Road Trips: Vol 2, Number 2: February 14, 1968, Carousel Ballroom

Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead / Rhino

A two CD release of live music from the Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco on February 14, 1968. The set includes 4 bonus tracks from shows in January and February 1968. A third bonus CD, with music from Grateful Dead shows in January 1968, was included with early copies of this release. This is the sixth release in the Road Trips series.

Tracks

CD 1: 2/14/68;

• Morning Dew
• Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
• Dark Star>
• China Cat Sunflower>
• The Eleven>
• Turn On Your Lovelight
  
  Bonus tracks from Jan/Feb 1968;
• Viola Lee Blues
• Beat It On Down the Line
• It Hurts Me Too
• Dark Star

• That's It For The Other One>
  i. Cryptical Envelopment
  ii. The Other One
  iii. Cryptical Envelopment
• New Potato Caboose>
• Born Cross-Eyed>
• Spanish Jam
• Alligator>
• Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)>
• Feedback
• In The Midnight Hour

• Viola Lee Blues
• Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
• New Potato Caboose
• Dark Star>
• China Cat Sunflower>
• The Eleven
• Turn On Your Lovelight

• Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
• Mickey Hart - drums
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - organ, harmonica, vocals
• Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals

• Producer - Grateful Dead
• Compilation producer - David Lemieux, Blair Jackson
• Recording - Dan Healy
• CD mastering - Jeffrey Norman
• Audio restoration - Jamie Howarth
• Cover art - Scott McDougall
• Original poster - Stanley Mouse
• Photo - Ted Streshinsky
• Package design - Steve Vance
• Special thanks - Matt Smith
• CD booklet essay - Blair Jackson

The tracks on this release are from the following shows.

CD 1;

• Morning Dew - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• Dark Star> - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• China Cat Sunflower> - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• The Eleven> - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• Turn On Your Lovelight - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• Viola Lee Blues - 1/20/68, Eureka
• Beat It On Down the Line - 1/23/68, Seattle
• Hurts Me Too - 1/23/68, Seattle
• Dark Star - 2/2/68, Portland

• That's It For The Other One> - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
  i. Cryptical Envelopment - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
  ii. The Other One - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
  iii. Cryptical Envelopment - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• New Potato Caboose> - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• Born Cross-Eyed> - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• Spanish Jam - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• Alligator> - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)> - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• Feedback - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco
• In The Midnight Hour - 2/14/68 Carousel, San Francisco

• Viola Lee Blues - 1/23/68, Seattle
• Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - 1/20/68, Eureka
• New Potato Caboose - 1/30/68, Eugene
• Dark Star> - 1/23/68, Seattle
• China Cat Sunflower> - 1/23/68, Seattle
• The Eleven - 1/23/68, Seattle
• Turn On Your Lovelight - 1/23/68, Seattle

For information about other releases that include music from this period see the 1968 section of the Dead by Date page.