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Grateful Dead, ‘Europe ’72’
Europe ’72 is a triple-live album covering the Grateful Dead’s tour of Western Europe in 1972, hence the name. The album was released because of the complications of their European expedition, how costly that tour was, and the hope that the live album would help recoup some of the band’s losses.
This live album features several songs that were never recorded in a studio. It was also the last Grateful Dead work to feature band member Ron “Pigpen” McKernan before he passed away in 1973. Nevertheless, this album will stay in Dead Heads’ hearts forever.