Grateful Dead: "Europe '72" 3-LP tri-fold cover w/booklet (White Label Promo)
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You are bidding on a 3 LP Vinyl issue of Grateful Dead’s 1972 triple live album, entitled “Europe ‘72,” recorded April - May 1972 during their famous 1972 Tour of Europe. (Warner Brothers 3WX-2668). This three LP set is on the (White Label Promo) Warner Brothers Label.
"Europe '72 is a live triple album by the Grateful Dead, released in November 1972. It covers the band's tour of Western Europe in April and May that year, and showcases live favorites, extended improvisations and several new songs including "Jack Straw" and "Brown Eyed Women". The album was the first to include pianist Keith Godchaux and his wife, vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux, and the last to feature founding member Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who died shortly after its release.
The European tour was expensive and logistically complicated, and the band's record company hoped that a live album would recoup its costs. Consequently, the entire tour was recorded, with highlights making it onto the final release. Europe '72 is one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed albums by the Dead. It was one of the first triple-record rock albums to be certified gold by RIAA; the album has since been certified double platinum."
This Grateful Dead classic triple album was released in 1972 on Warner Brothers Records, (3WX-2668) We purchased this item in the 1970’s, played it (and enjoyed it!), and it has been sitting in our home (vertically) for the last few decades.
The LPs are in very good condition, (considering the age), but are not in any way “Like New;” they do show signs of wear. The LP cover is in very nice shape, with signs of aging and visible wear on the corners and spine of the LP tri fold cover. There is also some markings on the rear cover (see Photos). Please remember that this album was well taken care of, but it was played as part of our record collection decades ago. The LP cover is in the "Tri-Fold Style." The inner sleeve has the "Loss Leaders" adds where you could send $2.00 and get various double album samplers from Warner Brothers.
We have tried to show the LP Cover flaws with pictures posted in this listing.
This item has been stored at room temperature, in a smoke free home. Please see photos of actual item being sold.
Grateful Dead: Europe ‘72 “The quintessential triple live album from America's best live band. The Dead tore through continental Europe and England in the spring of 1972 with Pigpen still intact. At this point, the band still had the bluesy soul swagger that Pigpen's (their de facto front man since their early days) presence evoked. In addition, the band's song catalog continued to evolve, producing excellent set lists as we have here with this compilation of songs from selected shows throughout said tour. Highlights include the definitive versions of "Cumberland Blues," "He's Gone," "Jack Straw," "China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider,” and “Ramble on Rose,” plus covers of Hank Williams’ "You Win Again” and Elmore James’ "It Hurts Me Too.” Garcia's Fender Stratocaster, a gift from Graham Nash, is the ideal axe for their amalgam of country-blues-soul-rock style and sound. Engineering and production is fantastic to boot. In the pantheon of all-time great live albums, this is without a doubt near the top. Many ardent Dead Heads will argue that 1977 was their best year. Certainly a more than sound argument. However, for my money, 1972 is THE year”.
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