Wake Of The Flood

Recorded 6-15 Aug 1973. Released 15 Oct 1973, with tracks:
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo 
Let Me Sing Your Blues Away 
Row Jimmy 
Stella Blue 
Here Comes Sunshine 
Eyes Of The World 
Weather Report Suite: 
      -    Prelude
      -    Part 1
      -    Part 2 (Let It Grow)
Remastered and reissued in 2004 with some bonus tracks as part of the box set Beyond Description (1973-1990). The bonus tracks are:
Eyes Of The World live version 7 Sep 1973 (note 1)
Weather Report Suite studio acoustic demo  4 Aug 1973
      -    Prelude
      -    Part 1
      -    Part 2 (Let It Grow)
China Doll studio outtake  8 Aug 1973
Notes
(1) also released on Dave's Picks Volume 38.

In 2023, a 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition contained the album's seven original songs plus previously unreleased demo recordings of "Eyes Of The World" and "Here Comes Sunshine."

It also included a bonus disc from the final night of a brief tour that immediately followed Wake of the Flood's release, at Northwestern University's McGaw Memorial Hall on November 1st, 1973:
Weather Report Suite: 
      -    Prelude
      -    Part 1
      -    Part 2 (Let It Grow)
Morning Dew > 
Playing In The Band > 
Uncle John's Band > 
Playing In The Band 
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo 


Further Information
For more information on this recording see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography

 


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