''Houston, Texas 11-18-1972'' is a live album by the rock band the
Grateful Dead. It was recorded on November 18, 1972, at
Hofheinz Pavilion
The Fertitta Center, formerly known as Hofheinz Pavilion, is a 7,100-seat multi-purpose arena on the University of Houston campus in Houston. Located at 3875 Holman Street, it is home to the Houston Cougars men's and women's basketball teams and ...
in
Houston, Texas, and includes most of the second set of the concert. It was produced as a
CD, and also as a limited edition, two-disc
vinyl LP
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, and was released by
Rhino Records
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on November 28, 2014, in conjunction with
Record Store Day Black Friday.
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Track listing
CD
The track listing for the CD is:
#"Bertha" ( Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 5:53
#"Greatest Story Ever Told" ( Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 5:04
#"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:05
#"Jack Straw
John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary ...
" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:47
#"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:43
#"Playing in the Band
"Playing in the Band" is a Grateful Dead song. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir composed the music, with some assistance from percussionist Mickey Hart. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the s ...
" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 25:49
#"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:45
#" Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:45
LP
On the vinyl album the songs are in a slightly different order:
:Side A
#"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:53
#"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:04
#"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:43
:Side B
#"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:05
#"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:47
:Side C
#"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 25:49
:Side D
#"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:45
#"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:45
Personnel
;Grateful Dead
* Jerry Garcia – guitar
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, vocals
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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
*Keith Godchaux
Keith Richard Godchaux (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) was a pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979.
Biography
Godchaux was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Concord, California ...
– keyboards
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* Musi ...
*Bill Kreutzmann
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– drums
* Phil Lesh – electric bass
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, vocals
* Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
;Production
*Produced by Grateful Dead
*Original recordings produced by Owsley Stanley
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*Produced for release by David Lemieux
*Executive producer: Mark Pinkus
*Associate producers: Doran Tyson, Ivette Ramos
*Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
*Cover illustration: Gary Houston
*Art direction, design: Steve Vance
Concert set list
The set list for the November 18, 1972 concert at Hofheinz Pavilion was:[
*''First set:'' "]Promised Land
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", "Sugaree
"Sugaree" is a song written by long-time Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by guitarist Jerry Garcia. It was written for Jerry Garcia's first solo album '' Garcia'', which was released in January 1972. As with the songs on the re ...
", "Mexicali Blues", "Loser", "Black Throated Wind", "Tennessee Jed", "El Paso
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", "Big Railroad Blues", "Box of Rain
"Box of Rain" is a song by the Grateful Dead, from their 1970 album '' American Beauty''. The song was composed by bassist Phil Lesh and lyricist Robert Hunter, and sung by Lesh. In later years, the song was a favorite and the crowd would sho ...
", "China Cat Sunflower
"China Cat Sunflower" is a song performed by the Grateful Dead which was first recorded for their third studio album ''Aoxomoxoa''. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music composed by Jerry Garcia. The song was typically sung by J ...
"> "I Know You Rider
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", "Beat It On Down the Line", "Brown Eyed Women", "Around and Around
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Cover versions
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stone ...
", "Casey Jones
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Jones was a locomotive engineer for the Illinois C ...
"
*''Second set:'' "Bertha"> /sup> "Greatest Story Ever Told", /sup> "He's Gone", /sup> "Jack Straw
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", /sup> "Deal", /sup> "Playing in the Band
"Playing in the Band" is a Grateful Dead song. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir composed the music, with some assistance from percussionist Mickey Hart. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the s ...
", /sup> "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo", /sup> " Sugar Magnolia", /sup> " One More Saturday Night"
*''Encore:'' "Uncle John's Band
"Uncle John's Band" is a song by the Grateful Dead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album '' Workingman's Dead''. Written by guitarist Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter, "U ...
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: /sup> Included in ''Houston, Texas 11-18-1972''
References
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Grateful Dead live albums
Record Store Day releases
Rhino Entertainment live albums
2014 live albums