Here Comes Sunshine 1973
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.
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- "Promised Land" – 3:48
- "Deal" – 5:11
- "Mexicali Blues" – 3:56
- "They Love Each Other" – 5:49
- "Box of Rain" – 5:35
- "Loser" – 6:55
- "Beat It On Down the Line" – 3:32
- "China Cat Sunflower" > – 6:44
- "I Know You Rider" – 5:50
- "El Paso" – 5:18
- "Row Jimmy" – 9:03
- "Me and My Uncle" – 3:49
- "Don't Ease Me In" > – 3:40
- "Around and Around" – 4:41
- "Tennessee Jed" – 8:12
- "Big River" – 5:10
- "Bertha" – 6:22
- "Jack Straw" – 5:01
- "Sugaree" – 7:36
- "Looks Like Rain" – 7:36
- "Here Comes Sunshine" – 10:37
- "Playing in the Band" – 29:10
- "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" – 9:16
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" – 5:50
- "Brown-Eyed Women" – 5:28
- "Casey Jones" – 7:42
- "He's Gone" > – 14:38
- "Truckin'" > – 13:23
- "The Other One" > – 19:07
- "Eyes of the World" > – 16:04
- "China Doll" – 6:20
- "Sugar Magnolia" – 9:29
- "Bertha" – 6:14
- "Me and My Uncle" – 3:15
- "Box of Rain" – 5:07
- "Deal" – 4:49
- "Looks Like Rain" – 6:55
- "Tennessee Jed" – 8:07
- "The Race Is On" – 3:03
- "China Cat Sunflower" > – 7:57
- "I Know You Rider" – 5:33
- "Beat It On Down the Line" – 3:15
- "They Love Each Other" – 5:39
- "Playing in the Band" – 19:29
- "Promised Land" – 3:37
- "Brown-Eyed Women" – 5:40
- "Mexicali Blues" – 4:06
- "Row Jimmy" – 8:30
- "Jack Straw" – 5:17
- "Big Railroad Blues" – 4:14
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" – 5:04
- "Here Comes Sunshine" – 10:31
- "Big River" – 4:57
- "Loser" – 7:00
- "El Paso" – 4:23
- "Casey Jones" – 6:58
- "Truckin'" > – 9:04
- "Jam" > – 11:16
- "The Other One" > – 10:37
- "Eyes of the World" > – 12:12
- "Stella Blue" – 8:11
- "Sugar Magnolia" – 10:14
- "Johnny B. Goode" – 4:01
- "Promised Land" – 3:26
- "Deal" – 5:17
- "Jack Straw" – 5:07
- "Tennessee Jed" – 7:53
- "The Race Is On" – 3:42
- "Sugaree" – 7:57
- "Mexicali Blues" – 3:57
- "Row Jimmy" – 8:40
- "Looks Like Rain" – 7:34
- "They Love Each Other" – 5:33
- "Playing in the Band" – 17:04
- "Here Comes Sunshine" – 11:26
- "El Paso" – 5:04
- "Loser" – 7:10
- "Beat It On Down the Line" – 3:41
- "You Ain't Woman Enough" – 3:28
- "Box of Rain" – 5:27
- "China Cat Sunflower" > – 7:37
- "I Know You Rider" – 5:29
- "Big River" – 5:19
- "Bertha" – 5:59
- "Around and Around" – 4:55
- "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" – 8:44
- "Me and My Uncle" – 3:08
- "He's Gone" > – 14:12
- "Truckin'" > – 9:05
- "The Other One" > – 17:32
- "Eyes of the World" > – 13:41
- "China Doll" – 6:38
- "Sugar Magnolia" – 9:11
- "Casey Jones" – 7:04
- "Promised Land" – 3:24
- "Deal" – 5:04
- "Looks Like Rain" – 7:12
- "They Love Each Other" – 5:53
- "Jack Straw" – 5:07
- "Loose Lucy" – 8:43
- "Mexicali Blues" – 4:11
- "Row Jimmy" – 8:46
- "El Paso" – 4:56
- "Box of Rain" – 5:39
- "Sugaree" – 8:24
- "Beat It On Down the Line" – 3:48
- "Tennessee Jed" – 8:05
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" – 5:42
- "China Cat Sunflower" > – 7:52
- "I Know You Rider" – 6:14
- "He's Gone" > – 14:20
- "Truckin'" > – 12:33
- "Playing in the Band" – 22:43
- "Loser" – 7:02
- "Me and My Uncle" – 3:38
- "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" – 7:12
- "Big River" – 5:08
- "Eyes of the World" > – 11:28
- "China Doll" – 6:42
- "Sugar Magnolia" – 8:29
- "Morning Dew" – 11:55
- "Beat It On Down the Line" – 3:41
- "Ramble On Rose" – 6:59
- "Jack Straw" – 5:30
- "Wave That Flag" – 6:14
- "Looks Like Rain" – 8:03
- "Box of Rain" – 5:12
- "They Love Each Other" – 5:23
- "The Race Is On" – 3:34
- "Row Jimmy" – 9:36
- "El Paso" – 4:34
- "Bird Song" – 12:08
- "Playing in the Band" – 18:01
- "Eyes of the World" > – 22:06
- "Stella Blue" – 8:14
- "Big River" – 5:17
- "Here Comes Sunshine" – 10:54
- "Around and Around" – 6:16
- "Dark Star" > – 26:37
- "He's Gone" > – 14:34
- "Wharf Rat" > – 8:04
- "Truckin'" – 7:53
- "Sugar Magnolia" – 9:51
- "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" – 8:12
- "That's All Right" – 12:52
- "Promised Land" – 4:49
- "Not Fade Away" > – 11:27
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > – 10:36
- "Drums" > – 5:52
- "Not Fade Away" – 3:33
- "Johnny B. Goode" – 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
- Dickey Betts – guitar – June 10, 1973 third set
- Butch Trucks – drums – June 10, 1973 third set
- 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