''Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 12/31/77'' is an album by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was recorded live on December 31, 1977, at the
Winterland Ballroom
Winterland Ballroom (more commonly known as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland) was an ice skating rink and music venue in San Francisco, California. The arena was located at the corner of Post Street and Steiner Street. It was converted for ...
in San Francisco, California. It was released on April 16, 2009. It was the sixth complete New Riders concert that was recorded in the 1970s and released in the 2000s as an album on the Kufala Recordings label.Live Archive Releases at the NRPS official website
New Year's Eve at Winterland
On Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 27, 29, 30, and 31, 1977, the Grateful Dead performed at Winterland, in a run of concerts promoted by Bill Graham. Their opening act on New Year's Eve was the New Riders of the Purple Sage. During 1970 and 1971, the New Riders had often opened for the Dead, but this was the first time they had done so in the
San Francisco Bay Area
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, their home territory, since the summer of 1974.
At the time of this concert, the New Riders' lineup consisted of John Dawson on guitar and vocals, David Nelson on guitar and vocals,
Buddy Cage
Buddy Cage (February 18, 1946 – February 5, 2020) was an American pedal steel guitarist, best known as a longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage.
on pedal steel guitar, Stephen Love on bass and vocals, and Patrick Shanahan on drums. Dawson and Nelson had co-founded NRPS with Jerry Garcia in 1969. Cage had replaced Garcia on pedal steel when Garcia left the band in 1971. First Love, and then Shanahan, had joined the New Riders more recently; both were former members of
Rick Nelson
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's Stone Canyon Band. Earlier in 1977 this lineup had released the studio album ''
Marin County Line
''Marin County Line'' is the ninth studio album and eleventh album overall by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. Released in 1977, it was their third and final album on the MCA Records label.Dick's Picks Volume 10''.
Recording and sound quality
According to a statement on the back cover, the CD "was mastered directly from the original 2 track reel to reel analog master tapes recorded at 7.5 ips. We've done as much as possible to tame some of the over exuberant bass related sonic anomalies found on this recording."
The album was released in
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format. This provides enhanced sound quality when played on CD players with HDCD capability, and is fully compatible with regular CD players.
Track listing
Disc one
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Hello Mary Lou
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" ( Gene Pitney) – 3:18
#"Little Old Lady" (Richard Wilbur) – 3:13
#"Fifteen Days Under the Hood" (
Jack Tempchin
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) – 4:34
#"Love Has Strange Ways" ( Stephen Love) – 5:44
#"Henry" ( John Dawson) – 4:46
#"Home Grown" (
Spencer Dryden
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) – 3:34
#"One Too Many Stories" (Dawson) – 3:25
#"Red Hot Women and Ice Cold Beer" (Cy Coben) – 3:35
#"Oh What a Night" (Love) – 4:04
#"Little Miss Bad" (Dawson) – 3:09
Jimmie Rodgers
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Chuck Berry
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Mick Jagger
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Keith Richards
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Buddy Cage
Buddy Cage (February 18, 1946 – February 5, 2020) was an American pedal steel guitarist, best known as a longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage.