Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead: Three From The Vault

Future Days Recordings | CAT #: FDR 609

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Format 4LP

Color Black

DESCRIPTION

First time ever on vinyl
Newly remastered by Joe Gastwirt
Lacquers cut by Kevin Gray
4LPs pressed at RTI and housed in a gatefold Stoughton “tip-on” M-Pack jacket
Remastered for vinyl, the original DAT tapes were captured at that format's original rate of 16-bit / 44.1 kHz

Following on the heels of Light In The Attic’s vinyl LP release of One and Two From The Vault comes the final release in the trilogy of From The Vault releases by the Grateful Dead. These releases are distinguished from the more abundant Dick’s Picks series in that Dick’s Picks are “direct from the soundboard” recordings, while the From The Vault series were professionally recorded on multi-track tape and then mixed down (decades) later for release.

Recorded live at the Capitol Theatre (Port Chester, NY) in 1971, this is the worldwide vinyl debut release of this seminal show featuring the 5 piece line-up of Pigpen, Garcia, Weir, Lesh, and Kruetzmann (Mickey Hart had temporarily left the band at that point), freshly remastered in 2014 by Joe Gastwirt for your pleasure. 20 classic songs on 8 sides of wax, this show has previously only been available on CD; this is the first-ever vinyl LP release!

The band played six shows over the course of seven nights at the Capitol Theatre in February of 1971, and this was the second of that run, recorded on the 19th. Their previous two studio albums had been their landmark recordings of Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty, and while songs from those albums were certainly featured, the Dead debuted seven brand new songs on this night–all of which went on to become Dead “standards” including “Playing in the Band,” “Greatest Story Ever Told,” and two absolute classics: “Bird Song” and “Deal.” Essential Dead.

DETAILS

ARTIST: Grateful Dead
LABEL: Future Days Recordings
CAT NO: FDR 609
RELEASE DATE: January 30, 2015
GENRE / STYLE:

Rock
Psychedelic Rock
Country Rock
Classic Rock

TRACKLIST

Two Ditties: "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", "Spring Song”
Truckin
Loser
Cumberland Blues
It Hurts Me Too
Bertha
Playing in the Band
Deal
Dark Hollow
Smokestack Lightning
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Greatest Story Ever Told
Johnny B. Goode
Bird Song
Easy Wind
That's It For The Other One: I "Cryptical Envelopment" II "Drums" III "The Other One"
Wharf Rat
Good Lovin'
Casey Jones

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CREDITS

Artwork [Cover], Design [Package] – Steve Vance
Bass, Vocals – Phil Lesh
Drums – Bill Kreutzmann
Engineer – Don Pearson, Jeffrey Norman
Keyboards, Harmonica, Percussion, Vocals – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Jerry Garcia
Mastered By – Joe Gastwirt
Mixed By – Dan Healy
Photography By – Bob Seidelmann
Photography By [Live] – Fred Ordower
Producer – Grateful Dead
Recorded By – Betty Cantor, Bob Matthews
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Bob Weir
Tape Op [Tape Archivist] – Dick Latvala

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I absolutely LOVE this soundtrack! I'd asked an AI for some chilled-out pieces or soundtracks based on my taste for Sigur Rós and Low Roar, and Volker Bertelmann's score for All Quiet on the Western Front was one of the suggestions. I fell in love with it the minute I heard that repeated, haunting melody. He keeps coming back to it, and the moments he chooses to bring it back are what make it so powerful. The rest of the music is brilliant too. The whole thing just works, and it was worth the trouble it took to track down a new copy and the money I paid for it.
My wife works from home in an open loft upstairs, so she hears everything I play. When I got home from work, this had been delivered, so I logged it, put it on, and turned it up to a serious level. When it was time to flip to side B, she yelled down, "What was that? It was amazing!" After it was over she came downstairs to look at the cover and ask more about it. We both agreed it was the best thing we'd heard in a long time.
If you like atmospheric, emotional music that stays with you, get this one. Five stars, easily.

Mark Schminke

10/11/2026