3-CD Set Never Before Available at Retailers. These Releases Were Only Sold Through the Dead.Net Website. The Grateful Dead’s Road Trips Series Featured Hand-Picked Live Recordings from Throughout the Band’s Long Career. Now, Real Gone Music Is Bringing These Superb Live Shows to Regular Music Retail for the First Time. Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 4—Penn State/ Cornell ’80 Offers the Better Part of Two Shows from Penn State’s Recreation Hall on May 6, 1980 and Cornell’s Barton Hall (Site of Their Famed 1977 Show) on May 7, 1980. Captures the Band Right After the Release of Go to Heaven and Early in Keyboardist Brent Mydland’s Tenure with the Band. Strong Vocals and Performances Abound on Both Nights, Particularly on “He’s Gone” and “Wharf Rat” from Penn State and “Jack Straw” and “Cassidy” from Barton Hall. The Powerful Pairing of “China Cat Sunflower” and “I Know You Rider” Beginning the Second Set at Barton Hall Is Perhaps the Highlight. Beautifully Recorded by Dan Healy. Mastered by Jeffrey Norman. Liner Notes by Blair Jackson.
