Road Trips Volume 4 Number 4


Road Trips Volume 4 Number 4 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Subtitled Spectrum 4–6–82, it includes the complete concert recorded on April 6, 1982, at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It also includes seven songs recorded the previous night at the same venue. The 16th of the Road Trips series of archival albums, it was released as a three-disc CD on August 1, 2011.
At the time, this was only the second live Dead album release that had been recorded in 1982; the other being Dick's Picks Volume 32. The year 2016 saw the release of the show from July 31 as part of the 30 Trips Around the Sun boxset. Two further shows were released in 2022 as part of the In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83 boxset. As of 2024 these are the only shows released from this year.

Critical reception

In Relix, Glenn BurnSilver wrote, "At the core of this latest Road Trips offering comes a well-known and revered concert: Philadelphia Spectrum, April 6, 1982. From the opening notes of a bustling "Cold Rain and Snow," it's clear that the band is in synch with a dynamic energy and flow that only escalates as the night lengthens and the set list intensifies. It's as if Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia attempt to progressively one up each other with every number.... The one disappointment here is filler placement on disc two... Wouldn't it have worked better to keep the main show going through disc two... and put all the filler at the end of disc three?"

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Cold Rain and Snow" – 6:05 >
  2. "Promised Land" – 5:22
  3. "Candyman" – 6:28
  4. "C.C. Rider" – 8:49
  5. "Brown-Eyed Women" – 5:36
  6. "Mama Tried" – 2:24 >
  7. "Mexicali Blues" – 4:50
  8. "Big Railroad Blues" – 4:01
  9. "Looks Like Rain" – 8:50
  10. "Jack-A-Roe" – 4:55
  11. "It's All Over Now" – 6:59
  12. "Might As Well" – 4:24

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Production

  • Produced for release by David Lemieux and Blair Jackson
  • CD mastering by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO
  • Recorded by Dan Healy
  • Cover art by Scott McDougall
  • Photos by Michael Mendelson and Bob Minkin
  • Package design by Steve Vance
  • Liner notes essay "Don't Tell Me This Town Ain't Got No Heart!" by Blair Jackson

Set lists

Following are the full set lists from the April 5 and 6, 1982 concerts at the Spectrum.
Monday, April 5
Tuesday, April 6
* Included in ''Road Trips Volume 4 Number 4''