Here Comes Sunshine 1973 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Packaged as a box set, it contains five complete concerts on 17 CDs. It was recorded in May and June 1973. It was released on June 30, 2023, in a limited edition of 10,000 copies.
Here Comes Sunshine 1973 contains recordings of these concerts: May 13, 1973 – Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa May 20, 1973 – Campus Stadium, Santa Barbara, California May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California June 9, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C. June 10, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C.
The box set also includes a poster and a tenugui.
At the June 10 concert, Dickey Betts and Butch Trucks from the Allman Brothers Band sat in for the final set of music. The song "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" from that set was previously released on the album Postcards of the Hanging.
The June 10 concert was also produced as a separate album called RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73. It was released as a four-disc CD on June 30, 2023, and as an eight-disc LP on July 28, 2023.
Track listing
Disc 1 May 13, 1973 – Iowa State Fairgrounds – first set: "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:48 "Deal" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 5:11 "Mexicali Blues" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:56 "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:49 "Box of Rain" (Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 5:35 "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:55 "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:32 "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:44 "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:50 "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 5:18 "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:03 "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:49 "Don't Ease Me In" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:40 "Around and Around" (Berry) – 4:41
Disc 2 May 13, 1973 – Iowa State Fairgrounds – second set: "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:12 "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:10 "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:22 "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:01 "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:36 "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:36 "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:37 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 29:10
Disc 3 May 13, 1973 – Iowa State Fairgrounds – third set, part one: "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:16 "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:50 "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:28 May 13, 1973 – Iowa State Fairgrounds – encore: "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:42
Disc 4 May 13, 1973 – Iowa State Fairgrounds – third set, part two: "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:38 "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter) – 13:23 "The Other One" > (Weir, Bill Kreutzmann) – 19:07 "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:04 "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:20 "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:29
Disc 5 May 20, 1973 – Campus Stadium – first set: "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:14 "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:15 "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter) – 5:07 "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:49 "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:55 "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:07 "The Race Is On" (Don Rollins) – 3:03 "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:57 "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:33 "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:15 "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:39 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 19:29
Disc 6 May 20, 1973 – Campus Stadium – second set: "Promised Land" (Berry) – 3:37 "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:40 "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:06 "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:30 "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:17 "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:14 "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:04 "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:31 "Big River" (Cash) – 4:57 "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:00 "El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:23 "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:58
Disc 7 May 20, 1973 – Campus Stadium – third set: "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter) – 9:04 "Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 11:16 "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 10:37 "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:12 "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:11 "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:14 May 20, 1973 – Campus Stadium – encore: "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:01
Disc 8 May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium – first set: "Promised Land" (Berry) – 3:26 "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:17 "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:07 "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:53 "The Race Is On" (Rollins) – 3:42 "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:57 "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:57 "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:40 "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:34 "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:33 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 17:04
Disc 9 May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium – second set: "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:26 "El Paso" (Robbins) – 5:04 "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:10 "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:41 "You Ain't Woman Enough" (Loretta Lynn) – 3:28 "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter) – 5:27 "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:37 "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:29 "Big River" (Cash) – 5:19 "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:59 "Around and Around" (Berry) – 4:55 May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium – third set, part one: "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:44 "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:08
Disc 10 May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium – third set, part two: "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:12 "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter) – 9:05 "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 17:32 "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:41 "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:38 "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:11 May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium – encore: "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:04
Disc 11 June 9, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – first set: "Promised Land" (Berry) – 3:24 "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:04 "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:12 "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:53 "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:07 "Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:43 "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:11 "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:46 "El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:56 "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter) – 5:39 "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:24 "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:48 "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:05
Disc 12 June 9, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – second set, part one: "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:42 "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:52 "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:14 "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:20 "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter) – 12:33 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 22:43
Disc 13 June 9, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – second set, part two: "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:02 "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:38 "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:12 "Big River" (Cash) – 5:08 "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:28 "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:42 "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:29
Disc 14 June 10, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – first set, part one: "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 11:55 "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:41 "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:59 "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:30 "Wave That Flag" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:14 "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:03 "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter) – 5:12 "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:23 "The Race Is On" (Rollins) – 3:34 "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:36 "El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:34
Disc 15 June 10, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – first set, part two: "Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:08 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 18:01 June 10, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – second set, part one: "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 22:06 "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:14 "Big River" (Cash) – 5:17 "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:54
Disc 16 June 10, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – second set, part two: "Around and Around" (Berry) – 6:16 "Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 26:37 "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:34 "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:04 "Truckin'" (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter) – 7:53 "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:51
Disc 17 June 10, 1973 – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – third set: "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Bob Dylan) – 8:12 "That's All Right" (Arthur Crudup) – 12:52 "Promised Land" (Berry) – 4:49 "Not Fade Away" > (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 11:27 "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 10:36 "Drums" > (Kreutzmann) – 5:52 "Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 3:33 "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 3:18
Personnel Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals Bob Weir – guitar, vocals Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals Bill Kreutzmann – drums Keith Godchaux – keyboards Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
Additional musicians Dickey Betts – guitar – June 10, 1973 third set Butch Trucks – drums – June 10, 1973 third set
Production Produced by Grateful Dead Produced for release by David Lemieux Associate Producer: Ivette Ramos Mastering: Jeffrey Norman Recording: Kidd Candelario, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Owsley Stanley Tape to digital transfers and speed correction: John K. Chester, Jamie Howarth – Plangent Processes Artwork, package design: Masaki Koike Liner notes: Ray Robertson, The Owsley Stanley Foundation, David Lemieux
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