''Road Trips Volume 3 Number 3'' is a live album by the American rock band the

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. Recorded on May 15, 1970, and released on June 14, 2010, it was the 11th of the "Road Trips" series of albums, and the first to contain three discs instead of two.

Recording

''Road Trips Volume 3 Number 3'' was billed as a 40th anniversary celebration of the album ''

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''. It includes several versions, some acoustic and some electric, of seven of the eight songs that appear on that album, omitting only "High Time". The album contains material from two concerts — the early show and the late show — performed on May 15, 1970, at the

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. Like many early 1970 Grateful Dead shows, these concerts featured both acoustic and electric sets. The

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(NRPS), with whom Jerry Garcia was playing

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, also performed at these concerts, between the Dead's acoustic and electric sets. The NRPS sets are not included on this release. Bill Graham is heard introducing the band at the early show, identifying them as "Pigpen on organ"; "from Atherton, California, this is Mr. Robert Weir"; "from Marin Junior College, Mr. Philip Lesh" (to which Bob Weir responds, "That's a lie!" followed by Garcia remarking, "That ain't Philip Lesh"); "from 710 Ashbury Street, Mr. Jerry Garcia"; and "on drums, the son of

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, Mickey Hart." Hart's father was the Grateful Dead's original money manager and had disappeared with approximately $155,000 of the group's profits only two months before. A fourth, "bonus" disc was included with early shipments of the album. The bonus disc contains additional material from the same concerts as well as four songs from the concert held the previous evening, May 14, 1970, at Meramec Community College in

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. The version of "Easy Wind" from May 15 was previously released on the album ''

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''. Including the material from the bonus disc, this release includes both May 15, 1970 Fillmore East Shows in their entirety except for the acoustic performance of "Candyman" from the late show. Another live Grateful Dead album recorded during this same month is '' Dick's Picks Volume 8'', which also includes both acoustic and electric sets.

Sound quality

The album was released in

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Track listing

Disc One

:May 15, 1970: Fillmore East, New York, NY :Early Show: Acoustic: :Early Show: Electric: :Early Show: Encore: Electric:

Disc Two

:May 15, 1970: Fillmore East, New York, NY :Late Show: Acoustic: :Late Show: Electric:

Disc Three

:May 15, 1970: Fillmore East, New York, NY :Late Show: Electric: :Late Show: Encore: Acoustic:

Bonus Disc

:May 15, 1970: Fillmore East, New York, NY :Early Show: Acoustic: :Early Show: Electric: :Late Show: Electric: :May 14, 1970: Meramec Community College, Kirkwood, Missouri

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 196 ...

– Electric and Acoustic

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Vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...

–

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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 ...

–

Phil Lesh Philip Chapman Lesh (March 15, 1940 – October 25, 2024) was an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he developed a unique style of improvised six-string bass guitar. He was their bassist throughout their 30 ...

–

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, 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 Sound, San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. ...

– Vocals,

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Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with the Other Ones, later known as the Dead ...

– Electric and Acoustic

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, Vocals

Additional musicians

* John Dawson – harmony vocals on "A Voice from On High" and "Cold Jordan" * David Nelson –

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on "A Voice from On High" and "Cold Jordan"

Production

*Produced by Grateful Dead *Compilation Produced by David Lemieux & Blair Jackson *Recorded by Bob Matthews *CD Mastering by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering, Petaluma, CA *Cover Art by Scott McDougall *Interior Photos by Amalie Rothschild and Peter Simon *Historical Essay by Blair Jackson *Package Design by Steve Vance

Full Set Lists

Following are the full set lists for the concerts included in ''Road Trips Volume 3 Number 3'':

May 14, 1970 - Meramec Community College, Kirkwood, Missouri

*Acoustic Grateful Dead "Don't Ease Me In", "Friend of the Devil", "Deep Elem Blues", "Silver Threads and Golden Needles", "Candyman" *New Riders of the Purple Sage "Six Days on the Road", "Whatcha Gonna Do", " Brown-Eyed Handsome Man", "I Don't Know You", "Cecilia", "Can't Pay the Price", "Henry (interrupted)", "Henry", "Garden of Eden", "Fair Chance to Know", "Last Lonely Eagle", "Lodi", "Honkytonk Woman", "The Weight" *Electric Grateful Dead "Casey Jones", "China Cat Sunflower" > "I Know You Rider", "Mama Tried" > "High Time", "Drums" > "Good Lovin'" > "Drums" > "Good Lovin'", "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", "Me & My Uncle", "Dire Wolf", "Cold, Rain & Snow", "Attics of My Life", "Cumberland Blues", "New Speedway Boogie"** > "Nobody's Fault But Mine Jam"** > "New Speedway Boogie"** > "St. Stephen"** > "Not Fade Away"** > "Turn On Your Lovelight"** *Encore: "Cold Jordan"

May 15, 1970, Early Show - Fillmore East, New York, New York

*Acoustic Grateful Dead "Don't Ease Me In"*, "I Know You Rider"*, "Ain't It Crazy (The Rub)"*, "Friend of the Devil"**, "Long Black Limousine"*, "Candyman"**, "Cumberland Blues"**, "New Speedway Boogie"*, "Cold Jordan"** (with New Riders) *New Riders of the Purple Sage "Six Days on the Road", "Whatcha Gonna Do", "I Don't Know You", "Henry", "Portland Woman", "Fair Chance to Know", "Last Lonely Eagle" *Electric Grateful Dead' "Casey Jones"*, "Easy Wind"**, "Attics of My Life"**, "St. Stephen"* > "Cryptical Envelopment"* > "Drums"* > "The Other One"* > "Cryptical Envelopment"* > "Cosmic Charlie"* *Encore: "New Minglewood Blues"*

May 15, 1970, Late Show - Fillmore East, New York, New York

*Acoustic Grateful Dead "Deep Elem Blues"*, "The Ballad of Casey Jones"*, "Silver Threads and Golden Needles"*, "Black Peter"*, "Friend of the Devil"*, "Uncle John's Band"*, "Candyman", "She's Mine"*, "Katie Mae"*, "A Voice From On High"* *New Riders of the Purple Sage "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man", "Louisiana Lady", "Can't Pay the Price", "Truck Drivin' Man", "All I Ever Wanted", "Workingman's Blues", "Henry", "I Don't Know You", "Lodi", "Last Lonely Eagle", "Mama Tried"@,"Sawmill"@, "Me & My Uncle"@, "Connection"@ (@ with Bob Weir) *Electric Grateful Dead' "China Cat Sunflower"* > "I Know You Rider"*, "Cumberland Blues"*, "Hard to Handle"*, "Beat It On Down The Line"**, "Morning Dew"*, "Good Lovin'"*, "Dire Wolf"*, "Next Time You See Me"**, "Dark Star"* > "St. Stephen"* > "Not Fade Away"* > "Turn On Your Lovelight"* *Encore: "Cold Jordan"* (with New Riders) *Included in the Road Trips Volume 3 Number 3 **Included in the Road Trips Volume 3 Number 3 bonus disc

References

{{GratefulDead Road Trips albums 2010 live albums