| Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 4 | ||||
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| Live album by Grateful Dead | ||||
| Released | August 2, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | June 18, 1976 | |||
| Length | 209:45 | |||
| Label | Grateful Dead Productions | |||
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Download Series Volume 4 is a live album by the rock band Grateful Dead. It was released as a digital download on August 2, 2005, and is a three disc set featuring virtually all of the June 18, 1976 show from the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey.[1] The song "Tennessee Jed" was omitted due to technical problems on the master tape that could not be resolved during mastering. To compensate for this omission, the third disc includes highlights from concerts later in June 1976 in Philadelphia and Chicago.
June 1976 marked the beginning of a near non-stop touring circuit by the Grateful Dead that would last until the band's dissolution in 1995 following Jerry Garcia's passing. This period also saw the return of Mickey Hart as the second drummer, ending his five-year hiatus. In mid-June, the band performed three consecutive nights at the Capitol Theatre.
New songs for 1976 included "The Music Never Stopped", "Crazy Fingers", "Samson and Delilah", and "The Wheel". The show also featured one of only five Grateful Dead performances of Garcia's song "Mission In The Rain".
Volume 4 was mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman.