Europe '72: The Complete Recordings

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ReleasedSeptember 1, 2011
RecordedApril 7 – May 26, 1972
Length70:47:25
Europe '72: The Complete Recordings
Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 1, 2011
RecordedApril 7 – May 26, 1972
GenreRock
Length70:47:25
LabelRhino
ProducerDavid Lemieux
Grateful Dead chronology
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(2011)
Europe '72: The Complete Recordings
(2011)
Europe '72 Volume 2
(2011)
Grateful Dead concert box set chronology
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(2010)
Europe '72: The Complete Recordings
(2011)
Spring 1990
(2012)

Europe '72: The Complete Recordings is a box set of live recordings by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Billed as a "mega box set", it contains all of the band's spring 1972 concert tour of Europe—22 complete shows,[1][2][3][4][5] on 73 CDs.[6] It was released on September 1, 2011.[7]

All 22 concerts from Europe '72: The Complete Recordings were also produced as individual albums, most of them on three or four CDs. They were released in chronological order, in four batches, from October to December 2011.[4][8][9] Each of the individual album covers features artwork by Scott McDougall, inspired by the front and back cover art that was created by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley for the original Europe '72 album.[10]

The CDs for the album were created by remastering the original 16-track analog tapes. The set was mastered in HDCD format. This provides enhanced sound quality when played on CD players with HDCD capability, but is fully compatible with conventional CD players.[11]

The collection was first announced on January 19, 2011, and was described as consisting of "over 60" CDs; the final CD count was 73.[6] Initially, the set was offered as a limited edition of 7,200 copies, each of which is encased in a box that looks like a steamer trunk, and includes an illustrated hardcover book and other bonus material. The first 3,000 of these sets are personalized with a name of the buyer's choice.[12] The demand was much greater than anticipated, and all 7,200 sets were sold online within four days. In response to the ongoing demand, additional copies of the set were released, dubbed Europe '72: The Complete Recordings — All the Music Edition, which have individual packaging for each concert, with liner notes, but which do not include the steamer trunk case, the book, or the other extras. Before they sold out, both the regular edition and the All the Music edition were priced at $450.[13]

Other albums from the Europe '72 tour

Four previous live albums were taken from the band's 1972 European tour. Europe '72 was released in 1972 as a triple LP, and later rereleased as double CD, and has vocal tracks that were overdubbed in the recording studio. Hundred Year Hall is a two-disc CD taken from the April 26 concert in Frankfurt. Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 is a four-disc CD of selections from various concerts in England. And Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead, on three discs, contains the complete concert from April 24 in Düsseldorf.[14]

A new collection, Europe '72 Volume 2, released a few weeks after the box set, features two CDs of performances selected from the Complete Recordings. None of the songs on this album were included in Europe '72.[15]

Lyceum '72: The Complete Recordings contains the last four concerts of the Europe '72 tour, which were performed on May 23 to May 26 at the Lyceum Theatre in London. It was released as a 24-LP vinyl box set on July 29, 2022.[16] Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72 contains the last concert of the tour, as a four-disc CD, and was released on the same date.[16]

The LP Dark Star, containing only the song "Dark Star" from the May 4, 1972, concert at the Olympia Theatre in Paris, was released on April 21, 2012, for Record Store Day.[17]

The May 3, 1972, concert at the Olympia Theatre in Paris was released as a six-disc vinyl LP on June 12, 2021, as part of Record Store Day.[18][19]

The April 8, 1972, concert at Wembley Empire Pool in London was released as a five-disc vinyl LP on April 23, 2022, as part of Record Store Day.[20][21]

The April 7, 1972, concert at Wembley Empire Pool in London was released as a five-disc vinyl LP on November 25, 2022, as part of Record Store Day Black Friday.[22][23]

Concerts

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Production

  • Produced for release by David Lemieux
  • Tape transfers and wow and flutter correction by John K Chester and Jamie Howarth, Plangent Processes
  • Mixed by Jeffrey Norman at Prairie Sun Recording, Cotati, California
  • CD mastering by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, Colorado
  • Recording by Betty Cantor, Janet Furman, Bob Matthews, Rosie, Wizard
  • Cover illustrations by Scott McDougall
  • Package design by Steve Vance
  • Liner notes written by Gary Lambert, Rosie McGee, Larry Rogers, Palle Lykke, Blair Jackson, David Gans, Steve Silberman, Jeff Tamarkin, Simon Robinson, Nicholas Meriwether, Sam Cutler, Chris Jones, Alex Allan

Track listing

Liner notes

References

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