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June 1976

Grateful Dead · 2020

850 min · 110 tracks · psychedelic rock

A vibrant tapestry of live improvisation, blending rock, folk, and blues with a distinctive psychedelic flair.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • dynamic journey with peaks
  • long-form improvisational exploration
  • communal sing-along moments
  • headphone detail hunting
  • patient unfolding of themes

Maybe skip if you want

  • short attention span listeners
  • prefer tight, concise albums

Where this album fits

Career context
Released on March 20, 2020, 'June 1976' captures the Grateful Dead's live energy during a prolific period in their career. This album comes after their celebrated studio albums like 'American Beauty' (1970) and 'Workingman's Dead' (1970), showcasing their evolution into a quintessential live band known for their improvisational prowess.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Promised Land 3:50
  • 2 Sugaree 9:51
  • 3 Cassidy 4:59
  • 4 They Love Each Other 8:28
  • 5 The Music Never Stopped 5:47
  • 6 Brown‐Eyed Women 5:37
  • 7 Lazy Lightning > 2:55
  • 8 Supplication 4:25
  • 9 Row Jimmy 9:22
  • 10 Big River 6:28
  • 11 Mission in the Rain 7:26
  • 12 Looks Like Rain 9:08

Disc 2

  • 1 Might as Well 6:11
  • 2 Samson and Delilah 7:17
  • 3 Help on the Way > 4:47
  • 4 Slipknot! > 6:58
  • 5 Franklin’s Tower 11:17
  • 6 Let It Grow 11:36
  • 7 Friend of the Devil 8:10

Disc 3

  • 1 Playing in the Band > 14:36
  • 2 Dancing in the Street > 11:02
  • 3 U.S. Blues 5:48

Disc 4

  • 1 Might as Well 6:08
  • 2 Mama Tried 3:24
  • 3 Tennessee Jed 8:59
  • 4 Cassidy 5:05
  • 5 Candyman 8:28
  • 6 Big River 6:18
  • 7 Scarlet Begonias 10:16
  • 8 Looks Like Rain 8:52
  • 9 It Must Have Been the Roses 7:10
  • 10 Lazy Lightning > 2:53
  • 11 Supplication 5:21
  • 12 Brown Eyed Women 5:09

Disc 5

  • 1 Promised Land 3:55
  • 2 St. Stephen > 9:49
  • 3 Dancing in the Street > 11:57
  • 4 The Music Never Stopped 5:41
  • 5 Ship of Fools 7:11

Disc 6

  • 1 Samson and Delilah 7:09
  • 2 Sugaree 11:04
  • 3 Sugar Magnolia > 6:03
  • 4 Eyes of the World > 13:12
  • 5 Stella Blue 10:48
  • 6 Sunshine Daydream 3:28
  • 7 Johnny B. Goode 4:14

Disc 7

  • 1 Cold Rain and Snow 6:48
  • 2 Mama Tried 3:45
  • 3 Row Jimmy 10:13
  • 4 Cassidy 5:08
  • 5 Brown Eyed Women 5:25
  • 6 Big River 6:20
  • 7 Might as Well 6:00
  • 8 Lazy Lightning > 2:55
  • 9 Supplication 4:52
  • 10 Tennessee Jed 8:56

Disc 8

  • 1 Playing in the Band > 19:39
  • 2 The Wheel 6:09
  • 3 Samson and Delilah 6:35
  • 4 High Time 9:51
  • 5 The Music Never Stopped 5:26
  • 6 Crazy Fingers 11:32

Disc 9

  • 1 Dancing in the Street > 12:36
  • 2 Cosmic Charlie 8:46
  • 3 Help on the Way > 4:55
  • 4 Slipknot! > 13:00
  • 5 Franklin’s Tower > 11:02
  • 6 Around and Around 7:17
  • 7 U.S. Blues 5:52

Disc 10

  • 1 Promised Land 4:25
  • 2 Sugaree 9:43
  • 3 Cassidy 4:58
  • 4 Candyman 7:48
  • 5 The Music Never Stopped 5:52
  • 6 It Must Have Been the Roses 7:17
  • 7 Looks Like Rain 7:05
  • 8 Tennessee Jed 9:43
  • 9 Let It Grow > 13:13
  • 10 Might as Well 5:26

Disc 11

  • 1 St. Stephen > 11:11
  • 2 Not Fade Away > 12:14
  • 3 Stella Blue 13:53
  • 4 Samson and Delilah 6:24
  • 5 Friend of the Devil 8:24

Disc 12

  • 1 Dancing in the Street > 13:01
  • 2 The Wheel > 4:43
  • 3 Sugar Magnolia 6:04
  • 4 Scarlet Begonias > 4:49
  • 5 Sunshine Daydream 3:38
  • 6 Johnny B. Goode 4:12

Disc 13

  • 1 Help on the Way > 5:50
  • 2 Slipknot! > 6:30
  • 3 Franklin’s Tower > 9:38
  • 4 The Music Never Stopped 6:05
  • 5 Brown Eyed Women 5:27
  • 6 Cassidy 4:54
  • 7 They Love Each Other 7:33
  • 8 Looks Like Rain 8:01
  • 9 Tennessee Jed 8:28

Disc 14

  • 1 Playing in the Band 19:13
  • 2 Might as Well 6:24
  • 3 Samson and Delilah 7:07
  • 4 High Time 9:38

Disc 15

  • 1 Let It Grow > 13:08
  • 2 Dancing in the Street > 10:20
  • 3 Cosmic Charlie 9:11
  • 4 Around and Around > 6:28
  • 5 Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad > 7:15
  • 6 One More Saturday Night 4:57
  • 7 Not Fade Away 8:03

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