Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3

Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3
Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedJune 18, 2009
RecordedJune 16 and 18, 1974
GenreRock
Length158:42
bonus disc: 78:30
LabelGrateful Dead
ProducerGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
To Terrapin: Hartford '77
(2009) 		Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3
(2009) 		Road Trips Volume 2 Number 4
(2009)
Alternative cover
Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 Bonus Disc
Professional ratings
Review scores
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All About Jazz(favorable) [1]
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The Music Box [3]

Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 is a two-CD live album by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. The seventh in their "Road Trips" series of albums, it was recorded on June 16, 1974, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, and on June 18, 1974, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. A third, bonus disc included with some copies of the album was recorded at the same two concerts. The album was released on June 18, 2009.[4][5]

The cover of Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 depicts the Wall of Sound. This was the very large and powerful concert sound system being used by the Grateful Dead at the time of these shows. It was composed of more than 600 speakers, powered by dozens of amplifiers. Each musical instrument had its own dedicated array of speakers. The Wall of Sound provided a superior sonic environment for Dead concert audiences of that era.[6]

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