Wake of the Flood

Description

The two-CD and set, features the album’s seven original songs and previously unreleased demo recordings of ‘Eyes of the World’ and ‘Here Comes Sunshine’. Recorded in early 1973, just before the Grateful Dead performed on February 9th, the demos feature Jerry Garcia singing and playing a pair of new songs he and Robert Hunter had been creating. Additionally, the deluxe edition includes a bonus disc of live material from the final night of a brief tour that immediately followed ‘Wake of the Flood”s release, captured at Northwestern University’s McGaw Memorial Hall on November 1st, 1973.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Mississippi Half-step Uptown Toodeloo – The Grateful Dead
2. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away – The Grateful Dead
3. Row Jimmy – The Grateful Dead
4. Stella Blue – The Grateful Dead
5. Here Comes Sunshine – The Grateful Dead
6. Eyes of the World – The Grateful Dead
7. Weather Report Suite – The Grateful Dead
8. Eyes of the World (Demo) – The Grateful Dead
9. Here Comes Sunshine (Demo) – The Grateful Dead
Disc 2
1. Weather Report Suite (Live at McGaw Memorial Hall, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, 01/11/73) – The Grateful Dead
2. Morning Dew (Live at McGaw Memorial Hall, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, 01/11/73) – The Grateful Dead
3. Playing in the Band (Live at McGaw Memorial Hall, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, 01/11/73) – The Grateful Dead
4. Uncle John’s Band (Live at McGaw Memorial Hall, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, 01/11/73) – The Grateful Dead
5. Playing in the Band (Live at McGaw Memorial Hall, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, 01/11/73) – The Grateful Dead
6. Mississippi Half-step Uptown Toodeloo (Live at McGaw Memorial Hall, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, 01/11/73) – The Grateful Dead