Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings

Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains six complete concerts recorded in the Pacific Northwest in 1973 and 1974, on 19 CDs. It was released, in a limited edition of 15,000 copies, on September 7, 2018.

A 3-CD album of songs selected from Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings, titled Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It, was released the same day.

Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. The CDs are contained in a bentwood box decorated with First Nations-inspired art by Roy Henry Vickers.

Concerts
The concert recordings included in the album are:
 * June 22, 1973 – P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia
 * June 24, 1973 – Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
 * June 26, 1973 – Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, Washington
 * May 17, 1974 – P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia
 * May 19, 1974 – Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
 * May 21, 1974 – Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington

June 22, 1973 – P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia
Disc 1
 * First set:


 * 1) "Bertha" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 6:30
 * 2) "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:41
 * 3) "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:00
 * 4) "Mexicali Blues" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 4:02
 * 5) "Box of Rain" (Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 5:47
 * 6) "Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:29
 * 7) "The Race Is On" (Don Rollins) – 3:17
 * 8) "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:05
 * 9) "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:34
 * 10) "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:22
 * 11) "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:01

Disc 2
 * 1) "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:39
 * 2) "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:48
 * 3) "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:01
 * 4) "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:00
 * 5) "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 18:59
 * Second set:


 * 1) "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:25
 * 2) "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 2:58
 * 3) "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:30
 * 4) "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:33

Disc 3
 * 1) "Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:23
 * 2) "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:00
 * 3) "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 3:56
 * 4) "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:24
 * 5) "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 26:06
 * 6) "The Other One" > (Weir, Bill Kreutzmann) – 15:22
 * 7) "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:05

Disc 4
 * 1) "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:57
 * 2) "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:31
 * Encore:


 * 1) "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 3:56

June 24, 1973 – Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
Disc 5
 * First set:


 * 1) "Promised Land" (Berry) – 3:43
 * 2) "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:09
 * 3) "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:53
 * 4) "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:48
 * 5) "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:52
 * 6) "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter) – 5:30
 * 7) "Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis) – 4:20
 * 8) "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:02
 * 9) "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:24
 * 10) "The Race Is On" (Rollins) – 3:27
 * 11) "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:30
 * 12) "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:30
 * 13) "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 6:47
 * 14) "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:05

Disc 6
 * 1) "Around and Around" (Berry) – 5:06
 * Second set:


 * 1) "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:44
 * 2) "You Ain't Woman Enough" (Loretta Lynn) – 3:42
 * 3) "El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:35
 * 4) "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:57
 * 5) "Greatest Story Ever Told" > (Weir, Hunter) – 5:04
 * 6) "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:12
 * 7) "Big River" (Cash) – 4:47

Disc 7
 * 1) "Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 27:46
 * 2) "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:40
 * 3) "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:38
 * 4) "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:40
 * Encore:


 * 1) "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:16

June 26, 1973 – Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, Washington
Disc 8
 * First set:


 * 1) "Casey Jones" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:01
 * 2) "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:33
 * 3) "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:47
 * 4) "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:04
 * 5) "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter) – 5:35
 * 6) "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:23
 * 7) "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:08
 * 8) "You Ain't Woman Enough" (Lynn) – 3:47
 * 9) "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:06
 * 10) "The Race Is On" (Rollins) – 3:34
 * 11) "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:08
 * 12) "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:00
 * 13) "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:28
 * 14) "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:50

Disc 9
 * 1) "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 15:49
 * Second set:


 * 1) "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:56
 * 2) "Promised Land" (Berry) – 3:27
 * 3) "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:46
 * 4) "El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:28
 * 5) "Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:18
 * 6) "Big River" (Cash) – 4:58
 * 7) "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:58
 * 8) "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:11

Disc 10
 * 1) "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:59
 * 2) "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 10:55
 * 3) "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 6:33
 * 4) "Me and Bobby McGee" > (Kris Kristofferson) – 5:25
 * 5) "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 18:06
 * 6) "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:03
 * Encore:


 * 1) "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 3:56

May 17, 1974 – P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia
Disc 11
 * First set:


 * 1) "Promised Land" (Berry) – 3:33
 * 2) "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:45
 * 3) "The Race Is On" (Rollins) – 3:34
 * 4) "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:56
 * 5) "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:16
 * 6) "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:28
 * 7) "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:53
 * 8) "Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07
 * 9) "Big River" (Cash) – 5:22
 * 10) "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:47
 * 11) "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:48
 * 12) "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:59

Disc 12
 * 1) "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 23:07
 * Second set:


 * 1) "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:09
 * 2) "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:17
 * 3) "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:27
 * 4) "Money Money" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:45
 * 5) "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:20
 * 6) "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:22

Disc 13
 * 1) "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:27
 * 2) "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:18
 * 3) "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 9:56
 * 4) "Nobody's Fault But Mine" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:14
 * 5) "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:19
 * 6) "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:01
 * 7) "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:21

May 19, 1974 – Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
Disc 14
 * First set:


 * 1) "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:14
 * 2) "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:58
 * 3) "Big Railroad Blues" (Lewis) – 3:57
 * 4) "Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:08
 * 5) "Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:12
 * 6) "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:47
 * 7) "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:27
 * 8) "Me and Bobby McGee" (Kristofferson) – 6:02
 * 9) "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:31
 * 10) "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:23
 * 11) "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:28
 * 12) "El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:35
 * 13) "Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07
 * 14) "Money Money" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:27

Disc 15
 * 1) "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:34
 * 2) "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:40
 * Second set:


 * 1) "Promised Land" > (Berry) – 3:37
 * 2) "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:08
 * 3) "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:10
 * 4) "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:36
 * 5) "Weather Report Suite" > (Weir, Eric Andersen) – 17:58
 * 6) "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:49
 * 7) "Big River" (Cash) – 5:36
 * 8) "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:11

Disc 16
 * 1) "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 9:15
 * 2) "Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 9:58
 * 3) "Not Fade Away" > (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 6:58
 * 4) "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:59
 * 5) "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:36
 * Encore:


 * 1) "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:37

May 21, 1974 – Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington
Disc 17
 * First set:


 * 1) "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:25
 * 2) "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20
 * 3) "Beat It On Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:47
 * 4) "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:55
 * 5) "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Hunter) – 3:59
 * 6) "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:45
 * 7) "The Race Is On" (Rollins) – 3:34
 * 8) "Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:55
 * 9) "El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:56
 * 10) "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:25
 * 11) "Money Money" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:01
 * 12) "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:18

Disc 18
 * 1) "Weather Report Suite" > (Weir, Andersen) – 17:22
 * 2) "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:48
 * Second set:


 * 1) "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 46:59
 * 2) "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:47

Disc 19
 * 1) "Big River" (Cash) – 5:24
 * 2) "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:40
 * 3) "Around and Around" (Berry) – 5:25
 * 4) "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:52
 * 5) "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:45
 * 6) "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:03
 * Encore:


 * 1) "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:08

Personnel
Grateful Dead Production
 * Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
 * Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
 * Keith Godchaux – keyboards
 * Bill Kreutzmann – drums
 * Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
 * Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
 * Produced by Grateful Dead
 * Produced for release by David Lemieux
 * Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
 * Recording: Rex Jackson (1973), Kidd Candelario (1974)
 * Analog tape transfers and restoration: John K. Chester, Jamie Howarth - Plangent Processes
 * Cover art: Roy Henry Vickers
 * Photos: Richie Pechner
 * Liner notes: Nicholas G. Meriwether