Hundred Year Hall


Hundred Year Hall is a two-CD live album by the Grateful Dead. It was the first album to be released after Jerry Garcia's death, and one of the first releases in a continuing rush of live albums from the band's vault. It contains about two thirds of the April 26 concert at the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt, West Germany, during the Dead's Spring 1972 tour of Europe. Disc one includes a number of songs from the first set, followed by the last part of the second set. Disc two includes the first part of the second set.
Hundred Year Hall was certified Gold by the Recording [Industry Association of America|RIAA] on January 8, 1997.
The concert in its entirety was later released as part of Europe '72: The Complete Recordings.
"Hundred Year Hall" is a literal translation of "Jahrhunderthalle"; "Centennial Hall" is the usual translation.

Set list

Following is the full set list from the April 26, 1972, concert in Frankfurt.
  • First set: "Bertha"*, "Me and My Uncle"*, "Mr. Charlie", "He's Gone", "Black-Throated Wind", "Next Time You See Me"*, "China Cat Sunflower"* → "I Know You Rider"*, "Jack Straw"*, "Big Railroad Blues"*, "Playing in the Band"*, "Chinatown Shuffle", "Loser", "Beat It On Down the Line", "You Win Again", "Good Lovin'", "Dire Wolf", "Casey Jones"
  • Second set: "Truckin'"* → "The Other One"* → "Comes a Time"* → "Sugar Magnolia"*, "El Paso", "Tennessee Jed", "Greatest Story Ever Told", "The Stranger "**, "Turn On Your Love Light"* → "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad"* → "One More Saturday Night"*
*appears on Hundred Year Hall
** later released as a bonus track on ''Europe '72''

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Bertha" – 5:41
  2. "Me and My Uncle" – 3:05
  3. "Next Time You See Me" – 4:15
  4. "China Cat Sunflower" – 5:14 →
  5. "I Know You Rider" – 5:14
  6. "Jack Straw" – 4:47
  7. "Big Railroad Blues" – 3:54
  8. "Playing in the Band" – 9:17
  9. "Turn On Your Love Light" – 19:13 →
  10. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" – 7:32 →
  11. "One More Saturday Night" – 4:44

    Disc two

  12. "Truckin'" – 17:45 →
  13. "Cryptical Envelopment" – 36:29 →
  14. "Comes a Time" – 6:45 →
  15. "Sugar Magnolia" – 7:23

    Personnel

Album – ''Billboard''