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Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It

Grateful Dead · 2018

234 min · 20 tracks · psychedelic rock

A sprawling journey through live psychedelia, showcasing the Grateful Dead's improvisational brilliance and deep emotional resonance.

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Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • dynamic live improvisational flow
  • long-form jam exploration
  • cathartic communal experience
  • deep emotional resonance
  • wave-like pacing with peaks

Maybe skip if you want

  • prefer concise track lengths
  • seek instant gratification

Where this album fits

Career context
Released in 2018, this album captures performances from the Grateful Dead during their formative years in the early 1970s. It comes after a series of archival releases that have allowed fans to relive the band's legendary live shows. By this time, the band had solidified their reputation as pioneers of live improvisational rock.
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Tracklist

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

Disc 1

  • 1 China Cat Sunflower (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74) 8:37
  • 2 I Know You Rider (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74) 5:30
  • 3 Bird Song (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73) 14:21
  • 4 Box of Rain (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 6/24/73) 5:18
  • 5 Brown‐Eyed Women (live at Hec Edmundson Pavillion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 5/21/74) 5:02
  • 6 Truckin’ (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74) 10:43
  • 7 Jam (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74) 9:57
  • 8 Not Fade Away (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74) 6:55
  • 9 Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74) 7:01
  • 10 One More Saturday Night (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74) 4:50

Disc 2

  • 1 Here Comes Sunshine (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73) 12:10
  • 2 Eyes of the World (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 5/17/74) 13:23
  • 3 China Doll (live at Hec Edmundson Pavillion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 5/21/74) 5:33
  • 4 Playing in the Band (live at Hec Edmundson Pavillion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 5/21/74) 46:31

Disc 3

  • 1 Sugaree (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 5/17/74) 7:37
  • 2 He’s Gone (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73) 11:30
  • 3 Truckin’ (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73) 26:06
  • 4 The Other One (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73) 15:21
  • 5 Wharf Rat (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73) 7:58
  • 6 Sugar Magnolia (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73) 9:53

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