Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Bertha 2. Me and My Uncle 3. Next Time You See Me 4. China Cat Sunflower 5. I Know You Rider 6. Jack Straw 7. Big Railroad Blues 8. Playing in the Band 9. Turn on Your Lovelight 10. Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad 11. One More Saturday Night
DISC 2: 1. Truckin' 2. Cryptical Envelopment 3. Comes a Time 4. Sugar Magnolia
| Details | | Producer: | John Cutler, Phil Lesh | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir (vocals, guitar); Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan (vocals, harmonica, organ); Phil Lesh (vocals, bass); Keith Godchaux (piano); Billy Kreutzmann (drums); Donna Jean Godchaux (background vocals). Recorded live at Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt, Germany on April 26, 1972. Includes liner notes by Robert Hunter. All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology. Grateful Dead fans are known for having bootleg tapes of specific concerts. For them, HUNDRED YEAR HALL is simply an excellent-quality version of one of these, released on the band's own label. The concert is a Frankfurt, Germany, performance from April 26, 1972--the middle of one of the band's best tours. Similarities between this 1995 two-CD set and a release from 1972, simply titled EUROPE '72, are inevitable. HUNDRED YEAR HALL is a rawer, more raucous collection, which is to the listener's advantage on "Me and My Uncle," "Playing in the Band" and "Next Time You See Me," and somewhat of a detraction on the usually moodier "China Cat Sunflower" and "Jack Straw." The second CD boasts the best and worst of the album: the improvised, mind-blowing exploration on "The Other One" (encapsulated in a song titled "Cryptical Envelopment") and Bob Weir forgetting the lyrics to "Truckin'." Just the kind of fire and fizzle Deadheads eat up.
Editorial Reviews 6 (out of 10) - ...demonstrates the Dead at the height of what they were most famous for--live, extravagant improvisation. The nearest music to this is probably John Coltrane and it's tough stuff... NME (01/20/1996)
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