Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 is a two-CD live album by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. The seventh in their "Road Trips" series of albums, it was recorded on June 16, 1974, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, and on June 18, 1974, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. A third, bonus disc included with some copies of the album was recorded at the same two concerts. The album was released on June 18, 2009. The cover of Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 depicts the Wall of Sound. This was the very large and powerful concert sound system being used by the Grateful Dead at the time of these shows. It was composed of more than 600 speakers, powered by dozens of amplifiers. Each musical instrument had its own dedicated array of speakers. The Wall of Sound provided a superior sonic environment for Dead concert audiences of that era.

Track listing

Disc One

State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA 6/16/74

Disc Two

Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY 6/18/74

Bonus Disc

Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY 6/18/74

1. "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 13:07
2. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 5:29 State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA 6/16/74
3. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:02
4. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:31
5. "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 8:09
6. "Nobody's Fault But Mine Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 12:45
7. "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:36
8. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:16 Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY 6/18/74
9. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:30 During the "China Cat Sunflower" jam, Jerry Garcia briefly plays the melody to "I've Been Working on the Railroad."

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Production

Concert set lists

The complete set lists for the June 16 and 18, 1974 concerts were: June 16, 1974, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa: June 18, 1974, Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky:

• appears on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 ** appears on bonus disc