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Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings presents the legendary 3-night run (June 7, 8, 9) that marked the band's triumphant return from one of the greatest tours in rock 'n' roll history. Winterland's relaxed atmosphere truly brings out the best as the guys deliver six inspired sets of free-flowing creativity and peak musicianship.
Completists rejoice -- 9 full discs, 68 tracks of prime time Dead! Experience all 3 shows from start-to-finish as every note from the analog masters has been brought back to distortion-free, pitch-perfect reality using Plangent Processes. Adding to the bliss, the restored audio has been lovingly mastered to HDCD by Jeffrey Norman.
Winterland June 1977 is the faithful companion to last year's standard-setting set, Winterland 1973. It features archival packaging, cover art by Emek, a 28-page booklet with an insightful essay by Rolling Stone's David Fricke, along with lots of amazing photos and a few surprises.
If anyone had any doubts back in 2006 when they first heard the news that Rhino Records was going to be the keeper of the key to the Grateful Dead’s vault of live recordings, they have to have gotten over them by now. Rhino has kept a steady, well-chosen stream of live Dead flowing (with archivist David Lemieux’s assistance and guidance) and their latest offering is one of the best since they took over the reins. Winterland, June 1977: The Complete Recordings is as advertised: a document of the Dead’s 3-night stand at their home base at the time, the fabled Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. And it is complete: 9 CDs take us from the opening “Bertha” on 6/7/77 to the rave-up closer “One More Saturday Night” on 6/9/77, warts and all.
The fact of the matter is, though, there aren’t that many warts. Even two nights’ retreats to “Funiculi, Funicula” while the crew scurries to correct equipment problems feel more like planned interludes than time-buying exercises. The band feels tight and in sync with each other for the entire run – and it doesn’t get any better than that.
MVP for the Winterland shows has to go to Keith Godchaux, his piano work was never in your face, but always there, oftentimes offering sure footing for the frontline of Garcia, Weir, and Lesh to tread safely upon while taking some chances. Godchaux was still providing a healthy challenge to Jerry Garcia’s lead guitar work at this point – inspiring him to dig into his Travis Bean and haul out new ideas every night. All in all, the Winterland, June 1977 shows find Godchaux to be every bit the rock ‘n’ roll pianist with a jazzbo heart … just what was needed at the time.
The Dead of this vintage weren’t so much the rainbow-goggled space travelers of their earlier years as they were a dance band; although make no mistake about it, boys and girls: they jammed. Oh, Lordy – did they ever. From night one’s “Scarlet>Fire>Good Lovin’” to the second night’s “Other One>Wharf Rat>Not Fade Away>Goin’ Down The Road>Johnny B. Goode” to the continuous 50-minute onslaught of the final set of the run (which includes a visit from St. Stephen) we find a band who was working the drama of the songs and exploring the grooves. Other highlights include a beautiful “Eyes of the World” that eases out of “Estimated Prophet” on 6/8; two (count ‘em: two) takes on the then-brand-new “Terrapin Station” to bookend the run; a blazing pass at “Passenger”; and a “Help>Slip>Franklin” that will remind you of just how good they were at what they did.
Debates will go on ‘til the end of time itself about when the Dead was at the peak of their powers. The Winterland box set makes a pretty damn good case for the summer of ‘77.
CD 1: Winterland, June 7, 1977
1. Bertha 7:34
2. Jack Straw 6:19
3. Tennessee Jed 9:25
4. Looks Like Rain 9:05
5. Peggy-O 10:13
6. Funiculi Funicula 3:06
7. El Paso 4:52
8. Friend of the Devil 8:42
9. The Music Never Stopped 7:20
CD 2: Winterland, June 7, 1977
1. Scarlet Begonias 10:11
2. Fire On The Mountain 9:03
3. Good Lovin' 7:29
4. Candyman 7:24
5. Estimated Prophet 8:48
6. He's Gone 14:47
7. Drums 3:01
CD 3: Winterland, June 7, 1977
1. Samson and Delilah 9:30
2. Terrapin Station 10:51
3. Morning Dew 13:15
4. Around and Around 9:14
5. Uncle John's Band 11:55
6. U.S. Blues 6:07
CD 4: Winterland, June 8, 1977
1. New Minglewood Blues 6:22
2. Sugaree 16:46
3. Mexicali Blues 3:55
4. Row Jimmy 10:34
5. Passenger 3:52
6. Sunrise 4:14
7. Brown-Eyed Women 5:47
8. It's All Over Now 8:57
9. Jack-A-Roe 7:19
10. Lazy Lightning 3:24
11. Supplication 5:46
CD 5: Winterland, June 8, 1977
1. Bertha 6:53
2. Good Lovin 6:04
3. Ramble On Rose 8:08
4. Estimated Prophet 9:42
5. Eyes of the World 19:20
6. Drums 4:05
CD 6: Winterland, June 8, 1977
1. The Other One 14:32
2. Wharf Rat 11:16
3. Not Fade Away 13:44
4. Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad 8:06
5. Johnny B. Goode 4:39
6. Brokedown Palace 7:53
CD 7: Winterland, June 9, 1977
1. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo 11:27
2. Jack Straw 6:06
3. They Love Each Other 7:33
4. Cassidy 5:41
5. Sunrise 4:14
6. Deal 5:48
7. Looks Like Rain 9:10
8. Loser 7:40
9. The Music Never Stopped 7:44
CD 8: Winterland, June 9, 1977
1. Samson and Delilah 7:39
2. Funiculi Funicula 2:25
3. Help On The Way 5:09
4. Slipknot! 9:00
5. Franklin's Tower 17:29
CD 9: Winterland, June 9, 1977
1. Estimated Prophet 11:36
2. Saint Stephen 5:30
3. Not Fade Away 6:29
4. Drums 4:22
5. Saint Stephen :51
6. Terrapin Station 11:10
7. Sugar Magnolia 9:25
8. U.S. Blues 6:08
9. One More Saturday Night 5:18
CD 10 BONUS DISC:
Chicago Auditorium Theater
May 12, 1977
1. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo 9:59
2. Dancing In The Street 13:56
3. Terrapin Station 10:25
4. Playing In The Band 8:18
5. Drums 4:09
6. Not Fade Away 14:11
7. Comes A Time 10:19
8. Playing In The Band 6:50
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