''Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2'' is a two-CD live album by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. The sixth in their "Road Trips" series of albums, it was the first to contain a complete concert—the February 14, 1968, show at the Carousel Ballroom (later known as the Fillmore West) in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

. Bonus material on Disc 1, as well as the bonus disc offered to early purchasers, comes from the Grateful Dead and

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"Tour of the Great Pacific Northwest", immediately preceding the Carousel Ballroom show. The album was released on March 21, 2009.

The Carousel & Seattle concerts

Although the Valentine's Day show at the Carousel was not the first rock concert there, it was the first show under the management auspices of the Dead, Quicksilver and Jefferson Airplane, who had leased the venue to compete with the Avalon Ballroom and Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium. Thus, the show was billed as the "Grand Opening". The Grateful Dead shared the bill with Country Joe and the Fish. The cover of ''Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2'' incorporates artwork by

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that was used in the poster promoting the concert. Live material from this show, along with recordings of other concerts from the same era, was used in the creation of ''

Anthem of the Sun ''Anthem of the Sun'' is the second album by rock band the Grateful Dead, released in 1968 on Warner Bros/Seven Arts. It is the first album to feature second drummer Mickey Hart. The band was also joined by Tom Constanten, who contributed avant ...

'', a Dead album that is an amalgam of studio and live material. The seven tracks from Seattle are believed to have been mislabeled. The show actually occurred on January 27, 1968, not January 23.

Dark Star

''Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2'' contains two performances of " Dark Star" — one from the February 14, 1968 concert at the Carousel Ballroom, and one from February 2, 1968, at the Crystal Ballroom in

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. A third performance of the song, from the Eagles Auditorium in

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, is included on the bonus disc.

Track listing

Disc one

''First set:'' ''Bonus material, January–February 1968''

Disc two

''Second set:'' #" That's It for the Other One" – 9:30 → #*"Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) #*"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) #*"Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) #"New Potato Caboose" (Lesh, Robert Petersen) – 8:48 → #"

Born Cross-Eyed "Born Cross-Eyed" is an original composition by the San Francisco psychedelic rock group the Grateful Dead. It was written by rhythm guitarist Bob Weir during the band's sessions creating the album ''Anthem of the Sun'', produced by David Hassing ...

" (Weir) – 2:38 → #"Spanish Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 12:28 #"Alligator" (Lesh, McKernan, Hunter) – 14:30 → #"Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) – 10:00 → #"Feedback" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) – 6:10 ''Encore:'' #

" In the Midnight Hour" ( Steve Cropper,

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) – 10:35

Bonus disc

''Bonus material, January 1968:'' #"Viola Lee Blues" (Noah Lewis) (1/23/68 Seattle, WA) – 22:46 #" Good Morning Little School Girl" (Sonny Boy Williamson) (1/20/68 Eureka, CA) – 12:14 #"New Potato Caboose" (Lesh, Petersen) (1/30/68 Eugene, OR) – 12:40 #" Dark Star" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) (1/23/68 Seattle, WA) – 7:45 → #"

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 ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) (1/23/68 Seattle, WA) – 5:08 → #"

The Eleven ''Live/Dead'' is the first official live album released by the rock band Grateful Dead. Recorded over a series of concerts in early 1969 and released later the same year, it was the first live rock album to use 16-track recording. In 2005 the tr ...

" (Hunter, Lesh) (1/23/68 Seattle, WA) – 6:00 #"

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" (Scott, Malone) (1/23/68 Seattle, WA) – 12:55

Personnel

Musicians

* Jerry Garcia –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featu ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

* Mickey Hart – drums *

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

– drums * Phil Lesh –

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

, vocals *

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. McKernan grew up he ...

– organ, vocals * Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals

Production

* Produced by Grateful Dead * Compilation produced by David Lemieux and Blair Jackson * Recorded by Dan Healy * CD Mastering by Jeffrey Norman at Garage Audio Mastering, Petaluma CA * Audio Restoration by Jamie Howarth / Plangent Processes * Cover art by Scott McDougall * Original Poster by

* Photo by Ted Streshinsky * Package design by Steve Vance * Special Thanks to Matt Smith

References

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