''Road Trips Volume 3 Number 4'' is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. The 12th of the ''Road Trips'' series of archival releases, it was recorded on May 6, 1980, at Recreation Hall, Pennsylvania State University,

State College, Pennsylvania State College is a home rule municipality in Centre County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is a college town, dominated economically, culturally and demographically by the presence of the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania Sta ...

, and on May 7, 1980, at

Barton Hall Barton Hall is an on-campus field house on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. It is the site of the school's indoor track facilities, ROTC offices and classes, and Cornell Police. For a long time, Barton Hall was the largest ...

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

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. It was released on September 7, 2010. ''Road Trips Volume 3 Number 4'' was the second ''Road Trips'' album, after '' Volume 3 Number 3'', to contain three

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; each of the previous entries in the series had contained two CDs. It was the first ''Road Trips'' to be released without a bonus disc. The first disc of ''Road Trips Volume 3 Number 4'' contains selections from the first sets of both concerts. Disc two is the complete second set from Penn State. Disc three is the complete second set from Cornell, except for a few minutes of "Rhythm Devils" and "Space".

Track listing

Disc one

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 ...

" ( Bob Weir, Robert Hunter) – 7:04 #"

Peggy-O The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie (Roud # 545) is a Scottish folk song about a thwarted romance between a soldier and a girl. Like many folk songs, the authorship is unattributed, there is no strict version of the lyrics, and it is often referred to by its ...

" (traditional) – 7:03 #" Me and My Uncle" > ( John Phillips) – 3:08 #" Big River" ( Johnny Cash) – 5:56 #"Loser" ( Jerry Garcia, Hunter) – 7:54 #" Cassidy" (Weir,

John Perry Barlow John Perry Barlow (October 3, 1947February 7, 2018) was an American poet, essayist, cattle rancher, and cyberlibertarian political activist who had been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He was also a lyricist for th ...

) – 5:13 #"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:02 #"Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:40 #"Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:40 #"Althea" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:26 #"Lost Sailor" > (Weir, Barlow) – 6:11 #"Saint of Circumstance" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:22

Disc two

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) – 6:06 #"

I Know You Rider "I Know You Rider" (also "Woman Blues" and "I Know My Rider") is a traditional blues song that has been adapted by numerous artists. Modern versions can be traced back to Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Deceitful Brownskin Blues", which was released as ...

" (traditional) – 7:10 #"Feel Like a Stranger" > (Weir, Barlow) – 9:55 #"He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:54 #"The Other One" > (Weir,

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 ...

) – 10:21 #"Rhythm Devils" > ( Mickey Hart, Kreutzmann) – 9:09 #"Space" > (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 3:45 #"Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:32 #"

Around and Around "Around and Around" is a 1958 rock song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry. It originally appeared under the name "Around & Around" as the B-side to the single " Johnny B. Goode". Cover versions The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stone ...

" > (

Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into th ...

) – 4:08 #" Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:18

Disc three

Shakedown Street ''Shakedown Street'' is the tenth studio album by rock band the Grateful Dead, released November 15, 1978, on Arista Records. The album came just over a year after previous studio album '' Terrapin Station''. It was the final album for Keith and ...

" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:55 #"Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:43 #"

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) – 9:22 #"Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:14 #"Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 4:39 #"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 4:02 #"Saint of Circumstance" > (Weir, Barlow) – 6:04 #"Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:39 #"Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 3:29 #"

Good Lovin' "Good Lovin is a song written by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick that was a #1 hit single for the Young Rascals in 1966. Original version The song was first recorded by Lemme B. Good (stage name of singer Limmie Snell) in March 1965 and written ...

" (

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, Arthur Resnick) – 7:52

Personnel

Grateful Dead

* Jerry Garcia –

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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 *

– 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 ...

Brent Mydland Brent Mydland (October 21, 1952 – July 26, 1990) was an American keyboardist and singer. He was a member of the rock band The Grateful Dead from 1979 to 1990, a longer tenure than any other keyboardist in the band. Growing up in Concord ...

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

Production

*Grateful Dead – producer * David Lemieux – release producer *Blair Jackson – release producer * Dan Healy – recording *Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering *Scott McDougall – cover art *William Ames – photography *James R. Anderson – photography *Jay Blakesberg – photography *Peter Dervin – photography *Steve Vance – package design *Blair Jackson – liner notes

Recording dates

*Disc one, tracks 2 – 5 and 8 – 12, and disc two were recorded at Penn State University on May 6, 1980 *Disc one, tracks 1, 6, and 7, and disc three were recorded at Cornell University on May 7, 1980

Set lists

Following are the full set lists for the Penn State and Cornell concerts: Penn State University, May 6, 1980 *First set: "Alabama Getaway" > "Greatest Story Ever Told", "Peggy-O"*, "Me and My Uncle"* > "Big River"*, "Loser"*, "Far From Me", "Lazy Lightning"* > "Supplication"*, "Althea"*, "Lost Sailor"* > "Saint of Circumstance"* *Second set: "China Cat Sunflower"* > "I Know You Rider"*, "Feel Like a Stranger"* > "He's Gone"* > "The Other One"* > "Rhythm Devils"* > "Space"* > "Wharf Rat"* > "Around and Around"* "Johnny B. Goode"* *Encore: "Brokedown Palace" Cornell University, May 7, 1980 *First set: "Jack Straw"*, "Tennessee Jed", "Cassidy"*, "Row Jimmy"*, "

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", "Easy to Love You", "Althea", "Feel Like a Stranger", "Don't Ease Me In" *Second set: "Shakedown Street"* > "Bertha"* > "Playing in the Band"* > "Terrapin Station"* > "Rhythm Devils"* > "Space"* > "Saint of Circumstance"* > "Black Peter"* > "Playing in the Band"* > "Good Lovin'"* *Encore: "Alabama Getaway" *included in ''Road Trips Volume 3 Number 4''

References

{{Grateful Dead Road Trips albums 2010 live albums