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. It was produced as a limited edition of 14,000 numbered copies, and was released on February 1, 2014. The album documents the only concert performed by the Grateful Dead in Montana.

Critical reception

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wrote, "on this era-epitomizing set, recorded at the University of Montana, he Grateful Dead areon point. Jerry Garcia's wah-wah and

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's Fender Rhodes pull jams into

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, Milo Miles said, "this does seem like an exceptional Grateful Dead gig. Many even very strong Dead shows have a period where the band's impulses get out of sync and the momentum gets lost for a few, or quite a few, minutes. That doesn't happen here, even in the extended "Weather Report Suite" that incorporates " Dark Star" and "China Doll." Just as surprising, keyboardist

and his wife, singer Donna, are at their most precise and restrained; their ability to enrich the band's sound is evident." On

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, Fred Thomas wrote, "Saying the band was deep into one of its jammier phases would be a tremendous understatement, with the set list getting into exploratory versions of crowd favorites like "

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" as well as a stunning rendition of "Weather Report Suite" that blurs into a particularly epic "Dark Star", as well as some of the most jazz-influenced playing the Dead would branch into that year on "

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Track listing

;Disc 1 :''First set:'' #"Bertha" ( Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 6:15 #" Me and My Uncle" ( John Phillips) – 3:15 #"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:39 #"

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) – 6:52 #" Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:21 #"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:44 #"

" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:18 #"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:18 #" Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:39 #"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:46 ;Disc 2 #" Big River" ( Johnny Cash) – 5:21 #"Brown-Eyed Woman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:13 #"

" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 20:49 :''Second set:'' #

"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:48 #"

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) – 4:44 #"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:52 ;Disc 3 #"Weather Report Suite" – 16:08 #*"Prelude" (Weir) #*"Part I" (Weir,

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) #*"Part II (Let It Grow)" (Weir, Barlow) #" Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart,

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, Phil Lesh,

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, Weir, Hunter) – 26:39 #"China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:52 #"

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, Charles Hardin) – 6:15 #"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 9:58 :''Encore:'' #

" One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:50

Personnel

;Grateful Dead * Jerry Garcia –

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Donna Jean Godchaux Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay (born August 22, 1947) is an American singer who was a member of the Grateful Dead from 1972 until 1979. Biography Donna Jean Thatcher was born in Florence, Alabama. Prior to 1970, she had worked as a sessi ...

– vocals *

– keyboards *

– drums * Phil Lesh –

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, vocals * Bob Weir – guitar, vocals ;Production *Produced by Grateful Dead *Produced for release by David Lemieux *Executive producer: Mark Pinkus *Associate producers: Doran Tyson, Ryan Wilson *Mastering: Jeffrey Norman *Recording: Kidd Candelario *Art direction, design: Steve Vance *Cover art: Tony Millionaire *Tape research: Michael Wesley Johnson *Archival research: Nicholas Merriwether *Photography: John Conroy, Richard Pechner *Liner notes: David Lemieux

References

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