The version was unearthed for the upcoming Wake of the Flood 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Grateful Dead has released another previously unreleased piece of their Wake Of The Flood (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) has been revealed with a stellar rendition of “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo.” Performed 236 times between 1972 and 1995, the song has long been a staple of Dead shows, but hasn’t been heard like this before — live from Northwestern University’s McGaw Memorial Hall on November 1st, 1973. The set is part of the bonus disc that accompanies the forthcoming, newly remastered and expanded edition of the album, captured from the final night of a brief tour that immediately followed its original release.
Out September 29th via Rhino, Wake Of The Flood (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) also features the album’s seven songs and Jerry Garcia’s previously unreleased demo recordings of “Eyes Of The World” and “Here Comes Sunshine.”
In the meantime, the masterfully produced Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast has just begun its Wake Of The Flood celebration, exploring the LP through a song-by-song breakdown that starts with “Mississippi Half-Step.” Subscribe to the podcast, and step inside Sausalito’s Record Plant as Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, David Lemieux and more dive into the song’s roots, outtakes, isolated tracks, studio memories, and the origins of Grateful Dead Records.
If you’d like to go even deeper, Wake Of The Flood: The Angel’s Share just arrived last Friday, delivering a two and a half hour treasure trove of revelatory, never-before-heard session tapes.
