Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72

Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 is a live box set from the Grateful Dead that collects performances from seven of their eight shows in England during their spring 1972 tour of Europe (their first tour of the UK and continental Europe).[3]

Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	July 9, 2002
Recorded	April 7 – May 26, 1972
Genre	Psychedelic rock jam rock and roll
Length	5:14:05
Label	GDM/Arista
Producer	David Lemieux Jeffrey Norman
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 25 (2002) Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 (2002) View from the Vault, Volume Three (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Music Box	[2]

The band visited England three times on the tour. They had booked four concerts in London (condensed to two) and one for Newcastle before touring mainland Europe. After the tour began, an opportunity came to return to England to play the stormy Bickershaw Festival, in between dates in Paris and Amsterdam. To make up for the poor sound and crowded shows at the last-minute replacement venue, the Empire Pool, they added more dates at the end of the tour, returning again to London for four performances at the acoustically favorable Lyceum Theatre in the West End.[4]

Track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date/venue	Length
1.	"Cold Rain and Snow"	Traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead	May 24, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	6:02
2.	"Greatest Story Ever Told"	Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter	May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	6:00
3.	"Mr. Charlie"	Ron McKernan, Hunter	May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	3:52
4.	"Sugaree"	Jerry Garcia, Hunter	April 11, 1972, Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne	7:34
5.	"Mexicali Blues"	Weir, John Barlow	May 24, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	4:10
6.	"Big Boss Man"	Al Smith, Luther Dixon	May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	6:28
7.	"Deal"	Garcia, Hunter	April 11, 1972, Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne	5:51
8.	"Jack Straw[lower-alpha 1]"	Weir, Hunter	May 26, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	5:19
9.	"Big Railroad Blues"	Noah Lewis	April 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	4:26
10.	"It Hurts Me Too"	Elmore James	April 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	6:07
11.	"China Cat Sunflower >"	Garcia, Hunter	May 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	5:05
12.	"I Know You Rider" "Happy Birthday to You[lower-alpha 2]"	Traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead Patty Hill, Mildred J. Hill	May 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	6:02 1:48
13.	"Playing in the Band"	Weir, Hart, Hunter	May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	10:10
Total length:				78:55

Notes

1. Also released on Weir Here
2. Played in celebration of Bill Kreutzmann's 26th birthday

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date/venue	Length
1.	"Good Lovin'"	Rudy Clark, Artie Resnick	May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	20:31
2.	"Ramble on Rose"	Garcia, Hunter	May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	6:41
3.	"Black-Throated Wind"	Weir, Barlow	April 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	6:07
4.	"Sitting on Top of the World"	Walter Jacobs, Lonnie Carter	May 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	3:30
5.	"Comes a Time"	Garcia, Hunter	May 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	7:01
6.	"Turn on Your Love Light >"	Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott	May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	13:02
7.	"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad >"	Traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead	May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	8:22
8.	"Not Fade Away >"	Charles Hardin, Norman Petty	May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	4:54
9.	"Hey! Bo Diddley >"	Bo Diddley	May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan	4:30
10.	"Not Fade Away"	Hardin, Petty	May 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	3:06
Total length:				77:44

Disc three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date/venue	Length
1.	"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"	Huey Smith	May 24, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	5:15
2.	"Black Peter"	Garcia, Hunter	May 24, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	8:52
3.	"Chinatown Shuffle"	McKernan	May 24, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	3:23
4.	"Truckin' >"	Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir, Hunter	April 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	10:14
5.	"Drums >"	Bill Kreutzmann	April 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	2:44
6.	"The Other One >"	Weir, Kreutzmann	April 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	19:31
7.	"El Paso >"	Marty Robbins	April 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	4:47
8.	"The Other One >"	Weir, Kreutzmann	April 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	8:20
9.	"Wharf Rat"	Garcia, Hunter	April 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	10:48
10.	"One More Saturday Night"	Weir	April 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	4:57
Total length:				78:52

Disc four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date/venue	Length
1.	"Uncle John's Band"	Garcia, Hunter	May 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	7:20
2.	"The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)"	McKernan	May 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London	7:57
3.	"Dark Star >[lower-alpha 1]"	Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter	April 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	31:27
4.	"Sugar Magnolia >"	Weir, Hunter	April 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	7:15
5.	"Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)[lower-alpha 2]"	Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir	April 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, London	17:15
6.	"Brokedown Palace"	Garcia, Hunter	April 11, 1972, Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne	7:02
Total length:				78:16

Notes

1. An excerpt of this track was previously released on Glastonbury Fayre
2. Edited version of the performance

Recording dates

• April 7 at the Empire Pool in Wembley – Disc 1, track 1 (introduction only); Disc 3, tracks 4-9
• April 8 at the Empire Pool – Disc 1, tracks 9 and 10; Disc 2, track 3; Disc 3, track 10; Disc 4, tracks 3-5
• April 11 at the Newcastle City Hall – Disc 1, tracks 4 and 7; Disc 4, track 6
• May 7 at the Bickershaw Festival in Wigan – Disc 1, tracks 2-3, 6, 12 (coda only), 13; Disc 2, tracks 1-2 and 6-7
• May 23 at the Lyceum Theatre in London – Disc 1, tracks 11 and 12; Disc 2, tracks 4 and 5, 7 (coda only), 8-10; Disc 4, tracks 1 and 2
• May 24 at the Lyceum Theatre – Disc 1, tracks 1 and 5; Disc 3, tracks 1-3
• May 26 at the Lyceum Theatre – Disc 1, track 8

Two additional tracks from the May 24 concert were later released on Rockin' the Rhein. All of these concerts were later released in their entirety on Europe '72: The Complete Recordings.

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, harmonica, vocals
• Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums
• Keith Godchaux – piano
• Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals

Production

• David Lemieux – compilation producer
• Jeffrey Norman – mixing
• Bob Matthews – recording
• Betty Cantor – recording
• Dennis Leonard – recording
• Jim Furman – recording
• Cassidy Law – project coordination
• Dick Latvala – tape archivist
• Eileen Law – archival research
• Rudson Shurtliff – assistant engineer
• Mary Ann Mayer – photography
• Richard Biffle – cover art
• Robert Minkin – layout design
• Heard – crew
• Jackson – crew
• Kidd – crew
• Parrish – crew
• Ramrod – crew
• Raizene, Winslow – crew
• Barry – crew
• Blair Jackson – liner notes
• Sam Cutler – onstage band introduction

Charts

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
2002	Billboard 200	160[5]

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. "Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72". AllMusic. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
2. Metzger, John. Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72, The Music Box, November 2002
3. Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 at the Grateful Dead Family Discography
4. Europe '72: The Complete Recordings; Rhino Records, 2011. Liner Notes: Gary Lambert, Sam Cutler, Simon Robinson.
5. "Billboard album chart history — Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72". Retrieved November 18, 2009.