Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Cold Rain And Snow
2. Greatest Story Ever Told
3. Mr Charlie
4. Sugaree
5. Mexicali Blues
6. Big Boss Man
7. Deal
8. Jack Straw
9. Big Railroad Blues
10. Hurts Me Too
11. China Cat Sunflower
12. I Know You Rider
13. Playing In The Band

Disc 2:

1. Good Lovin'
2. Ramble On Rose
3. Black Throated Wind
4. Sitting On Top The World
5. Comes A Time
6. Turn On Your Lovelight
7. Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
8. Not Fade Away
9. Hey Bo Diddley
10. Not Fade Away

Disc 3:

1. Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
2. Black Peter
3. Chinatown Shuffle
4. Truckin'
5. Drums
6. Other One
7. El Paso
8. Other One
9. Wharf Rat
10. One More Saturday Night

Disc 4:

1. Uncle John's Band
2. Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)
3. Dark Star
4. Sugar Magnolia
5. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
6. Brokedown Palace

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45820 in Music
• Released on: 2004-08-17
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .46 pounds

CD Description
The generous four-disc collection STEPPIN' OUT draws from the same 1972 British tour that's documented on the classic EUROPE '72 album, but this 2002 release delves even deeper into those archives. It was a unique time for the band; keyboardist Keith Godchaux had just arrived, but founding organist/singer/harmonica player Pigpen would still be hanging on for a few more months until his death in '73. Thus, the bands rootsy/bluesy beginnings are represent on Pigpen features such as "It Hurts Me Too" and "Turn on Your Lovelight" while Godchaux helps stir the swirling, cosmic jams of "Playing in the Band" and "The Other One". Also, Mickey Hart had taken ahiatus, leaving Bill Kreutzmann the only drummer, which makes for a more pointed, groove-based rhythm feel even on the more psychedelic, sprawling numbers.
You'll hear stellar versions of some of the usual suspects from the Dead's '70s repertoire (the Dylan-meets-Chuck Berry "Greatest Story EverTold", the day-glo Buddy Holly of "Not Fade Away"). However, there are some rarities such as the Bob Weir-sung narrative "Black-Throated Wind", and covers of Huey "Piano" Smith's New Orleans R&B classic "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" and the self-explanatory "Hey Bo Diddley". With production overseen by the Dead's organisation, STEPPIN' OUT boasts excellent fidelity and virtually no weak spots.

Customer Reviews

High Times for The Dead
What we have here seems to be high times for The Grateful Dead. Pigpen still with them and Keith and Donna had just got on board. First thing noticed about this very generous 4CD set is the excellent sound quality (this is 1972 remember) and how seemless it all flows, selections having been recorded at four different venues over a total of seven gigs.
The band's enthusiasm for and committment to the many song and diverse musical forms they tackle comes over well. There's so much to get into ; blues, country tunes, original songs some then newish to the reportoire.
"Dark Star" is very present and correct running some 31 minutes, as is "The Other One" jam which surprisingly, and yet feeling so right, takes in Marty Robbin's "El Paso" on the way. Yes, the whole gamut of The Grateful Dead is here. Well recorded and presented and top form playing and singing throughout.

Extended highlights of the 1972 tour
Unfortunately for me, I was only 9 years old in 1972 and so was not aware of the Dead's existence back then,unlike one of the other reviewers here.Versions of many of the songs here are on "Europe 72"-well worth a listen, by the by-but the versions here are longer,and some of the material-"Dark Star" "Caution" and "Brokedown Palace"-aren't on "72".
Disc 3 and 4 take lumps of entire shows,mainly those in London,whereas ther first two discs tend to take pieces from different shows and splice them together.
Great stuff for the Deadhead,and,if you can find a secondhand copy,great for the neophyte too,as this band was one of the best incarnations of the Dead,as well as being Pigpen's swansong-I think he played one further show between the end of the European tour and his death in early 1973.

you had to be there!
Having attended most of the gigs featured on this CD, listening to it again over 35 years later still gives me goosebumps.
Rainy and windy Bickershaw, the aging but still graceful Lyceum, likewise Newcastle City Hall (not quite as cold as Bob weir remembers, but maybe that was just me and the 'pharmaceuticals'!!) every gig offered something new, something memorable to hang on to for all these years.
Anyone interested in hearing how the Dead's music 'travelled' away from homebase should get this, pin back your ears and be prepared for a fantastic aural trip.