Three from the Vault

Infobox Album |
Name = Three from the Vault
Type = live
Artist = Grateful Dead


Released = June 26, 2007
Recorded = February 19, 1971
Genre = Rock, country rock, psychedelic rock, jam
Length = 142:42
Label = Rhino
Producer = Grateful Dead
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:abfuxzr5ldhe link]
*JamBands.com (not rated) [http://www.jambands.com/CDReviews/content_2007_06_25.04.phtml link]
*"The Music Box" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2007/gratefuldead-threefromthevault-08092007.html link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thegratefuldead/albums/album/15828486/review/15854750/three_from_the_vault link]
Last album = "Live at the Cow Palace"
(2007)
This album = "Three from the Vault"
(2007)
Next album = "Road Trips Volume 1 Number 1"
(2007)

"Three from the Vault" is a live album by the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete show recorded on February 19, 1971 at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. It was released on June 26, 2007.

The Capitol Theatre show

The February 19, 1971 Port Chester concert marked the beginning of Mickey Hart's temporary departure from the band. The previous night's show would be his last with the Grateful Dead until his return on October 20, 1974. The February 19 concert included the first live performances of the songs "Bird Song" and "Deal", and the second performances of "Loser", "Bertha", "Playing in the Band", "Greatest Story Ever Told", and "Wharf Rat". The concert, which was on a Friday night, was the second of a series of six shows in seven days at the Capitol Theatre.

The opening act for this series of concerts, and for many other shows of that era, was the New Riders of the Purple Sage. At that time the lineup of the New Riders featured Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead playing pedal steel guitar. The band also included John Dawson, David Nelson, Dave Torbert, and Spencer Dryden. Songs that they recorded at the February 21 and February 23, 1971 shows at the Capitol Theatre were released as an album called "Vintage NRPS".

Other live Grateful Dead albums recorded in early to mid 1971 with the same band membership as on "Three from the Vault" are "Skull and Roses", "Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead", "Dick's Picks Volume 35", and "Road Trips Volume 1 Number 3".

Track listing

Disc One

# Two Ditties: "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" (Friend, Franklin), "Spring Song" (Mendelssohn) — 1:19
# "Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) — 8:09
# "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) — 6:23
# "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) — 4:58
# "It Hurts Me Too" (James, Woodbridge) — 6:10
# "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) — 5:21
# "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) — 5:14
# "Dark Hollow" (Browning) — 3:15
# "Smokestack Lightning" (Burnett) — 14:42
# "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) — 3:24
# "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) — 7:02

Disc Two

# "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hunter) — 4:22
# "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) — 3:26
# "Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) — 7:04
# "Easy Wind" (Hunter) — 8:17
# "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) — 4:22
# "Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) > "Drums" (Kreutzmann) > "The Other One" (Weir) — 16:09
# "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) — 9:08
# "Good Lovin'" (Resnick, Clark) — 18:43
# "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) — 5:00

Credits

Grateful Dead

* Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
* Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
* Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – keyboards, harmonica, percussion, vocals
* Bill Kreutzmann - drums
* Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals

Production

* Produced by Grateful Dead
* Recorded by Bob Matthews & Betty Cantor
* Mixed by Dan Healy
* Engineered by Jeffrey Norman & Don Pearson
* Mastering by Joe Gastwirt at Joe's Mastering Joint
* Tape Archivist: Dick Latvala
* Cover & Package Design: Steve Vance
* Photos by Fred Ordower (live), Bob Seidemann

References

* [http://www.relix.com/Features/Daily_News/Three_From_the_Vault_200705162299.html Greenhaus, Mike. "Three from the Vault", "Relix", May 16, 2007]
* [http://www.deadnetstore.com/Commerce/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductGuid=3f56a929-9084-4134-a90a-019950d6d416 "Three from the Vault" on deadnetstore.com]
*Scott, John W; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. "DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists", 1999, DeadBase, ISBN 1-877657-22-0, pp. 19, 565.