''Road Trips Volume 4 Number 4'' is a live album by the rock band the

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. Subtitled ''Spectrum 4–6–82'', it includes the complete concert recorded on April 6, 1982, at the

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. It also includes seven songs recorded the previous night at the same venue. The 16th of the ''Road Trips'' series of archival albums, it was released as a three-disc CD on August 1, 2011. At the time, this was only the second live Dead album release that had been recorded in 1982; the other being ''

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''. The year 2016 saw the release of the show from July 31 as part of the ''

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'' boxset. Two further shows (September 21 and 22) were released in 2022 as part of the '' In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83'' boxset. As of 2024 these are the only shows released from this year.

Critical reception

In ''

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'', Glenn BurnSilver wrote, "At the core of this latest ''Road Trips'' offering comes a well-known and revered concert: Philadelphia Spectrum, April 6, 1982. From the opening notes of a bustling "Cold Rain and Snow," it's clear that the band is in synch with a dynamic energy and flow that only escalates as the night lengthens and the set list intensifies. It's as if

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and

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attempt to progressively one up each other with every number.... The one disappointment here (and on other ''Road Trips'' ) is filler placement on disc two... Wouldn't it have worked better to keep the main show going through disc two... and put all the filler at the end of disc three?"

Track listing

Disc one

:''April 6 – First set:'' #"Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:05 > #"

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) – 5:22 #"Candyman" (

, Robert Hunter) – 6:28 #" C.C. Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:49 #"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:36 #" Mama Tried" (

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) – 2:24 > #" Mexicali Blues" (

, John Barlow) – 4:50 #"Big Railroad Blues" ( Noah Lewis) – 4:01 #"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:50 #" Jack-A-Roe" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:55 #"

It's All Over Now "It's All Over Now" is a song written by Bobby Womack and his sister-in-law Shirley Womack. It was first released by The Valentinos, featuring Bobby Womack, in 1964. The Rolling Stones heard it on its release and quickly recorded a cover ver ...

" (

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, Shirley Womack) – 6:59 #"Might As Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:24

Disc two

:''April 6 – Second set:'' :''April 5 – First set:''

Disc three

:''April 6 – Second set:'' :''April 6 – Encore:'' :''April 5 – Second set:''

Personnel

Grateful Dead

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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 ...

–

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

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

– keyboards, vocals *

–

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, vocals

Production

*Produced for release by David Lemieux and Blair Jackson *CD mastering by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO *Recorded by Dan Healy *Cover art by Scott McDougall *Photos by Michael Mendelson and Bob Minkin *Package design by Steve Vance *Liner notes essay "Don't Tell Me This Town Ain't Got No Heart!" by Blair Jackson

Set lists

Following are the full set lists from the April 5 and 6, 1982 concerts at the Spectrum. Monday, April 5 *First set: "

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Friend of the Devil "Friend of the Devil" is a song recorded by the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia and John Dawson and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. It is the second track of the Dead's 1970 album '' American Beauty''. Like most of ''Amer ...

" > "

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", " Deep Elem Blues"*, " Cassidy", "Tennessee Jed" > "

Little Red Rooster "Little Red Rooster" (or "The Red Rooster" as it was first titled) is a blues standard credited to arranger and songwriter Willie Dixon. The song was first recorded in 1961 by American blues musician Howlin' Wolf in the Chicago blues style. Hi ...

", "Althea"*, "Man Smart, Woman Smarter"* *Second set: "Bertha"* > "

Playing in the Band "Playing in the Band" is a song by the Grateful Dead. 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 th ...

"* > "Ship of Fools"* > "Playing in the Band"* > "Drums" > "Space" > "The Wheel" > "Playing in the Band" > "Wharf Rat" > "

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 writ ...

" *Encore: "Don't Ease Me In" Tuesday, April 6 *First set: "Cold Rain and Snow"* > "

"*, "Candyman"*, " C.C. Rider"*, "Brown-Eyed Women"*, " Mama Tried"* > " Mexicali Blues"*, "Big Railroad Blues"*, "Looks Like Rain"*, " Jack-A-Roe"*, "

"*, "Might As Well"* *Second set: "

Shakedown Street ''Shakedown Street'' is the tenth studio album (fifteenth overall) by rock band the Grateful Dead, released November 8, 1978, on Arista Records. The album came just over a year after previous studio album '' Terrapin Station''. It was the fina ...

"* > "Lost Sailor"* > "Saint of Circumstance"* > "Terrapin Station"* > "Rhythm Devils"* > "Space"* > "

Truckin' "Truckin" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album '' American Beauty''. It was recognized by the United States Library of Congress in 1997 as a national treasure.''Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip'' . Jake W ...

"* > "The Other One"* > "

Morning Dew "Morning Dew", also known as "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew", is a Contemporary folk music, contemporary folk song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bonnie Dobson. The lyrics relate a fictional conversation in a post-nuclear holocaust world. Ori ...

"* > "

Sugar Magnolia "Sugar Magnolia" is a song by the Grateful Dead. Written by Robert Hunter and Bob Weir, it is one of the most well-known songs by the band, alongside such hits as " Truckin'", " Casey Jones", " Uncle John's Band", " Touch of Grey", and fellow su ...

"* *Encore: "

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his '' Bringing It All Back Home'' album, released on March 22, 1965, by Columbia Records. The song was recorded on January 15, 1965, with Dylan's acous ...

"* * Included in ''Road Trips Volume 4 Number 4''

References

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