Rocking The Cradle: Egypt 1978

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Release Date: 2008-09-30

Label: Rhino Records

30th Anniversary Edition.
Deluxe packaging with 20 page colour booklet featuring rare photos and firsthand essay in gatefold fold-out card case with pop-up artwork. For US version WITHOUT pop-up artwork see here: The Grateful Dead - Rocking The Cradle: Egypt 1978

Recorded live at Gizah Sound & Light Theater, Cairo, Egypt (9/15-16/78).

PA System & Recording Equipment provided by The Who.

Stereo & 5.1 Mix at Garage Audio, Petaluma, CA.
Concert Video Post-Production at Video Arts, San Francisco.
Concert Video Mastering at Airshow Mastering.
Audio Restoration at Plangent Processes.

DVD Extra Feature: "The Vacation Tapes".
The Vacation Tapes were shot on Super 8 Film by Grateful Dead manager Richard Loren and others as a way to document the band, crew, family and friends' trip to Egypt.

Tracks CD1-1 & CD1-6 recorded 9/15/78.
All other tracks recorded 9/16/78.

Stereo PCM.
5.1 Surround.

"Stagger Lee", Ollin Arageed" & "Fire On The Mountain" were first issued as bonus tracks on the reissue of the album "Shakedown Street", included in the boxed set "Beyond Description (1973-1989)", Grateful Dead Productions/Rhino #76491 (10/04). All other selections previously unissued.

(P) & (C) Grateful Dead Productions, Inc.

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