like Rain
  • Here Comes Sunshine
  • Playing in the Band
CD 3 (May 13, 1973):
  • Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
  • Greatest Story Ever Told
  • Brown-Eyed Women
  • Casey Jones
CD 4 (May 13, 1973):
  • He's Gone >
  • Truckin' >
  • Eyes of the World >
  • China Doll
  • Sugar Magnolia
CD 5 (May 20, 1973):
  • Bertha
  • Me and My Uncle
  • Box of Rain
  • Deal
  • Looks Like Rain
  • Tennessee Jed
  • The Race Is On
  • China Cat Sunflower >
  • I Know You Rider
  • Beat It On Down the Line
  • They Love Each Other
  • Playing in the Band
CD 6 (May 20, 1973):
  • Promised Land
  • Brown-Eyed Women
  • Mexicali Blues
  • Row Jimmy
  • Jack Straw
  • Big Railroad Blues
  • Greatest Story Ever Told
  • Here Comes Sunshine
  • Big River
  • Loser
  • El Paso
  • Casey Jones
CD 7 (May 20, 1973):
  • Truckin' >
  • Jam >
  • The Other One >
  • Eyes of the World >
  • Stella Blue
  • Sugar Magnolia
  • Johnny B. Goode
CD 8 (May 26, 1973):
  • Promised Land
  • Deal
  • Jack Straw
  • Tennessee Jed
  • The Race Is On
  • Sugaree
  • Mexicali Blues
  • Row Jimmy
  • Looks Like Rain
  • They Love Each Other
  • Playing in the Band
CD 9 (May 26, 1973):
  • Here Comes Sunshine
  • El Paso
  • Loser
  • Beat It On Down the Line
  • You Ain't Woman Enough
  • Box of Rain
  • China Cat Sunflower >
  • I Know You Rider
  • Big River
  • Bertha
  • Around and Around
  • Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
  • Me and My Uncle
CD 10 (May 26, 1973):
  • He's Gone >
  • Truckin' >
  • The Other One >
  • Eyes of the World >
  • China Doll
  • Sugar Magnolia
  • Casey Jones
CD 11 (June 9, 1973):
  • Promised Land
  • Deal
  • Looks Like Rain
  • They Love Each Other
  • Jack Straw
  • Loose Lucy
  • Mexicali Blues
  • Row Jimmy
  • El Paso
  • Box of Rain
  • Sugaree
  • Beat It On Down the Line
  • Tennessee Jed
CD 12 (June 9, 1973):
  • Greatest Story Ever Told
  • China Cat Sunflower >
  • I Know You Rider
  • He's Gone >
  • Truckin' >
  • Playing in the Band
CD 12 (June 9, 1973):
  • Loser
  • Me and My Uncle
  • Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
  • Big River
  • Eyes of the World >
  • China Doll
  • Sugar Magnolia
CD 14 (June 10, 1973):
  • Morning Dew
  • Beat It On Down the Line
  • Ramble On Rose
  • Jack Straw
  • Wave That Flag
  • Looks Like Rain
  • Box of Rain
  • They Love Each Other
  • The Race Is On
  • Row Jimmy
  • El Paso
CD 15 (June 10, 1973):
  • Bird Song
  • Playing in the Band
  • Eyes of the World >
  • Stella Blue
  • Big River
  • Here Comes Sunshine
CD 16 (June 10, 1973):
  • Around and Around
  • Dark Star >
  • He's Gone >
  • Wharf Rat >
  • Truckin'
  • Sugar Magnolia
CD 17 (June 10, 1973):
  • It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
  • That's All Right
  • Promised Land
  • Not Fade Away >
  • Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad >
  • Drums >
  • Not Fade Away
  • Johnny B. Goode
Musicians

  • Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
  • Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
  • Keith Godchaux - keyboards
  • Bill Kreutzmann - drums
  • Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
  • Bob Weir - guitar, vocals

  • Dickey Betts - guitar (June 10, set 3)
  • Merl Saunders - organ (June 10, set 3)
  • Butch Trucks - drums (June 10, set 3)
Credits

  • Producer - Grateful Dead
  • Producer for release - David Lemieux
  • Mastering - Jeffrey Norman
  • Recording - Kidd Candelario, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Owsley Stanley
  • Artwork, package design - Masaki Koike
  • Liner notes - Ray Robertson, The Owsley Stanley Foundation, David Lemieux
Notes

The five shows included in this box set are:

  • May 13, 1973, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa
  • May 20, 1973, Campus Stadium, Santa Barbara, California
  • May 26, 1973, Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California
  • June 9, 1973, Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C.
  • June 10, 1973, Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Related releases

The June 10, 1973 was also released as a 4 CD set:

For information about other releases that include music from this period see the 1973 section of the Dead by Date page.

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