''Road Trips Volume 1 Number 4'' is a two-CD live album by the American rock band the

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. The fourth in their "Road Trips" series of albums, it was released on September 30, 2008. It was recorded at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco, California, on October 21 and 22, 1978. A third, "bonus" disc was included with early shipments of the album. The bonus disc contains songs recorded live at Winterland on October 17 and 21, 1978. ''Road Trips Volume 1 Number 4'' is subtitled ''From Egypt with Love''. The Winterland concerts of October 17, 18, 20, 21, and 22, 1978, were the first shows played by the Dead after their concerts near the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt a month earlier. Songs from the Egypt performances are contained in the album '' Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978'', which was released on the same day as ''Road Trips Volume 1 Number 4''. ''Road Trips Volume 1 Number 4'' includes a few minutes of music from an audience recording, edited into the mix to complete several songs that were cut on the master

soundboard tapes A soundboard recording is a sound recording of a concert taken from a direct connection to the soundboard at the venue. Soundboard recordings are considered to be among the highest quality bootleg recordings of live performances though some soundb ...

. These songs are " Sugaree", "Stella Blue", "

Sugar Magnolia "Sugar Magnolia" is a song by the Grateful Dead. Written by Robert Hunter and Bob Weir, it is one of the most well-known songs by the band, alongside such hits as "Truckin'", "Casey Jones", "Uncle John's Band", "Touch of Grey", and fellow sugar-a ...

", and "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad", along with "He's Gone" on the bonus disc.

Track listing

Disc one

:October 21, 1978 #" Sugaree" (

Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...

Robert Hunter Robert Hunter may refer to: Arts * Robert Hunter (painter) (died 1780), Irish portrait painter * Robert Hunter (encyclopædist) (1823–1897), British editor of the ''Encyclopædic Dictionary'' *Robert Hunter (author) (1874–1942), American sociol ...

) – 13:40 #"Passenger" (

Phil Lesh Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career. After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of ...

, Peter Monk) – 3:39 #"

Stagger Lee "Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee" and other variants, is a popular American folk song about the murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton, in St. Louis, Missouri, at Christmas 1895. The song was first published in 1911 and first recorded ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:28 #"I Need A Miracle" (

Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead ...

, John Barlow) – 7:37 #" Got My Mojo Working" > (Preston Foster) – 12:12 #"The Other One" > (Weir) – 7:32 #"Stella Blue" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:53 #"

" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:48 #"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:42

Disc two

:October 22, 1978 #"Ollin Arageed" > ( Hamza El Din) – 3:30 #"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:28 #" Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 9:10 #" Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:32 #"

Scarlet Begonias "Scarlet Begonias" is a song by the Grateful Dead. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music by Jerry Garcia. The live debut of "Scarlet Begonias" came on March 23, 1974 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. The song begins in ...

" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:44 #" Fire on the Mountain" (

Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...

, Hunter) – 12:40 #" Not Fade Away" > ( Norman Petty,

Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas ...

) – 21:43 #"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:56

Bonus Disc

:October 21, 1978 :October 17, 1978

Personnel

Grateful Dead

– lead guitar, vocals * Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals * Keith Godchaux – keyboards *

–

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* Bill Kreutzmann – drums *

– electric bass *

–

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, vocals

Guest musicians

* Hamza El Din – oud, vocals on "Ollin Arageed" * John Cipollina – guitar on "Not Fade Away" and "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" * Lee Oskar –

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

on "Got My Mojo Working", "The Other One", "Stella Blue", and "Sugar Magnolia"

Production

*Produced by Grateful Dead *Compilation produced by David Lemieux and Blair Jackson *Edited and mastered by Jeffrey Norman at Garage Audio Mastering *Cover art by Scott McDougall *Package design by Steve Vance *Liner notes written by Blair Jackson

Concert set lists

The complete set lists for the "From Egypt With Love" concerts held October 17, 18, 20, 21 and 22, 1978 at Winterland Arena in San Francisco were: October 17, 1978: *First Set: " Promised Land", "Friend of the Devil", "Mama Tried", "Mexicali Blues", "Tennessee Jed", "I Need a Miracle", "Stagger Lee", "Jack Straw" *Second Set: "Scarlet Begonias", "Fire on the Mountain", "Estimated Prophet", "Eyes of the World", "Drums", "If I Had a World to Give"**, "Around and Around"** *Encore: "U.S. Blues" October 18, 1978: *First Set: "Sugaree", "Me and My Uncle", "Big River", "Peggy-O", "Looks Like Rain", "Stagger Lee", "New Minglewood Blues", "Candyman", "The Music Never Stopped" *Second Set: "Bertha", "Good Lovin'", "From the Heart of Me", "Ship of Fools", "Samson and Delilah", "Terrapin Station", "Playing in the Band", "Drums", "Mojo Jam", "Wharf Rat", " Truckin'" *Encore: "I Need a Miracle" October 20, 1978: *First Set: "New Minglewood Blues", "They Love Each Other", "Cassidy", " Dire Wolf", "El Paso", "Tennessee Jed", "It's All Over Now", "Loser", "Lazy Lightning", "Supplication" *Second Set: "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo", "Franklin's Tower", "Dancin' in the Streets", "Drums", "Not Fade Away", "Black Peter", "Around and Around" *Encore 1: "Johnny B. Goode" *Encore 2: "Shakedown Street" October 21, 1978: *First Set: "Ollin Arageed", " Promised Land", "Sugaree"*, "Passenger"*, "Ramble On Rose", "Looks Like Rain", "Stagger Lee"*, "I Need a Miracle"* *Second Set: "Bertha"**, "Good Lovin'"**, "It Must've Been the Roses", "Estimated Prophet"**, "He's Gone"**, "Drums", "Got My Mojo Working"*, "The Other One"*, "Stella Blue"*, "Sugar Magnolia"* *Encore: "U.S. Blues"* October 22, 1978: *First Set: "Ollin Arageed"*, "Deal"*, "Me and My Uncle", "Big River", "Friend of the Devil", "New Minglewood Blues", "Peggy-O"*, "Jack Straw"* *Second Set: "Scarlet Begonias"*, "Fire on the Mountain"*, "Samson and Delilah", "From the Heart of Me", "Drums", "Not Fade Away"*, "Caution Jam"*, "Mojo Jam"*, "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad"* *Encore: "Johnny B. Goode" * appears on ''Road Trips Volume 1 Number 4''
** appears on bonus disc

References

{{Authority control Road Trips albums 2008 live albums