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  Date Venue - City, State My Sound Rating Notes   Media  
1. 12/16/68 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA B+ Mickey And The Hartbeats - first set blues jam with Jack Casady. Spencer Dryden second set with Jack Casady, David Getz - third set with Harvy Mandel, George Chambers [2006-012-16] Two jam segments, being unrehearsed it is meandering. Not something you would listen to repeatedly, but is a glimpse of teh early SF music scene. Casady's bass is good FWIW.   1 SHN notes

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  Date Venue - City, State My Sound Rating Notes   Media  
1. 11/03/65 Golden State Studios - San Francisco, CA A- Very Cool, esp Caution. Looks like they tried to make it fir the standard 3 minute lp track time. PigPen is cool   1 SHN notes
2. ??/??/65 studio - n/a, CA B part of the Acid Test compilation - contains Neal Cassady & The Warlocks 1965- Speed Limit (studio recording/Prankster production tape circa late 1965) Neal Cassady Raps (backed by The Dead)recording released as a flexi-disc in the 1st printing of The Dead Book. Historically important but dated.   0 SHN notes
3. 01/08/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA B Part of Acid Test Compilation. "Q. Ken, What are you doing? A. Just having fun all the time." Obviously this is for those people interested to hear if there was anything REALLY going on during these tests. Bottom line - a single listen is sufficient and this is good fodder for shnamp. Very little actual Dead music over the 4 disks. The conversations sound like what you expect from people tripping with microphones and echo/reverb effects. Given the aura that surrounds these psychedelic pioneers, read the "Electric Kool Aid Acid Test" to get a more colorful picture. Sonically nothing special. On this date there is a performance at the Fillmore Auditorium (King Bee, I'm A Hog For You Baby, Caution> Death Don't Have No Mercy,Star Spangled Banner / closing remarks)   4 SHN notes
4. 01/08/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Source(s) MR>?>Hi-Fi Stereo VHS>WAV>Soundforge (Editing)>WAV>CDR>EAC>FLAC [2010-04-19]Acid test ramblings mixed in with some early GD tunes, featuring Pig Pen   1 FLAC notes
5. 01/29/66 Sound City Acid Test - San Francisco, CA B part of Acid Test Compilation - Ken Kesey interviewed by Frank Fey and other Acid test babble.   4 SHN notes
6. 01/29/66 Sound City Acid Test - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; vinyl>7" reel @ 7.5 ips Rob Berger transfer [2010-04-19]Clear sound, mostly Kesey babbling. No musical interest.   1 FLAC notes
7. 02/12/66 Youth Opportunities Center - Compton, CA B disk 5 of acid test - part of the acid test supplementary reels. Contains "Who Cares Rap (Pigpen, Weir, etc.)"   1 SHN notes
8. 02/25/66 Ivar Theater - Los Angeles, CA A- Surprisingly engaging to listen to today. This is Pigpen's band, lots of bluesy harmonica with Jerry playing standard blues riffs. Definitely worth a listen. IKUR has a country feel to it. Pigpen a crooner?? Jerry has a funny vibrato on his CRS vocals. Caution version done in a "Chicago Blues" style. The "You Don't Love Me" was made famous by the ABB.   1 SHN notes
9. 03/09/66 Bear's House - Los Angeles, CA A flac16; SBD > ?? > wav > cdr > wav via EAC > FLAC [2013-10-12]Sound good;interesting that this was a QMS staple as well.   1 FLAC notes
10. 03/12/66 Danish Center - Los Angeles, CA B part of Acid Test Compilation Pico Test - 3 songs performed Viola Lee Blues, You See A Broken Heart and In The Midnight Hour   4 SHN notes
11. 03/12/66 Danish Center - Los Angeles, CA B from the supplementary acid test reels - different version of prior circulating shn for this date   1 SHN notes
12. 03/12/66 Danish Center - Los Angeles, CA B Another version of the Watts Acid Test [2006-07-24] There is some intermittant static on a few songs, but it is mild in nature. Has an always enjoyable VLB to start things off, on early version of IKYR, Its A sin, several spots of PA banter, a Stormy Monday Jam, DDHNM and A Midnight Hour. Fun listen   1 SHN notes
13. 03/12/66 Danish Center - Los Angeles, CA A- MR>DATx>CD SBEs fixed and seeking added 04/26/2003 by terrapinstation [2010-04-19]Clear sound for this era   1 SHN notes
14. 03/19/66 Carthay Studios - Los Angeles, CA A- SBD > Rm > Reel > Dat > CD > EAC > CDWav > Flac EAC and Tracking by Ihor Slabicky Seed provided by Paul Scotton [2007-03-04]Tasty bits here - VLB, Midnight Hour, lots of Pig tunes...   1 FLAC notes
15. 03/25/66 Trouper's Hall - Los Angeles, CA B+ Pigpen's organ is prominent   1 SHN notes
16. 05/19/66 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A sbd(FM?) - both sets. [2006-04-15]Excellent sound and a great snapshot of the early GD. Check out how fast they play this version of GL! Things that stand out - songs are very bluesy or folky in they still (not too much psychdelic influence yet). Pigpens vocals, harmonica and organ playing are high in the mix. Very early versions of IKYR, BIODTL, Minglewood, VLB, CR&S, and Cream Puff War. Jerry's singing still vibrato influenced. Put this on the MHOL (must hear once list).   1 SHN notes
17. 05/19/66 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A sbd [2007-03-17]This is purported to be an upgrade in sound quality, though I haven't explicitly checked. Man is this Good Lovin' played FAST.   1 FLAC notes
18. 05/19/66 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA X flac16; Recording Info:SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> Sonic Solutions -> CD; Transfer Info:CD -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC; Original Transfers and Mastering By David Gans; Additional Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller; Upgrade in circulation   1 FLAC notes
19. 05/19/66 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> Sonic Solutions -> CD; Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC; Original Transfers and Mastering By David Gans; Additional Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller; this source is an upgrade to source ID 106683 [2010-04-20]Nice sound - Come Back Baby also a treat.   1 FLAC notes
20. 06/??/66 Scorpio Studio Outtakes - San Francisco, CA A- Scorpio Studio outtakes - for completists but because they are studio takes the sound is good   1 SHN notes
21. 07/01/66 Unknown (perhaps Fillmore Auditorium) - San Francisco, CA A/B Another early glimpse, right channel for most tunes has partial loss from tape being curled.   1 SHN notes
22. 07/01/66 Unknown (perhaps Fillmore Auditorium) - San Francisco, CA A- sbd via AJL/Kingbee. Interesting glimpse at early dead   1 SHN notes
23. 07/03/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA B+ Garcia's guitar solo on BB Man interesting in its simplicity. Too bad the Sittin' is cut because it sounded lik eGarcia was beginning a nice solo   1 SHN notes
24. 07/16/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- Serafin studio release- Pigpen's organ prominent. straight up renditions of songs, 5 minute format, no jams.   1 SHN notes
25. 07/16/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- sbd miller version [2006-05-16] Complete show (2 sets) of early gd. Barcis'a vibratto, Pig's organ prominent. Cream Puff my favorite from this era along with VLB.   2 SHN notes
26. 07/16/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> Sonic Solutions -> CD; Transfer Info: CD -> EAC -> SHN -> WAV -> FLAC; Transferred and Edited By Charlie Miller. This is a fix of shn id 21063 [2007-01-22]Flaw fixed in Dancin'. A more or less complete snapshot of the band early on - amusing for the versions of songs we have grown to love!   2 FLAC notes
27. 07/16/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA X Shntool fix of original Jay Serafin seed; Note- This is part of a group effort to 'fix' ALL of Jay Serafin's seeds so that they conform to redbook standards regarding Sector Boundary Errors; Read more about the effort at etree forums ; LINEAGE: SBD > RTR > PCM > SSSB;   1 SHN notes
28. 07/17/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- Serafin Studio release - see comments previous night   1 SHN notes
29. 07/17/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- sbd cmiller version [2006-05-17] Setlist differs from Serafin's prior seed for this date. This looks to be a set from this night while they played two on the previous night. Typical for this time, Cream Puff fun, early version of Baby Blue and CR&S.   1 SHN notes
30. 07/17/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA X Shntool fix of original Jay Serafin seed; Note- This is part of a group effort to fix 'all' of Jay Serafin's seeds so that they conform to redbook standards regarding sector boundary errors; Read more about the effort at etree forums LINEAGE: SBD > RTR @ 15 I.p.s. > PCM > D > SSSB   1 FLAC notes
31. 07/29/66 P.N.E. Garden Auditorium - Vancouver, BC A- surprising good quality for an early show - lots of nice pipen tunes - Sitting on Top of teh World for example.   1 SHN notes
32. 07/29/66 P.N.E. Garden Auditorium - Vancouver, BC X probably MR> C> DAT> CDR> EAC> WAV> SHN; from pre-FM David Gans seed; may circulate with or without DSO filler [2009-02-13]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
33. 07/29/66 P.N.E. Garden Auditorium - Vancouver, BC A- flac16; SBD>10" 1/2 track 15ips MR>DAT>3x>Delta DiO 2496>Soundforge 7.0>WAV>cdwave>Flac [2009-03-23]I did not compare this to prior circulating sources but most likely this is the version you want. Nice snapshot of the band though I like the next night's setlist better   1 FLAC notes
34. 07/30/66 P.N.E. Garden Auditorium - Vancouver, BC A sbd - small crowd tonight   1 SHN notes
35. 07/30/66 P.N.E. Garden Auditorium - Vancouver, BC A- flac16; SBD>10" 1/2 track 15ips MR>DAT>3x>Delta DiO 2496>Soundforge 7.0>WAV>cdwave>Flac [2009-02-23]I Like the Cream Puff and VLB. I did not compare this to what previously circ'd but it is likely that this is the preferred version as of this review date.   1 FLAC notes
36. 09/16/66 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- sbd - from a bootleg lp's "Vintage and Historic Dead". IKYR typical of their early style, some good PigPen, Lindy is totally wacky stuff (why did they do this one??). Dancin and Midnight hour more great 66 dead   1 SHN notes
37. 09/16/66 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B+ Historic Vintage Dead Vinyl [2007-03-09]Vinyl origin preserved in the pops etc. Sanpshot of the band in its Pigpen phase with early IKYR, IHM2, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, GMLSG, Lindy, Dancin' , E: Midnight Hour .   1 SHN notes
38. 09/16/66 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Source: SBD>MR>?>LP>WAV>WAV>FLAC Transfer: Lyra Helikon phono cartridge, Linn LP12/Lingo turntable, Linn Ittok tonearm, Audioquest LeoPard tonearm cable, PS Audio PS2 preamplifier, Kimber PBJ interconnect, M-Audio Audiophile USB A/D converter. [2010-04-20]The originator of this shnid claims to have used higher end equipment to transfer the bootleg vinyl disks. I did not do a detailed comparison to determine if this is the best version of this source. At least one of the other sources had no obvious issues so such a comparison would required more than a casual effort.   1 FLAC notes
39. 09/16/66 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- Mix from SBD>MR>??>CDR, in order of Vintage Dead and Historic Dead [2010-04-20]There are several shnids of this material - I did not do a detailed comparison - on listening to this, I did not notice any gross imperfections. Classic material.   1 SHN notes
40. 09/16/66 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA X flac24; SBD>MR>?>LP>ZoomH4>WaveLab 5.0>FLAC24 Linn LP12 turntable, SME III tonearm, Benz ACE H2 Cartridge, Rotel RC 1082 preamp Transfer by indidarkstar [2011-12-31]   0 FLAC24 notes
41. 10/02/66 Commons, S.F. State College - San Francisco, CA B Part of Acid Test Compilation. SF State Test on this date. I found the most interesting part was on disk 4 with the Jerry 1 hour interview during summer '67. Especially his comments on the SF music scene. Snippets "What I like to play is the music we play... Because it is our music I'm especially fond of it .. Its always groovey to play for an audience that is responsive.. Q. Do you play better under dope? A. I believe in moderation..some drugs you can play well on .. [acid] produces a much wider scope"   4 SHN notes
42. 10/02/66 Commons, S.F. State College - San Francisco, CA B different version of prior seed from the 6th disk of the supplemntary acid test reels   1 SHN notes
43. 10/07/66 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA A- sbd 3 songs (CPWar, GMLSG, Stealin')- part of SF Nights Compilation [2006-04-20] Typical versions of this time. Not special to seek out instead of more complete performances unless you are a completist.   1 SHN notes
44. 10/31/66 California Hall - San Francisco, CA   part of the acid test compilation   4 SHN  
45. 11/19/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA B+ worth a listen. I can't help but think they sound like a good high school prom dance band. "The Same Thing" done here with Pigpen vs later versions with Bobby is amusing. What is errie is that Pigpen's voice sounds the same as in later years but the bands playing is much less mature. Again, this is Pigpen' band.   1 SHN notes
46. 11/19/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- It Crawled out of the Vaults of KSAN. Cool Covers Here! [2006-07-24] This is a must hear totally sick show. It has some great banter and classics like Hi-Heel Sneakers, Pain In My Heart, Cold Rain & Snow, Beat It On Down The Line, Cream Puff War, The Same Thing, He Was A Friend Of Mine, Dancin' In The Streets. The Cream Puff War rages all the way. Better energy than most 95 shows.   6 SHN notes
47. 11/19/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- Speed corrected version of liberated bootleg sbd: shn id 41 [2007-03-04] Cream Puff War is always a must hear. Set 2 is Pig centric - Smokestack Lightning-> I'm A King Bee, Midnight Hour.   1 FLAC notes
48. 11/19/66 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Recording Info:SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD; Transfer Info:CD -> Samplitude Professional v10.1 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-03-01]Excellent sound and a very well played show - great snapshot of the band in its early phase   1 FLAC notes
49. 11/29/66 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA A- sbd [2006-04-20] The db.etree.org comments indicate that what is listed here as set 1 is the same as the previously circultaing 5/19/66 material, and that shnid=6516 is preferred. This shn set added the set 1 material to the prior shn set for 11/29/66 (shnid=4940) so this shn set is not needed if you have shnid=4940 and shnid=6516. As far as set 2 goes, this combined with the 12/1/66 materials is a great snapshot of the band at this time. The reviews in the TC are very well written, describing the Matrix and the role it played in the early SF scene. Listening to these early shows one looks for a glipmse of where the GD came from. What stands out is that there isn't something there that would point to where they would go in just a year. Pigpen's organ and vocals are high in the mix and Garcia is just starting to break out with his leads. Mostly covers too. The non-Pigpen tunes are very fast, the anti-thesis of what would become Garcia's and teh GD's fingerprint of slow tension and release style evolving jams. Garcia's vocals have a funny tremelo or vibratto which he would drop. Only the Pig tunes come across today as reasonably paced and perfromed. An early Pig rap is done here too. This is on the MHOL for 66. Sound is good considering the time.   2 SHN notes
50. 11/29/66 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA X SBD from bootleg CD> EAC> SHN; via thecore; reportedly distant, thin sound [2009-02-13]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
51. 11/29/66 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; SBD MR>?>Bill Graham Archive>Reel>CDR>CDR>EAC>FLAC [2010-03-18]Great recording for the time and a snapshot of the early gd.   1 FLAC notes
52. 11/??/66 KFRC studio - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Track 1: original November 1966 broadcast (incomplete): Source: FM -> ?? -> Sorochty's unknown gen cassette -> wav -> FLAC; Track 2: early 1967 rebroadcast (compete): Source: Tom Ordon's Master FM reel -> 1st gen Hi-Fi VHS -> wav -> FLAC [2013-10-13]Time capsule   1 FLAC notes
53. 12/01/66 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA A- sbd remastered version by SirMick [2006-04-20] SirMick did a good job of re-mastering this one to reduce the noise. This is on the MHOL for 66, being 3 sets where I presume the bulk of the bands repertoire at the time is aired, including a flubbed MAMU. Early (fast) versions of Minglewood, NTYSM, IHM2, MAMU, IKYR, BBM, Tou Don't Love Me (later a signature tune for the ABB), BIODTL, CRS, Dancin', VLB. Includes an early Pig rap. Just an altogether good historical document.   2 SHN notes
54. 12/05/66 Studio: 1st album outtakes - San Francisco, CA B/A 1st Album Outtakes - [2006-05-15] Seems speed is too fast to me, chipmunks fast. Historical interest to hear the instrumental w/o voices. Not an essential listen.   1 SHN notes
55. 12/05/66 Studio: 1st album outtakes - San Francisco, CA X Source: sbd>mc>cass>cd>eac>shn by Teri Kimbro.   1 SHN notes
56. ??/??/66 Compilation - Compilation, CA B Acid Test Compilation - see specific dates for comments if relevant.   4 SHN notes
57. ??/??/66 Compilation - Compilation, CA A- SBD; 1st Gen FM GDH 557; note this material is tentatively labeled 2/25/66 in a separate shn set. [2006-04-21] I agree with the comment that this is to mature to be 2/25/66. IKYR and CR&S are starting to slow down from their initial race speed. The King Bee > Caution has some great early Pigpen, with King Bee having one of the automobile transmission / make love raps. Caution also starts up nicely with the theme evolving out of King Bee. It is probably the best tune on this date and I would suggest hearing it. Very good sound.   1 SHN notes
58. ??/??/66 Compilation - Compilation, CA B supplementary acid test material - see specific dates for comments if I made them   2 SHN notes
59. ??/??/66 Viola Lee Blues Rehearsals - Unknown, CA A Viola Lee Rehersals - Hanno/uli. [2006-04-15]What it says it is, namely the band working out VLB. Very interesting to hear a glipmse of how they thrashed it out.   1 SHN notes
60. ??/??/66 Compilation - Compilation, CA   sbd - 3 song fragment   1 SHN  
61. ??/??/66 Various - Various, Compilation A- Uncirculated Primal GD that appeared ~Feb 2007. [2007-03-06]VLB fans will want this as it has 3 versions. Some other stuff as well.   2 FLAC notes
62. 01/14/67 Polo Field, Golden Gate Park - San Francisco, CA B- sbd - [2006-04-14] Great Human Be-In. 3 songs. First recorded version of Morning Dew per the TC. It has been claimed that Charles Lloyd plays flute on GMLS but there is no consensus on this. VLB is fairly raging. Listenable, ok sound.   1 SHN notes
63. 01/27/67 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B aud - hanno [2006-04-14] Listenable sound, though somewhat watery and with shades of some noise reduction perhaps. These early versions of Dew have Jerry singing with a tremelo voice. They are also faster paced and come off as adolescent versions compare to the versions of 72 and after. NPC, Alligator > Caution are high energy and do not hold back.   1 SHN notes
64. 02/12/67 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- 2 songs, most likely from studio NOT on this date (but commonly circulated as such). One user posted this comment: "These two songs are from 11/19/66. Sound is much better, and the playback speed is a little different, but I compared various segments: Pig's vocal inflections and harmonica runs - and Jerry's solos - are the same." Anycase its Smokestack > Bee and showcases the GD's Blues Band with Pigpen as the frontman. Sound quality is good.   1 SHN notes
65. 03/18/67 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA A- Uptempo mda fueled dead especially Cream Puff War, Golden Road, Viola Lee Blues. Garcia refers to the first set as the "Chuck Berry portion of the show" - transitioning from a Pigpen dominated band to one Pigpen set and one psychedelic set.   2 SHN notes
66. 03/18/67 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA A- sbd - fink - seekable version. [2006-04-13] Has early versions of MAMU, IHM2, Dew, BIODTL, Dancin, Golden Road, fast paced CR&S, and my favorite Cream Puff War. Garcia's jams are all fast and VLB-ish. Fun listen and the quality is good.   2 SHN notes
67. 04/08/67 KPIX-TV Studios - San Francisco, CA A- Maze TV Dead & Others - [2006-04-13] Dead perform Cream Puff War and Ralph Gleason interviews Jerry. Amusing for one listen to get a glimpse of the atmosphere around SF at this time.   1 SHN notes
68. 04/??/67 KMPX Radio Show - San Francisco, CA A This is an amazing historical document - it is errie hearing Jerry talk, and it gives you an appreciation of what Phil and Jerry were thinking about at the time. Totally engrossing   2 SHN notes
69. 05/05/67 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- sbd [2006-04-15] Good sound and mix. 4 songs. Venue and date best guess (see info file for discussion). Some extended aggressive stage banter. Golden Road is short, Alligator and NPC typical of this time. He Was a Friend Of Mine odd ball compared to the fast paced, in your face style of the other tunes. Also shows the raggedness of the singing at this time.   1 SHN notes
70. 06/18/67 Monterey County Fairgrounds - Monterey, CA A- sbd - mandrake upgrade ~ 9/2003. [2006-04-14]Monterey Pop Festival. Historically significant event, but the GD's performance (or what is captured here) is average. There is general agreement that the CR&S and VLB were played but the Alligator > Caution that are part of this shn set may not have been performed. Sound quality is good and the playing is typical of the time but not epic. Note: Deadlists indicates that Alligator/Caution may NOT be from this date. See that discusion for additional details.   1 SHN notes
71. 06/18/67 Monterey County Fairgrounds - Monterey, CA A/B SBD: MR> Cass> DAT> ZA2> CD; exception: Alligator -> Caution has no cassette gen, and may not even be from same show; CD seed via D. Hollister; original to abgd, to etree 6/00 [2010-04-20]Did not do a detailed comparison with the Sonic Solutions version with a more recent shnid than this seed date. 1967 GD is always interesting as a transition period   1 SHN notes
72. 06/18/67 Monterey County Fairgrounds - Monterey, CA A/B flac16; Lineage: SBD Master Reels > DAT (Panasonic 3700) > Delta DiO 2496 > PC hard drive > CDR > CDWAV > Cool Edit > Traders Little Helper [2011-09-15]Fast playing early gd with Jerry doing some tremelo on the vocals - Caution showcases kickass gd at this time.   1 FLAC notes
73. 07/23/67 Straight Theater - San Francisco, CA B part of the acid test compilation. [2006-04-14] On this date it was the Neil Cassady rap with the GD. Neil has a somewhat legendary status and this apparently is the only recorded snippet of him rapping with the GD. Today his reputation would seem to be a curiosity of the times. Not worth seeking out IMO. After one listen most likely you'll say what was all the fuss about.   4 SHN notes
74. 07/23/67 Straight Theater - San Francisco, CA B Neal Cassady rap with Dead; part of Acid Test compilation; via Alan Bershaw, Thomas Wulf; md5s and txt shown are for material performed on this date [2010-04-19]Somewhat muffled recording - short - of historical interest only   1 SHN notes
75. 07/23/67 Straight Theater - San Francisco, CA B+ flac16; Source Info: track 1 - aud recording > ?? > CD > wav > flac; track 2 - aud recording > ?? > flexi-disc > ?? > cassette x? > wav > flac [2013-10-12]Historical interest. See my other comments. This is the preferred, most complete version.   1 FLAC notes
76. 08/04/67 O'Keefe Center - Toronto, ON A- sbd - paired with 8/5/67. This is incredible primal dead jamming. Caution - do not listen to this where physical movement is impaired   1 SHN notes
77. 08/04/67 O'Keefe Center - Toronto, ON B+ hanno sbd upgrade [2006-04-13] 2 songs, NPC/VLB. Jerry introduces NPC and VLB is a 20 minute wail fest   1 SHN notes
78. 08/04/67 O'Keefe Center - Toronto, ON A- Includes JA Set; Stereo SBD MR>R>DAT(3)>CDR; via Stu Hanson; Seeded to etree by Greg Hurwitt [2009-03-02]Sound quality of the GD songs are quite good - I thought the JA set was not as inspiring as the two GD tunes - not much gd from this year so this is a nice find as the morph into their own style   1 FLAC notes
79. 08/05/67 O'Keefe Center - Toronto, ON A- sbd - it doesn't get more much more primal than this. paired up with 8/4/67   1 SHN notes
80. 08/05/67 O'Keefe Center - Toronto, ON A- sbd hanno sbd upgrade - slightly more complete and better sounding. 2 songs - Lovelight and Alligator. Lovelight other than being shorter is similar in style to later versions. Alligator has a "VLB" style never ending Garcia wail fest, ending in a loony tunes tuning (similar to previous night). Good sound.   1 SHN notes
81. 08/05/67 O'Keefe Center - Toronto, ON X Includes JA Set; Multiple SBD sources, see info file for details; via Stu Hanson; Seeded to etree by Greg Hurwitt [2008-03-06]An upgrade to this is in circultaion   1 SHN notes
82. 09/03/67 Dance Hall - Rio Nido, CA B/A Dancin', IHM2, CR&S, GMLSG, VLB, BBM, Alligator; [Midnight Hour placement uncertain, *if* played this date- setlist courtesy Jim Wise ~10/99, from a listen to Vault tape (now in circulation >3/00. Midnight Hour, found on the Phil Zone CD, was atributed to this date but was not found on the Vault tape by Jim- that song may be from 9/4/67.] On this shn set is supposedly the original mix version of Midnight Hour. I put this on the must hear list for this year because the Midnight Hour is extensively jammed and the muscianship seems very good. Also the ying/yang mix of psychedlic and bluesy tunes as Garcia's style diverts from Pigpen's blues based tunes.   2 SHN notes
83. 09/03/67 Dance Hall - Rio Nido, CA X RM > C > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN; see flaw notes in info file; seed via Jim Wise; via Tim O'Connell shn vine to BUDD, later to etree (via Jon Miller?); note Midnight Hour from this run is on Phil Zone CD- go buy it [2008-03-06] A more complete versions circulates   1 SHN notes
84. 09/03/67 Dance Hall - Rio Nido, CA X likely seekable reshn of previous shn set by Bob Clevenger (md5s differ) [2009-02-13]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
85. 09/04/67 Dance Hall - Rio Nido, CA A- sbd - jools. Caution > Feedback only. Date may be incorrect. Found on the Latvala's cassette of 9/3/67. Highlights feedback style with volume knob by Garcia. Good sound for what exists. Live/dead style feedback.   1 SHN notes
86. 09/15/67 Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood, CA B- Not the best aud ever but you can get a good feeling of what the music was like from it. Primal dead is always energizing   1 SHN notes
87. 10/20/67 American Studios - North Hollywood, CA A- Hunter's MSR > BETA > ??? > cdr > eac(secure mode) wav > flac [2007-07-10]This material might circ on a different date. From Sir Mick's notes: "Lovelight starts off and ends with brief vocals from Pigpen, Alligator is more or less instrumental. You can hear some very faint vocals, deep in the background, Jam has impromptu Alligator vocals from Pigpen at the start. It later morphs into Caution." A great snippet of the gd in 67.   1 FLAC notes
88. 10/22/67 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA B sbd - miller [2006-04-15] Dew starts out with odd mix and little vocals, improves as it goes on but vocals still low. NPC is nice. IHM2 has Garcia's early style of traditional blues riffs. Vocals are low in mix throughout. Early version of Lovelight - jam has tones of TOO. Early version of TIFTOO Suite. Garcia's playing gets weirder throughout the set :)   1 SHN notes
89. 10/22/67 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA X SBDmR> Cass> DAT> Sonic Solutions via D. Gans> CDR; via Ben Yerys [2009-02-13]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
90. 10/22/67 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA B+ flac16; SBD > Master Reels > DAT; Lineage/Recording Info detail/Editing detail: SBD > Master Reels > DAT (Panasonic 3700) > Sound card (Delta DiO 2496) > PC hard drive > CDR > CDWAV (tracking) > Cool Edit/WavePad (editing) > xACT Audio Compression Toolkit 2.13 [2011-01-20]A few gens less than previous versions - more than a few cuts but a great show especially to hear NPC and early TOO knowing in hindsight which song survived.   1 FLAC notes
91. 10/22/67 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat; Transfer Info: Dat -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2012-02-11]Lots of energy - and tremelo in both the voice and guitar   1 FLAC notes
92. 11/10/67 Shrine Exposition Hall - Los Angeles, CA A "Anthem of the Sun" era sound. Alligator already sounds like later versions. Cryptical/Caution great especially where Caution melts into feedback which then dissolves into silence.   2 SHN notes
93. 11/10/67 Shrine Exposition Hall - Los Angeles, CA X flac24; Updated Lineage: SBD Reel from WB Vault to reel @ 7.5 IPS to reel@ 7.5 IPS to digital domain. Korg MR 1000 at 1 bit 5.6 mhz to 24-96 via Korg software. Taped by: Dan Healy; Transfer By: Matt Smith & Bob Menke; Mastering By: Derek McCabe   0 FLAC24 notes
94. 11/10/67 Shrine Exposition Hall - Los Angeles, CA A- flac16; Updated Lineage: SBD Reel from WB Vault to reel @ 7.5 IPS to reel@ 7.5 IPS to digital domain. Korg MR 1000 at 1 bit 5.6 mhz to 24-96 via Korg software. Taped by: Dan Healy; Transfer By: Matt Smith & Bob Menke; Mastering By: Derek McCabe [2012-02-03]Tasty nugget from the early era - always wonder why Jerry does that tremelo singing style in this time - nice recording to have so many years later.   2 FLAC notes
95. 11/11/67 Shrine Exhibition Hall - Los Angeles, CA A- Lovelight and Schoolgirl sound like later versions. Nice harmonica solo on Schoolgirl. "Spell my name". Garcia hits a few wrong notes in the post-TOO Cryptical. New Potato most interesting song on the tape IMO (similar to Anthem style).   1 SHN notes
96. 11/11/67 Shrine Exhibition Hall - Los Angeles, CA X flac24; Updated Lineage: SBD Reel from WB Vault to reel @ 7.5 IPS to reel@ 7.5 IPS to digital domain. Korg MR 1000 at 1 bit 5.6 mhz to 24-96 via Korg software. Taped by: Dan Healy; Transfer By: Matt Smith & Bob Menke; Mastering By: Derek McCabe   0 FLAC24 notes
97. 11/11/67 Shrine Exhibition Hall - Los Angeles, CA A- flac16; Updated Lineage: SBD Reel from WB Vault to reel @ 7.5 IPS to reel@ 7.5 IPS to digital domain. Korg MR 1000 at 1 bit 5.6 mhz to 24-96 via Korg software. Taped by: Dan Healy; Transfer By: Matt Smith & Bob Menke; Mastering By: Derek McCabe [2012-04-29] Distinctive time and recording for the gd   2 FLAC notes
98. 11/14/67 American Studios - North Hollywood, CA A- sbd - 45 rpm release different mix. Born-Cross Eyed > Feedback, Dark Star. BCE has the Phil trumpet, but a long pause before the ending sustained chord, followed by another long pause, another chord with some feedback. Dark Star is played very fast with a bongo percussian and acoustic guitar. Worth hearing for its oddity compared to its latter performance style. Good sound.   1 SHN notes
99. 11/14/67 American Studios - North Hollywood, CA X flac24; SBD > ? > FLAC The Shrine Reels Taped by: Dan Healy Transfer By: Matt Smith & Bob Menke Mastering By: Derek McCabe   0 FLAC24 notes
100. 11/14/67 American Studios - North Hollywood, CA A- Source: Healy SBD [2012-04-01] Historic milestone   1 FLAC notes
101. 11/??/67 Studio Sessions for Anthem of the Sun - Unknown, CA A Studio Sessions for Anthem of the Sun, Date and location uncertain, likely Fall of 1967 in California. [2007-03-03] TOO , Alligator > Caution, Lovelight, Smokestack. Vocals are picked up from room in many cases. INteresting snapshot, especially for the Pig tunes. Sound is B quality   1 FLAC notes
102. ??/??/67 710 Ashbury St. - San Francisco, CA B+ part of the acid test compilation - interview w/ Jerry is best of the test   1 SHN notes
103. ??/??/67 Unknown Studio - Unknown, Unknown A- flac16; Recording Info: Source #1: SBD -> ?? -> 7th gen cassette (stereo) -> wav -> FLAC; Source #2: SBD -> ?? -> unknown gen cassette (mono) -> CDR -> wav via EAC -> FLAC [2013-10-12] Another time capsule; interesting to hear the early takes on what would become a staple of the Pigpen era.   1 FLAC notes
104. 01/17/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- sbd - cotsman most complete version. Garcia's vocals have this funky tremelo on Dark Star and China Cat. Earliest versions to circulate for Dark Star, China Cat, 11 Born Cross Eyed and Spanish Jam. Star > China Cat > 11 would be replaced by Star > St. Stephen > 11, with Stephen slowing up the pace, China Cat played fast. Probably should be on the MHOL because of the number of 1st's this night and the good sound quality.   2 SHN notes
105. 01/17/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA X MSR> cass> dat> cdrs, eac> wav> cooledit2000> wav> shn; via Jeff "notimetohate"; see info file for listening notes; same as previous shn set through d1t09. d1t10 through d2t04 now circulate with an unexplained 'fix'.   2 FLAC notes
106. 01/17/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA x MSR> cass> dat> cdrs, eac> wav> cooledit2000> wav> shn; via Jeff "notimetohate"; see info file for listening notes   2 SHN notes
107. 01/20/68 The Eureka Municipal Auditorium - Eureka, CA A- sbd [2006-04-15] I can hear why they dropped Clementine from this version! The Dark Stars from this time are also dispensed with quickly and not drawn out or teased. The Born Cross-eyed >NPC>Spanish jam >Caution contains the most together jamming but its not that tight - some miscues indicative of the newness of the tunes. 1st show of the NW tour that would be featured in Anthem of the Sun. SOudn quality is good but the raggedness knocks the show rating down a notch.   1 SHN notes
108. 01/20/68 The Eureka Municipal Auditorium - Eureka, CA X circulated as half of a single CD with a version of 2/3/68; via Abe [2009-02-13]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
109. 01/20/68 The Eureka Municipal Auditorium - Eureka, CA X fragment; unconfirmed: SBD > MReel > DAT > CD-R > EAC > SHN; pre-FM GDH?; via R. Ward [2009-02-13]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
110. 01/20/68 The Eureka Municipal Auditorium - Eureka, CA X via Scott Clugston [2009-02-13]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
111. 01/20/68 The Eureka Municipal Auditorium - Eureka, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-02-20]Like the NPC and BCE   1 FLAC notes
112. 01/22/68 Eagles Auditorium - Seattle, WA B/A sbd - [2006-04-15]This is a sloppy performance, highlighting the new material that would become Anthem and Aoxomoxoa. Feedback appears on Anthem. Early Star > China Cat > 11 run through quickly as wont for this time. Alligator and Caution come across as more mature because they seem less hurried. Sound quality is fairly good.   1 SHN notes
113. 01/22/68 Eagles Auditorium - Seattle, WA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-02-20]Like the feedback!   1 FLAC notes
114. 01/23/68 Eagles Auditorium - Seattle, WA A "Anthem of the Sun" Psychedelic Sonic Wonder especially New Potato Caboose and Born Cross Eyed - vocals a bit flubbed (I read they dropped it 'cause it was too hard to sing) but this is a great song.   1 SHN notes
115. 01/23/68 Eagles Auditorium - Seattle, WA A- sbd Jools Eliot version [2006-07-24] Haven't done a comparison of this against the other sources. Has a Cryptical Suite Clementine> NPC > BCE > Spanish Jam //. With that set list, can't complain.   1 SHN notes
116. 01/23/68 Eagles Auditorium - Seattle, WA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-02-20]Another little nugget from this era   1 FLAC notes
117. 01/27/68 Eagles Auditorium - Seattle, WA A spanish jam all that circs - [2006-04-13] Very good sound and mix, on headphones you feel right on stage. Historically interesting to compare this to later versions since the Spanish named theme jam would become associated with favorite versions of either TOO or Dark Star.   1 SHN notes
118. 01/27/68 Eagles Auditorium - Seattle, WA A- flac16; Recording Info:SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info:Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-02-20]A little snippet   1 FLAC notes
119. 02/02/68 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR A- sbd jools [2006-04-14] Early lyrics to TOO. Clementine strikes me as an odd song for the GD, vocal style doesn't really fit them. GMLSG is from the next night.   1 SHN notes
120. 02/02/68 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-02-20]Clementine (the vocals) never piqued my interest.   1 FLAC notes
121. 02/02/68 Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR x Shntool fix of previous Julian (Jools) Elliott seed   1 SHN notes
122. 02/03/68 The Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR B sbd - sonic solutions via Jools [2006-04-21]This is pitched noticeably slow to my ears. Bobby's voice is too low and the pacing drags compared to all other versions around this time. Has that Anthem feel. Supposed to be the first date with the revised (and to be standard) TOO lyrics. The order of songs is the Crytical Suite thru BCEyed then a break then Star >CCat > 11. Performance is good but this should be pitched higher so I rate the sound a B.   1 SHN notes
123. 02/03/68 The Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR X circulated as half of a single CD with a version of 1/20/68; via Abe [2009-02-13]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
124. 02/03/68 The Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info:Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-02-20]Another good example of Anthem material   1 FLAC notes
125. 02/14/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- Quick paced short early version of Dark Star which segues into a quick paced China Cat. Garcia sounds out of tune on Midnight Hour. Generally an off show or at least first set?? Set 2 dedicated to Neil Cassidy. Very good versions of Alligator and Caution (where these the versions on Anthem of the Sun?)   2 SHN notes
126. 02/14/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- sbd - kaplan FM broadcast KMPX-San Francisco Garcia dedicates second set in remembrance of Neal Cassidy. [2006-04-20]Has material that appeared on Anthem. Set 1 has the Star > CC > 11 >Lovelight sequence. Still evolving. The best part is teh Crytical Suite in set 2 dedicated to Cassidy with a NPC and Born Cross-Eyed as well as an Allifator > Caution. The material that appeared on Athem will be obvious, though the tightly ediited versions on that release vs the extended versions that appear here with less tempo changes might come across as more meandering than Athem. Sound quality is good. Probably makes the MHOL.   3 SHN notes
127. 02/14/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- Recording Info: SBD -> (8 Track) Master Reel -> Dat -> CD -> FLAC Transfer Info: FLAC -> Samplitude Professional v10.02 -> FLAC Transferred and Remastered By Charlie Miller (note: this source contains officially released, copyrighted material) [2008-01-29]A rework/upgrade of D. Winters recent seed. Set 2 is fairly epic to put it mildly. A definite must listen.   2 FLAC notes
128. 02/14/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA x flac16; Lineage: SBD>MR>DAT>CD>EAC>SHN>WAV>Cool Edit Pro v2.0>FLAC via D. Winters (note: this source contains officially released, copyrighted material)   3 FLAC notes
129. 02/14/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA x SBD 8 track MR>D>CD with some alternate SBD patches; See info file for details; patches by H.B. 12/01 from tapes supplied by Konstantin and Uli   2 SHN notes
130. 02/23/68 King's Beach Bowl - Lake Tahoe, CA A- "Dick's Picks vol 22" Primal with a capital "LSD". Quick paced "Dark Star" > China Cat > 11. "Anthem of the Sun" era greatness. I just wonder what else was played because the show was from 8pm until ?? Not Tradeable. Here's a David Lemieux interview that describes stumbling onto the tapes that were to become this release.   1 SHN notes
131. 02/24/68 King's Beach Bowl - Lake Tahoe, CA A- Dick's Picks vol 22 The Primal goodness continues on this night too. OK, who has the out takes!   1 SHN notes
132. 03/03/68 Haight Street - San Francisco, CA B- aud Owen Bros version - an historical event captured by a taper! Viola Lee Blues   1 SHN notes
133. 03/03/68 Haight Street - San Francisco, CA A- aud Jools Eliot version [2006-07-24] Have not compared this against the prior circ'ing shn sets. But the sound quality is amazing for an aud and it has a great version of VLB, 21 minutes!   1 SHN notes
134. 03/03/68 Haight Street - San Francisco, CA X Deadhead Hour pre-FM; via David Finney [2009-02-13]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
135. 03/16/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A sbd - ph = 1! [2006-04-25]One of the best sounding boards from this era so most will want to hear this one at least once. Dark Star played at a very fast pace compared to what it will become. The first part has the Jerry/Phil mingling with the repetitive organ riff. Star segues into China Cat which is also played fast. Pretty straight ahead version. The Eleven keeps up the fast pace and is a long and jammed out version. The GMLSG slows things down and completes the set. Set 2 has a good version of Alligator (with the Mtn jam ) and Caution, ending in feedquack (with indeed some weird duck calls). An interesting snapshot - maybe a tad sloppy in places.   2 SHN notes
136. 03/16/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.1 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2010-10-10]Strong time period for the band   2 FLAC notes
137. 03/26/68 Melodyland Theater - Anaheim, CA A- aud [2006-04-25] I'd label this a sbd (maybe one of the stage mic shows around this time). Its hard to believe this is a March 68 show - the Dark Star is played almost like the famed 2/27/69 version and just a few days before they were still doing the "speed freak" version. The sound quality is very good and the tunes are well played. Any time SOTOTW is done, I'm happy. Check this one out!   1 SHN notes
138. 03/29/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- A very good aud tape considering the date! You can hear what it was like to be in the hall. I wish I had been there   1 SHN notes
139. 03/29/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Recording Info:SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info:Dat (Sony R500) -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2010-10-10]Previous "aud" recordings are this "sbd" which has a large aud mix.   1 FLAC notes
140. 03/30/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B+ aud - cotsman [2005-04-25] Jeff syas in the info file "The late March '68 recordings are often listed as sbds, and the topic of aud vs. sbd remains uncertain for these shows, though they sound as if they were recorded with micophones on stage. The material for disc 2 is likely from a different show, though it circulates with the rest of what is dated as 3-30-68. It is possible that two Lovelights could be played in a single show, and it is conceivable that these songs may have preceded those on disc 1." I agree with the stage mic description. This night isn't as primal as the next. The Star > Cat transition isn't smooth (probably why Cat was replaced by St Stephen) the 11 ends up stong. The TC review is accurate but probably over sells the show compared to others.   2 SHN notes
141. 03/30/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA X Partial; AUD>MR>D>PCM>D>CD   1 SHN notes
142. 03/30/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Recording Info:Recording Info:SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info:Dat (Sony R500) -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2010-10-10]Previously labeled auds are this sbd   1 FLAC notes
143. 03/31/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B+ aud - cotsman [2006-04-25] See previous date for description of these "stage mics" (which had nice frequency pickup and capture the bass well). The Caution > Feedback from this date is a must hear IMO. Very well done without any wankery.   1 SHN notes
144. 03/31/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA   flac16; Recording Info:SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info:Dat (Sony R500) -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller   1 FLAC  
145. 03/31/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Recording Info:SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info:Dat (Sony R500) -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2010-10-10]Previously labeled auds are this sbd   1 FLAC notes
146. 05/18/68 Santa Clara County Fairgrounds - San Jose, CA B- aud via Jools [2006-04-25] According to Jools, there are 2 tapes in circulation. One is a "stage tape" made by Jorma the other from the audience by Tom Odon. This doesn't sond like a stage tape to me so I'd assign this as the aud tape from Tom Odon. There is little soundfield (not unexpected from a mono tape) and the musicians sound too distant to be a stage tape and there is some nearby (closer than the music) noise from people which completes a consistent picture of this being a traditional aud tape. The sound quality is clear enough (some distortion) so I'd give it a low be rating for sound.   1 SHN notes
147. 05/18/68 Santa Clara County Fairgrounds - San Jose, CA A- Jorma Kaukonen's aud [2007-03-18]Killer Alligator > Caution > feedback (short but must hear set) followed by a spaced out Bob Weir jabboring away into the microphone. This shnid is supposed to be an upgrade as of 3/15/07.   1 FLAC notes
148. 05/18/68 Santa Clara County Fairgrounds - San Jose, CA B+ flac16; Source: Jorma Kaukonen’s On Stage Mic > Reel to Reel Master > DAT x 1 Transfer: playback on Sony PCM-R500, AES digital output > Benchmark DAC1, XLR analog output > Grace Lunatec V3, sample rate at 96 KHz, AES digiout) > AES digital input, professional mode/sync - LynxTwo soundcard > HD as 24 bit/96 KHz WAV Mastering: WaveLab > Nomad Blue Tube Limiter LM2S-3 > r8brain to [16/44.1] > CD Wave > TLH > Flac Transfer by Chris Ladner July 2007, Mastering Bill Koucky September 18, 2008 Green Mountain Bros [2009-02-23]I did not compare this to prior versions of what circulates but I'm assuming it is the preferred version as of this date. An interesting snippet - the Alligator > Caution > Feedback still holds up on this listening.   1 FLAC notes
149. 05/18/68 Santa Clara County Fairgrounds - San Jose, CA x AUD?; filler on 11/22/68; via Teddy Good Bear to abgd; view info; view poster   1 SHN notes
150. 05/18/68 Santa Clara County Fairgrounds - San Jose, CA x AUD>?>CD>SHN; Unknown seeder   1 SHN notes
151. 05/??/68 Unknown - Unknown, Unknown A- Jerry's guitar style very fluidic on TOO. Good jam on New Potato Caboose.   1 SHN notes
152. 06/14/68 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY B aud - [2006-04-24] First FEast show. Supposedly its the late show, listenable aud tape with only a bit of distortion when the volume gets loud, little crowd. Suposedly no sbd exists in the vault. Here's the setlist. Feedback-> The Eleven-> Saint Stephen, Alligator-> Turn On Your Love Light-> Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)-> Drums-> Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)-> Feedback. Feedback starts and after a while, Phil slowly starts strumming the bass chord to the 11 so its emerges out of Feedback. Both 11 and St. Stephen are played too fast for my taste (deson;t sound like a pitch issue). Alligator and Lovelight are short versions, with the main jam of the set occuring in Caution which is a must hear version. Again, things are paced too fast but its like a locomotive with too much momentum. Its ends again in Feedback. An interesting setlist to bookend the feedback (apparently the band walked on 1:1 and off 1:1 to start and end the set.) The review in the TC is accurate to the music. To my ears this tape is too fast. Besides extremely fast Garcia playing, check out the crowd clapping at the end of the set. There was very little crowd noise during the set, but theb clapping that follows is very fast, almost physically impossible to replicate.   1 SHN notes
153. 06/14/68 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY X aud> mics?> master cassette> reel> reel> PCM> CDR; via Mike Lai; note info file lists as early show, but Deadlists and elsewhere list as late show [2009-02-13]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
154. 06/19/68 Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B sbd - [2006-04-24] The info gives an apt description "This is a very strange show. The start of Lovelight is clipped, with the recording improving from what is a ragged condition at first. The sound system has technical difficulties, with an intermittent buzz during portions of Lovelight from a bad electrical connection. There is some minor static at 9:30 of the first track. The vocals are very low in the mix, and difficulties with the sound system might explain a lack of singing during the second set, though the jams are very inspired. The recording includes a group chant between sets, which may include members of the band, crowd, a woman who sounds like Grace Slick, a child, an imposter-drummer, security etc." Notable for 1st NFA, but basically no vocals, the chant is long and boring, the jams are ok but that's as charitable as I can get. This is one you can skip.   2 SHN notes
155. 08/21/68 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A/B sbd - cousinit [2006-05-25] This performance doesn't get me too stoked. Nothing bad, just nothing that drew me in. Interesting to hear this early the Mountain Jam and "We Bid U Good Night" theme that would become part of GDTRFB this early in the scheme of things. Info file diginoise (followed by a brief gap) is confirmed. This source doesn't have any cassete gens if you believe the lineage (reel > dat). GMLSG and the Alligator were the highlights for me.   2 SHN notes
156. 08/21/68 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA X sdb> reel master> cassette> dat> cdr; via Mike Lai [2009-02-13]Upgrade in circulation   2 SHN notes
157. 08/21/68 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA x SDB>MR>C>D>CD>EAC>SHN; see info file for details; seeded to etree via D Litfin; edits/encoding by D Litfin   2 SHN notes
158. 08/22/68 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A- sbd - cotsman [2006-05-12] Here are Cotsman's comments: "The Confusion: There has been a great deal of confusion regarding the date of 8-22-68, and this shn set still has several uncertain elements. Maybe some of this info can help: --"source 1" (mono), has circulated fairly commonly under "8-22-68", though the Alligator that accompanies that recording is actually the version from 8-21-68. Still, there is no certainty that this material covering Stephen through New Potato is from 8-22. It does not match any other circulating material, though, and the intro from Bill Graham clearly places this at the Fillmore. Furthermore, this show may circulate with Dark Star as the opener, as it follows the Bill Graham intro. However, Bill Graham introduced the band at the start of each set in those days, so I've kept Dark Star where it was on my copy, in position to start the 2nd set. --"source 2" is in stereo, and has been dated as 8-22-68 from David Gans. This portion often circulates following an alternate mix of the material that would make up "Two From The Vault" (8-24-68). Other bits of reference: --Phil's bass is out of tune during New Potato on 8-22, unlike the phenominal 8-24 version --the Alligator from 8-21 differs as it does not segue into Caution --the Alligator/Caution from 8-23 differs in that it does not segue into WBYG after Feedback --the minor cut in Feedback on 8-22 may be disguised on some copies. Lastly, this probably isn't the end of confusion for 8-22, but as of Jan '03, it's a best guess." To add to the confusion, Samaratino said in the comments "How much of the beginning of St. Stephen is clipped on this? Also where is the Other One splice?...I know it says 3:41, but mine is on Dat with no track times. A vocal or musical cue would be good. When I saw this on etree, I pulled my Dat and the entire St. Stephen is in tact except for the pre-song tuning and I don't hear a splice in the Other One. The sound is really good and the stated lineage is Master Reel Soundboard, Healy digital re-master for possible TFTV release (which, of course, ended up being 8/24). " As of 5/12/06, no improvement to this source has surfaced. This performance isn't as tight as the LA gigs a few days later. As typical for this time, 11 and NPC are the most developed jam vehicles with lots of energy. Dark Star is a 12 minute version with the Bill Graham "Clean cutr but morally corrupt, the GD" intro. The Alligator through the end most liekly the same as the jools fragment version.   2 SHN notes
159. 08/22/68 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A- sbd - Jools version of Alligator thru WBYGN [2006-04-30] This is a nice sounding board of a respectable but not mandatory listening performance. The Cuation > Feedback portion was the best part to my ears. The TC reveiw gives this higher marks than me. This also came at the end of my listening to all of 68 so it didn't standout enough for me to be so enthusiastic about it. Maybe another listen will have it grow on me.   1 SHN notes
160. 08/22/68 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Source: Soundboard Reels > ? > DAT Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Korg MR-1 DSD [1 Bit/2.8 Mhz] Mastering: AudioGate to [24/96] > WaveLab > Nomad Blue Tube Limiter LM2S-3 > AudioGate to [16/44.1] > CD Wave > TLH > Flac Transfer and Mastering by Bill Koucky, Green Mountain Bros. July 8, 2008 [2008-07-22]Stereo version considered better than what here-to-fore circulated. Excellent era and performance.   2 FLAC notes
161. 08/23/68 Shrine Exposition Hall - Los Angeles, CA A+ Consider this as the left overs from "Two from the Vault". Mutli-track with Captain Trips and the boys kicking butt. Makes you wonder why they didn't include this with the original release.   2 SHN notes
162. 08/23/68 Shrine Exposition Hall - Los Angeles, CA A- flac16; SBD > Various Transfers / Edits (see original info attached) > .flac [2011-11-26]Can not comment on the remastering, but there are a few didginoise spots - typical psychedelic 68 show   2 FLAC notes
163. 08/24/68 Shrine Exposition Hall - Los Angeles, CA A+ "Two From the Vault" official release - words are unable to describe this show. Just buy it.   2 CDR notes
164. 08/28/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B- sbd - for completists only. poor sound, almost nothing above 5khz so it sounds like it was recorded into a phone. Show itself is typical for the time but none of the songs struck me as particularly exceptional, although I may have missed it in teh sound quality   1 SHN notes
165. 08/28/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B- sbd - cotsman pitch corrected [2006-04-30] See previous review. This shn set has the pitch adjusted, but it is still a poor sounding recording of interest for completists.   1 SHN notes
166. 09/02/68 Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm - Sultan, WA B "Live Dead" format Dark Star,St. Stephen > 11 coupling but faster paced. Recording has some hiss and distortion and is a grade lower than others around this same period. On The 11 Garcia playing fast all over the place.   1 SHN notes
167. 09/02/68 Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm - Sultan, WA A sbd miller version [2006-04-28] This is a sick show especially for the Caution and feedback. Intersting mix on the tape with an audience, a stereo mix options. Very good sound - some of the best of 68! Check it out.   2 FLAC notes
168. 09/02/68 Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm - Sultan, WA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel (1/2-inch 4-track reels recorded on Ampex 440) -> Dat (Tascam DA30/44.1k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Tascam SS-R05 -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2011-08-25]I had forgotten how fast they played songs during this period - interesting to have the alternate mix though I don't know exactly what that means - were the mixs from a multitrack and created afterward or were they done at the show   2 FLAC notes
169. 09/20/68 Berkeley Community Theater - Berkeley, CA A- On same disk as 68-01-23 as filler. St Stephen -> (7:15) The Eleven -> (4:26) Drum Solo w/Vince Delgado and Shankar Ghosh. Garcia laughs while singing lyrics on St. Stephen. Long drum solo typical of what would be heard routinely in later years.   1 SHN notes
170. 09/20/68 Berkeley Community Theater - Berkeley, CA B+ flac16; Recording Info:SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD; Transfer Info: CD -> Adobe Audition v3 -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> FLAC [2011-11-25]Remaster of prior shind - not an essential performance from this year   1 FLAC notes
171. 10/08/68 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA A- Hartbeats [ 2006-04-30] This will be of interest to mostly completists and those attracted to non-standard lineup - Casady on Bass. Cosmic Charlie might get the 1st public performance here - the Clementine jam is interesting on how it is so different from the types of songs included on Aoxomoxoa. Sound quality is very good.   3 SHN notes
172. 10/08/68 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA A- Disc 1 only; optimal composite source free of diginoise. SBD MR>2R>D>CD; via Jens Tilsner and Hanno Bunjes [2007-03-06] Interesting sound bit where you can hear what would become familiar musical themes improvised Clementine Jam, Clementine Jam>The 11 Jam>DDHNM, The 7, Dark Star Jam>Cosmic Charlie. This is popular among fans who want to trace the musical evolution of the band.   1 SHN notes
173. 10/09/68 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA X this date is erroneous. i've listed this shn to point you to the next night, 10/10/68 where the tunes should reside   0 WRONG DATE notes
174. 10/10/68 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA A- sbd [Hartbeats w/ Casady] [2006-04-28] Nice sound. d2t5 has what as far as I know is the earliest clearly formed Fire On The Mountain theme and is a must hear for that alone. Set 1 also has 11 >7 the latter which is noted in the TC as the most clearly formed rendition of this tune. This date has the most interesting jams that don't meander. Set 2 sound better than set 1 for reasons unknown to me. On the should hear once list.   3 SHN notes
175. 10/10/68 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA A- sbd - miller/ladner version [2006-07-25] I don't know if this is notably different than the other sources for this date - but it is on the must hear once list. Early instance of exploration of various jam themes central to the GD. Also, AFAIK, the earliest known FOTM theme.   3 SHN notes
176. 10/12/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- sonic solutions via eD [2006-04-28] Very good sound quality. On this date and the next night basically identical setlists. the 2 performances differ mostly in the drums and feedback portions. Set 1 has Star > Stephen > 11 >DDHNM (with the latter becoming displaced by Lovelight). DDHNM switches pace too fast and isn't one of my favorite tunes. Set 2 has a Crytpical Suite > NPC > Drums > Feedback, with the NPC and Feedback being my favs.   1 SHN notes
177. 10/12/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- sbd via Miller [2007-08-22]Excellent sound quality and a nice snapshot of the band minus Pigpen. The NPC and following jams and feedback still grab the most interest (because NPC wasn't performed as much as the other tunes...)   1 FLAC notes
178. 10/12/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA X MSR> DAT> Sonic Solutions> CD; via David Gans; Charlie Miller; seeded to etree by Michael Owen [2010-09-27]Upgraded   1 FLAC notes
179. 10/12/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (48k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Tascam SS-R05 -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2011-09-15]Pigpen's absence means an interesting more psychedelic show that is more aggressive in your face   1 FLAC notes
180. 10/12/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> ?? -> cdr -> wav via EAC -> FLAC [2013-10-22] Slightly different banter suggesting maybe more than one master? Did not compare against other sources.   1 FLAC notes
181. 10/13/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- the Dead "rhythm" section is very good on 11, setting a nice course for Garcia to weave his magic around. "Live Dead" formula. The Feedback was noteworthy for how they control the amplification and let it dissolve to end the set. Dark Star faster paced but in the "Live Dead" style.   1 SHN notes
182. 10/13/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- sonic soultions via eD [2006-04-28] See comments on prior night. Basically identical sound, setlist and performance. Sort of unique for the identical setlists   1 SHN notes
183. 10/13/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- sbd via Miller [2007-08-23]Nearly identical setlist compared to previous night except here the jam after NPC has a Caution theme and its a little shorter. Great stuff - Pigpen was absent.   1 FLAC notes
184. 10/13/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA X SBD: MR> DAT> CD> DC-Art Millennium> CD> SHN; tracked for 1x80; stemming from VTree Round 4, Michael Owen, Charlie Miller; see info file for flaw notes [2009-02-13]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
185. 10/13/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA X MSR> DAT> Sonic Solutions> CD; via David Gans; Charlie Miller; seeded to etree by Michael Owen; Note- This shn set is identical to the previous Owen/Miller entry, except for differing md5's on the first and last track. [2010-09-27]Upgraded   1 SHN notes
186. 10/13/68 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (48k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Tascam SS-R05 -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2012-03-03]Amusing - did nor copare to the other versions but there was one place with some digifuzz   1 FLAC notes
187. 10/20/68 Greek Theatre, U. Of California - Berkeley, CA A- sbd via Charlie Miller [2006-04-30]1st performance at the Greek Theater! Short set with a GMLSG and an early in the set placed standalone Lovelight (maybe to get people dnacing?). The Star > Stephen > 11 > Caution has a short but sweet Star, a rather standard Stephen to my ears and then a strongly raging 11. The sound is a very nice mix. Not a must hear for this year but if you do give it a spin the 11 should strike your fancy, especially segueing into a Caution which ends the set on a high energy note.   1 SHN notes
188. 10/30/68 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA A- Hartbeats w/ Garcia/Lesh/BillyK/Kart [2006-04-28] Jams and a few Garcia vocals on mostly gd repertoire including TOO, 11, Lovelight, Dark Star. The most complete Hartbeats show in circulation. It highlights how Lesh/Garcia interacted. The non-standard songs or jams are rougher and somewhat meandering. Sound quality is very good.   3 SHN notes
189. 10/30/68 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA X 24 bit: sbd unknown gen reel, Jerry Moore's copy, transfer/seeded by Rob Berger   0 FLAC24 notes
190. 11/01/68 Armory Building, Silver Dollar Fairgrounds - Chico, CA A- Very HOT PRIMAL Dead. The Dark Star is one of those quiet, velvety sounding ones that is like th eeye of the hurricane before the raging intensity of Cryptical and Feedback descend.   1 SHN notes
191. 11/01/68 Armory Building, Silver Dollar Fairgrounds - Chico, CA A/C sbd - cotsman version of the upgraded seed with more unlistenable bits "Caveat:--From 0:36 in New Potato through the Alligator reprise, the quality drops off severely due to extremely low recording levels. Edits were made to raise the volume and reduce the hiss levels, which dominated the barely audible music. This portion was taken from the J. Powell/J. Barnes SHN seed and patched into a different SBD>MR>C>D>CD source---a source that has somewhat more noticeable hiss, though there are no significant raspy distortions that can be noticed on the MSR>R>D>CD source." [2006-04-26] This Dark Star up until the first verse sounds very much like the Live/Dead version. the main difference is that after the verse, it proceeds fairly quickly into a nice Cryptical Suite. the "unlistenable" portion is more or less that. Reminds me of the part in the movie Contact where they pick up this low frequency breathing in the RF. Here it sounds like the tape was eccentric as the reels make a revolution. The Feedback is fairly good. The sound quality of the first part is very good and worth a listen to hear how Dark Star was evolving.   2 SHN notes
192. 11/01/68 Armory Building, Silver Dollar Fairgrounds - Chico, CA X Kaplan version where the unlistenable bit is amplified and adjusted to make it more listenable. [2006-07-25]   1 SHN notes
193. 11/01/68 Armory Building, Silver Dollar Fairgrounds - Chico, CA X MSR>C>D>CD; Seeded to etree by Seth Kaplan [2009-02-20]Upgrade in circculation   1 SHN notes
194. 11/01/68 Armory Building, Silver Dollar Fairgrounds - Chico, CA X MSR > R > D > CD by Jim Powell EAC > SHN by J.Barnes (heyitsmejess@aol.com) EAC log files are included [2010-09-27]Upgraded   2 1 notes
195. 11/06/68 Pacific High Recording - San Mateo, CA A- sbd [2007-03-17]This source surfaced in early 2007 and has the band practicing mostly St Stephen and The Eleven (there is a LL fragment to start). Of most interest to hear the various takes on The Eleven. Reasonable sound for the instruments.   1 FLAC notes
196. 11/22/68 Columbus Veterans Hall - Columbus, OH B cotsman - speed corrected. This is a mono recording, with some early atempts at DNR applied. Also Hart is the only drummer at this show. There is some nice primal dead here and its a fairly easy listen despite it being an early aud recording. The version of 11 is strong and NPC is always a hoot and trippy, especially the parts where its just Garcia and Lesh playing together. Dark Star is still an early version but starting to develop its '69' sound. 1st known date where the tetrad Star > Stephen > 11 > Lovelight is played. Encore seems lower quality.   2 SHN notes
197. 11/22/68 Columbus Veterans Hall - Columbus, OH X AUD>MR>C>C>C>CD; 'Edited' version (speed correction, normalization, etc) of original Goodbear seed; See info file for details; Seeded to etree by J Cotsman [2010-09-27]Upgraded   2 SHN notes
198. 12/07/68 Bellarmine College - Louisville, KY A- sbd [2006-04-27]Very nice sound quality to start this one. Dark Star has now slowed down from the frentic pace at the start of this year. The L/D format is now the norm. This show is also a one drummer show (BillyK absent) so they say to the audience theycan't do Alligator. Som eequipment problems cuts 11 short. Energy sort of drops afterwards only briefly picked up by a nice NPC (which along with 11 is strong in 68).   2 SHN notes
199. 12/07/68 Bellarmine College - Louisville, KY A- sbd (lai version) [2006-07-26] Good sound, solid but not special show. Haven't compared to the other versions avaialble.   2 SHN notes
200. 12/07/68 Bellarmine College - Louisville, KY A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Cassette Master -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.12 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2008-03-11]Excellent sound - show captures the bridge from Anthem to Live/Dead with hints of WD/AB to come in He's A Friend of Mine.   2 FLAC notes
201. 12/20/68 Shrine Exhibition Hall - Los Angeles, CA B+ sbd tiedrich seed pitch corrected. Lovelight has a few nice riffs, but there is little continuity and there are many better versions of these songs on other dates - for compulsive types. Debut of Mountains Of The Moon   1 SHN notes
202. 12/20/68 Shrine Exhibition Hall - Los Angeles, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Cassette Master -> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v10.02 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2008-01-29]3 song fragment - hard to get super excited but it is 1968 material - just too little to get into as a normal gd show.   1 FLAC notes
203. 12/21/68 Shrine Exhibition Hall - Los Angeles, CA B sbd tiedrich seed pitch corrected - good, if not noteworthy renditions of most tunes, some equipment issues. The Caution > Feedback portion was the best part with some good Garcia licks.   2 SHN notes
204. 12/21/68 Shrine Exhibition Hall - Los Angeles, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Cassette Master -> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v10.02 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2008-03-11]Alligator > Caution > Feedback is super. Nice sound   2 FLAC notes
205. 12/24/68 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA B+ for completeists only - a not very interesting jam with ok sound. one listen and that would be enough for most people.   1 SHN notes
206. 12/24/68 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA X SBD>MR>PCM>WAV>SHN Transferred from PCM via SEK'D Prodif96Pro & Samplitude This was the source info bundled with the original shns. Alternate possible source info could be: SBD>MR>??>DAT>CDR>EAC>SHN; see info file for details; seeded to etree via D Litfin; edits/encoding by D Litfin [2007-03-06] This source would now appear to be obsolete against the 38f seed.   1 SHN notes
207. 12/24/68 The Matrix - San Francisco, CA A- SBD (?), longer version, correct speed, reel to reel source via 38f on Dime-A-Dozen. [2007-03-06] Garcia, Elvin Bishop, Harvey Mandel, Mickey Hart & Stephen Miller. Best bits are the blues songs/jams. The other jams tend to be too wankery. Of interest to Garcia musicologists since this is at an interesting historical period of his playing with the GD and other solo projects.   1 SHN notes
208. 12/29/68 Gulfstream Park Racetrack - Hallandale, FL B Standard, kick ass "Live Dead" setlist and playing style. Bit-o-banter from Garcia as he introduces Dark Star: "One of our obscure singles". Recording has some blemishes compared to the better quality sbd's that circulate around this date.   1 SHN notes
209. 12/29/68 Gulfstream Park Racetrack - Hallandale, FL B+ sbd - cotsman [2006-04-20]Odd to start out the set with a standalone Lovelight, pacing seems off. The Dark Star is short and still developing. Highlight is The Eleven > Crytical Suite, though the Drums interlude loses the flow a bit and sounds like random banging. Not a must hear.   1 SHN notes
210. 12/29/68 Gulfstream Park Racetrack - Hallandale, FL B+ sbd upgrade via miller November 22, 2006 [2007-03-06] Source begins with an already in progress LL which has all the energy of versions that end sets. Dark Star has the "Live/Dead" rich-tonal feel up to the 1st verse which then transitions into a brief St.Stephen which takes us into a fast high energy The Eleven which segues into a Cryptical Suite. There is some ticking (form digital artifacts) during the 2nd part of this and the vocals are distorted from hot levels. A short Feedback > AWBYG close out a to the point set. A good performance but not epic with some blemishes on sound quality.   1 FLAC notes
211. ??/??/68 Unknown or Various - Unknown, Unknown A/B These are fragments from shows that were on some vault reels - some sound incredibly good, a few have hiss from a cassette generation. Do not be put off by the fact that the dates are not known - these are must have for those that like primal dead.   4 SHN notes
212. ??/??/68 Unknown or Various - Unknown, Unknown B Alembic Rehersals [2006-04-20] Takes on Lovelight, and much practicing of the St. Stephen and 11 as they switch from the initial Dark Star > China Cat > 11 to Dark Star > St. Stephen > 11. Sound quality is B-ish. For GD musicoligists most likely.   1 SHN notes
213. ??/??/68 Unknown or Various - Unknown, Unknown A- 2 mystery Hartbeats fragments [2006-06-10] Worth a listen. Garcia's picking style is energetic. Both are freeform jams with some meandering.   1 FLAC notes
214. ??/??/68 Unknown or Various - Unknown, Unknown A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (48k) Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-04-09]Unknown venue, rather perfunctory rendition.   1 FLAC notes
215. ??/??/68 Unknown or Various - Unknown, Unknown A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (48k) Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-04-14]A rather unremarkable yet surprising find - a previously unknown Midnight Hour.   1 FLAC notes
216. 01/17/69 Robertson Gym, U.C.S.B. - Santa Barbara, CA A- sbd [2006-05-24] Standard setlist and delivery. Not an essential listen.   2 SHN notes
217. 01/17/69 Robertson Gym, U.C.S.B. - Santa Barbara, CA A/B flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v10.02 -> Cool Edit Pro v2.0 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-03-01]Nice show from the L/D period - sound quality is good.   2 FLAC notes
218. 01/18/69 Playboy Club - West Hollywood, CA A- flac16; Source: PCM wav audio from U.K. Mutt's DVD release [2011-02-11]Brief snippet from DVD - for curiosity seekers   1 FLAC notes
219. 01/24/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B Complete show - Seth Kaplan seed. Set 1 starts off rough with the mix and balance changing. Highlight is the New Potato Caboose. Phil's bass solo's are uneventful for me, but his jam on a classical riff here has the seeds of something interesting, but it doesn't really gell. Think of this as an attempt at something. Set 2 really just a few fragments of this. Dark Star below average version (sound mix issues, imagine early Healy panning and you'll get the idea) Lovelight degenerates into an audience scream fest with someone playing the trumpet as the sound system fails. You can skip this unless you want every recorded 69 dead show. I rate it a B+ to give some points to the novelty of set 1. First live performance of Dupree's and Doin' That Rag.   2 SHN notes
220. 01/24/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA x MSR> C> DAT> CD; via Seth Kaplan; same as other fixed shn set except a couple of md5s differ; [DSH note- not sure if this is pre-fixed or separately fixed version]; noted at easywind and at gdlive   1 FLAC notes
221. 01/24/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA x Master reel > cassette > DAT > CD; filler on 9/21/74 shn set; whole shn set's info and md5s listed here (not sure which specific md5s correspond to 1/24/69); to a tree?   1 SHN notes
222. 01/24/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA x MSR> C> DAT> CD; via Seth Kaplan, Darrin Sacks; with fixed track boundaries   1 SHN notes
223. 01/24/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B/A flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller, this is a cleaned up version of source ID 109640 [2011-01-08]Mostly for historic interest, still once mix dialed in its better sounding than some later day recordings - drums degenerates into some stoned crowd banter   2 FLAC notes
224. 01/24/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA X flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller; Upgrade in circulation   2 FLAC notes
225. 01/25/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B Complete show - Seth Kaplan seed [2006-05-24] Star has Constanten high in the mix and for the set 1 opener starts off quickly. Constanten's piano work is consistently different which makes it an interesting listen. The remainder of set 1 (SS>11>LL) is sloppy in places. Set 2 features some new tunes, Dupree and Doin' That Rag and a China Cat all performed back to back. Then comes an Alligator > Caution > Feedback > AWBYG. Again, somewhat energetic but sloppy to me. Also, Pig's vocals are way low in the mix so I give teh sound a B and performance a B+. Not on the must hear for 69 list.   2 SHN notes
226. 01/25/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA x set 2; MSR> C> DAT> CD; via Seth Kaplan, Darrin Sacks; with fixed track boundaries   1 SHN notes
227. 01/25/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA x set 2; SBD:MR> Cass> DAT> ZA2> CD; via David Hollister, Jeff Sachs to abgd; 12/00: noted at gdlive.com   1 SHN notes
228. 01/25/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA x set 2; MSR> C> DAT> CD; via Seth Kaplan [DSH note- not sure if this is pre-fixed or separately fixed version]; 1/01: noted at gdlive   1 SHN notes
229. 01/25/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B/A flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2011-01-08]Info file is correct - mix is a mess, also this performance is for historic interest -   2 FLAC notes
230. 01/26/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B+ sbd [2005-05-25] set 1 has a Cryptical > Clementine , the latter tune never appealed to me. On this version they definitely stumble through the lyrics and struggle to find something to jam on which kind of happens at the end. I'm glad they dropped this tune. Set 2 has an average Dark Star > SS with the 11 > Lovelight that is on Live Dead. FWIW, that pairing was played well this night and stands out compared to the rest of the shows of this month IMO.   1 SHN notes
231. 01/26/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2010-01-8]This upgrade would be the preferred for sonic reasons - performance has the epic 11>LL that was on Live/Dead and listening to it again shows how much of a standout version it is!   1 FLAC notes
232. 01/??/69 Aoxomoxoa Outtakes - San Mateo, CA B+ aoxomoxoa outtakes - dobb [2006-07-08] This is an interesting glipmse at some alternate takes so to speak of teh Aoxomoxoa material. I rate this as should listen to once, simply for the novelty. Cosmic Charlie, SS and the 11 are the most together alternate versions. Can't believe they seemed to have multiple takes of WBOTB :) There are some sound issues but not unexpected for this kind of material.   1 SHN notes
233. 02/02/69 Labor Temple - Minneapolis, MN B+ sbd [2006-05-30] Some distortion on vocals, but otherwise good sound. Garcia seems more agrressive here but the show isn't a must hear. Standard run through for this period.   2 SHN notes
234. 02/04/69 The Music Box - Omaha, NE B+ sbd [2006-05-30] Apparently, Garcia wasn't to happy this night and says that this is the lamest tour ever (swing through MN, NB, KS, MO?). Despite his comments, not as bad as I expected, but not a must hear.   2 SHN notes
235. 02/05/69 Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Auditorium - Kansas City, KS B+ sbd [2006-05-30] Opened for Iron Butterfly! I'm partial to this show, having grown up nearby. The best part is the Caution > Feedback > AWBYGN. Really raging here. Sounds like they wanted to play well since they were opening. Sound is good but not great.   1 SHN notes
236. 02/06/69 Kiel Auditorium - St. Louis, MO B+ sbd [2006-05-30] Another opening for Iron Butterfly. The Star > SS >11 > LL is very good and very close to teh Live/Dead style. Again, sound slik ethey wanted to play well being the opening act. I'd give the 1st part o fthis show a listen. Apparently, IB wasn't ready top come out so they do a Cryptical Suite as sort of an encore.   2 SHN notes
237. 02/07/69 Stanley Theater (Early, Late) - Pittsburgh, PA A- late show - sbd - wiley master [2006-05-31] This set has two parts - a Cryptical Suite and then an Alligator > Caution > Feedback section. Cryptical is typical, the Alligator and Caution are long but sort of sloppy, with the Feedback being the best. Seems like they were trying to have an above average night but just didn't click as well as it might have. From Eaton's Dats so the sound quality is very good.   1 SHN notes
238. 02/07/69 Stanley Theater (Early, Late) - Pittsburgh, PA A- early show - sbd - wiley master [2006-05-30] This is a good performance, better than all the db 69 dates prior. The 11 is unusual in that it has an abrupt stop for a drum solo an dthen they take up where the left off. Lots of energy and very cohesive. On the must hear list. Excellent sound and mix.   1 SHN notes
239. 02/11/69 Fillmore East (Early show) - New York, NY A Official Grateful Dead Release - early Show - not for trade. As with the late show, the band plays this show too fast imho. Lovelight especially seems a race to the finish. Maybe I'm too programmed with the Live/Dead version :)   1 SHN notes
240. 02/11/69 Fillmore East (Late show) - New York, NY A Late show - Official Grateful Dead Release. The Star >SS >11 etc are played at a more hurried tempo than on 2/27 for example. This detracts from the effects of sustaining some notes etc. Not as good as I remember the Dream Bowl shows either from this month. Odd release. Nothing to make this one a must hear [2005-12-10]   1 SHN notes
241. 02/12/69 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY A/B New and Improved! more complete Kaplan seed ~5/02 [2006-05-31] Late show with two sections. 1st is a Star > SS > 11 > DDHNM 2nd is Alligator > Caution > Feebcak > AWBYGN. Star is cut and only 4 minutes. Sound and mix are good. The Caution > Feedback are good. Not on the must hear list with the cut Star.   1 SHN notes
242. 02/12/69 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY A- late show; SBD> MR> C> D> CD> EAC> SHN; edited, shned, vined by J. Cotsman; with thanks to Jeff Cook; Missing Dupree's, Mountains [2011-02-11]Very good sound, great show from this period   1 SHN notes
243. 02/14/69 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA B sbd [2006-05-31] Sound quality a bit lower on this compared to other shows of this era. Solid and energetic performance of the standard material of this era. Not a must hear but if you do, its a pleasant way to spend a few hours.   2 SHN notes
244. 02/15/69 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA B+ sbd - winters . 1st time that Mountains On The Moon > Dark Star segue performed live. [2006-06-20] This show should be on the must hear 69 list. set 1 has a tasty Crytical Suite and an energetic LL to close. Garcia says - don't worry we'll be back for another set. Set 2 is the prototype for the Live/Dead format with Dupree's -> MOTM -> DS -> SS -> 11 > DDHNM > Cosmic Charlie> Alligator> Drums> Alligator> Caution > Feedback> AWBYGN. The MOTM > DS and Caution > Feedback are very good. Nice sound. One of the longer or more complete shows from this classic era.   3 SHN notes
245. 02/15/69 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA X SBD MR>C1>DAT; via Teddy Goodbear to abgd   3 SHN notes
246. 02/21/69 Dream Bowl - Vallejo, CA A- sbd - average sbd sound for this era. Set 1 is forgetable, except Phil seems to be a bit peeved with a cantankerous comment at the end. The Dark Star is typical for this time and teh 11 and Morning Dew seem to be better performed than the other songs this day. [5/9/2004]   2 MISSING notes
247. 02/21/69 Dream Bowl - Vallejo, CA A- sbd Owen Bros version [2006-06-20] Contains the standard DS > SS > 11 > LL sequence in the Live/Dead style. DS doesn't have the MOTM intro but is a cold start, nevertheless its a good version. The 11 seems to have a few sour notes. Deadlists suggest this is the 2nd of 2 sets. If you like Live/Dead you'd enjoy this, but the FW run at the end of the month might have better sound and equivalent performances. Still this is a good show with nice sound so I give it an A- rating.   2 SHN notes
248. 02/21/69 Dream Bowl - Vallejo, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Cassette -> Reel -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Tascam SS-R05 -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2011-03-05]The Eleven is very good   2 FLAC notes
249. 02/22/69 Dream Bowl - Vallejo, CA A- Ok I'm biased on this one. I seeded it. Heard it on a GDH many years ago and thought the MOTM > Dark Star was great. This is a way under appreciated show, getting crowded out by the 4 night Fillmore run up next but the Dark Star > Cryptical in the first set is absolutely fabulous and the St. Stephen, 11, Lovelight of set 2 are outstanding as well. Another "Live Dead" era show where the band plays at a high level of energy and psychedelic jamming for both sets.   2 SHN/EAC notes
250. 02/22/69 Dream Bowl - Vallejo, CA A- Owen Brothers ~2/2002 seed sbd > mr > dat > cd w/ slight noise reduction. [2006-06-20] Can't comment on the differences in mastering of this and my versions. Great show which I'd put on the must hear list, maining because it has a MOTM > DS > Cryptical Suite in the Live/Dead style without the common SS > 11 > LL . Good sound and mix.   2 SHN notes
251. 02/22/69 Dream Bowl - Vallejo, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (44.1k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Tascam SS-R05 -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> FLAC [2011-05-01]Strong 69 show - this would be the preferred source   2 FLAC notes
252. 02/27/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A 16 track "new" aoxoa version. Contains the "Dark Star > St. Stephen" that appears on the "Live/Dead" album. For many, this is THE definitive Dark Star. For us older geezers this was the Dead at the height of their psychedelic era. A must have show, considering you get the MOTM intro into Dark Star.   2 SHN notes
253. 02/27/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA   Available on Fillmore West 69 - Complete Recordings   0 COM  
254. 02/27/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA x SBD reels > PCM > DAT > CD-R; via Robbie Dunn, Lee Orf; note material from this date also appeared on Live Dead- go buy it; 11/01: upgrade now in circulation   2 SHN notes
255. 02/28/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A If you like "Anthem of the Sun" and "Live Dead" then you'll definitely want this one. From 16 track tapes. I mean check out some of the songs: Cryptical/That's it for the Other One/ Dark Star / St Stephen / 11 / Lovelight / Alligator / Caution / Dew ... If you think the Dead play laid back cowboy songs then you should listen to this. It is not recommended for stop and go rush hour traffic - it will make you squirm in your seat to get moving. This is prime cut, undiluted, psychedelic Dead aimed straight at your brain stem.   3 SHN notes
256. 02/28/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA   Available on Fillmore West 69 - Complete Recordings   0 COM  
257. 03/01/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A- This was night #3 of the legendary Fillmore West. Pretty weak. Maybe they were tired. Who knows. Set 1 begins with a good Cryptical but New Potato sounds very ragged and Phil's "bass solo" was disjointed, never found a tempo and generally directionless. It was kept short though! The remainder of the tune has the band stumbling fairly often. Rag and Charlie seemed performed too fast with a hurry to get set 1 over with. Set 2 had a clear break between the acoustic MOTM and the start of Dark Star. Argh! The 2/27/69 and Dream Bowl shows are examples of how great this pairing can be without a break. Dark Star is nice but there are better versions. Hey Jude was unrehersed and it really shows.   2 SHN notes
258. 03/01/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA   Jay Ashley (Bertha) remaster of previous multi-track source; SBD>>MTMR>>DAT>>CDA>>DAW(Bertha)>>CDA   2 SHN  
259. 03/01/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA   Available on Fillmore West 69 - Complete Recordings   0 COM  
260. 03/01/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA x revised source info: SBD> cass master > 1 cass > DAT> ZA2> Soundforge> SHN; transfer by R. Nayfield; reel flip beginning Lovelight; 5/01 note upgrade now in circulation   2 SHN notes
261. 03/01/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA x SBD > DUAL RTR DECKS AT 15 I.P.S. > LESH DIGITAL MIXDOWN IN 1998 > MCS D > SSSB (Jay Serafin remaster)   3 SHN notes
262. 03/02/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A- This is the final night of the 4 day run and its a very strong show. Set 1 is a rendition of sides 1-3 of Live/Dead (a.k.a Dark Star > St Stephen > 11 > Lovelight). Its all well played with a stong "11". Set 2 is an engaging listen because the post drum Jam > Caution contains several groovy themes and lots of driving energy. The disintegration out of Caution and ensuing the "Feedback" explorations are exceptional. A quiet, short AWBYGN brings the Grateful Dead ship in for a smooth landing.   3 SHN notes
263. 03/02/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA   Available on Fillmore West 69 - Complete Recordings   0 COM  
264. 03/02/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA   Bertha Remaster of the Multi-Track source.   3 SHN  
265. 03/15/69 Hilton Hotel - San Francisco, CA B+ sbd - [2006-06-20] Black and White Ball (Benefit for SF Symphony). 1st public performance of Hard To Handle (TC thinks its an embarrassing performance), preceeded by lots of banter as they get set up. Standard Live/Dead run through of DS > SS > LL. Sound quality is good and the L/D material is well played but not different or better than other dates around this era so this can be skipped unless you are a completist.   1 SHN notes
266. 03/15/69 Hilton Hotel - San Francisco, CA x SBD> ?> boot CD> retrack> SHN; significant hiss, splice in Eleven; via thecore@core.com   1 SHN notes
267. 03/22/69 Rose Palace - Pasadena, CA A- sbd - [2006-06-15] Good sound and mix, competent performance of a single set show. Tape has some cuts. Standard setlist (GMLSG, DS>SS>11>LL). Not a must listen.   1 SHN notes
268. 03/28/69 Student Center, Modesto Jr. College - Modesto, CA B+ good mix and sound. standard spring 69 setlist. cryptical the highlight. better versions can be found on other dates but still worth a listen. [11/4/2004 Update]: In the lower half of 69. The star is in the Live Dead vein but after a while you pick up that the venue/crowd is just not sync'd for the gd. Garcia's statement about drinking a coke at the break comes across as though he's thinking, whay are we here? Somewhat hissy tape. They decide to bag the break and play a very short end to set 2 and that's its. Mine the other strong 69 nights before listening to this one.   2 SHN notes
269. 03/28/69 Student Center, Modesto Jr. College - Modesto, CA A- sbd miller upgrade Jan 2007 [2007-03-03] Nice show with a good Dark Star. Set 2 Cryptical Suite is cut short by the venue's curfew. Very good sound on this one.   2 FLAC notes
270. 03/28/69 Student Center, Modesto Jr. College - Modesto, CA X flac24; SBD >> Unknown Deck >> MSC >> Nakamichi CR7a => Korg MR-1000 >> DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] >> Korg MR-1000 => Korg AudioGate >> WAV [24/96]   0 FLAC24 notes
271. 03/28/69 Student Center, Modesto Jr. College - Modesto, CA A- flac16; Source: Master Soundboard Cassette Medium Stock Brands: Master Cassette ampex c120 Analog Lineage: SBD >> Unknown Deck >> MSC Analog Sound Preservation: MSC >> Nakamichi CR7a => Korg MR-1000 >> DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] >> Korg MR-1000 => Korg AudioGate >> WAV [24/96] Taped By: Bear Transfer By: Bob Menke Mastering By: David Minches, Derek McCabe (This source was originally seeded with errors in the tags. Please don't circulate the original fileset.) [2011-01-09]Sound mix and range is very good also the performance reflects the maturity of the Live/Dead & Anthem material - so this source is very good for capturing the style of this era.   2 FLAC notes
272. 03/29/69 Ice Palace - Las Vegas, NV B+ liberated bootleg - [2006-06-16] Good mix and sound. Standard setlist for the time (Dew, GMLSG, DTR, DS>SS>11>LL). speed seems slow esp. on 11 vocals.   1 SHN notes
273. 04/04/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- sbd [2006-07-08] This show is strong especially for the 2nd set which is a consise but upbeat rendering of DS >SS>11>Feedback. Check it out. Soudn quality is very good.   2 SHN notes
274. 04/04/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA x SBD>FM>MR>C1>DAT>CD   2 SHN notes
275. 04/05/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B+ sbd miller [2006-07-08] Another solid show in this 3-day run. Not much dead air or wasted playing. Another vg DS. The playing is generally up tempo. The Alligator -> Feedback >AWBYGN is in response to a request from the audience for a song to fill up the remaining 10 minutes. Nice sound   2 SHN notes
276. 04/05/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA x SBD > REEL > REEL > DAT > SP/DIF > HD > SHN; via S. Leonard; see pub comments for flaw notes   2 SHN notes
277. 04/06/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA A- sbd>FM cotsman seed [2006-07-08] What exists from Set 1 is a mix of rare tunes. GMLSG, BIODTL, Baby Blue, King Bee. Set 2 has a Crytical Suite > DDHNM a LL and then an incredible VLB that makes this a must hear show!. The plug is pulled so they finish acapella. Get it for teh rare and energetic VLB!   2 SHN notes
278. 04/06/69 Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA B+ SBD : FM > MR > C1 > DAT > CD; via Keith Hunter; seeded to etree by Alan J. Fink [2011-07-07]Reasonable show but whenever they are doing a broadcast they never seem to be epic - sound is ok but at best average.   2 SHN notes
279. 04/11/69 University Auditorium, U. of Az. - Tucson, AZ B+ sbd cotsman pitch corrected [2006-07-08] Only last ~20 minutes of 1st set, including early H2H with Jerry doping some pedla/slide that is dropped eventually when the song matures. Another interesting up-tempo DS with a standard SS > 11 > LL which are of high quality but typical for this era. The LL has classic Pig rapping and the band seems right behind him the whole way. Some degradation in sound quality but very listenable.   1 SHN notes
280. 04/11/69 University Auditorium, U. of Az. - Tucson, AZ X Master Soundboard Cassette > cass > dat > cd; via Steve Barbella; With thanks and praise to Peter Braverman [2009-02-14]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
281. 04/12/69 Student Union Ballroom, University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT A- sbd - pitch corrected cotsman [2006-04-10] This is an amusing show. It starts with a solid Morning Dew, then the 1st part of the Yellow Dog Story is attempted only this time Pigpen and other band members pre-empt Bobby's lines. Garcia asks if this is the school's spring dance, after which they launch into the appropriate Good Morning Little Schoolgirl as perhaps the band eyes some of the coeds in the audience. Then Bobby attempts to complete the Yellow Dog Story (part two), but is again thwarted by Pigpen. The version of He Was A Friend Of Mine is very nice and IMO its a shame this was dropped from their repertoire. The set ends with a nice Cryptical Envelopment, The Other One. Set 2 starts with a very good Dark Star. Most of the April versions of this song are must hear's, generally played up tempo but all a unique in their own way. SS has someone playing a series of off key notes before they launch into a standard 11 for the era and finish up with a Lovelight > Feedback. Lovelight is hilarious as now its Phil's turn to ask Pigpen to tell the fellas what to do with their hands and pre-empt his spiel. Garcia adds some tasty slide at this point. Judging by the snappiness of the playing and the comments, I infer the band is having a good time. Mix and sound are good. Definitely check out the Dark Star and He Was A Friend of Mine on this one.   2 SHN notes
282. 04/13/69 Ballroom, U. of Co. - Boulder, CO B+ sbd [2006-07-11] Another fun college show in April 69. The TC review is well written and reflects my same take. Set 1 starts off with a well delivered LL. On this one Pig delivers his raps and Garcia provides lots of tasty seriphs. The next highlight is a very well done GMLSG. The pacing is just right. The Morning Dew that follows is one of the best from this era, with Garcia trying some unusual guitar lines throughout. This would be on my must hear list. The DS-> SS-> 11-> DDHNM is typical of this era, though not exceptional, it is well played without snafu's. Set 2 shows this snippet - Alligator-> Caution Jam -> AWBYGN Jam. Don't know what else is missing form this date, but this looks to agree with what Eaton shows on his list.   2 SHN notes
283. 04/13/69 Ballroom, U. of Co. - Boulder, CO A- SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v7.02 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2007-10-07] April 69 was a strong month IMO. This show supports that statement. here are a few choice LAM comments "Subject: amazing i simply cannot get enough stephen into 11, one of the best things ever to come into existence. why did they have to start playing the shit they did in the 70's (obviously this is an overstatements), but godamn, how nice were those days before donna polluting some classic jams. if i had a time machine id go back to co and watch this show. shows like this one can appreciate in the soberest state of mind. i miss the high green chilly, wind in windy jams. why would one stop playing that as part of stephen and prefer fading into something else. i dont understand why they stopped playing this part of the song live after the early 70's, its one of the best parts of stephen. anyways, this is one of my favorite elevens. Subject: The Eleven. The fact that the eleven from this show is not mentioned in the reviews is the work of satan himself. Huge eleven here. If you are a fan, this is a MUST HEAR. Great little show here. Solid sound as well. Subject: Dark Star A pleasant "Dark Star," one in which they take their time and listen to each otherr. In the zone and filled with character. It follows all the contours of the classic Live Dead "Dark Star."   2 FLAC notes
284. 04/15/69 The Music Box - Omaha, NE B partial; Owsley's Master Soundboard cassette - Gills seed [2006-07-11] Another interesting April show with these songs - Dew, IHM2, China Cat > Doin' That Rag > Its a Sin//. A bit hissier than other sbd's of this time but nice sound otherwise. Tune choice mix of styles. Dew is nice. Too bad more doesn't circ.   1 SHN notes
285. 04/15/69 The Music Box - Omaha, NE B+ flac16; Aiwa hand-held microphone -> Master Reel (Aiwa 5" reel-to-reel) -> Alesis Masterlink 9600 -> Hard Drive -> CD patched with SBD>Cm>Cass>Dat>CD. Remastered by Charlie Miller [2009-10-15]This is a slightly tweaked redo of Charlie's prior seed   2 FLAC notes
286. 04/15/69 The Music Box - Omaha, NE B+ flac16; SBD + AUD Matrix Mix (60%-SBD/40%-AUD); Mixed by dan am-dig; see info file for details [2009-10-17]As the summary says, read the info file because Dan describes the sonic qualities of this matrix exactly spot on - given what was available at the time, and this great performance, it actually sounds very good!   0 FLAC notes
287. 04/15/69 The Music Box - Omaha, NE   flac16; DTS-Audio-CD 5.1 Mix   1 SHN  
288. 04/15/69 The Music Box - Omaha, NE B+ aud Recorded by Leon Komar; Remastered by Charlie Miller [2006-04-14] This is a very good recording for this era, only minor audience intrusion. Standard song mix for this time, with a CCS > DTR > Its A Sin as another experiment in how to segue from CCS. The big jam has a Cryptical Suite > DS > SS > 11 before the tape cuts. Another example of the consistently strong shows from this month. [Note - this is linked to the shn set where d2t5 was "fixed" by charlie]   2 FLAC notes
289. 04/15/69 The Music Box - Omaha, NE B+ Fixed aud tracks only version [2007-03-03] This is a 4 track flac set that was circ'd by Charile that fixed one track (the others needed because of sbe's). Its starts with ~TOO and goes thru to 11. Some audience talking nearby that is a bit distracting during an epic Cryptical but by Dark Star they seem to be listening to the show :) Very nice aud and April 69 was consistently strong performances.   1 FLAC notes
290. 04/15/69 The Music Box - Omaha, NE B+ Unedited version without processing or SBD patching as recorded by the taper. AUDMR->Alesis Masterlink 9600->HD->CD; tracking and editing in SoundEdit 16 for Macintosh platform by Bob Bihlmayer (howlin_bob@hotmail.com) 11/5-6/2005: CD->EAC->SoundEdit 16->FLAC Taper: Leon Komar Equipment: portable Aiwa 5" reel-to-reel, stock Aiwa hand-held microphone; "Automatic Volume Control" (compressor/limiter?) switch ON. Tape: Audiotape, Formula 10, 1/2 mil "T" Mylar, 3 3/4 ips, 2-track mono. Real-time transfer, no edits; EQ flat; no boosts/filters applied. source discs and equipment information provided by Iver McLeod. Seeded to etree 11/24/2005 by Seth Kaplan [2009-03-01]Not a bad recording for the time - there are several workings of this in circ -   2 FLAC notes
291. 04/15/69 The Music Box - Omaha, NE x SBD> Bear's MC> ?> CD> EAC> SHN; partial, all that circulates; vined by J. Cotsman   1 SHN notes
292. 04/17/69 Washington University - St. Louis, MO A Available from GDP ~ May 2006 in download series. Prior to that only shown on Eaton's list reads: 04/17/69 Washington University, St Louis Mo - complete 4.4, 103min, Sbd, A0D1, Cass M->Dat 1, 44k, Ampex C-90 Master Cass/no dolby->3700 x 0->3800 x 1 [2006-04-16] I bought this after enjoying the other April 69 shows, because the Star's were well played and they seemed to be testing some new interpreations. The soudn quality is very good, even on the cassette sourced songs. However, since the playing has always been consistent from within a tour, I can't say that this is a major find of a hidden gem including the Star. Because they are cut off very soon after Caution starts, it is a short set. The included 11 rehersal at the Avalon from Jan 69 is fun but again, I can't say that its a must purchase compared to what circulates from 69.   0 Download notes
293. 04/18/69 Memorial Union Ballroom, Purdue U. - Lafayette, IN A- sbd [2006-07-11] Typical of other shows on this college tour in early April. Has the atyptical Cryptical Suite > SOTOTW > King Bee to close set 1. Good sound. Not the strongest show but a solid performance.   2 SHN notes
294. 04/18/69 Memorial Union Ballroom, Purdue U. - Lafayette, IN A/B flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Cassette -> Cassette -> Dat (44.1k) Transfer Info: Dat (Sony D8) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v9.12 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-03-01]Cryptical, Lovelight very good, Cosmic Charlie a bit of a trainwreck on this early version. Good sound w/ a tad of hiss.   2 FLAC notes
295. 04/20/69 Clark University - Worcester, MA A- sbd [2006-07-14] Sound quality and mix are very good. A somewhat short set. I liked the GMLSG. DTR I have become tired of after listening to lots of 69 shows and the emphasis on the "Rag" when the end the song is detracting. The DS > SS > 11 is very competent but not in the top end of the distribution for April 69. So a solid, well performed but not in the top for this month.   2 SHN notes
296. 04/20/69 Clark University - Worcester, MA A- partial (all that circulates); MSC> C> DAT> CDR> EAC> SHN; EAC/SHN by Rango Keshavan; Seeded by Darrin Sacks; see listening notes in pub comments [2010-04-29]More complete version now circs - still excellent April 69 material   1 SHN notes
297. 04/21/69 The Ark - Boston, MA A From the get-go this show is great. Hard-to-Handle with Jerry on slide. Dew, Cryptical, Alligator make a great set 1. Set 2 has what many say is the peak of the "Live/Dead" Dark Star > St. Stephen > 11 > Lovelight sequence. And for an encore a raging Viola Lee Blues followed by feedback. Top notch from start to finish.   3 SHN notes
298. 04/21/69 The Ark - Boston, MA A- flac16; SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2007-12-08]I tend to not think this Ark run is as over the top as others. This is the most recent updated/fixed up version.   2 FLAC notes
299. 04/21/69 The Ark - Boston, MA   DVD VA; (Video Audio) Bertha Remaster of the patched Master Reel source: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD (shn id 88465); audio only - no video (The original seed for this source had some problems and will not play.)   1 FLAC  
300. 04/21/69 The Ark - Boston, MA A- flac16; Soundboard => Unknown Deck >> MSC >> Nakamichi CR7a => Korg MR-1000 >> DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] >> Korg MR-1000 => Korg AudioGate >> WAV [24/96] > ? > flac/16 [2010-04-29]Another April 69 show worth hearing, and now you get it from a Master Cassette - doesn't get much better for sound quality, mix and performance.   3 FLAC notes
301. 04/21/69 The Ark - Boston, MA A- flac16; Remastered version of the SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.12 -> FLAC source by TomP; see Info File for details [2013-08-17]Sounds good and performance is from the psychedelic era, though I don't find these Ark shows as epic as most. didn't compare to the other recordings to substantiate the sound improvement over prior versions, just rated it as it aligns to other SBDs etc.   3 FLAC notes
302. 04/22/69 The Ark - Boston, MA A/B Set 2 is phenomenal. Mature "Live/Dead" suite with a raging Caution jam inside a Lovelight sandwich. Set 1 has some sonic issues on a few tracks (left side fades in and out at a fixed frequency). But it has some great playing as well. This whole run is great   3 SHN notes
303. 04/22/69 The Ark - Boston, MA A- flac16; SBD -> Master Cassette -> Reel -> Dat -> CD All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2007-12-12] Fixup of existing sources by Charlie. Band is familiar with the room so this night's performance flows fairly well. It has your complete Live/Dead with a Cryptical Suite in set 1. Give it a listen   2 FLAC notes
304. 04/23/69 The Ark - Boston, MA B+ sbd - Cribbs version [2006-07-18]There is a noticeable high pitched whine in Dark Star around the 2nd verse extending into SS. This show has the 2nd attempt at the SS > Its A Sin > SS. To me it doesn't really mesh that well, except that it is a sudden switch, which was not common for segues, and must have been planned in advance to get the whole band behind it. The SS > Cryptical is also an abrupt change segue. The review in the TC raves about this show, esp. the Alligator > 11 > Cation in set 2. It did not come across that way to me, it was more disjointed and noodley than other shows in April. In fact, the best part was the feedback which had the ideal mix of spaceyness, ensemble and percussion.   3 SHN notes
305. 04/23/69 The Ark - Boston, MA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.12 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2007-12-12] Fixup by Charlie of existing source I believe. This stands up as an interesting show musically but there are enough cuts etc to downgrade it from an exceptional all time show. Features pretty much everything that was in rotation at the time from Live/Dead as well as Alligator/Caution etc.   2 FLAC notes
306. 04/23/69 The Ark - Boston, MA X flac16; SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.12 -> FLAC (source ID 88501) patched, fixed, and re-mastered by Monte Barry [2009-05-11]Shortly after Monte sources this, he sourced another version that obsoletes this one.   3 FLAC notes
307. 04/23/69 The Ark - Boston, MA X flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD; Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.12 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller; upgrade in circulation [2009-05-15]One of many "almost immediate obsolete" sources as folks try to get the composite version "fixed"   3 FLAC notes
308. 04/23/69 The Ark - Boston, MA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD; Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.12 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller; upgrade of 98892 [2009-05-22]Hopefully the last in the recent wav of fixed-fixes - this show gets lot of ravs - I'd put it above average for 69 but I also notice that I find 69 a spottier year as time goes by.   3 FLAC notes
309. 04/23/69 The Ark - Boston, MA X flac16; Source: processed and edited in Samplitude v7.22 transferred by Monte Barry; New Source is speed corrected, dehissed, and repatched version of source ID 98820   3 FLAC notes
310. 04/23/69 The Ark - Boston, MA   flac24; lineage: gen1 cassette from alternate soundboard source; gen 1 cassette> tascam mkII>Korg MR1000 at 1bit/5.6mHZ>Korg Audio Gate Software>32 bit float/192kHz>Wavelab 6.1 for fades, blank tape removal, and slight channel adjustment>Weiss-Saracon for 24 bit fixed/196kHz Pow-r3 Dither   3 FLAC24  
311. 04/25/69 Electric Theater - Chicago, IL A- sbd [2006-07-14] Good sound quality, competent playing but a short and not individually distinguisehd show (unless you like Yellow Dog Stories).   1 SHN notes
312. 04/25/69 Electric Theater - Chicago, IL B/A flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (44.1k) Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-04-20]Short, forgettable set for 1969, though there appear to be reasons for this.   1 FLAC notes
313. 04/26/69 Electric Theater - Chicago, IL A- sbd complete [2006-07-12] This show is a must hear for its famous encore: drums > Viola Lee Blues > Caution jam > Viola Lee Blues > Feedback > What's Become Of The Baby > Feedback > And We Bid You Good Night, namely an excellent Viola with Jerry not holding back and the only performance of What's Become Of The Baby. the rest of the show is solid but not particularly better than the many other fine shows this month. Apparently the GD wanted to make up for the previous night where the Velvet Underground stole the show (in an underhand way) so they boldly went where they hadn't gone before! This is also officially released (though the official release doesn't have the WBOTB). There are a few gremlins in the encore section but they are minor and of short duration, otherwise the sound and mix are very good.   3 SHN notes
314. 04/26/69 Electric Theater - Chicago, IL   Available on DP26   0 DP26  
315. 04/26/69 Electric Theater - Chicago, IL A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (44.1k) Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-04-21]This show gets atention for the oddball encore which has the only performance, if you can call it that of WBOTB. I find that listening to this show the music didn't grab me as much as on the 1st listen - the setlist seems sort of chopped up. As I listen to more 1969 it reminds me of 1978 with its wide variation in show energy/quality.   3 FLAC notes
316. 04/26/69 Electric Theater - Chicago, IL x updated source: cassette master> 1 cassette generation> DAT> CDR (see pub comment); via Ben Yerys; (not T. Wulf's "de-noised" version?)   3 SHN notes
317. 04/26/69 Electric Theater - Chicago, IL X flac16; Source: Soundboard Cassette x 1 > DAT Encore Source: 7 inch Master Reels @ 7.5ips 1/2trk > DAT Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > USB > WaveLab Mastering: In WaveLab with Nomad Factory Plugins > CD Wave > TLH > Flac Transfer and mastering by Bill Koucky December 20, 2008, Green Mountain Bros. [2011-01-22]Miller used material from this and put out a more recent version, so I didn't give this a listen   3 FLAC notes
318. 04/27/69 Labor Temple - Minneapolis, MN A- sbd - Me And My Uncle returns [2006-07-18] The mix and sound are quite good. This single set show is worth a listen. It is not long but the energy is consistently upbeat. It starts with a LL > MAMU > SOTOTW. The LL is typical for the era but the segue into MAMU and the folowing SOTOTW are very nice, the drummers keep a snappy beat throughout as the band seems hell bent on getting everyone up and dancing. The Star > SS > 11 > LL reprise (w/ Dew encore) that closes the show maintains the energy level.   2 SHN notes
319. 04/27/69 Labor Temple - Minneapolis, MN   Available on DP26   1 DP26  
320. 05/03/69 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA A/B [2206-06-15] This is claimed to be an aud but it could also be almost stage mics (which also explains the low vocals). The bass is very well captured as are most of the instruments. Only the 1st set is available. It has a nice "He's A Friend Of Mine" to start followed by the usual Cryptical Suite then a Rag and MAMU. Not a must hear.   1 SHN notes
321. 05/03/69 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA B+ flac16; Recording Info:SBD -> Master Reel -> ? -> Cassette -> Apogee Ensemble -> AIFF; Transfer Info:AIFF -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.1 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-02-24]Noticeable hiss - TIFTOO is nice, the remainder ok - most likely for collectors given fragmentary   1 FLAC notes
322. 05/03/69 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA B+ flac16; SBD/PA Reel: TASCAM 22-2 modified for flat transfer. Reel-> Tascam 22-2 -> Tascam MKII DR-07 (24-bit, 96kHz) - DC8Forensics for editing and modification [2013-03-23]Sound and show are B+ at best IMO given other shows in this year.   1 FLAC notes
323. 05/03/69 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA B+ flac16; This is a matrix recording using two sources: SBD Reel shnid 124067: TASCAM 22-2 modified for flat transfer. Reel-> Tascam 22-2 -> Tascam MKII DR-07 (24-bit, 96kHz) - DC8Forensics for editing and modification and Audience shnid 000733: Reel>PCM>Dat>Tascam DA20>Audio Magic Presto>Prodif Plus>Soundforge>cdwav>shn [2013-03-23] Didn't detect obvious difference form this matrix and the source 124067.   1 FLAC notes
324. 05/07/69 Polo Field, Golden Gate Park - San Francisco, CA A- sbd - [2006-06-16]Nice sound and mix. Highlihgts include Garcia singing vocal on Good Lovin' and a Dark Star with a 7 Jam after first verse. This is one of the earliest versions of Dark Star where themed jams are used after the 1st verse.   2 SHN notes
325. 05/07/69 Polo Field, Golden Gate Park - San Francisco, CA X SBD > MR > C > DAT > CD; via Ernie to abgd; note besides d1 seeking shns, Ernie posted wavs for d2 (wav, rar md5s shown); subsequent d2 shn (v3 seek appended, with md5s shown) by DES   2 SHN notes
326. 05/10/69 Rose Palace - Pasadena, CA B+ sbd - kastel [2006-06-13] Show has a somewhat humorous intro where an MC gets the crowd to hold hands, squat down and breathe in and out - during which the band adds some intrumental accompaniement. H2H is starting to gell now. Sound quality and mix are good. Dew and H2H suffer from power failure so only the drums and vocals are heard. But that gives Bob the opportunity to tell the Yellow Dog Story. The 11 performed this night is really good - I felt Garcia was signing away on his leads - very smooth flow. The momentum carries along into an above average LL which leaves the crowd buzzed I'm sure. The Star is also good, as though they wanted to make up for the power failure issues with some focused playing. Sound quality is good (though on 11 there are some squeaks for lack of a better word). I'd say this is on the must hear list.   2 SHN notes
327. 05/11/69 Aztec Bowl, San Diego State U. - San Diego, CA B FM sbd cotsman - [2006-06-13] This excerpt consistent with Eaton's list. Non essential and sound quality a step down from other boards that circ around this time.   1 SHN notes
328. 05/16/69 Campolindo High School - Moraga, CA B sbd clugston seed - [2006-06-13] A very short (~55 minute) show at a high school, appropriately started with GMLSG, but mostly a trainwreck of missed cues and botches. One for completists only. Charlie Miller consistently says this is the worst performance ever in his opinion.   1 SHN notes
329. 05/16/69 Campolindo High School - Moraga, CA x SBD> MC> C> D> CD> EAC> SHN; edited, shned, vined by J. Cotsman (see info file); with thanks to Paul Hartman   1 SHN notes
330. 05/23/69 Seminole Indian Village - Hollywood, FL A- complete show sbd - kaplan and cotsman seed [2006-06-14] This is a competently performed set typical for this time, but none struck me worth special mention. Sound and mix are good.   2 SHN notes
331. 05/23/69 Seminole Indian Village - Hollywood, FL A- flac16; Source: Soundboard Master Reels > PCM > DAT Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > USB > WaveLab @ [32bit float/48kHz] Rate Conversion with r8brain to [16bit/44.1kHz] > CD Wave > TLH > Flac Transfer and mastering by Bill Koucky January 1, 2009, Green Mountain Bros. [2009-02-23]There is a prior source that looks to be more complete than this one - I did not compare quality directly. This is a very good recording and the performance is a good one for this transition period where the WD material is entering rotation along with the winding down of the Live/Dead material.   1 FLAC notes
332. 05/23/69 Seminole Indian Village - Hollywood, FL x partial Dew>>11//; Reel> PCM> DAT; conversion:Tascam DA-20> Audio Magic Presto> Prodif Plus> Soundforge> cdwav> shn; fits on 1 .shn disc with 5/3/69; via Phunk1; disc may not have accompanying .md5s; md5s shown here were created by A. Fox- note you may have to modify filenames to match   1 SHN notes
333. 05/24/69 Seminole Indian Village - Hollywood, FL A- sbd kpfa 2003 marathon [2006-06-16] This show has a somewhat novel setlist for the times and it sounds like the band was having a fun time performing. Its starts off with a standalone LL as they try to get the equipment going. It then features a DTR > Friend of Mine (nice version) > China Cat > 11 > DDHNM. The aft part is Alligator > SS Feedback > AWBYGN. Sound quality is good. Not a must listen but it is a bit of a departure from the usual setlists of this era.   2 SHN notes
334. 05/24/69 Seminole Indian Village - Hollywood, FL x SB>MR>??> CD; See info file for editing notes; Unknown seeder   2 SHN notes
335. 05/29/69 Robertson Gym, U.C.S.B. - Santa Barbara, CA B sbd [2006-06-16] This source also appears under the date 5/11/69. It has a nice Cryptical Suite and an Alligator, LL combo which makes this show Pig centric. Sound quality is good but a half-grade lower than the better boards that circ from this time era.   1 SHN notes
336. 05/30/69 Springer's Inn - Portland, OR B/A sbd via miller [2007-10-06]Entered circulation around 9/2007. This is an energetic but "rough" performance. Rank in the middle of 69. The Star > Cosmic Charlie experiment intriguing on paper doesn't work all that well so it is understandable why it never occurried again.   2 FLAC notes
337. 05/31/69 McArthur Court, University of Oregon - Eugene, OR B+ sbd [2006-06-15] The 1st set is interrupted by equipment issues, a Yellow Dog story and some raps by Babbs similar to what would happen at Veneta in 72. The highlights were the SOTOW to me. Set 2 has an extended and nice "He's A Friend of Mine" good for a relaxed listen by yourslef. The It's All Over Now Baby Blue encore was well performed. Sound and mix are good. The Dark Star gets to some interesting spaces. Not consistent enough to be on the must hear list though.   2 SHN notes
338. 06/05/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A- sbd pitch corrected cotsman [2006-06-20] This is a solid performance and a good mix, and I'd put it on the must hear list. Highlights are a nice slow paced "He Was A Friend" (contrasts with the high energy material of this time), a rare China Cat > SOTOTW segue as they continue to experiment with placement of China Cat. Set 1 has a solid Cryptical Suite and Set 2 completes with the Live/Dead DS > SS > 11 > LL. This version has no flubs, excellent pacing and a good sound which is why I put it on the must hear list even though there are many other versions to select from.   2 SHN notes
339. 06/05/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA x complete; MSC> LATVALA C> DAT> CD> EAC> SHN; with Cryptical patch; EAC>SHN by Steve Barbella; d1 tracked for 80 min   2 SHN notes
340. 06/06/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A/B sbd cotsman [2006-05-31] This is a nice sounding sbd of a rather odd show. Apparently Garcia was missing for a few songs (arrived late?). Also this has what might be the longest recorded version of Lovelight (~46 minutes). It doesn't contain a long drum solo but is simply a long version of the song. Not a must hear IMO.   1 SHN notes
341. 06/06/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA X partial; SBD> MC> C> D> CD; static in Lovelight; via thecore@core.com   1 SHN notes
342. 06/07/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B+ MR Seth Kaplan upgrade ~5/02 [2006-06-01] Sort of an odd show. First part is standard Live/Dead Dire Wolf > Dupree's > Mountains Of The Moon > Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven// . Then the source changes and we get a fast (circa 67-68) //Sitting On Top Of The World > CR&S> which almost sounds like it really is from an earlier date and is included here by mistake. The tempo and the tone of the guitars just don't seem to match the first part of the show which does sound typical 69. This would not be on my must hear list, but it is well played, justtypical of many other shows from this time and not distingushed in any special way.   2 SHN notes
343. 06/08/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B+ sbd - [2006-06-06] Sound quality and mix are good, show is not on my must hear list because it is not as inspired or polished as many others from this year.   2 SHN notes
344. 06/08/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA x SBD> MR or MC> C> D> CD> SHN, possible; see info file for flaw notes; via thecore@core.com   2 SHN notes
345. 06/08/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat; Transfer Info: Dat -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2013-04-07]Sound is good, show is forgettable being dominated by an absurd "guest"   2 FLAC notes
346. 06/13/69 Fresno Convention Center - Fresno, CA B+ MSC - some gremlins (see tech notes) but overall very listenable sbd. 1st part of show features lots of PigPen so its bluesey. St. Stephen > 11 classic 69 Dead with the 11 being well jammed out. Lovelight is teh typical PigPen raveup with Hawkins lending some vocals.   2 SHN notes
347. 06/14/69 Monterey Performing Arts Center - Monterey, CA A/B sbd - [2006-06-08] Good quality sound and mix. I agree more of less with the TC review - The 1st LL is energetic and has Garcia providing tasty licks from the start. The Star has Lesh driving on bass for a more energetic version while Jerry is doing the more etheral Live/dead format - makes for some interesting tension. The SS is by the books but the 11 is very nice. The ending LL is ok but the drum solo is a bit too long and overall the way this song was performed at this time comes off more or less the same consistent way.   2 SHN notes
348. 06/20/69 Aoxomoxoa original mix - San Mateo, CA A- This is the original mix of Aoxomoxoa, which was released commercially between June 1969 and late 1971. In September, 1971, Jerry Garcia did a major remix of the entire album, eliminating a considerable amount of the backing material and trimming the beginning and end of a few songs. The LPs, cassettes, and CDs available commercially since that time contain the remix. There appear to be no plans to commercially release this original mix, so it is being made available to the broader community. [2006-06-20]If the original Aoxomoxoa was engraved on your brain, but your copy was destroyed by playing it a zillion times, you'll want this.   1 FLAC notes
349. 06/21/69 Fillmore East (Late) - New York, NY C/B early (aud) & late (sbd) cotsman [2006-06-10] The influence of Workingman's Dead influences these sets with Garcia playing pedal steel and some odd songs (Slewfoot inside Cryptical?). 1st known High Time and Mama Tried. Dark Star in late show has significant cut we presume based on length. Sets are short and not a must hear unless you are interested in tracking the evolution of their playing. The aud is ok for the time if you are an aud-i-ho otherwise you'll find it a tough listen. Overall, choppy without the sustained dankness of othyer shows around this time.   2 SHN notes
350. 06/21/69 Fillmore East (Late) - New York, NY X late show; BDMC(Bear's) > Dick's C > DAT > CDR; via Frank Bove, stemming from MerryPrankster tree; note d2t2 is labeled as "fixed"   2 SHN notes
351. 06/21/69 Fillmore East (Early) - New York, NY X early show; AUD> MR> C> R> R> R> D> CD> EAC> SHN; edits (see notes), encoding, vined by J. Cotsman; with thanks to Jeff Cook [2009-02-23]Upgrade in circulation   1 SHN notes
352. 06/22/69 Central Park - New York, NY B/A aud/sbd - Hanno seed [2006-06-10] This show is on my must hear list simply for the 1st version of Casey Jones which is played so differently from the manner that it later became that one must hear it. It has a funky organ line and is played with a bouncy tempo. Neat jam into it as well. The Star is not fast paced and not a long version (assuming not much is lost on cassette flip). TOO is good. Overall, another June show where the influence of the Workingman's Dead style is showing up with the displacement of the Live/Dead dankness,   2 SHN notes
353. 06/27/69 Veterans Auditorium - Santa Rosa, CA A- sbd - [2006-06-10] This is a nice show worth a listen. It starts with a series of rather new tunes played in a bluegrass/country style for the most part - Slewfoot, Mama Tried, High Time, Dupree's, MAMU, CJ (with signature intro jam), Dire Wolf (Bob vocals), SOTOTW (!), BBM (1st time since 1966). Then we are treated to a Dark Star that has a TOO jam inside before returning to the Star theme. Nice sound and mix - great snapshot of the band in transition   1 SHN notes
354. 06/27/69 Veterans Auditorium - Santa Rosa, CA B+ SBD: MR>?>Cas>CDR;Slightly modified version of David Finney's prior seed; seeded by cpelz@alaska.net; To abgd via eric [2009-01-31]Levels mightbe a little low, but I love the early style Casey Jones arrangements and of course Dark Star is always good..but the downside is this is a transition period so the momentum and cohesion of teh stes is spotty   2 SHN notes
355. 06/27/69 Veterans Auditorium - Santa Rosa, CA x SBD Reel > ? > cassette (Latvala) > CDR, transfer by David Finney; see info file for flaw notes   2 SHN notes
356. 06/28/69 Veterans Auditorium - Santa Rosa, CA A- sbd - [2006-06-10] Another experiment in slow pacing of the Aoxomoxoa and WD era tunes. Check out the Mama Tried as an example. Garcia plays pedal steel on some tunes. Interesting to hear them at a transition in their playing style. Nice mix and sound quality. SOTOTW and LL are the rave up's.   1 SHN notes
357. 06/28/69 Veterans Auditorium - Santa Rosa, CA x complete; sbd> mr> cass> dat> cd; Conversion: Kenwood TrueX> EAC> shn V3 (seekable); Seed: Brian Cole   1 SHN notes
358. 06/??/69 Home Recordings - San Francisco, CA B misc Home recordings [2006-06-17]Most interesting for fans of UJB and FOTD who might want to hear the earliest known recording of them being developed. Home recording sound quality.   1 SHN notes
359. 07/03/69 Reed's Ranch - Colorado Springs, CO A/B SBD -> Cassette Master -> Dat (48k) via C. Miller from Eaton dat [2008-07-22]Mostly of historical interest though SOTOTW and He Was a Friend of Mine are nice   0 1 notes
360. 07/04/69 Electric Theater - Chicago, IL A/B sbd [2006-06-11] Respectable performance of the mix of new tunes with Garcia on pedal stell on some with some Live/Dead and Anthem era jams. This is not on my must hear list because there are some sound issues on a dew tunes (SS) and none of these renditions are special. This does have Bobby singing on Dire Wolf, a slightly faster version of Mama Tried, and the always dependable SOTOW for a rocker. LL is a sustained bouncy version. First of only 4 versions of Let Me In.   2 SHN notes
361. 07/04/69 Electric Theater - Chicago, IL B/C SBD> MC> D>CD> Soundforge pitch correction> SHN [2007-03-03] See other shn entry regarding the performance - the fluctuating sound levels for the latter part of the show except LL make this a listen for completists only.   2 SHN notes
362. 07/05/69 Electric Theater - Chicago, IL B+ sbd - [2006-06-11] Another respectable, but not essential show. The 1st set has a unhurried Star, with a standard SS > 11 but ending in a rare Baby Blue. Set 2 has the experimental segue CC > High Time and a slow Mama Tried. H2H has Jerry on pedal steel which I actually like. The CJ is the early funky bouncy type which I also like. LL Is another lengthy work out.   2 SHN notes
363. 07/07/69 Piedmont Park - Atlanta, GA A- sbd - [2006-06-12] Andy Lemieux really likes this show in the TC. The transitional tunes are again tpyed with different segues: here we have MT > High Time > CJ. The Star > SS >11 > LL is more akin to the Live/Dead pacing with the Star being less intense than the L/D rendering. Sound quality is good. If you like this transitional period, this show stradles it quite well.   2 SHN notes
364. 07/10/69 Playboy After Dark - Los Angeles, CA A Jerry acts cool around Hef and the bunnies   1 MPEG notes
365. 07/11/69 NY State Pavilion, Flushing Meadows Park - Queens, NY B+ SBD and aud patch by hanno - [2006-06-12] "We like to play for people that dance". Bobby's "brick joke" and "cigar and poodle joke". Starts off with a mix of the new tunes (H2H w/ Jerry on pedal steel and it is not as bad as the TC reviewer would have you think, CJ, SOTOTW, BBM,...) Then they bring out Alligator > TOO > DDHNM > LL. This is a respectable segment and the audience bit has a nice open air capture of the soundfield. There is a tease of the GDTRFB/AWBYGN theme. TOO Is jammed hard enough that the DDHNM is a nice contrast and time to ctach your breath. LL Is given its standard workout for this time. Not a must hear but a good performance.   2 SHN notes
366. 07/12/69 NY State Pavilion, Flushing Meadows Park - Queens, NY B+ low-gen aud and sbd - [2006-06-12] I prefer this over the previous day. Again the performnace has an opening segment of the new transitory tunes followed by a nice Star > TOO > SS > 11 > LL. The 1st segment shows they are playing around with different orderings, which on this date has Doin' That Rag -> China Cat Sunflower -> Mama Tried -> High Time. I like the version of Mountains on the Moon here too. The Star > TOO is good with a slightly different take. The 11 is another strong one. LL has apparently Bobby getting a woman from teh audience who helps rap/sing for a few lines. Pig gets behind the drum set and Mickey replaces him on the microphone? Worth one listen for sure.   2 SHN notes
367. 08/02/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA A- sbd [2006-06-17] This sbd surfaced in 2006. Sound and mix are good. Represents a single set. 1st part has CJ, H2H, BBM, MT, HT, Slewfoot... and a Cryptical Suite > LL. Typical performance for this time.   2 FLAC notes
368. 08/03/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA A- sbd [2006-06-17] This board surfaced in 2006. Its a single set. It has a handful of the new tunes - H2H, HT, MT, some old tunes, BIODTL & Hi Heeled Sneakers. The segue portion is a Star > Alligator > Drums > TOO themish Jam > Caution > AWBYGN. The Star features a sax and violin player and for that reason I put this on the must hear list. The sax player fits in well and plays similarly to what Branford and others would add in the 90's.   2 FLAC notes
369. 08/16/69 Max Yasgur's Farm - Bethel, NY A- sbd - pitch corrected cotsman [2006-06-12] Sound quality is rather good - the performance is very brief, marred by equipment problems and general chaos of the event. One listen at most should do it.   2 SHN notes
370. 08/16/69 Max Yasgur's Farm - Bethel, NY A- flac16; Source: 8 Track Master Reels @ 15ips > DAT Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > analog out > Korg MR-1 DFF @ [1bit/2.8 mhz] Rate Conversion: AudioGate to [24bit/96 khz] Mastering: In WaveLab with L3 Waves Multimaximizer Rate Conversion with r8brain to [16bit/44.1 khz] > TLH > Flac transfer and mastering by Bill Koucky (This source fixes errors in the previous source) [2009-01-30]This version has the cleanest sound - show is marred by no flow from equipmentissues - more of an audio snapshot of the social phenomena of thetimes   2 FLAC notes
371. 08/16/69 Max Yasgur's Farm - Bethel, NY   flac24; Source: 8 Track Master Reels @ 15ips > DAT Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > analog out > Korg MR-1 DFF @ [1bit/2.8 mhz] Rate Conversion: AudioGate to [24bit/96 khz] Mastering: In WaveLab with L3 Waves Multimaximizer > TLH > Flac ransfer and mastering by Bill Koucky (This source fixes errors in the previous source)   2 FLAC  
372. 08/16/69 Max Yasgur's Farm - Bethel, NY X flac24; Source: 8 Track Master Reels @ 15ips > DAT Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > analog out > Korg MR-1 DFF @ [1bit/2.8 mhz] Rate Conversion: AudioGate to [24bit/96 khz] Mastering: In WaveLab with L3 Waves Multimaximizer > TLH > Flac Transfer and mastering by Bill Koucky (Fixed version now circulates)   2 FLAC notes
373. 08/16/69 Max Yasgur's Farm - Bethel, NY X flac16; Source: 8 Track Master Reels @ 15ips > DAT Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > analog out > Korg MR-1 DFF @ [1bit/2.8 mhz] Rate Conversion: AudioGate to [24bit/96 khz] Mastering: In WaveLab with L3 Waves Multimaximizer . Rate Conversion with r8brain to [16bit/44.1 khz] > TLH > Flac Transfer and mastering by Bill Koucky, (Fixed version now circulates)   2 FLAC notes
374. 08/21/69 Aqua Theater - Seattle, WA B+ sbd - complete cotsman [2006-06-12]. Deadlists indicates this is the 8/20/69 show. Also the 1st performance of Easy Wind. A solid performance with Charles Lloyd playing flute on Minglewood and CCat. Starts out with the new tunes in development Casey Jones, Easy Wind, interesting segues Morning Dew > High Time > Mama Tried > Me And My Uncle and New Minglewood Blues > China Cat Sunflower > jam > Doin' That Rag, Big Boss Man, Sittin On Top Of The World. The aft part is a slower paced though still psychedlic Cryptical Suite > Dark Star (very short with no pre verse 1 jam to speak of). If you want a show from this era to sit down and listen to this might be the ticket. Good sound.   2 SHN notes
375. 08/21/69 Aqua Theater - Seattle, WA X partial; Soundboard -> Bear's Cassette master -> Cassette -> DAT -> CD; CD>EAC>SHN by Glenn Tremblay; via Frank Bove; cuts into China Cat   1 SHN notes
376. 08/23/69 Pelletier Farm - St. Helens, OR B+ sbd lai [2006-06-12] The front part is a smattering of the new tunes, with an early attempt to jam on Easy Wind (not much happens). The aft part revisits the Star > SS >11 > LL in the style of March of this year. The Dark Star and 11 are long. The Star is quiet and somewhat sparse on the intro jam and gets atonal and abstract for the 2nd jam. Sound quality is good. LL is standard for this era.   2 SHN notes
377. 08/28/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA B sbd - first 1/3 of show has Garcia low in the mix sounding like it was Wales' organ monitor. This may be the first recording of garcia and wales together. Lack of practice shows as they trade off playing individual riffs but the seeds of their later collaboration are present, mostly Wales' aggressive organ and willingness to experiment. Mostly of interest for historic value.   2 SHN notes
378. 08/29/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA A- sbd - [2006-06-12] A rather short (~ 80 minute) show per Eaon's list. Noteable for the 1st New Orleans > Searchin' pairing as well as the revival of Good Lovin', here done very fast (too mast IMO). Another long LL ends the set. Good sound quality. A rather fun show with some crowd - band banter but bot one that will stay in your cd changer very long.   2 SHN notes
379. 08/29/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA X Sdb> ?> Dat> CD; via Mike Lai with thanks to Wayne Gucwa; tracked for 1x80   1 SHN notes
380. 08/29/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA x SBD> MR> C> D> CD> EAC> SHN; edits (see notes), encoding, vined by J. Cotsman; with thanks to Jeff Cook   2 SHN notes
381. 08/30/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA A- sbd - [2006-06-12] A more or less typical show fo rthe time. The Dark Star has a nice theme jam after the 1st verse. Good sound and mix.   2 SHN notes
382. 09/01/69 Baton Rouge International Speedway - Prairieville, LA A- sbd - most complete version w/ longer Lovelight. SHow itself is in the lower quartile for 1969 to my ears. Playing seems like a standard gig. LL has sort of a themed jam near the end before the last rave up. This Star is in the March style with a sparse intro jam and then a bit of a meltdown into abstractness before the 2nd verse. Sound quality and mix are good.   2 SHN notes
383. 09/01/69 Baton Rouge International Speedway - Prairieville, LA x SBD>MC>DAT>CDR>EAC>SHN; via Tony Gardner, Steve Goodrich; first bar of Casey is clipped   2 SHN notes
384. 09/01/69 Baton Rouge International Speedway - Prairieville, LA x MSC (Ampex C-90 cassette) > DAT > CD-R via Andy Lemieux and Kingbee encoded by Matt Vernon   2 SHN notes
385. 09/06/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA A- MSC w/ airplane set [2006-07-18] Very short GD set. Nothing bad, nothing spectacular, maybe the least notable set of the year? He Was A Friend Of Mine longest song and competently done. Its All Over Now concludes. TC says this was the 2nd performance since 66 and the last until 76. I Can't confirm this. Sound is very good.   3 SHN notes
386. 09/06/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA X sdb> reel master> cassette> dat> cdr; via Mike Lai   1 SHN notes
387. 09/07/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA B+ sbd [2006-06-20]. This is for completists. It has the GD with members of JA (definitely Jorma, Jack, and Joey Covington, who handles some vocals). They are basically horsing around playing things like Louie Louie, Wipe Out.   1 SHN notes
388. 09/11/69 The Family Dog at the Great Highway (?) - San Francisco, CA B+ partial 1 song - aud cotsman [2006-06-16]A lone aud version of Easy Wind, assigned to this date. Why this is the only bit that circs and whether its unique I defer to the knowledgeable people on deadlists. The sound quality is good for an aud from this era, but of interest to completists only.   1 SHN notes
389. 09/26/69 Fillmore East - New York, NY B+ aud minor upgrade by hanno [2006-06-17] This aud tape is good for the era, not much crowd interference. I'd place it on the must hear list for those interested in tracking the evolution of how Dark Star was performed. This tape shows TC's organ is the 2rd dominant force with Garcia and Lesh. Its length is appropriate in that it doesn't overstay any single theme but evolves forward at a nice pace. Jim Powell on deadlists says that Phil teases the Feelin' Groovy theme in Dark Star. The TC review calls this a full out Feelin' Groovy not revisited until 6/24/70. In any case its a spritely Star jam that has a groovy theme to it. The SS and 11 maintain the bouce and the segue into King Bee is like a slow application of breaks on a car going down a mountain road.   1 SHN notes
390. 09/27/69 Fillmore East (early) - New York, NY B+ aud hanno upgrade 1/30/03 [2006-06-17] Smattering of the songs being developed at this time. Highlight noted on the TC review is the China Cat > High Time. Nice aud tape for this era. Probably of interest for completists.   1 SHN notes
391. 09/29/69 Cafe au Go-Go - New York, NY B+ early show aud [2006-06-17]Good quality sound for the era, vocals are low because of the mic placement? This show has one of the few versions of "The Seven" (I'm not a big fan of this but it seems to attract attention for its rarity.) Its another spirited show with an upbeat tempo.   1 SHN notes
392. 09/30/69 Cafe au Go-Go - New York, NY B+ early show aud [2006-06-19] Incomplete recording, ok mix. For completists of fans of this era. Deadlists search function says this is the 1st China > Rider!   1 SHN notes
393. 10/24/69 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA B+ aud [2006-06-16] This is a good aud recording for the venue and time, shame its only a short fragment. Despite the bitching about the monitors, it features a very nice China > Rider. Probably of interest for completists. Note the info explains the discrepancy between this setlist and what deadlists shows.   1 SHN notes
394. 10/25/69 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA A- This is a recommended listening - Sary > Stephen > 11 > Lovelight with teh Dark Star having a very pleasant theme jam (This Dark Star features the earliest known "Feelin Groovy" Jam or "Bridge" Jam) and Stephen Stills joins for Lovelight. Very nice mix.   1 SHN notes
395. 10/26/69 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA B+ sbd [2006-06-19] Incomplete - monitor problems. Laid back and relaxed Sunday show, end of a 3 day Winterland run. For completists of fans of this period, no jam songs are part of this tape. By this time, the intro jam to CJ has been dropped and its taken a harder edge compared to the upbeat original interpretation.   1 SHN notes
396. 10/31/69 San Jose State University - San Jose, CA A- sbd [2006-06-19] The Cryptical Suite on this show is pretty sick - very "mature" sounding (aka 71-ish) with a nice segue into China Cat. The tape speed during the transition jam sounds like it varies a tad. 3rd time China > Rider FWIW. The sound and mix are good. SOTOTW is always good in my book. LL has a funnier than usual pig rap.   2 SHN notes
397. 11/01/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA B sbd [2006-07-20] The sound is somewhat muddy and there is a variable hiss that seems to come from the revolution of the cassette tape (so it varies on a ~sec timescale). This is also a sloppy show, with the boys on something?? The review in the TCA agrees with what I experienced. Skip this one, one of the least exciting shows from 69.   1 SHN notes
398. 11/02/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA A- sbd [2006-07-04] A stronger than average show from this transitionary period. Nice mix of set 1 songs, CR&S, Midnight Hour, Good Lovin', Dancin', the DS showcases the use of themed type jams and is of the melodic variety.   2 SHN notes
399. 11/02/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA x mr> c1> dat> turtle bch "Fiji"> SHN; via Teddy GoodBear, Doug Johnson; to abg, later to etree; note track names by title, have spaces and/or special characters; see pub comments for flaw note   1 SHN notes
400. 11/02/69 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA x Fixed version of previous file set. Same source info as 32273, but w/fixed Dark Star.   2 SHN notes
401. 11/07/69 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- sbd Kaplan version [2006-07-04] The day before the DP's release, this show is also nice. It has a strong setlist to finish up (CC > IKYR, DS > UJBJ > DS > Crytpical > TOO > LL. Nice sound. Worth a listen.   2 SHN notes
402. 11/07/69 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA B/A flac16;Recording Info:SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat; Transfer Info:Dat -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2012-04-29]String show for jam tunes, but there are zillions of little pops on one channel which I have to note to degrade the sound quality rating a bit.   2 FLAC notes
403. 11/08/69 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA   Dick's Pick 16 - Not for trade   3 CDR  
404. 11/08/69 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- SBD - Wise "C" version [2006-07-20] Set 2 has a seamless segue fest - DS > TOO > DS > UJBJ > DS > SS> 11 > Caution > Feedback > AWBYGN. Might as well get the DP of this show. Definitely worth a listen. This was the bit that circ'd before the release. Not the complete show.   2 SHN notes
405. 11/08/69 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA B+ From Jacks notes - Notes: Just a small fragment obviously, but cool nevertheless to hear a decent aud of one of the all-time performances in the Grateful Dead's history. [2006-06-23] Jack is correct - only 14 minutes yjough   1 FLAC notes
406. 11/15/69 Lanai Theater - Crockett, CA B+ sbd - fixed version [2006-06-23]Good sound and mix. WD era tunes start the show so its a bit slow going with the usual monitor mix complaints. Cumberland > China Cat is reflective of the experiments of how to use either of these tunes in segues. No jam tunes. Of interest to those who want to hear early WD.   2 SHN notes
407. 11/15/69 Lanai Theater - Crockett, CA X SBD cassette master > PCM > CDR > iMac > SHN; shntool-fixed version of previous shn set, fixed as a whole; alternate fix (by disc) also circulates with slight difference   2 SHN notes
408. 11/15/69 Lanai Theater - Crockett, CA X SBD cassette master > PCM > CDR > iMac > SHN; editing> SHN by Jeff Tiedrich; to BUDD and etree via G.S. Hamilton; note SBEs- see comments; 2 fixes in circ (a and b)   2 SHN notes
409. 11/21/69 Cal Expo, Building A - Sacramento, CA B+ mixed source sbd [2006-06-23] This show has an abundance of Pig tunes and the rest is from the new material from WD. Sound quality and mix is good. Not a killer show but typical of this run of shows.   2 SHN notes
410. 11/21/69 Cal Expo, Building A - Sacramento, CA A- flac16; Set 2 only; Source: Soundboard Master Reels > DAT Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > USB > WaveLab > CD Wave > TLH > Flac Transfer and mastering by Bill Koucky December 28, 2008, Green Mountain Bros. [2009-02-21]Listenable sound quality but a flawed performance with a fair number of "off" notes besides being fragmentary   1 FLAC notes
411. 12/04/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B sbd cotsman - 1st live performance of Black Peter [2006-06-23] Similar performance to others of this run. Mix of the new WD tunes (Black Peter etc...) which makes for a relaxed atmosphere. The Dark Star > HT is not a high energy, tension/release style but again sort of quiet and mellow. Might be the 1st UJB with lyrics. The show before Altamont.   2 SHN notes
412. 12/05/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B+ aud recorded by ely on a sony cassette [2006-06-22] Very decent aud but the 1st two songs have some major intervals of diginoise so there was a bad xfer downstream of the cassette. Not a very interesting show to me. Looks interesting because of the UJB being fleshed out at this time but nothing comes to mind to make this one stay in the player. Good sound / poor performance.   2 SHN notes
413. 12/07/69 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B/A SBD - Owenbrothersvault [2006-06-22] Sound quality is good. Show starts with the new Workingman's Dead material. Black Peter shows the difference in pacing and tone compared to the Live/Dead material. The SS > 11 > LL at the end connects to the prior well known and rehersed songs. Of interest to those wanting to see the transition to the WD songs. But not on the must hear list.   2 SHN notes
414. 12/10/69 Thelma Theater - Los Angeles, CA B+ sbd set 1 aud set 2 - "kind of sloppy" versions of Workingman's Dead tunes. Steven Stills appears for a few tunes. The aud portion thought to be from set 2 is of very good quality considering the date! TOO is performed very well.   2 SHN notes
415. 12/10/69 Thelma Theater - Los Angeles, CA B msr - deadlists version [2006-07-15] Listened to this on the ride from San Bernardino. Some of information on the deadlist and Cotsman versions are different. Cotsman shows that Stills is playing on CJ as well as GMLSG, MD and Black Queen and LL. When I listened, I didn't know he was playing and it is obvious on GMLSG, MD and LL that there was a distinctly different guitar sound from Jerry's and which comes off as a pleasant surprise. Black Queen is apparently done again when Stills sits in on an 80's show. The rest of the show is ok but not on my must hear list. There is little momentum for the song selection that exists here and none of performances of the individual tunes are worth special mention. Maybe the novelty of the Stills sit in might offer some attraction. Costman also assigns set 2 to an aud source. There is definitely some audience pickup and chatter and ambiance of a small room so this is a possibility. I would need to compare both source to know if they are the same so the difference is one of interpretation or if in fact there are different sources.   2 SHN notes
416. 12/10/69 Thelma Theater - Los Angeles, CA B+ Master Soundboard Reel > DAT > CDR; via Seth Kaplan; Seeded to etree by Steve Barbella [2011-07-07] Below average show - Stills doesn't add anything other than novelty   2 SHN notes
417. 12/11/69 Thelma Theater - Los Angeles, CA B mixed aud/sbd [2007-03-05]Overall noticeable hiss, somewhat muddy with variable speed show drags along. Don't know if the aud/sbd mix is just the use of stage mics or if the room was very small so little echo. Not a must hear show. In the info file "A very good mono audience recording supplies the first ~75 minutes of this show, up until the final verse of Dark Star. The recording was stopped in between most songs, and only the first few notes of a few songs are clipped. A somewhat degraded SBD supplies the rest of the show. There are several small portions of this SBD that have level/channel problems. I believe the SBD was mastered on cassette, though most lineages seem to be listed as a reel master. The frequent mix problems, varying pitch/speed, and lack of trademark reel-to-reel zip-outs during cuts strongly support this being a cassette master."   3 SHN notes
418. 12/11/69 Thelma Theater - Los Angeles, CA B msr - deadlists version [2206-07-15] San Bernardino "day trip". After Dark Star, sound quality becomes muddy and mix Phil/Bobby heavy. The 11 has some variable pitch issues? The vocals sound high in pitch though the pacing seems ok, begging the question if a true "pitch" adjustment, i.e. frequency shift applied? Performance wise not a must hear - has a Yellow Dog Story, a solid Dark Star (and in reasonable sound) but not a must hear. I like SOTOTW in set 2, but despite the Good Lovin', Dancin' somewhow this set jsut didn't get me excited. The Crypt>Charlie to close out is a standard delivery.   3 SHN notes
419. 12/11/69 Thelma Theater - Los Angeles, CA A- aud>mac>wav>flac fob recording by Rion Brady [2008-03-11]Same as prior mixed aud/sbd only this is from the master - the recording captures the small room - the Dark Star is the highlight, too bad it is cut on the last verse - the rest of the show has the new WD/AB material being played so there are full stops between tunes etc.   1 FLAC notes
420. 12/11/69 Thelma Theater - Los Angeles, CA B+ flac16; MOTB Release: 0064 16/44.1 Stereo Source, Analog Audience Source: FOB Master Cassette (MAC) Medium Stock Brands: MAC = Maxell C-90 Analog Lineage: 1 x Sony Microphone => Sony Portable Cassette Recorder [Monophonic] >> MAC Analog Sound Preservation: MAC >> Nakamichi DR-1 => Grace Design Lunatec V3 [Pre-Only] => Korg MR-1000 >> DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] >> Korg MR-1000 => Korg AudioGate >> WAV [24/96] Taped By: Rion Brady Transfer By: Adam Egert Mastering By: Derek McCabe This is a synthesized stereo version of original monaural source [2009-03-04]Most of set 1 - has a bit of a tunnel echo sound but still a beter than average aud tape for this era. Can't comment on this synthesized stereo technique because I did not do a careful listen vs the mono source   2 FLAC notes
421. 12/12/69 Thelma Theater - Los Angeles, CA B+ sbd - deadlists version [2006-07-17] The TC rates this strongly, noting that Pigpen tunes are featured. "Both shows end with unbelievable versions of his biggest show stoppers" and that the Alligator > Caution rivals the versions from 67-68 (i.e. Anthem of the Sun era). My take is that the LL is good but nothing to give it one of the best ever votes. Alligator doesn't fare as well to me because the drums segment is long and rather boring (almost petters out) and the post drum jam part is ok but didn't strike me as a must hear. The Caution is very good however and I'd say listen to that for the best of this show. The rest falls into the "ok but standard for this time" at best rating. One of the last versions of "He Was A Friend of Mine", shame because it was a nice slow tune. So the best I can give this show is a B+. Sound is fine but not the best so it gets a B+ as well.   3 SHN notes
422. 12/13/69 Swing Auditorium - San Bernardino, CA A- sbd [2006-07-05] Playing is solid on this date. Casey Jones has morphed into its permanent style, which is a shame because I liked the bouncy early upbeat interpretation with the cool intro jam. Believe it or not, the Mama Tried > China Cat segue is very good and unusual as they experimented with all sorts of combinations for China Cat. The jam portion has a Good Lovin > Cumberland and a SS > LL with a longer than usual LL until the plug is pulled. Not a must hear.   1 SHN notes
423. 12/19/69 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA A- aud patched sbd via Hanno [2006-07-05] Starts with the 1st known acoustic performance (?) of Garcia and Weir while they wait for the equipment or band to get there. Casey Jones has a few off pitch guitar notes. 1st recorded performance of Mason's Children. Good Lovin' is a short version. The jam section is Cryptical > UJB > LL which is interesting for the placement of one of the first few UJB's as the new WD material is integrated into the L/D tunes. Nice sound quality but not a particularly strong performance so it does not make my mustlisten list.   2 SHN notes
424. 12/19/69 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA   Apparently, an almost complete aud of reasonable quality exists but has not been circulated (was used to patch the sbd)   0 DNC  
425. 12/20/69 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA B sbd [2006-07-06] Largely forgetable show except for being the 1st known version of New Speedway Boogie with Phil's harmonies sort of cringing. Pig's rap gets cut and is of a weird bent as he ends up discussing what to do with your woman when she won't leave and you can't shoot her ?! Another odd segue with CC > IKYR> HT. Sound is hissier than usual for this era.   1 SHN notes
426. 12/21/69 Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA B+ ok sbd. I enjoyed Garcia's phrasing on Black Peter and everyone agrees that TOO is good. I thought the NFA was too repetitious though it is an early version as is Cumberland. Overall of interest for the collector or those who want to hear early versions of songs rather than standout versions one should seek out for their collections   1 SHN notes
427. 12/26/69 McFarlin Auditorium, Southern Methodist Univ. - Dallas, TX A- sbd [2006-07-20] The sound quality is very good with Phil high in the mix for the electric portion. Unusual show in that Phil/Billy are late so Jerry and Bob so some acoustic songs to entertain the crowd. 1st extended acoustic set in circulation that I am aware of. There is some good audience/band banter during this set as well. The sound quality and acoustic set probably put this on the must hear once list. The Dark Star is good, with a bit of spaceyness as well as some theme jamming. New Speedway has vocal flubs and some bad harmonies - one of the earliest verions.   2 SHN notes
428. 12/26/69 McFarlin Auditorium, Southern Methodist Univ. - Dallas, TX x MSR> C> DAT> CD-R; via Bob Murphy   2 SHN notes
429. 12/28/69 International Speedway - Hollywood, FL B sbd [2006-07-07] Noticeable hiss and distortion from amplitude overload esp. on vocals lowers the sound rating. Funny banter from Pig where he encourages the crwod to come forward but then relays a message about not stepping on the wires and staying away from the towers. Apparently, no one responds so he says he doesn't assume any responsibility if something happens. Performance is ok - with H2H and Mason's getting an extended workout. LL ends the show. Not on the must hear list unless you like the banter bit.   2 SHN notes
430. 12/28/69 International Speedway - Hollywood, FL X SBD> MC> D> CD> EAC> SHN; see info file for quality notes- patching, pitch correction, probable noise reduction; EAC/edits by J. Cotsman, with thanks to David Litfin; via J. Cotsman to vine   2 SHN notes
431. 12/28/69 International Speedway - Hollywood, FL A- flac16; Source: Soundboard master Reels > Cassette > DAT Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > USB > WaveLab > CD Wave > TLH > Flac [2009-04-21]Excellent soundfield on this recording but the show I rank low for 1969 - the band is enthusiastic cajoling the crowd to get closer but then they appear to be too close or climbing on scaffolding etc - Pigpen's tunes are the focus of this shows energy   1 FLAC notes
432. 12/29/69 Boston Tea Party - Boston, MA A- Good balance/mix for the sbd. Ok, its 69 so you get the usual "fix the monitors" banter. They play a bunch of Workingman's Dead stuff, and this sets the pace for the show. Best of set 1 is Hard to Handle which Jerry introduces as "Time to boogie". They really get down on the jam for this one. Mason's Children jam didn't seem to go with the actual song. Overall, the usual songs that rage in early 69 are played more relaxed. My disks also have St. Stephen > NFA. Interesting show of the group in transition, but not a must have IMO.   2 SHN notes
433. 12/29/69 Boston Tea Party - Boston, MA A- sbd [2006-07-07] Nice sound and mix. Start of show has extended banter about the monitors and audio buzzing from some lights. The pacing of the WD tunes has reached their familiar state (relaxed, not rushed). Good Lovin' interrupted by someone from audience grabbing the mic. Might be the 1st SS > NFA and only the 2nd NFA in 69 (the other occurring a few days earlier). Mason's is jammed out and fairly in your face. Solid show, good sound, only down is no special jam to make this a must listen.   2 SHN notes
434. 12/29/69 Boston Tea Party - Boston, MA X SBD>MR>C>D>CD>EAC>SHN; Likely reDAE of 6302   2 SHN notes
435. 12/30/69 Boston Tea Party - Boston, MA A- sbd miller version [2006-07-14] New Speedway is an early version, and the vocal harmonies are prominent for a gd tune. Sound quality and mix are very good.   3 SHN  
436. 12/30/69 Boston Tea Party - Boston, MA X Source: SBD > MC > C > D > CD > SHN   3 SHN notes
437. 12/30/69 Boston Tea Party - Boston, MA x SBD> MC> C> D> CD> EAC> SHN via T.S. Cotsman; edits/encoding JCotsman; pitch corrected (see notes)   3 SHN notes
438. 12/30/69 Boston Tea Party - Boston, MA A- SBD> ?> DAT> CDR [2011-08-11]Transition from Live Dead to teh AB/WD material. The version of 11 here is very good.   3 SHN notes
439. 12/31/69 Boston Tea Party - Boston, MA B+ sbd [2006-07-08] Sound quality is good. Performance is bi-modal. The middle section, Alligator -> drums -> Alligator-> jam-> AWBYGN jam-> Alligator -> Caution -> Feedback-> Good Lovin'-> Drums-> 11 is good, with the jam in alligtor an early of the GDTRFB jam. The Feedback, caution and 11 are excellent versions. The 3rd part of the show has a standalone version of NFA that is about the 3rd version of this and already it is in its recognizeable format. The remaining tunes are sort of novelty songs, and its odd that they played these at the end of the show (sort of like some of the Nov 70 Port Chester shows). The 1st part has a mix of WD and Aoxomoxoa tunes and a very well pplayed version of Mason's if you like that song. Toss up regarding if this is a must hear, given the up/down and unevenness of the tunes and placement   3 SHN notes
440. 12/31/69 Boston Tea Party - Boston, MA A- flac16; Recording Info:SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD; Transfer Info:CD -> Samplitude Professional v10.1 -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-02-25]The sound quality is good - the show is sort of odd - kind of like 11/8/70 in having a handful of folky songs they performed when they first formed - the Alligator > Caution > 11 sequence is nice and what most people would listen to from this show. Black Peter was on some official release as filler -   3 FLAC notes
441. 12/31/69 Boston Tea Party - Boston, MA x significantly edited version of previous shn set: >MKWact> DART Pro98> EAC WAV Processor> MKWact, by Bob Clevenger   3 SHN notes
442. 01/02/70 Fillmore East early show - New York, NY A- sbd - cotsman [2006-07-31] Cumberland is a bit of a train wreck with more than a few missed placed notes. This Dark Star is worth a listen - it features an extended "Tighten Up" jam and shows how the introduction of themed jams into the original song structure gave this piece a new direction to develop. Lots of the new WD tunes.   3 SHN notes
443. 01/02/70 Fillmore East early show - New York, NY x likely early show, had been marked late show; SBD plus AUD patches; via Hanno Bunjes, Uli Teute   1 SHN notes
444. 01/02/70 Fillmore East - late show - New York, NY X late show, partial; SBD-> MR-> DAT (x)-> CDR (x)-> EAC; via S. Windsor abgd; via D. Sacks to etree 12/15; cut in end of Dark Star/ beginning St. Stephen from reel change   1 SHN notes
445. 01/03/70 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY A/B sbd - early & late lai seed "redone" [2006-09-22] Lots of the new tunes being introduced so this is more a song performance than jam-centric. Sound is good.   3 SHN notes
446. 01/03/70 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY B+ flac16; Source: Soundboard Master Reels > DAT Master [44.1] Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > UA-5 > USB > WaveLab Mastering in WaveLab with iZotope Ozone 4 > CD Wave > TLH > Flac Transfer and Mastering Bill Koucky March 6, 2009, Green Mountain Bros. [2009-05-01]Hissy, at least compared to other sbd's from this era - the performance never seemed to gel - characteristic of many shows from this year as they vacilate between the new WD/AB tunes and the LD era   3 FLAC notes
447. 01/03/70 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY x early and late; SBD > MR > DAT > C > DAT > CDR; via Mike Lai, with thanks to Wayne Gucwa; info file by Jeff Hannan   3 SHN notes
448. 01/10/70 Golden Hall - San Diego, CA A- sbd [2006-09-20] Sounds like the band was having fun at this show from the banter and Pig's LL rap. Upbeat playing. Good sound. No mind blowing jams, showcases songs in development.   2 SHN notes
449. 01/10/70 Golden Hall - San Diego, CA A- sbd (pitch corrected) by Hollister - [2007-08-23]unclear if this is an upgrade over the prior seed, prior comments on show hold up - band having a good time, but nothing epic transpired   2 SHN notes
450. 01/10/70 Golden Hall - San Diego, CA A- Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Reel-> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v10.0.1 -> Cool Edit Pro v2.0 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [Casey Jones pitch corrected] [2008-02-24]Lots of banter, but not a repeat listen show - Lovelight comes across ok, the remainder never gels as they transition into the new material.   2 FLAC notes
451. 01/10/70 Golden Hall - San Diego, CA   flac24; source: MR > R1 > RX (purported to be 2nd gen) transfer: RX > Technics RS-1506 > Grace Design Lunatec V3 [Pre-Only] > Korg MR-1000 > DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] > Korg AudioGate > wav [24/96]   3 FLAC  
452. 01/10/70 Golden Hall - San Diego, CA X flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Reel-> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v10.0.1 -> Cool Edit Pro v2.0 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2008-04-04]Upgraded by 89862 which pitch corrects the CJ   2 FLAC notes
453. 01/10/70 Golden Hall - San Diego, CA A- flac16; source: MR > R1 >RX (purported 2nd gen) transfer: RX (purported 2nd gen) > Technics RS-1506 > Grace Design Lunatec V3 [Pre-Only] > Korg MR-1000 > DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] > Korg AudioGate > wav [24/96] [2008-05-04]Good sound but average performance at best   2 FLAC notes
454. 01/10/70 Golden Hall - San Diego, CA X flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Reel-> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v10.0.1 -> Cool Edit Pro v2.0 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2008-04-10]Upgrade in circulation   2 FLAC notes
455. 01/10/70 Golden Hall - San Diego, CA B/A flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel -> Reel-> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v10.0.1 -> Cool Edit Pro v2.0 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-01-31]ok show - opinion unchanged with this version   2 FLAC notes
456. 01/16/70 Springer's Inn Portland - Portland, OR A/B sbd [2006-09-15] The performance on this date I mostly found typical of the time. One part that did come off as unique was the jam in Alligator on the 11 theme.   3 SHN notes
457. 01/17/70 Gill Coliseum, Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR A- sbd pitched corrected cotsman [2006-09-14] Set list features many of my favorite tunes - Dire Wolf to open(?), followed by C>R, H2H, Cumberland, and later on a Mason > High Time vefire the Dark Star > SS> 11 > LL (large cut). As John Dwork notes, this Dark Star "features numerous thematic forays some familiar and others unique to this date". Give this one a listen.   2 SHN notes
458. 01/17/70 Gill Coliseum, Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR x Master Soundboard Reel > DAT > CDR; via Scott Clugston   2 SHN notes
459. 01/23/70 Honolulu Civic Auditorium - Honolulu, HI A- sbd - w/ complete Lovelight Connor [2007-08-25]Nice sound quality, what looks to be a killer setlist, but if you listen to all the shows in 1970 this one won't make the short must hear list. The Star is cohesive but similar to many others of this era and can't be singled out for special consideration. Jerry does some slide licks in the middle of Lovelight. I'd rank this at the bottom of the top quartile for this year. Here are some perceptive LMA comments: "One of my first 1970 SBD's and it still stacks up well to the other 1970's I've heard later. Not a long show, and I imagine they had time constraints being on the bill with JA. [Note:JA was NOT on the bill - this is an error spread by Deadbase.] But very strong playing has made this a well traded favorite. The Black Peter is soulful and well sung. But the last segment is really where they cook. Nice long versions of The Other One and Dark Star- rare in 1970 to get both. Not as special as 2/13, but certainly gets you kind and with great Jerry jamming. Some 1970 shows have weak spots, such as when Bobby attempts Green Grass, or Pig sings The Rub. But this one grooves all the way. A nice sounding SBD too! Kick back and crank this one up. BTW - this whole Hawaii run would make a nice Dick's Picks set, no? Tom Constanten's last shows with the Dead. Dr. Flashback ;-) ....I was all psyched up about this show, being Hawaii, being '70, being T.C.'s last two shows! Man, an Other One > Dark Star? Long lovelight? Give to me! The sound is very nice and crisp. But here is now the truth, it has good moments, but I find it mostly dull. They sound like on autopilot mode. "Other One" and "St. Stephen" are delivered well, but not one you will say, 'Check this out!' to your friends. "Dark Star" just slugs along, never really finding a groove or even a space. "Lovelight" is just isn't that exiticing either. All in all, it's neither a good or bad show, just going thru the motions. Perhaps you will enjoy it for than I have, and please remember not trying to pick a fight, I am just giving you my honest review."   2 SHN notes
460. 01/23/70 Honolulu Civic Auditorium - Honolulu, HI x updated lineage: SBD > MASTER REEL > CASS > DAT > CD > SHN; via Teddy Goodbear to abgd, later to etree   2 SHN notes
461. 01/24/70 Honolulu Civic Auditorium - Honolulu, HI B+ sbd [2006-09-14] Thought to be the opening set for a GD/JA double bill. Did not leave a stong impression. No heavy hitters (Good Lovin' and Dancin' main improve tunes) Sound is good.   1 SHN notes
462. 01/30/70 The Warehouse - New Orleans, LA B+ sbd. Infamous date - the dead get busted after this show and this is Tom Constanten's last regularly touring show. The Cryptical > TOO> Cryptical > Cosmic is good   2 SHN notes
463. 01/31/70 The Warehouse - New Orleans, LA A- sbd [2007-08-23]On this show, Phil has some amplifier problems so converts to an acoustic set. This makes for an interesting glimpse in how the band ad libs so speak. Basically, Bobby, Jerry and Pigpen rotate playing acoustic tunes from their bag-o-triccks and the remainder of the band accompanies as they see fit.   2 SHN notes
464. 01/31/70 The Warehouse - New Orleans, LA x SBD>MR>C>D>CD>EAC>SHN 7inch Master Reel@7.5ips SBE fix of shn ID 7045; shntool was used to fix sector boundary errors and seek tables were appended.   2 SHN notes
465. 02/01/70 The Warehouse - New Orleans, LA B/A sbd [p2007-08-27]From the info file "BIODTL through I Know you Rider: right channel mix is all Bobby with Jerry and the vocals on the left channel. Mix balances out in Black Peter." and a LMA comment "This show is, of course, the bust benefit for the previous day's shenanigans. The band certainly plays with conviction (no pun intended), though it's difficult to really tell with such an uneven mix on this SBD." Bob Weir is mixed far too high on this recording, so much that the drums are inaudible and Jerry & Phil barely audible. Every single note and chord he plays is perfectly clear, as well as every mistake he makes. Of course, this show is highly recommended for fans of Weir's playing, or those that felt he is overshadowed by Jerry & Phil. Two other criticisms - the drums before TOO are too long ~11 minutes, and Lovelight with Peter Green is also long and repetitive (his guitar playing seems out of tune) - some of the electric organ/piano playing about 19:00 is odd. Basically skip this date - sound is off and sub par versions on the jam section.   2 SHN notes
466. 02/01/70 The Warehouse - New Orleans, LA X psbd - cousinit [2007-08-27]Skip this - it sounds like it has an mp3 gen in there somewhere, tinny and compressed compared to the prior (and more complete) Cotsman seed.   1 SHN notes
467. 02/02/70 The Fabulous Fox Theatre - St. Louis, MO A- sbd - cotsman [2007-08-26]Only 4 songs circulate, but the Dark Star is probably on the must hear list for this year, having a Tighten UP and Feeling Groovy jam. Excellent sound quality. Per Dr. Flashback "And a rare Mason's Children is a real treat. A song originally meant for the film "Zabrieski Point" but left out." So check it out.   1 SHN notes
468. 02/02/70 The Fabulous Fox Theatre - St. Louis, MO X psbd - cousinit [2007-08-25]The sound quality here is swirly (dare I say mp3-ish) compared to the prior seed - so avoid this one.   1 SHN notes
469. 02/02/70 The Fabulous Fox Theatre - St. Louis, MO X This source notes " This half-hour nugget is all that circulates according to the GD Taping Compendium. However, previous etree database entry shows 54 seconds of Uncle John's Band prior to Dark Star." Can't say on the basis of this statement if this is less or more desireable than the previous sources   1 FLAC notes
470. 02/02/70 The Fabulous Fox Theatre - St. Louis, MO x SBD>MR>R>R>PCM>DAT>CDR; via Raoul Duke; Seeded to etree by Matt Vernon   1 SHN notes
471. 02/04/70 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA B sbd - kaplan (2 addntl tracks from PBS broadcast) [2007-08-27]Sound quality varies from B to A-. H2H a tasty hint of where this song was going, C>R and NFA > SS > NFA, Midnight Hour are all goo dtunes, but this format didn't allow for epic GD. the jam at the end with Santana and JA is typical of these events - just too many people playing at once, with a rotating solo or leader. No chance for ensemble magic. For completists only.   1 SHN notes
472. 02/04/70 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA X Composite of "crisp" Charlie Miller sbd seed and additional mono tuneage from PBS TV broadcast; via Jeff Cotsman   1 SHN notes
473. 02/04/70 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA x SBD>Rm>Cass>Dat>CD>EAC>SHN; Converted to SHN by Charlie Miller   1 SHN notes
474. 02/04/70 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA x SBD>Rm>Cass>Dat>CD>EAC>SHN; Converted to SHN by Charlie Miller   1 SHN notes
475. 02/05/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B sbd [2007-08-31]I can't get too excited about this performance. Sound quality for the aud portions are average for this time. The intersting on paper segment 11 > Caution > NFA > Cumberland. Flows smoothly enough, but lacking that little something to really engage my attention.   1 SHN notes
476. 02/05/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA X SBD> MR> C> D> CD; via Don Bean   1 SHN notes
477. 02/06/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A- sbd [2007-09-16]Standard setlist and delivery. Not a core holding. Sound quality is very good.   2 SHN notes
478. 02/07/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B- sbd and aud composite [2007-08-31]Non-essential. Sound is listenable but also muddy. Nothing much happening performance wise worth seeking out.   2 SHN notes
479. 02/07/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA X SBD> MR> C> D> CD; via Don Bean   1 SHN notes
480. 02/07/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA X SBD> MR> C> D> CD; EAC> SHN by naked_jaybird   1 SHN notes
481. 02/08/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B+- composite by Cotsman [2007-08-28]The aud portions have non-distinct/muddy base. I wasn't that excited about the Smokestack that starts set 1 - from the TC review you'd think it would be obviously superb. The Dark Star that starts set 2 isn't a great one - it has an early portion where guitar feedback by scraping the strings in a sparse manner, sort of sci-fi-esque. A Feelin' Groovy jam and an 11 tease by some of teh band members. The NFA is a very early one, so the band is feeling this one out and its a mite repetive - but its sandwiching inside St Stephen will become a warhorse combo. That leaves Lovelight - it is a rather lengthy version with some Pigpen matchmaking and what sounds like a UJB theme jam that morphs into what Cotsman says "resembling Love Is All Around by The Troggs, whether by intention or coincidence".   2 SHN notes
482. 02/08/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA x AUD Source: MAC>R>C>DAT>WAV>SHN SBDa Source: MSR>R>Cassettes>DAT>WAV>SHN SBDb Source: MSR>R>C>DAT>WAV>SHN C>SHN Conversions By Cousinit   2 SHN notes
483. 02/08/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA x MAC> R> PCM> DAT> CD; MSR> C> DAT> CD; MSR> ?> C> DAT> CD (end of Lovelight); Source discs supplied by Andy Lemieux, CD> EAC> WAV> SHN by Sean Cribbs   2 SHN notes
484. 02/11/70 Fillmore East (late show) - New York, NY A- late show conclusion; Soundboard (except misc patches as noted): MSR> DAT> CDR> EAC> FLAC; Patched, remastered by Dave Greenberg; DAE> FLAC by Marc Evans; Project coordinated by Jim Powell with a special thanks to DW [2007-09-16]I gave this an unattentive listen and its equivalent to the material contained on the Warner source (which has more of the show). The LMA is good for some oblique comments "This show is great! I like to listen to Dark Star while I feed my baby jarred baby-food. This Dark Star gets pretty funky, like no other version I've heard before...If I recall (and there may be a reason my recollections are "fuzzy") Jerry came out on stage at the beginning and explained that we would love this band opening for them, the Allman Brothers. I recall being totally blown away. I also recall a long intermission where I saw some Hell's Angels riding their motorcycles in the lobby. If it's the same show it was very long as it was daylight when we left. This show always stayed with me as maybe the best show of the era I have seen. Does anyone know if this is that show?...i'm literally cooking a grilled cheese sandwich over the flames coming out of my speakers!! comes with side of allman brothers and garcia hot sauce!download and inhale before it taken off the menu! mm..mm..mm..gooood!!Unbelieveably, the Dead played the Fillmore East TWICE in the winter of 70,a Jan and Feb run of shows which, in my opinion, may be the best of the entire year. This show is a "dress rehersal" for their monster 2-night stand on the 13th & 14th when they were touring with the Allmans. I was stunned the first time I heard this tape, and it never fails to delight and astound years later. The sheer energy and excitement come thru in every song. Scorching versions of Cumberland, NFA and the Other One. And the Dark Star is just about as perfect as can be, stellar sound quality and great ensemble playing by the guys. The addition of Duane, Greg and Peter Green on the jams and Lovelight really makes this "one of those nights". Even with all the cuts, this show makes my top 5. A show that must be cranked up to be appreciated! Enjoy. Dr. Flashback ;-)"   1 FLAC notes
485. 02/11/70 Fillmore East (late show) - New York, NY A/B sbd [2007-09-04]Don't know where this little fragment came from - contains Dark Star > Spanish Jam > Lovelight. Has some noticeable digital glitches in Dark Star. Also various other musicians (Green, most of the Allman Bros Band). Continues the tradition of a repetitive jam as the base for everyone to try to contribute something. Mostly a curiosity...   1 SHN notes
486. 02/11/70 Fillmore East (late show) - New York, NY A- partial early and late shows, Master soundboard reels > DAT > CD > Plextor PX-708A extraction (EAC v0.95 prebeta 5) > tracking (CD Wave) > sector boundary verification (shntool v2.0.3) > .flac encoding (flac v1.1.0) Patch for Dark Star: Master audience tape > ? > DAT > CD EAC and FLAC encoding by Jack Warner [2007-09-16]Sound quality is very good including the aud patch - early show fulfills the expectation it is a warm up, the Dark Star in the late show is nice, but the group grope at the end is cluttered and ultimately an unsatisfactory listeing experience.   2 FLAC notes
487. 02/11/70 Fillmore East (late show) - New York, NY B+ flac16; Audience master > ?? > Reel(Mono, Scotch 7" reel @ 3&3/4ips) > Alesis Masterlink ML-9600 > CDR > EAC > Cool Edit Pro > TLH > FLAC16 [2009-05-22]Very clean "mono" aud source that captures the complete Dark Star from this night - I do not get very buzzed by the guests on this jam.   1 FLAC notes
488. 02/11/70 Fillmore East (late show) - New York, NY B+ MAR > ? > R @ 3 ¾ ips. > DAT > CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC [2009-07-03]Good sound, this show doesn't energize me as much as others seem to derive from it.   2 FLAC notes
489. 02/11/70 Fillmore East (late show) - New York, NY B/A flac16; SBD MR w/ AUD Patches * > DAT > CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC [2009-07-03]Uses aud tape to patch the sbd - not a string fan of this show, despite the cast of characters that plays on it.   2 FLAC notes
490. 02/12/70 Ungano's Night Club - New York, NY X SBD > 2-track RTR @ 15 i.p.s. > PCM > ? > D > SSSB; EAC (High, Secure) > WAV > SHNv3 by Patrick Murphy, from Jay Serafin seed discs; see Jay's extensive notes; note could really be 2/13/70 early show- see discussion in pub comments   1 SHN notes
491. 02/12/70 Ungano's Night Club - New York, NY x SBD > 8 TRACK 1" RTR @ 7.5 I.P.S. > MASTER ARCHIVE 24-BIT D > SSSB (note: a SBE fixed file set also circulates)   1 SHN notes
492. 02/13/70 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY   Dick's Picks #4 - Not for trade   3 CDR  
493. 02/13/70 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY A early/late sbd cotsman [2007-09-16]Early show typical setlist performed competently but without special merit except for the Good Lovin' and H2H. Late show is well known and is on the must hear list for the Dark Star w/ slow melodic development and a Feelin' Groovy jam, and a nice segue into a Cryptical Suite (usually when these are paired both songs are not excellent versions) but here they are very good, terminating in a Lovelight. By the way, about 18 minutes into Lovelight when Pig starts rapping after the instrumental break, the notes are very similar to the intro Phish does for Possum! Excellent sound with a few glitches.   3 SHN notes
494. 02/13/70 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY X flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel (7 inch 1/2 Track at 15ips) -> Dat (48k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller (Fixed version now in circulation)   4 FLAC notes
495. 02/13/70 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY A- flac16; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel (7 inch 1/2 Track at 15ips) -> Dat (48k) Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller (This sources fixes a flaw in d2t08 of source ID 97613) [2009-03-10]My opinion of this performance is less enthusiastic than most folks. There are some highlights but it doesn't have a segment of extended excellent of my favorite shows.   4 FLAC notes
496. 02/13/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY x reportedly early show, though the shns have been circulated as reported 2/12/70 (see alternate entry); SBD > 2-track RTR @ 15 i.p.s. > PCM > ? > D > SSSB , via Jay Serafin, Patrick Murphy   1 SHN notes
497. 02/13/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY B+ flac16; 5th gen aud casette from unknown source > WAV [2010-10-10]Very listenable considering the generation and era for aud recordings   1 FLAC notes
498. 02/14/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY   Dick's Picks #4 - Not for trade   3 CDR  
499. 02/14/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A- complete early/late cotsman sbd [2007-09-16]Early show is the last occurance of the Dark Star > SS > 11 > Lovelight sequence. Its a respectable showing. The late show jam appeared an a DP. The Caution > Feedbackportion is very good with interesting jazzy improv but the rest is not as extraordinary. So this probably a tad overrated. Still, a it makes the must hear list for the Caution sequence.   3 SHN notes
500. 02/14/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A- flac16; Recording Info:SBD -> Master Reel (7 inch 1/2 Track at 15ips) -> Dat (48k);Transfer Info:Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-03-10]Set 1 has the L/D sequence, but there are lots of shows that can claim that - set 2 has a great Alligator   4 FLAC notes
501. 02/14/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A/B flac16; source: aud cassette master taped by Jim Cooper; hitachi trq-222 deck nak bx-300 > benchmark adc1 > adobe audition cs6 > tlh flac; transferred & seeded by Rob Berger [2013-10-13] Sound quality would have been excellent but the bleed through is distracting on the acoustic portion and the post Caution portion. Unfortunately, most of Caution is MIA.   2 FLAC notes
502. 02/23/70 The Auditorium - Austin, TX B+ sbd - non-essential show. Best song is probably the acoustic Black Peter. The electric tunes average at best [2007-08-28]Gave this a relisten. Opinion essentially the same. About 10 songs/fragments are included, with all of the short acoustic set. Bobby does a solo MAMU. Pig's organ backing on Black Peter (only Bobby, Jerry and Pig) give this an unusual flavor. The electric set NFA has some amplitude distortion, vocals too high in mix. Hamonies on Mason's border on painfull.   1 SHN notes
503. 02/27/70 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA A- sbd (Miller upgrade) [2007-08-25] Good sound and mix. Band sounds relaxed - no rush to get anywhere. This comment from the LM I thought was very perceptive "In general I think the shows of this three-night run are more often routine than inspired, but perhaps that is just in comparison to the Fillmore East run. I'm going through all of 'em in order, so I tend to get tired of the same songs played in the same way several months in a row. But it does hone the critical faculties, cause I really notice when they do something new or imaginative!"   2 FLAC notes
504. 02/28/70 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA A- sbd [2007-09-15]Very good sound and mix. Set starts and ends with Lovelight. Highlights were the acoustic pairing of Sadie Mae > Blan\ck Peter and TOO. The latter was done in the standard arrangement. Overall well played, but nothing epic. Sort of like a good parctice of the material being introduced.   2 SHN notes
505. 03/01/70 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA A/B sbd/aud composite [2007-09-15]aud tape has pretty good sound but the tapers are talking and snorting into the microphone or humming along (Baby Blue) and unless you're an audience tape enthusiast you'll fast forward through these bits. The show is a mix of the laid back Dead with some old acid hits sprinkled about. Show pacing is choppy and no momentum builds up. Kind of an easy going relaxed night for the guys. Hard to Handle is good and some of the Cryptical comes across well but that's about it for me.   2 SHN notes
506. 03/01/70 Family Dog at the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA X S:MR> C> D> CDR; not complete show, but all that's available of this version; via Dave Goldstein, Ben Yerys; note reel splice @ 5:29 of King Bee [2007-07-23]Upgrade in circulation   2 FLAC notes
507. 03/07/70 Civic Auditorium - Santa Monica, CA B+ aud [2007-08-30]Soundfield has a nice hall ambiance, some crowd chatter but overall not bad. Supposedly the whole show. Here's a LMA comment which exaggerates a little my feelings of teh show but is more or less accurate. "let me start by saying that if there was a sbd of this show in existance, there would probably be about 30 reviews already, probably along the lines of "dude, this show rulez!!!", etc... well, it DOES fucking rule, aside from some obvious sonic limitations... but see, that the thing... it's a goddamn audience tape from 1970! of course it's gonna sound funky... if you can't wrap yr head around looking beyond some pops, crackles, some dudes screaming, clapping, bumped mics and so forth, there are tons o' boards on this here site to stream yr lil' wiener into a knot if you so desire. oh, the show?... a very nice "black peter" eases you into the action nice and slow, but they kick up the pace big-time by "china > rider"... it's now one of my favorite versions from this year, with an exceptionally hot transition jam... the "high time" is certainly "epic", as an earlier reviewer stated, but it seems like such a tease now that i've listened to this show a bunch of times, because the jams that follow (i'm excluding the virtually non-existant snippet of "dire"...) are definitely the meat of the show. and on this night, the dead came out swingin' some BIG fuckin' meat, if you dig... I really can't say enough about how heavy this all gets... you get dropped right in the middle of an absolutely BLISTERING "not fade away", jerry and phil combining into one vicious, jamming, freaked-out freakatoid. mickey and billy stomp into "drums" like a zulu tribe drunk on wild boar's blood... mr. lesh machine-guns' the intro into "good lovin'", and you can tell the crowd is fucking ELECTRIC... this is real shit. well, our favorite band is time-travelling by this point & they slam warp-speed into "the other one"... garcia's lines are mind-numbingly fast and pissed off sounding... just fucking crazy!... back into "not fade away" once more just because it HAS to happen this way (pre-ordained or something...), galloping like the 5 ton wild horse that they are, and then.... one of theee most ball-shredding "lovelight"'s that these ears have ever had the pleasure of hearing (keep in mind folks, i'm still listening to an AUD!!!(shocking but true...)... pigpen delivers like a MAN on this night, and the rest of the guys are playing like f'in studs.... a classic ending to what should be a classic show... take some time and enjoy this one. you deserve it."   1 SHN notes
508. 03/08/70 Star Theatre - Phoenix, AZ B+ sbd [2007-09-15]This is throw away show though the sound quality is good. Per deadlists "During the pause after Hard To Handle they switch to acoustic, shifting back to electric during the impromptu blues with an unknown vocalist following Katie Mae. The unknown vocalist continues his bizarre contributions, including some harmonica, during Not Fade Away > Lovelight. Latvala reports that there are two reels in the vault labeled with this date; the second is blank; the contents of the first are listed here. Perhaps we are missing the rest of the concluding electric set, although this seems complete as listed." These are amusing quotes from the LMA "Subject: Laugh or Cry? I don't know which is more appropriate. The playing is really hot, but this knucklehead joins in and ruins it...well almost. I found myself laughing at it halfway through NFA. Hey, considering how many shows these guys played over the years, it's surprising this didn't happen more often, given the strange mellons(I'll include myself) they used to attract. I'm not sure how to recommend this one. Give it 4 stars for sound/perf. with a big warning label......I was at this show. The guy was just a member of the audience (dressed in a long overcoat), who got on stage and started singing. The group backed him up. Later, by the time the band did "Lovelight" there were maybe 50 members of the audience on stage with the band.....Unknown vocalist. That would be the one and only Wayne "The Harp" Ceballos, whose vocal "contributions" were somewhat common during this era (see 8/23/69). I don't mind him overly much because most of the shows he was involved in were hot shit. I think this show is a prime example of that......Whoever this guy was, i've never heard such a wacky person on stage with this band before. I'm not sure he would want his name known either as he sounded quite wasted and it became more comedic than musical at times. It's kind of like Bill Murray on peyote right off the range; he actually sounded alright during his blues impromtu forming unintentionally off the Katie Mae as he got the crowd riled up well and the band went along. But his contribution to the Not Fade Away was embarrassingly bad. It was like listening to a concert right next to a drunk loud idiot. The unknown vocalist's harp playing was amateur to say the least. He got the clue and scaled back his presence greatly during the Lovelight, at least until the tapecut....another great mystery in life. ....."   2 SHN notes
509. 03/08/70 Star Theatre - Phoenix, AZ B+ SBD>?>DAT>CDR uploaded by theotherwayne@yahoo.com [2009-01-31]Check out the LMA comments I posted on other reviews - definitely one of the wackiest guest appearances - makes you wish Donna were wailing. Sound quality good.   2 FLAC notes
510. 03/08/70 Star Theatre - Phoenix, AZ B+ flac16; Recording Info:SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD; Transfer Info:CD -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2011-05-14] Preferred version though the performance is for completists.   2 FLAC notes
511. 03/20/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY A/B sbd/aud - hamilton [2007-09-15]Per deadlists this is the complete late show (the early show does not circulate). This is a standard setlist and show, with remarkable unexciting playing - even the VLB seems on auto pilot. However, this is the debut of Deep Elem Blues and Friend of the Devil. Humorous at the end as Sam Cutler asks for a girl to meet Pigpen backstage.. skip this one.   2 SHN notes
512. 03/20/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY A- flac16; SBD MR > ? > R @ 7.5 ips > CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC [2009-08-15]Transition period show from 69 acid fueled to the country dead opus. Worth it actually for the VLB. Otherwise, mostly for fans of 1970 GD   2 FLAC notes
513. 03/20/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY x S:mR> ?> DAT> CDR; EAC/SHN by Ben Yerys, from Jared Minkoff seed; see info file for misc flaw notes   2 SHN notes
514. 03/21/70 Capitol Theater (Late) - Port Chester, NY A- late show acoustic & electric PCRP [2007-09-15]Excellent sound - much better performance than previous night. Superb Dancin' (short but nice jamming), Easy Wind, SS > NFA section w/ associated China Cat etc excursion theme jams also nice, though somewhat odd that they come to a full stop for a minute or so before a nice Midnight Hour > Lovelight (comparatively short) and no encore. Funny bit of banter where Bobby asks the crowd to insult eachother (Garcia ask somewone to STFU at one point). Definitely worth a listen. Almost night/day different from the previous days lackluster show.   2 SHN notes
515. 03/21/70 Capitol Theater (Early) - Port Chester, NY B+ port chester project #2 - Recorded by Ken & Judy Lee on a Sony 124 cassette deck with Sony dynamic mics on a Norelco 120 normal bias tape. Microphones were set up in the balcony with a 20 foot spread. Note: some "noise reduction" was used so it has loss of high end. I personally prefer to live with hiss, but apparently the people doing these new xfers are reluctant to release a straight xfer w/o NR or eq applied. [2007-09-03]Interesting selist - 1st Walkin' the Dog, last He Was a Friend of Mine, and last version of The Seven. How about this for the unusual segue dept: Viola Lee Blues > The Seven > Cumberland Blues. SOund quality is very listenable. The VLB starts out strong. However, once the curiosity over the setlist is experienced, the performance lacks staying power.   1 SHN notes
516. 03/21/70 Capitol Theater (Early) - Port Chester, NY A- This is a version of the Ken Lee source that doesn't have any NR (via David Minches). [2007-09-07]This has some tasty nuggets worth hearing - 1st thre is a fun Walkin The dog, and then a VLB > 7 Jam > Cumberland that kicks. Worth checking out.   1 SHN notes
517. 03/21/70 Capitol Theater (Early) - Port Chester, NY x early electric; Aud > cassette x 2 > CD, mics balcony center 15' spread; see extensive background notes- (although these may not even be true- see user comment); Usher tree shn branch   1 SHN notes
518. 03/21/70 Capitol Theater (Late) - Port Chester, NY B+ flac16; Late Show Audience Recording Information: unknown mono reel-to-reel equipment -> master reel-to-reel tape -> 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassettes, Dolby B on. Playback 2012-01-20: 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassettes on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer, EAC secure -> wavs -> Audacity (as little as possible... some fades &/or glitches, dropouts, minor volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> flacs. [2013-03-09] Listenable tape for this era, show not epic   3 FLAC notes
519. 03/24/70 Pirates World - Dania, FL A- sbd via Charlie Miller circa 2005. Good sound. Show has a Star > TOO > Stephen > NFA > Lovelight > MAMU that I'd rate as B+. On paper sounds it looks killer but my listening shows it to be a straightforward run though without significant exploration. So its a fun, one time only listen. [2007-09-03] DEMI has a rather extended intrumental intro. This sequence looks tasty Dark Star -> The Other One -> St. Stephen -> Drums -> NFA -> Lovelight -> MAMU, but the show had a time constraint and these versions don't really depart from the basic song structures.   2 SHN notes
520. 04/03/70 Field House, U. of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH A/B sbd pitch corrected [2007-09-10]1st Candyman. "An intermittent buzz occurs throughout the show from a bad connection somewhere. It is most evident during the acoustic set." Overall well played, integrated performance but lacking something to promote it to the must hear list. Buzzing is only noticeable on the acoustic set, some "warble" on Lovelight.   2 SHN notes
521. 04/03/70 Field House, U. of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH x BD; Monitor Noise throughout show; noted at gdlive 5/01; via Aaron Farnsworth   2 SHN notes
522. 04/03/70 Field House, U. of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH X flac24; SBD MR>R>FLAC; Monitor Noise throughout show; tranfer Matt Smith 7/2011   0 FLAC24 notes
523. 04/03/70 Field House, U. of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH B+ flac16; SBD MR>R>FLAC; Converted to 16 bit via r8brain high > TLH level 6 flac; tranfer Matt Smith 7/2011 [2011-08-25]Monitor noise is indeed throughout the show - probably of interest to 1970 fans and collectors   3 FLAC notes
524. 04/03/70 Field House, U. of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH A/B flac16; MR>R>FLAC (shnid: 114616) Used Diamond Cut/Forensics 8.1 to clean up the monitor noise (sounds like an unshielded cable) and a little of the over saturation (analog recorder clipping) on the source. [2012-04-01]listenable show from a strong era   3 FLAC notes
525. 04/09/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B+ sbd + aud [2007-09-12]Aud quality is very listenable. Candyman is maybe the most out of tune guitar I've heard from this band. One of the Miles Davis double billed shows. After the usual acoustic stuff we have a Good Lovin, Crytical Suite and a NFA > LL. Cowboy Song is a new one for me - doesn't sound like anyone of the main characters is singing it. Energy level is middle of the road - ok listen but not in the top rank of 70 performances.   2 SHN notes
526. 04/11/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B+ sbd - partial cotsman [2007-08-31]Last 2 minutes of NFA then 30 minute Lovelight. Amusing Looney Tunes riff at about 17 minutes. TC tries to make this sound worth getting by referncing som eFoxy Lady riff by Garcia but I didn't hear it this way. Here is a LMA comment "There is a strange little jam at about 18 min. that reminds me of zeppelin, on something good. Bobby goes nuts at the end, which I enjoy much, but all in all, they can't get it together. The final minute or so seems like one last shot at it, but again falls short. 3 stars for effort and because I love '70 dead." Non-essential to these ears. Sound quality is good.   1 SHN notes
527. 04/12/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A- sbd [2007-09-14]Couple of instances of minor diginoise (drums portion of Good Lovin'). Performance starts raggedy. Good Lovin' hits a double but Dire Wolf has some seriously out of tunes notes, painfully held. Sound quality is very good for both the aud and sbd potions. VLB ends the show, but again it is not a notable version. Overall, a rather uninteresting performance for 1970, average at best.   2 SHN notes
528. 04/15/70 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA A- sbd Kaplan seed with some additional tunes compared to some of the prior seeds [2007-09-15]Very good sound quality and mix. Garcia's guitar on H2H is out of tune. Deadlists (Powell) makes a strong positive comment about "The jam in fast 8s interpolated into That's It is extraordinary". It is interesting but not a life changing experience described in these LMA reviews "But it's the Other One suite that follows which makes you really pay attention. Unique as far as I know because of a rocking jam they insert between drums and the thundering bass Phil usually starts them off with, it has to be experienced to be believed. The energy comes from the drum solo (really from CR&S) which I normally can take or leave, but this one picks up a fire half way through that feels like the band just couldn't wait to layer something on top. The Jam that follows is unlike anything I've heard. Maybe a mix of the frenetic Other One and a Spanish jam. It's the motivation for me typing this review. Then as if that wasn't enough a great Other One follows." or this one "Reviewer: jjoops - - June 1, 2004 Subject: absolutely essential. This is an incredible recording and an all-time great performance. Among many many noteworthy items is the crazy jam preceding the other one. If I could only bring 6 or so minutes of music to the proverbial desert island, that unique and utterly maniacal jam might just be it. Get it."   2 SHN notes
529. 04/15/70 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA X sdb> Master Reel> Cassette> Dat> CD; via Mike Lai, with thanks to Wayne Gucwa   1 SHN notes
530. 04/24/70 Mammoth Gardens - Denver, CO B Audience recording by Richard Wethey via Uli/Hanno and company reamasterd by SirMick. [2007-09-07] From Hanno's info file "This seed is an upgrade over all circulating copies. The reel tape was carefully transferred by Gerhard Schinzel, reducing the speed problems that marred previous copies. Gerhard has had a 1st generation copy off Richard Wethey's master recording since 1976. The attribution of the 4/24/70 date to this tape is debatable. Richard's notes accompanying Gerhard's reel copy do not mention any specific day; the only information given is "Mammoth Gardens Denver 1970", which leaves the choice between 4/24 and 4/25. There is a newspaper article reviewing the second show; this article is transcribed at http://www.mail-archive.com/deadlists@nemesis.cs.berkeley.edu/msg02287.html. The fact that Man's World appears on this tape points to 4/25. Uli Teute writes on Deadlists, "I don't know how the 24th got attributed to what richard taped, but if he taped the 24. and the newspaper article is correct that would make 3 Dark Stars in a row (the 26th also has a Dark Star) - very unlikely - plus the article matches our tape just perfect. maybe we have the 25th and do not know a bit about 4-24". But see the discussion on deadlists which favors the 4/24/70 date. Up until the very end of It's a Man's World, the sound quality is very listenable (at which point its sounds compressed). The performance has the attributes of the best shows of 1970 which had its share of uneven shows. The acoustic set is solid with a nice slow IKYR. The electric portion captures the Dark Star - very fluid and melodic intro to the 1st verse, followed by a more spacey interval before going into a Tighten Up jam. Well played but typical SS > 11 are next but then a nice jam ensues and after a tape flip we have Its A Man's World (Good Lovin was not on the tape) which is a good change of pace. I would put this on the "should hear once list" for 1970. Here's the relevant bit from the Denver paper "Apromixately 90 minutes into their set, they began "Dark Star," a complex instrumental structure that included a segment that could only be described as experimental electronic. This probably has its roots in the Dead's earlier feedback experiments, but they have extended the idea intro even more exotic territory. "Dark Star" evolved effortlessly into an exuberant, joyful "St. Stephen" that, as usual, served as springboard for a fantastic musical interplay - Garcia soaring, really excited for the first time, Lesh throbbing, twisting notes out with obvious hugh pleasure. Weir erupting from his rhythm pattern to scorch the air with his own lead. The band built in an excruciating climax and then caught its breath to build to another, and another wave after wave, crescendo after crescendo, finally floating down to catch the "St. Stephen" melody again, which dissovled incredibly enough into "Good Lovin'".Pigpen sang it, grasping the microphone like Jim Morrison belting out ???? ... ??? Pigpen fashion. Abruptly, the song was James Brown's "It's A Man's World", which metamorphised back into the "St. Stephen" instrumental. A final climax shattered the already gaping crowd. The biggest surprise was that the song was over - one had the feeling that the entire universe consisted of this perpetual motion machine known as Grateful Dead music. It had lasted 80 minutes, and it seemed like 5. Over an hour and 20 minutes, nonstop, and not once was it even slightly boring. The Dead left the stage, and their subjects screamed and stomped for at least 10 minutes for them to return. Wisely, they did not, after that devastating medly, anything else would have been painfully anticlimactic. Understatement of the Year: The Grateful Dead are terrifyingly good. They are an overwhelming, almost mystical experience. Magic is alive and well."   2 SHN notes
531. 04/24/70 Mammoth Gardens - Denver, CO x AUD>MC>C>D>CD; via Chuck Gannon; Seeded to etree by J. Cotsman; Note- Original d2 was 'messed up' and scrapped early. Likely it does not circulate.   2 SHN notes
532. 04/24/70 Mammoth Gardens - Denver, CO x MAR> Reel> DAT> Cool Edit Pro> CDR (From Gergard S' first gen reels) via Glen Gillis   2 SHN notes
533. 05/01/70 Alfred College - Alfred, NY A/B cm seed [2007-07-05]From the LMA "Cold Jordan & NSB are as good as it gets !! The electric set of NFA, H2H, Cryptical Suite, High Time, Lovelight has no standout versions. Sound quality is good.   2 SHN notes
534. 05/01/70 Alfred College - Alfred, NY X partial acoustic; filler on both 3/31/73 and 10/9/76 (qv)   1 SHN notes
535. 05/01/70 Alfred College - Alfred, NY A- flac16 ; Recording Info: Source 1: SBD -> Master Reel -> CD Source 2: SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> Sonic Solutions -> CD Source 3: SBD -> Master Reel -> Reel -> Dat -> Sonic Solutions -> CD; Transfer Info: CD -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.1 -> FLAC; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2009-03-11]As of this date, this is the best and most complete version of this show. It has a very good acoustic set with some NRPS folks assisting here and there and the electric set isn't too shabby either. Though not an all time epic show it is a nice listen.   2 FLAC notes
536. 05/02/70 Harpur College - Binghamton, NY   Dick's Picks #8 - Not for trade   3 CDR  
537. 05/02/70 Harpur College - Binghamton, NY A- flac16; SBD > 3xcass (maxell XLII), transfer: cassette > Yamaha KX-W282 > Monster digital cable > Yamaha RX-530 > Monster digital cable > JVC XL-R5000 > CDR > EAC (offsets set) > CDWav > Flac (level 8), Dick's Picks 8 Outtake [2009-07-23]Always thought shows that start with CR&S was an indicator of good things to come.   1 FLAC notes
538. 05/02/70 Harpur College - Binghamton, NY X flac24; reel> cass > cass Nak Dr-1 > Lynx Studio Interface at 32 bit float / 96 kHz Weiss Saracon for BRC to 24 bit / 96 kHz by Jamie Waddell   3 FLAC24 notes
539. 05/02/70 Harpur College - Binghamton, NY A/B flac16; Gen 4 SBD Cassettes > SonyTC-W320 > Marantz 510 > CD > EAC > CD Wave Editor > Flac level 8; see info file for details [2010-10-17]This date is on a DP's, so this source would be of interest to collectors of all things gd.   5 FLAC notes
540. 05/02/70 Harpur College - Binghamton, NY X KPFA FM Broadcast-> 3.75 IPS Master Reel Analog Sound Preservation: MR >> Korg MR-1000 >> DFF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] >> Korg MR-1000 => Korg AudioGate >> WAV [24/96] Taped By: UNK Transfer By: Bob Menke Mastering By: Derek McCabe   0 FLAC24 notes
541. 05/03/70 Field House, Wesleyan University - Middletown, CT C/D aud [2007-09-15]From the LMA "Crowd microphone periodically falls over, taper intones time checks, and the band itself is barely heard in a definitely home brew mix. For fanatics and time capsule antiquarians only." This is a candidate for worst aud recording I've heard. The highlihgt is the Lovelight rave up at the end and hearing the crowd get into it and the radical diatribes a day before Kent State.   1 SHN notes
542. 05/06/70 Kresge Plaza, M.I.T. - Cambridge, MA B/A sbd (mono) [2006-09-10]Very strong, positive comments from the LMA on this one. My take - there is some eneregy here but hard to rate this a must hear for 1970 given it was a short show with more than a few interruptions for equipment and other distractions. "A true gem of a show, with both incredible musical content and socio-politcal signifance. I've been listening to this show on an old hissy tape for 15 years, and experiencing it now, with this sound quality, is a moving experience. What can I say about this "Dancing" that hasn't already been said? Well, I'll try. Jerry's work on this has a ferocity and grittiness, Phil (as stated much more eloquently below) leads them on this journey with authority and grace. Bobby's lilting support during the song's mellow middle section is gorgeous, and the drum support is a soundscape in and of itself. The notes Jerry hits right after Bobby bellows "C'mon everybody get up and dance around now" usher in several minutes of pure musical might. Also of note is the riff Jerry works right before they go back into the verse towards the end. A great China Rider that develops slowly and beautifully into a tight groove follows, and the Morning Dew is as emotional as it gets. It brings tears to my eyes when Jerry hits that last "I guess it doesn't matter....." Lastly, hilarious stage chatter abounds. Pigpen's raucous reuqest for a new mike, Bobby lamenting the cold, and Phil's genuine thanks are jewels. What do you think ever happened to that lost little kid named Frank?....One of the qualities, I think we all agree, that makes the Dead so distincitive is Phil's bass playing -- the way Phil himself drives improvisation, by, in many ways, playing his bases as much like a lead guitar (a lead bass?) as a traditional time and rhythm-keeping bass guitar. Equally amazing is Jerry's response to Phil and vice versa -- i.e. the way the two play off each other, drive each other, and fire each other up. In many shows (this one included), the Phil-Jerry interplay alone drives the band into wonderous places on amazing musical and improvisational journeys. This show is neither the only great example of such interplay nor, perhaps, the all-around best show of an amazing year, 1970. But Phil and Jerry are tuned furiously into each other here and the results in "Dancin'" and "Good Lovin'" are spectacular! I haven't listened to 6/8/69, but this is the best "Dancin'" I've ever heard, and I'm a fan the 69-71 vintage of the song. It is sublime and intense. It gives me chills. This show has an intensity and edge that I'd like to think emerge from the cold outdoor University setting that was brimming with tension a few days after Kent State. Great comment from the reviewer who listens to this "Morning Dew" through the context of Kent State and the shock waves it sent. It is an intense almost elegaic dew -- maybe not one of the greatest -- but it has a vibe and atmosphere you can drink. Might we call it "Mourning Dew"? Overall the rest of the show is strong 1970 stuff, and the sound for me is fine. Get this one; it's super and has an intensity and perhaps a real historical relevance, considering Kent State, the Peace movement etc...."   2 SHN notes
543. 05/06/70 Kresge Plaza, M.I.T. - Cambridge, MA   flac24; Source: Master Soundboard Reels 10", 2-sided, 1/2 Track Mono > DAT x 1 Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > analog out > Korg MR-1 DFF @ [1bit/2.8 mhz] Rate Conversion: AudioGate to [24bit/96 khz] Mastering: In WaveLab with Nomad Factory Plugins > TLH > Flac Transfer and Mastering: Bill Koucky   1 FLAC  
544. 05/06/70 Kresge Plaza, M.I.T. - Cambridge, MA A/B flac16; Source: Master Soundboard Reels 10", 2-sided, 1/2 Track Mono > DAT x 1 Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > analog out > Korg MR-1 DFF @ [1bit/2.8 mhz] Rate Conversion: AudioGate to [24bit/96 khz] Mastering: In WaveLab with Nomad Factory Plugins Rate Conversion with r8brain to [16bit/44.1 mhz] > TLH > Flac Transfer and Mastering: Bill Koucky, Green Mountain Bros. November 15, 2008 Transfer from Reels to DAT was done in 1994 by Eli Polansky from WMBR MIT Radio Archives for Jim Birkhead, and cloned to Bill Koucky [2009-03-10]Did not make an informed comparison with prior seeds - this show is somehwat sociologically important but as a GD performance, its not one that I would take to the proverbial desert island.   2 FLAC notes
545. 05/06/70 Kresge Plaza, M.I.T. - Cambridge, MA X Gans version as for other shn set, SHNed by M. Hall (not sure if this copy got into wide circulation) [2009-02-20]Upgrade in circulation   2 SHN notes
546. 05/07/70 Dupont Gymnasium, MIT - Cambridge, MA B gdADT seed remastered by SirMick [2007-09-09]The Lovelight is worth checking out - it has 1st Darkness Darkness jam as well as a Stepehn and Chinca Cat jams - unusual that these appear in Lovelight. Sound quality listenable soundfield narrowed with a bit compressionish overtone. This is an apt comment from the LMA "I don't have a show with a Lovelight this diverse and crazy. It all begins with Bobby giggling at the end of "King Bee" and saying that the band will take a five minute break to figure out what they're doing next. Enter the Frozen Logger rarity, albeit cut, which is always a sure sign that the band is far gone and feeling groovy. Then a frenetic NFA barrels into a one of a kind Lovelight, featuring a fast tempo St. Stephen tease that catches everyone off guard. The first ever Darkness Jam climbs out of a series of short thematic jams until a China Cat tease comes in grinnin', and after everyone else seems to move on Bobby won't let it go. Lovelight resurfaces very smoothly with Pig simply stating ". . .and after all that" like nothing extraordinary just happened. The exclamation by the taper at the end, however, voices everyone's true feelings."   4 SHN notes
547. 05/08/70 Farrell Hall - Delhi, NY C- aud Recorded By Doug Lantelme - [2006-02-06] the quality of this recording is at the low end of auds, but the music is incredible. Amazing that it hasn't surfaced until ~1/2006. Despite the distortion and overload, I found myself giving this a repeat listen for a few days. If this was available on a sbd it would be an instant hit. [2007-09-03]Gave this a relisten. Dark Star remined me of the 9/19/70 version. Nice segue into Dancin.   1 FLAC notes
548. 05/09/70 Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Worcester, MA B- sbd [2007-08-30]Per info file "These opening songs are all that are known to exist from this show --unknown lineage; SBD is degraded --some mix problems with panning back and forth between channels --unknown harmonica player throughout; reportedly Pigpen by deadlists, though the style is quite different, possible Will Scarlet". Short acoustic set waiting for some other band members to show up or so it seems. SOund is compressed and muddied. For collectors.   1 SHN notes
549. 05/14/70 Meramec Community College - Kirkwood, MO B+ sbd - cotsman [2007-09-10]Ok but not a overall compelling performance. Jerry enunciates on New Speeway in an unusal way, and Phil provides some power chords bass in NFA post SS. Two somewhat contrasting reviews from the LMA "I downloaded this show for a few reasons: to hear the Dead in one of my favorite years, for the Attics (among other tasty songs in this set list), and to hear the New Speedway-->Nobody's Fault-->New Speedway sandwich. The sound quality of this show is excellent, but I find the playing to be uninspired, even Pig who brings the energy isn't at his peak IMO, though the Lovelight is truly exceptional. Garcia is definitely average considering how many stellar performances he had in this time period. I guess I feel it's borderline 3/4 stars because I'm comparing it unfavorably to monumental shows that preceeded and followed it, but the truth is it's a show I probably won't revisit much because beyond Lovelight there's no one song that was performed so well it calls me back, and there's lots of other great shows out there to listen to. Most notably for those of you who haven't happened across it is the 4/15/70 show which smokes from start to finish....A great little sleeper show and one of the first 1970 shows I collected on tape. Not as good as the night after, for obvious reasons. And not really a tripped out kinda show. But boy, do thet play their asses off! The Good Lovin is spectacular. And a rare (the first) Attics is nice to hear. But the show stopper is the New Speedway thru NFA and Lovelight - one of Pig's greatest. This show must be heard LOUD! Recommended. Dr. Flashback ;-)" Show oddity has no Mickey Hart and 1st Attics, but to me the slide guitar of GMLSG is unique in its raunchy in your face tone (for the gd). But 1970 has more than a few transcendent shows so this one isn't on the must hear list despite several highlights.   2 SHN notes
550. 05/14/70 Meramec Community College - Kirkwood, MO A- sbd w/ NRPS [2007-09-15] From the info file "Most currently circulating CDRs are partial selections from this show, many exclude the NRPS set entirely and all seem to be missing "Fair Chance To Know". This version is still missing most of "The Weight", "Dire Wolf", and the "Cold Jordan" encore. Other than these defects it represents the complete show in the correct order and excellent sound. Remastered by Jack Warner. Projected coordinated by Jim Powell. This more complete version didn't change my assessment - rauchny guitra in GMLSG and the agressive Phil power chords in NFA...   3 FLAC notes
551. 05/14/70 Meramec Community College - Kirkwood, MO A- SBD>MR>?>D>CD>EAC>SHN (acoustic set) SBD>MR>D>CD>EAC>SHN (electric set) same as http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=12439 with sbe's fixed and seektables appended. [2009-02-09]Nice sound and mix. Gotta love GMLSG played at these college shows. Nice way to spend a cold rainy winter day.   2 SHN notes
552. 05/14/70 Meramec Community College - Kirkwood, MO A- Acoustic Set; Source: Soundboard of unspecified provenence; CD Re-Mastering / Shn'ed by Scott Clugston 2/15/03 [2009-02-09]I quite enjoyed revisiting this one - laid back acoustic set in great sound and well played. No complaints here.   1 SHN notes
553. 05/14/70 Meramec Community College - Kirkwood, MO X Master Soundboard Reel > Cassette > DAT> CDR; via Scott Clugston [2009-02-08]Upgrade in circulation   2 SHN notes
554. 05/14/70 Meramec Community College - Kirkwood, MO A- flac16; MSR > DAT > CDR > EAC > FLAC (with portions from MSR > MP3 > WAV > FLAC) [2009-03-07]Read the notes in the info file. This is a nice little chunk that adds some missing banter etc from an mp3 source that was available on dead.net. Great energy from 1970!   1 FLAC notes
555. 05/15/70 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY A- sbd [2007-09-30]I think this is the last 1970 show I listened to. The whole night is more or less here, complete with acoustic and NRPS sets. the acoustic and NRPS stand out as above average, and teh traditional gd electric sets give you a nice Cryptical and Dark Star, though the energy and freshness comes across better on the NRPS and acoustic sets than gd electric. The Cryptical Suite seems more together than the Dark Star (which after such a long show the band's energy might have been depleted). Very good sound, with only flaw being a cut in St Stephen set 2. Worth a listen though can't say that I'd put it in my top 5 of the year because there are better gd electric sets this year. Here are positive comments from the LMA "You get an unbelievable personalized introduction, tons of hillarious side talking, plus pigpen solo performances, some of the best renditions of accoustic and electric dead tunes ever and you get a couple of nrps sets mixed in there too!! this sounds like an album. straight-up roots. this show makes one realize how truly underrated new riders of the purple sage are. this will give you full insight as to what these guys were trying to do with american trad (the dead and nrps collectively). plus it fuckin blazes. jerry's pedal steel playing is unreal. This is without a doubt the ultimate show of all time 100%!! I couldn't be more serious.... Jerry's stuff with the New Riders is as tasty as sweet sorghum syrup on hot buttered corncakes cooked on a wood stove, eaten on the porch, sun rising on a chilly spring morning!...I give this a four-star rating because it's NOT the "ultimate" 1970 show. There is some mediocrity here - for example, other than that magnificent "Friend Of The Devil" the second acoustic set is forgettable - which knocks away a star. Also, there aren't any true WOW-I-CAN'T-BELIEVE-THEY-PLAYED-THAT moments"   4 SHN notes
556. 05/15/70 Fillmore East (Late Show) - New York, NY x acoustic and electric, early and late, includes NRPS; MR > DAT > ZA2 > CDR, except the NRPS sets which have 2 cass gens; this is apparently the best possible available copy- one fewer cass gen than first etreed version, complete NRPS 2nd set, less hifreq hiss; more details in info file; via D. Hollister, J. Tiedrich, D. Finney. L. Orf; note L. Orf did very minor editing, mostly putting tasteful fades where there were cuts in the original- no NR   6 SHN notes
557. 05/16/70 Temple University - Philadelphia, PA B aud - cotsman speed corrected weiner seed aud via gdADT Noah Weiner - fairly listenable FOB aud considering the time. Taper is busted by Cutler unfortunately. [2007-08-30]About 6 songs, narrow soundfield, noticeable chatter, of interests to completists most likely. The playing is consistent with May 70 shows, consistently good.   1 SHN notes
558. 05/16/70 Temple University - Philadelphia, PA x AUDMC > ? > C > CD/0 > EAC > WAV > SHN via Noah Weiner   1 SHN notes
559. 05/24/70 Newcastle-Under-Lyme - Newcastle, England B- sbd+aud composite - Hanno seed [2007-09-10]Single set list looks string, C>R, H2H, Cryptical Suite, Dark Star > SS > NFA > LL. But nothing is particularly stretched out and there is a fairly intrusive buzz that is hard to ignore. The Cryptical is a fairly short run thru with some to the point ensemble jamming. Dark Star is also short, with some theme jamming. LL has some very overloaded organ etc that pretty much destroys the rave up before the Darkness jam. With the problems on the sbd and a standard song selection I give this a solid B.   2 SHN notes
560. 05/24/70 Newcastle-Under-Lyme - Newcastle, England B aud via Hanno [2007-09-10]SLight overloading but otherwise listenable aud for an outdoor concert. Note that the sbd has its own sonic issues. See the sbd review for the show - the band tries to end Lovelight on a high note but not enough to catapult this to the must hear list.   2 SHN notes
561. 06/04/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B sbd - NFA > Midnight Hour, Baby Blue. [2007-09-10]Significant hiss and occasionaly swirliness (compared to other sbd's of this era) thouhg mix is fine. From the LMA "NFA very strong, no "teasing stephen" about it; there's a full-on stephen jam in there! Midnight Hour just rocking with a China Cat jam inside".   1 SHN notes
562. 06/05/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A- sbd w/ aud patch [2007-09-15]sbd has nice mix and sound. Usual problems with the monitors. Standard setlist and delivery. Not much to get excited about. For encore they do SS > Casey Jones, but this was a short show overall. Not a core holding for 70.   2 SHN notes
563. 06/05/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA X SBD> MR> C> D> CD> SHN; see info file for flaw notes; via thecore@core.com   2 SHN notes
564. 06/05/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B+ flac16; Unknown gen cassettes from unknown aud source > WAV; see info file for details [2011-02-08]Very listenable recording -   2 FLAC notes
565. 06/06/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A- sbd electric set miller version [2007-08-31] I only found the Alligator > Jam portion really engaging - with AWBYGN and Dark Star quote morphing into Darkness theme quotes wrapping up with a the transition into Caution theme before dropping quickly into Lovelight. In this version Pigpen discusses the utility of hands in your pockets if the lady kicks you in the balls when you ask for her name, and has a nice handoff to a brief NFA before reprising Lovelight. UJB encore suffers from numerous flubs. The rest of the show was delivered with enough flubs or just absent something to make it noteworthy. So I give this a B+ but don't put it on my must hear list, except for the Alligator thru Lovelight sequence. Sound quality is good. Here's Dr Flashback's comments from the LMA "Now - to this show. I must say that, after the great 1969 run at the Fillmore West in Feb-Mar, I see these shows from the Fillmore in 1970 and think, "wow, these gotta be just as good". Wrong. Maybe they were still tired from their England trip (5/24) only 2 weeks ago. But trying to compare 1970 in general to 1969 is like oranges and apples. And not fair really. 1969 was the apothesis of the "old Dead" and 1970 was, at times, a shaky rebirth of a new kind of Dead. If I were doing a box set of these 3 shows, I would include much of 6/5, esp. the Other One which is quite good despite the nasty cut at the end. And also the acoustic set from 6/7, which is also good. But this show overall is my favorite. A nice Morning Dew starts the electric set, and the Dancin is slow but well done. Then Jerry gets things warmed up with a great early China>Rider where the long jam transition harkens forward to 1972 - 1974 versions. New Orleans (the 1st) works well and is a nice surprise. One wonders why they didn't develop it further. Jerry and the drums really kick it. Then a super rare Attics, wow! Not album perfect, but you'll be hard pressed to find a better one in 1970 where the vocals are this stunningly good. Then on Disc Two things really get down to business, as they enter the old familiar 1968 territory of Alligator and Lovelight. After the Drums, Garcia takes the helm with a long firey 14 minute jam. The drummers lock into synch and play with precision and thunder. This is a monster jam, almost Dark Star territory. Then Pigpen takes over and delivers another great sermon on how to get laid, Dr. Ruth in a cowboy hat! The NFA> Lovelight seque is strong, but unfortunately cut at the end. But the fine UJB closer makes up for it. For some reason, the Dead seemed to play their most inspired 1970 shows at the Fillmore EAST, not West. But this show is still worth having. A lot of fun and a bookmark in the Dead's 1970 summer of transition. The addition of the missing acoustic set would make this an even better, well rounded classic. enjoy, Dr. Flashback :-)"   2 FLAC notes
566. 06/07/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA A- sbd [2007-09-09]Sugar Mag debut and segue into it from a Main Ten (PITB) jam is a total trainwreck. Cosmic Charlie is also very rough at the start with some added vocals by someone unknown per deadlists. The jam in Good Lovin' after the drums is the only part of the show I would put up as a candidate for repeated listening. Garcia is playing smoothly throuhgout. Sound quality and mix are very good. Overal, show is not a standout for 1970. Band comes across as relaxed, not out to hit any home runs, but practice the new material. Nelson and Marmaduke contribute backup voacls in a few places, per deadlists "During the Cryptical Reprise Jam Hunter is heard off mic raving away. During the pause after the Teddy Bear's Picnic Tease Garcia says "We're waiting aound till a good idea comes up" and Weir remonstrates with someone in the audience requesting "Golden Road." Someone adds quasi-intelligible additional vocals to the opening of Cosmic Charlie."   3 SHN notes
567. 06/07/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA X shn set from Bob Clevenger ; derived from some other source with edits/changes by Bob   3 SHN notes
568. 06/13/70 Red Vest - Oahu, HI B complete aud patched sbd by hanno [2007-08-22]Both the aud (distant with lots of room echo) and sbd have issues. Ends with a fully played Lovelight where Pig is again suggesting that the audience go f*ck someone. But you can get that many other places. Performance doesn't stand out so unless you are a collector, this one you can skip given the sound quality.   1 SHN notes
569. 06/21/70 Pauley Ballroom, U. of California - Berkeley, CA B+ aud [2006-09-10]Reasonable quality with nice soundfield. Claims to be more or less complete show if so then it was a short set. The NFA > SS > Good Lovin' is typically good 70's vintage GD but the shortness of this standard set don't make for a must hear. Deadlists say this was "mastered by Harry Ely".   1 SHN notes
570. 06/24/70 Capitol Theater (Late) - Port Chester, NY A- Ken Lee PCRP early and late [2007-09-12]The cassette with the early show electric and late show acoustic gd sets is missing. Excellent sound. 1st off, the NRPS sets are very tight and surprised me how good they were (Jerry on pedal steel). The gd's late show electric set is on the must hear list as a prime example of gd segue's into and out of songs, here anchored by Dark Star in contrast to TOO of the early show. Starts with a hot NFA with a textbook gd segue into Easy Wind, then some great banter as they announce they are preparing for Dark Star. Star > Attics > Star > Sugar Mag > Star > SS > China > Rider. Compare with the early show. All well played with some theme jams, very smooth and no aimless wankery.   3 SHN notes
571. 06/24/70 Capitol Theater (Late) - Port Chester, NY B Audience tape recorded by J.Cooper: Hitachi trq-222 stereo casstte recoder using 2 hitachi mics and a 120 minute tape. Transferred by Coopernicus March 2006 [2007-09-08]1st electric set and 3 acoustic songs 2nd set. Listenable aud. Very excellent Crytical Suite that segues into Cosmic Charlie. Nice fluid ensemble playing. Crytical worth a listen. Havne't compared this against the PCRP tape.   1 Flac notes
572. 06/24/70 Capitol Theater (Late) - Port Chester, NY B+ flac16; Late Show partial source: aud reel lineage: aud>?>7" reel @ 3.75 ips, dolby b; transferred & seeded by Rob Berger; pitch correction by Moose [2009-05-12]This is a nice snippet from a classical 1970 show - unclear how this version relates to all the other auds that circ.   1 FLAC notes
573. 06/24/70 Capitol Theater (Late) - Port Chester, NY B- flac16; Audience master > ?? > Reel(Mono, Scotch 7" reel @ 3&3/4ips) > Alesis Masterlink ML-9600 > CDR > EAC(secure, offset corrected) > Cool Edit Pro > TLH > FLAC16 Analog to Digital by Bill Gadsden, April 2009 [2009-08-08]There are noticeable speed variations in many places, so most likely this is for collectors or extreme fans of 1970 - the Dark Star is very cut up. Sound quality otherwise is very listenable   3 FLAC notes
574. 07/01/70 Winnipeg Fairgrounds - Winnipeg, MB B/C sbd > ? > VHS 3 songs. Stored w/ 71-10-26. This is pretty interesting. H2H, Easy Wind and Candyman. Obviously not pristine quality but very listenable [2007-08-14]I degraded my opinion of this - the info file accurately states these flaws --the recording is in mono, there is a fair amount of distortion/overmodulation during most of the recording, most of HTH is missing, only the first couple notes are clipped on Easy Wind, there is a warble in Candyman, improving toward the end of the song. For completists only.   1 SHN notes
575. 07/10/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY B/C aud cotsman [2007-08-18]Sound quality is ~B-, with noticeable nearby crowd noise and boominess. Still it is listenable. Interesting song sandwiches this night - specifically Alligator--> Drums--> Jam--> The Other One--> Attics of My Life--> The Other One--> Cryptical Envelopment--> Cosmic Charlie is excellent (espcially the Attics placement). Then we have Good Lovin'--> Drums--> China --> Rider--> Good Lovin' (with an extended tasty jam between China -> Rider). The NFA encore is very strong with several thematic excursions. This would be a great sbd release given the strong music that comes through on this rather poor aud recording.   2 SHN notes
576. 07/11/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY B/C aud [2007-08-18]GD acoustic set sound quality is a bit tough to listen to. Thought to be the 1st for some acoustic songs but none seemed to rise above the poor sound quality to make me want to revisit this one. Includes NRPS set w/ Jerry on pedal steel. Sound quality here seems a bit better. The GD electric set has an interesting NFA with a sort of TOO jam inside and Deadlists claims there is a Mnt Jam of sorts. The NFA is worth listening to at some time, though the sound quality won't put it into regular rotation. Next up is a tasty GL with Bobby on vocals, again rather intensely jammed. The final song worth noting is a rip it up VLB. Summary - poor recording by most standards with three songs that standout. Maybe the sbd will show up?   3 SHN notes
577. 07/12/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY B aud via Sir Mick [2007-08-19]Sound quality on the acoustic portion is better than the previous night. This is altogether an above average performance of both the acoustic and electric sets. If this circ'd in sbd it would be in the top quartile of 70 shows. Everything is well delivered. The Crytical Suite has one of the early MAMU sandwiched inside TOO with the snappy synchronized exit back into TOO. Lovelight has a Stephen jam and sounds like it was getting to a great ending frenzy when the tape cut.   3 SHN notes
578. 07/12/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY B flac16; unknown audience recording; edited and mastered by Jamie Waddell; all transfers and work performed in the 24 bit realm Weiss-Saracon for 16 BIT 44.1kHz; SBE Free, Flac Level 8 with TLH, Meta Data with Tag & Rename [2010-06-13]Very listenable and a good glimpse at the multiple styles of the band as they transition from Live/Dead to the acoustic material.   2 FLAC notes
579. 07/12/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A- flac16; Marty Weinberg's 5" 1/4 track Master Audience Reel>HHb CDR-850>CDR>EAC>CDR>EAC>.WAV>TLH>.FLAC [2010-07-10]Historic recording that is of very good quality for the time.   1 FLAC notes
580. 07/14/70 Euphoria Ballroom - San Rafael, CA A- sbd - cotsman [2007-08-19]Excellent sound. Acoustic set is a gem - I like Black Peter, How Long Blue, first El Paso I believe for you trivia buffs (done VERY slowly). The electric portion features a Crytical Suite > Cosmis Charlie which falls into what I call the standard delivery category. Nice but not something to set it aprt from other versions. Good Lovin has a pretty good Phil bass solo in lieu of the drums, but there is a cut so most of the jam is missing.   2 SHN notes
581. 07/14/70 Euphoria Ballroom - San Rafael, CA X sbdmr> dat> cd> shn> cd> ?> shn; this source is possibly derived from source id 1030 [2009-03-13]Entertaining listen - transition period as L/D merges with the WD/AB tunes.   2 SHN notes
582. 07/16/70 Euphoria Ballroom - San Rafael, CA B partial sbd Miller [2007-08-14] C>R > Candyman, Lovelight w/ Janis. Janis's participation is the only special bit for what circs of this short show. Although she has that great earthy throaty voice, this rendition didn't grab my attention as much as my imagined potential. For completists.   1 SHN notes
583. 07/16/70 Euphoria Ballroom - San Rafael, CA A- sbd w/ these songs Casey Jones, Attics, Cumberland Blues, NFA > SS > UJB. Not certain if these songs were from this date however. Not listed by Eaton who only shows the partial bit with the Janis Lovelight. Sound quality is very good. NFA has a few thematic excursions - overall typical for this period.   1 SHN notes
584. 07/30/70 Lion's Share - San Anselmo, CA B+ sbd via Gannon/Cotsman - reasonable sound, short, acoustic set is apparently all that was performed. Probably of interest for completeists and fans of acoustic dead. Nothing extraordinary to my ears. [2007-08-14]Opinion slightly upgraded - the sound quality is good and the band seems in sync - contains To Lay Me Down, Dire Wolf, Candyman, Rosalie McFall*, A Voice From On High**,Swing Low, Sweet Chariot** (latter with Nelson and Dawson).   1 SHN notes
585. 07/30/70 Lion's Share - San Anselmo, CA A/B flac16; MR(Abrams)>R@ 7.5 ips.(Peter Kafer)>R @ 7.5 ips.(Will Boswell) > CD; Transfered and mastered by Matt Smith 5/11; cd > flac dbpoweramp cd ripper [2011-08-11]Fairly good recording - typical acoustic set.   1 FLAC notes
586. 07/??/70 Trans Continental Pop Festival? - Various, Various B flac16; Recording Info: Unknown Mics -> ? -> Cassette Transfer Info: Cassette (Nakamichi DR-1) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/48k) -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC/16; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller [2010-03-18}Obscure and largely forgettable after one listen. Has more of a NRPS feel to it   1 FLAC notes
587. 08/05/70 Golden Hall Community Concourse - San Diego, CA B sbd - Lemiuex/jupile [2007-08-10]Two acoustic sets. Sound quality listenable though a bit boomy and distant as typical for acoustic sets of this era. Delivered in a relaxed manner - fans of acoustic dead will rank this higher than I do - most likely a one time listen for fans of electric psychedilic gd.   1 SHN notes
588. 08/05/70 Golden Hall Community Concourse - San Diego, CA X SBD> MR> PCM> D> CD> EAC> SHN; some normalization and editing with Soundforge; via thecore   1 SHN notes
589. 08/17/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B aud partial 2 songs - surprisingly good aud quality considering its a fragment and from 1970! Songs are Let Me In, Attics Of My Life and a fragment of Friend Of The Devil. [2007-08-10]For completists. Typical sound quality and tranistional playing style not worth singling out.   1 SHN notes
590. 08/18/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B aud [2007-08-10]Typical aud of acoustic sets, so sounds somewhat distant and boomy but listenable. Info file claims this is the 1st performance of Truckin, Ripple, Brokedown, Operator. All done acoustically. Other than being the 1st I rate this a one time listen. Electric set has an unexciting Cryptical suite that segues into Sugar Mag. Overall not an exciting night.   2 SHN notes
591. 08/19/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA X aud - cotsman/duke [2007-08-10]The Tabac version supecedes this one - it also is more complete.   2 SHN notes
592. 08/19/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA B+ Gene tabac via Minches [2007-08-10] As far as I can tell, the other aud sources that circ are this source or fungibly equivalent. One acoustic and electric sets. More useful as an historic snapshot than for the timelessness of the performance. No cohesion to the set as they practice the new songs and fill the time. Listenable sound quality.   2 FLAC notes
593. 08/19/70 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA X [2007-08-10]As far as I can tell, this is an inconsequential tinkering of Minches transfer and should not be preferred over David's original work.   2 FLAC notes
594. 08/30/70 KQED Studios - San Francisco, CA B+ master FM [2007-08-10]From TV broadcast - Easy Wind, Candyman, Casey Jones, Brokedown Palace, Uncle John's Band. Delivery tends to the professional side for the GD. Of interest to musicologist types who like teh WD/AB songs w/o jamming. Sound quality good.   1 SHN notes
595. 08/30/70 KQED Studios - San Francisco, CA X FM-> 7inch MR-> DAT-> CDR-> EAC-> SHN V.3; via D. Backus   1 SHN notes
596. 09/17/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY X Toner aud plus additional (NRPS, complete Star) via Jack Warner. A remaster of this source by Sir Mick is in circulation.   2 SHN notes
597. 09/17/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY B Weinberg akg [2007-08-10]Partial show - Star > SS> GL. Superb DS if you like those that are slower paced, velvety evolving types with some Feelin' Groovy theme jams inside to boot. Nice quality aud for the time. Definitely a must hear Star.   1 FLAC notes
598. 09/17/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A- Remaster of Tone/Warner source by Sirmick. [2007-08-11]Worth it for the Dark Star alone! Acoustic set has Truckin' and other AB tunes, then 6 NRPS songs, followed by 5 songs from the GD's electric set.   2 SHN notes
599. 09/17/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY X MAC> Reel> Cassette> DAT> CD> EAC> SHN; submitted by user seabass; note slightly different tracking from previous shn set   2 SHN notes
600. 09/18/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY X sbd/aud composite - cotsman [2007-08-11]Sir Mick has remastered this source.   3 SHN notes
601. 09/18/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY B Sir Mick re-master of Cotsman source [2007-08-11]The sound suffers from some type of tape warble that results in the sound panning about every 2 seconds in places. TC raves about Bobby's playing throughout taking many leads - check out Dancin' and NFA. To these eras - its a respectable showing but I wouldn't classify it as a must hear on the basis that Bobby plays more leads than usual.   2 FLAC notes
602. 09/18/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY X SBD > MR > R > DAT > CDR > EAC (Secure, Test and Copy) > SHN; EAC, SHN extraction and etree seeding done by Gerald Gorinsky, from Paul Botiglio's CD   1 SHN notes
603. 09/18/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A/B flac16; SBD -> Master Reel -> CD -> EAC(secure, offset corrected) -> TLH(flac encoding) -> FLAC Circulated by Chuck Reynolds, February 13, 2009 [2009-05-01]This performance never really gels and pales in comparison to the next night. Still its a 1970 GD show so you probably want to give it a listen but most likely this won't be a desert island pick.   1 FLAC notes
604. 09/18/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY x updated source info: ?> bootleg CD> CD; previously marked SBDMR > DAT > CD; partial; filler 2/2/70 Dark Star; brief reel glitch in Dancin' at 5:06; original seed via Morgan Evans (1997)- see his notes; etreed via G. Hamilton   1 SHN notes
605. 09/19/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A- sbd [2007-08-11]Basically the Dark Star thru LL portion which is all that you really need from this night anyway - but get the Sick Bits matrix - the additional crowd enthusiasm adds an extra dimension of fun to an exceptional jam segment.   1 SHN notes
606. 09/19/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A- Sick Bits Matrix (Weinberg aud and sbd) [2007-08-12]Must hear for the excellent Dark Star -> St. Stephen -> Not Fade Away -> Darkness Jam -> China Cat Jam -> Not Fade Away -> Turn On Your Lovelight   1 FLAC notes
607. 09/19/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY B/C Composite aud by Jack Warner (Toner,Weinberg) [2007-08-11]Not the best audience tape - you can skip the 2 songs from the GD's acoustic set and the NRPS set and the 1st part of the GD's electric set. Might have been Pigpen's last recorded performance of Schoolgirl, and Easy Wind is jammed out but the sonic quality make these one time listens only - but check out the Star > SS > NFA > LL! Man, doesn't get much better. The crowd mayhem on LL really comes across. I also suggest you listen to Chappell's matrix of the jam portion. Clearly a one disk wonder on the must hear list.   2 SHN notes
608. 09/19/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A- flac16; SBD -> Master Reel -> CD -> EAC(secure, offset corrected) -> CoolEdit Pro -> TLH -> FLAC16; Circulated by Chuck Reynolds [2009-05-01]Epic show - one of those transcendent gd moments.   1 FLAC notes
609. 09/19/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY x SBD > Reel(0) > DAT > Mac (via Lucid PCI24) > CD-R; DAT from "3 Decades of Dead" Tree CDR; Conversion by Tim Buller   1 SHN notes
610. 09/19/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY B flac16; source: aud 1st gen reel; Jerry Moore's copy; lineage: aud reel master>reel @ 3.75 ips master taped by Marty Weinberg: akg d190e>Uher 4000L reel; technics rs-1506>hd-p2 24/96 compact flash > pc > cd wave >adobe audition 2.0 > flac; transferred & seeded by Rob Berger [2013-03-09] Noticeable bass distortion throughout. Dark Star and following are classic 70 jams and are on the must hear once list   2 FLAC notes
611. 09/20/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A- Sir Mick remaster [2007-08-10]Very strong acoustic set compared to what they were playing only a month before. Makes the should hear list. Electric set has a SOTOTW and the jam is NFA > Caution > Feedback > AWBYGN. There are some moments (NFA> Caution > Feedback are more than listenable)but overall electric set doesn't keep up with the acoustic set ranking. Get this for the acoustic set.   3 SHN notes
612. 09/20/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY B+ Weinberg tape [2007-08-11]Partial - Sugar with koooky vocal do-do-do's that would be dropped, GL, NFA > Caution > Feedback > WBYGN. The NFA segment is strong for the period, but the transition into Cuation is a bit tentative as not everyone in the band follows Phil's lead. Feedback is of the LD style. Sound quality is B grade with some blemishes but listenable.   1 FLAC notes
613. 09/20/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A- flac16; MR > R Heavily Edited > R @ 71/2ips > CD * Transfer info: reel > AKAI GX625 > Apogee Mini Me (24/96) > Apogee Mini Dac (monitoring) > Wavelab 5.0 (dithered to 16/44) > CD > EAC > Wav > Flac16 [2009-04-22] I enjoyed teh SOTOTW and the Caution segment.   2 FLAC notes
614. 10/04/70 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA A- Glassberg KSAN FM [2007-08-14]Sound quality is very good, all songs performed professionally. Nothing particularly stands out for special mention.   1 SHN notes
615. 10/04/70 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA x SBD> FM> MR> R> R> DAT> WAV> SHN; R>SHN; Conversion By Cousinit, seeded to abgd   1 SHN notes
616. 10/10/70 Colden Auditorium - Queens College - Flushing, NY B- aud [2007-08-19] 5th gen source via Hanno/Uli - somewhat boomy but listenable. Setlist typical sans the acoustic sets, has NFA paired with the GDTRFB jam for the 1st time? Other than that destined to be a show listened to once by completists.   2 SHN notes
617. 10/11/70 Marion Shea Aud., Paterson State Col. - Wayne, NJ B/C AUD via Cotsman [2007-08-20] From the info file "Warning: This is a rather ragged recording, and might only satisfy the completists of collectors". Starts off with typical electric setlists from this period with a rare Till The Morning Comes. Has a Star > Stephen > NFA > GDTRFB > NFA and this would be the 1st appearance of what will become the staple NFA>GDTRFB>NFA sandwich including lyrics. The only thing worth seeking out here is the Star - it doesn't have anything not heard before but it is a together version with no trainwrecks - sound quality will limit your playtime after that 1st listen to address your curiosity.   2 SHN notes
618. 10/17/70 Cleveland Music Hall - Cleveland, OH B+     3 FLAC notes
619. 10/23/70 McDonough Arena, Georgetown U. - Washington, DC A- Wolson aud [2007-07-04]Excellent soundfield on this recording. From the LMA "I my be crazy, but there is something to be said about "non-ideal" audience recordings of old shows. Although the sound may wobble, crackle at times, and obscure finer details of the musics quality, the raw energy, drive, and emotion produced by the Dead still emanates through all opinionated problems. In fact isn't this what drives all of us to possess numerous tapes of different shows with different combinations of the same songs......his is an epic audience tape from a sick show." I wouldn't categorize this yet as an epic 70 show (until I've heard more), but what is hear is engaging. I believe this is the 1st time that Truckin > TOO (at least for shows that circ).   2 FLAC notes
620. 10/23/70 McDonough Arena, Georgetown U. - Washington, DC X includes NRPS; source (a guess?): AUD Taper: Cary Wolfson, Sony TC124 with a 1 point stereo mic 15 feet back from stage > MC > C > DAT > ??? > CD > EAC > shn; seeded by Sketchy; shn info submitted by user jamballyho [2009-02-20]Upgrade in circulation   2 SHN notes
621. 10/24/70 Kiel Opera House - St. Louis, MO A- sbd [2007-08-15]Very nicely jammed Dancin' with hints of the flowing theme jams in play at this time. The remainder of the show has well executed but not special versions of the material in rotation. Sound quality is good. Not part of the essential 1970 GD shows, though 1970 fans will enjoy it given the sound quality.   2 SHN notes
622. 10/24/70 Kiel Opera House - St. Louis, MO X Pitch correction of prior seed by Howlin Bob circ 2005. I didn't bother to search this one out because the existing one didn't seem off pitch enough to my ears to warrant it.   2 FLAC notes
623. 10/30/70 Gym, SUNY (Late Show) - Stony Brook, NY B sbd - cotsman early and late shows [2007-08-15] Sampling of typical material - CRS, Truckin (electric, completely wacked vocal harmonies), Sugar Mag (with the corny do-do-do at the end), nice Next Time You See Me. Sound is good but the mix is drum/vocal heavy. TC claims that someone other than the GD were in charge of the sound - and the band was miffed at mix issues, leading them to sort of blow the show off in some sense. Set 1 also has Cumberland sandwiched inside of GL. Set 2 has a tighen-up jam in Dancin. Summary - nothing stands out and mix issues get a little bit in the way so this is a non-essential recording.   3 SHN notes
624. 10/30/70 Gym, SUNY (Early Show) - Stony Brook, NY A- Early Show (CousinIt) [2007-08-15]Sampling of typical material - CRS, Truckin (electric), Sugar Mag (with the corny do-do-do at the end), nice Next Time You See Me. Very good sound.   1 SHN  
625. 10/30/70 Gym, SUNY (Late Show) - Stony Brook, NY X Late Show: MSR>C>DAT>WAV>SHN Circulated via alt.binaries.gdead usenet group in 4/2003 Going through old discs I realized that this was missing an md5. I added the md5 I had for this txt file. Darryl Hinko 3/4/09 [2009-07-23]I think the Cotsman version might be better but I haven't checked in detail   2 FLAC notes
626. 10/30/70 Gym, SUNY (Early Show) - Stony Brook, NY x early show; SDB> MR> PCM> CD; via Mike Lai to etree and furthur; with thanks to Wayne Gucwa   1 SHN notes
627. 10/30/70 Gym, SUNY (Early Show) - Stony Brook, NY X flac16/48kHz; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel (7inch @7.5ips 1/2trk) -> Dat (Denon DTR 2000/48k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Apogee Ensemble -> Peak Pro 7 -> AIFF; Mastering Info: AIFF -> Samplitude Professional v11.2.1 -> FLAC/48k; Dat supplied By Dan De Luca; Transferred By Digitalrbb; Mastered By Charlie Miller; the original files had a flaw in s3t01 which was later fixed (2012/09/06)   0 FLAC1648 notes
628. 10/31/70 Gym, S.U.N.Y. (Late) - Stony Brook, NY X Late show w/ NRPS set cousinit [2007-08-29]Gave this a cursory listen. No direct comparison with Serafin seed for sound quality, but essentially similar. No reason to have this over the serafin seed that I can see.   2 SHN notes
629. 10/31/70 Gym, S.U.N.Y. (Early) - Stony Brook, NY A- sbd (early show) [2007-08-29]Gotta listen to the last VLB once in part because of the segue into Cumberland. Overall, not the most engaging 1970 show. Sound quality is good.   0 SHN notes
630. 10/31/70 Gym, S.U.N.Y. (Late) - Stony Brook, NY B sbd (early and late) serafin [2007-08-21]Overall not a barnburner - it has moments - mix is off (and annoys the band during TOO and Cosmic Charlie). Leads off with Till The Morning Comes, nice H2H, electric Dark Hollow and then a VLB > Cumberland Blues > UJB to end the 1st set. Last VLB - segue into Cumberland is unexpected and works - not the most raging VLB ever. Set 2 Cryptical is a weak version (perhaps band is annoyed by the sound problems), lots of drum interludes (to fill the time??), ends with a SS > NFA > GDTRFB > NFA. I put this in the lower quartile of 70 shows.   3 SHN notes
631. 10/31/70 Gym, S.U.N.Y. (Late) - Stony Brook, NY X Early Show: MSR>C>DAT>WAV>SHN Circulated via alt.binaries.gdead usenet group in 4/2003 Going through old discs I realized that this was missing an md5. I added the md5 I had for this txt file. Darryl Hinko 3/4/09 [2009-07-23]I haven't listened to this source but I think it has been deprecated by others in circulation   2 FLAC notes
632. 10/31/70 Gym, S.U.N.Y. (Early) - Stony Brook, NY X flac16/48kHz; Recording Info: SBD -> Master Reel (7inch @7.5ips 1/2trk) -> Dat (Denon DTR 2000/48k); Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Apogee Ensemble -> Peak Pro 7 -> AIFF; Mastering Info: AIFF -> Samplitude Professional v11.2.1 -> FLAC/48k; Transferred By Digitalrbb; Mastered By Charlie Miller   0 FLAC1648 notes
633. 11/05/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY B/C aud warner (Ken Leigh recording) [2007-08-23]I guess everyone is still waiting on the PCRP to come through with some more dates. This recording is listenable but ultimately a once only because of several cuts and boomy quality. H2H, Sittin On Top Of The World, Mama Tried, Truckin'-> Drums-> The Other One. Dark Star-> Saint Stephen-> Not Fade Away-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Not Fade Away-> Turn On Your Love Light. The Truckin > TOO segue has a nice grrove to it, Dark Star has a Feelin' Groovy jam which is a plus but other than that, not an strong version compared to some excellent versions this year. This should be on the hear once list for a glimpse of this transition period if your interests lie in the evolution of the GD's music, otherwise, you'll find it a tough listen.   2 SHN notes
634. 11/05/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY B This is remaster of shnid 17182 I decided to track it a little differently to the original seed SIRMick [2007-09-12]I have a more favoorable opinion of this show than my 1st listen and would now put it on the must hear list. Here's a good reason why as articulated on the LMA "Reviewer: beckettwatt - - April 29, 2005 Subject: Scorching! I'm seriously surprised that nobody has reviewed this show! Sure, it's not the Pigpen extravaganza of the following night and it lacks the rarities that characterize 11/8. Nevertheless, if you want a good picture of an ASTOUNDING 1970 Dead night without any frills, this is the show I would suggest. If this were a soundboard, it definitely would be held in the same regard as 2/13/ and 9/19 as one of the best of the year. With both an Other One and Dark Star in the show, something must have been in the Kool-Aid. Though the Other One is a typical pre-1971 one, lots of energy, the Dark Star really makes this show special. As Deadlists says, "This is the deep space Dark Star of the year", and it certainly may be--the only Dark Star I can think of from '70 on the top of my head that gets this spacey is the one from 1/03, maybe 10/11 if you could actually hear what was going on. Anyway, back to the space jam... add a little Keith piano and maybe some wah-wah Tiger to it, and it would be an unmistakable fully formed '72 space jam; makes you wonder why they briefly shut off the space jam facet after Mickey Hart left. Other highlights include the Not Fade Away->Goin' Down The Road->Not Fade Away sequence, which is slightly cut in the middle, but hey, you still get to hear the Pig blow on his harp, a rare occurance by this point. Lovelight is nowhere nearly as energized as the version from the following night but features some incredible bluesy guitar playing from Garcia and the usual call and response with the audience. Overall, this is a five star show, and I never like to give five stars--its just that good. Download this sucker now!"   2 FLAC notes
635. 11/05/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY X Electric Set; center lodge, mics mounted on rails->Sony cassette audience master-> analog cassette XL II, no dolby->Sony TC D5M DAT->playback on Sony PCM R-700-> HDD via za2->CDR master via CD Architect; via Crazy Jimi; Seeded to etree by Harlan   1 SHN notes
636. 11/06/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY B includes nrps set. Fun to hear Pigpen's harmonica in the acoustic set. Electric set - Post drums re-entry into Good Lovin' has some pretty nasty Garcia guitar licks and Bobby is driving hard to boot. GDTRFB Garcia is taking off. They do do Mtn. Jam. They kick into overdrive, inject the nitrous and have a Caution > Lovelight Pig fest to close the show. Pig has good harmonica on Caution and Lovelight contains the "Bear story" with an amzaing song ending creshendo that goes on and on and on ... No soundboard in the vault so this is it for this night folks.   4 SHN notes
637. 11/06/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY A/B aud warner [2007-09-15]Dead acoustic and NRPS sets excellent sound from the Ken Lee portions. Fairly laid back, sit down listening through this portion. Some fidelity loss on the bass that comes across as amplitude distorted. Then this segment comes on and the GD slam into high energy overdrive. Alligator (starts off as usual ) > Waggin' His Tail Jam (here where normally drums would be Jerry stays on stage and jams away with the drummers in an aggressive fashion for about 10 minutes - nust hear material) > NFA (standard but energy level maintained)> GDTRFB > Mountain Jam (brief about 1 minute)> NFA (high energy fanning creshendo)> Caution (amazing version!)> Lovelight (as if it hasn't been funky enough with the Bear story rap). I'd put this on the must hear list especially since it is available as a very good audience tape.   4 SHN notes
638. 11/06/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY B+ disk 3 upgrade via hanno to warner seed [2007-09-15]I have merged this into the prior Warner seed. See that review.   1 SHN notes
639. 11/07/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY B/C mixed aud sources via Warner [2007-08-27]The 3 aud sources have very different amounts of crowd noise - some have lots of hollering, other has nearby talking about parties the conversants have gone to. Acoustic set - Deep Elm Blues always good - Operator acoustic. SHow gets a split rating - variable sound quality makes it a tough listen to casually get into, but there is some consistent playing which reflects well the acoustic and electric sets at this time. The drums segment before TOO is too long - Attics is paced very well. This LMA comment seems apt "I had a hard time focusing on the tunes w/ the audio levels bouncing so dramatically. In some cases there is such a difference in audio quality that the songs don't sound like they are from the same taping source (or even venue). When you have to jump up to turn down/up the volume or reballance the EQ or fear that the next song is going to blow your ears, it makes for an uncomforatable listening experience. There are conversations taking place amidst the music that, while interesting, could probably be avoided. Show is overshaddowed by the technical dificulties (2stars). Set list is decent(3stars)."   3 SHN notes
640. 11/07/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY B+ flac16; source: aud 1st gen 7" reel @ 3.75 ips, dolby b mastered on uher reel w/akg d190e mics taped by Marty Weinberg lineage: aud reel master>reel technics rs-1506>sony nr-335>hd-p2 24/48> cd wave>adobe 2.0 16/44>flac tranferred & seeded by Rob Berger [2009-05-04]Though we get the occasional play-by-play by I presume Marty, this is actually an upfront recording and very good for these pioneer tapers.   1 FLAC notes
641. 11/07/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY B flac16; source: aud 1st gen reel master taped by Jack Toner; lineage: mac>7" reel@ 7.5 ips, no nr technics rs-1506>hd-p2 24/96>hd>cd wave>adobe 2.0 16/44>flac; transferred & seeded by Rob Berger [2009-09-04]Listenable aud - believe that has circulated but can't say if this contains more material, is a "better" transcription etc..   2 FLAC notes
642. 11/08/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY B One of the most "unusual" Dead shows I have heard. These are audience tapes from multiple sources. 1st listen, I was put off on the quality, but oh does the music make up for that! These don't exist in the vault so this is the best you'll hear from this night. If you are adventuresome, and want to hear some unusual songs, Dark Star with lots of glockenspeil, a duck quack right at the most intense moment of Dark Star, and killer, I mean killer Dead, THIS IS FOR YOU! If you're a "pristine, Healy 32 channel soundboard mix" kind-of-a-person, you will find this appalling. Its one of my favorites. Thanks to Rick Lepley for this one. Acoustic set IKYR very slow, unusual rendition, FOTD incredible. And for unusual segues, how about these two: Mystery Train-> My Babe, New Orleans-> Searchin'. First Arund&Around, last Operator.   3 SHN notes
643. 11/08/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY A- Noah Weiner's upgrade to the PCRP seed. This is the preferred source as of [2006-02-22] Can't say it any more eloquently than Dr. Flashback "Reviewer: dr. flashback - - November 19, 2005 Subject: Top Ten!! Well steal my face and call me Bozo, this show just made an AUD tape lover outta me!! I had seen this show mentioned around for years on the boards, and of course it's high up on the Deadbase survey list for 1970 as well. But hey, who has time for AUD shows when there's so much SBD to grab?? (he said foolishly). After reading the reviews of this new remaster from the Port Chester folks, the old Dr. decided to take the plunge and DL this monster. So I load up Set One in my WAV player and click on FOTD. I was stunned! Speechless! The clarity of the vocals and acoustic guitars is amazing. I would have never believed an AUD from 1970 could sound this good. Okay, so maybe not quite up to the Holy Grail of 8/6/71, but close. REAL close. A big hats off and a pass of the pipe to the Port Chester group. But of course it helps to have a great source recording to start with - which this is. The acoustic set features some fairly rare items - a slower El Paso, a beautiful Rosalie, and an even rarer Operator. The FOTD and Uncle John are stellar, and the Ripple really sweet. Well that's about the whole set isn't it - hell they're ALL good here. The band is in a good mood and it comes through in the singing. Set Two finds them trying out some different material, since no doubt they played almost everything they knew the previous 4 nights here. Kind of a laid back set if you can dig it, with lots of Garcia doing bluesy jams in the middle section - which is mostly instrumental. The Morning Dew is a real standout though, very strong. And the rare Baby Blue make this a very enjoyable set overall. Okay, put on your space helmets Cadets, and get ready to obtain orbit, cause the last set is not of this world!! A great Truckin (still a new song here) kicks it off, and then a seamless segue into Dark Star. First, some nice spacy jamming with Jerry offering all 64 Crayola colors in an ever-changing sound collage that's on the mellow side. Then after the verse - look out!! They go immediately into a long Feedback-like weirdness section, led mostly by Mickey and Bill on percussion FX. At the beginning during the Gong jam, someone in the audience contributes some bird calls - which temporarily breaks the spell and Bobby jokingly admonishes the crowd to "be serious". Priceless!! Warning - this Dark Star is a bit harsh if you're not into electronic effects. Very similar to the Caution>Feedback jam of the 9/20/70 show. But I like it, call me a freak. You'll find it hard to believe this is the same band that played Little Susie an hour ago!! Finally Phil and Jerry enter the fray, and morph the jam into a fine early Main Ten (read Playin) jam. And the Dancin is just over the top, with Jerry delivering some scorching leads. The rest of the show is so hot it's beyond description. Suffice to say that Pigpen brings it all down to earth with one of the best Good Lovins of the year. Those lucky few who were at this show really got their money's worth, and probably their lives changed as well!! This one went right to the top and rang the bell for me. A Top Ten for sure, with the acoustic set, a fine shining example of what the Dead could do in 1970 when the force was with them. Suggestion - put this AUD show on a good stereo, tweak your EQ a little, esp. the bass. Turn out the lights - no ALL the lights. Turn on your surround sound and light up a bowl of Cheerios. I guarantee that by the 3rd or 4th song - you'll feel like you're IN the audience!! A great experience and a must have show for fans of this period. cheers, Dr. Flashback :-)"   4 SHN notes
644. 11/08/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY X Multiple audience sources mastered by Jack Warner (see info file for details) including MAR>C>D>CD>EAC>SHN, from Marty Weinberg's master, recorded from the floor, AKG 190E mic > Uher 4000 Report-L 5" reel machine; MAC>C>D>CD>EAC>SHN, MAC>C>R>D>CD>EAC>SHN and MAC>C2>D>CD>EAC>SHN from Ken Leigh's master, recorded from the center loge with a Sony TC-110 cassette deck with built-in mic; and an unknown third master. [2007-09-05]Retained because it has different audience masters, but the Noah Weiner version of Ken Leigh's tape is the preferred source for this night IMO.   4 SHN notes
645. 11/08/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY B+ flac16; Partial Electric Set Remaster/repitch of the AudMC > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN source (source ID 28609) using Adobe Audition [2009-01-31]This is the best part of this show - always fun to revisit especially for Dark Star and the Good Lovin' rave up   1 FLAC notes
646. 11/08/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY x The Port Chester Resurrection Project #7 Taped by Ken and Judy Lee. See txt file for details.   4 SHN notes
647. 11/08/70 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY x THE OWEN BROTHERS VAULT ; (AUD:Various sources ); Editing and Mastering by The Wizard ; Please see txt for details. 04/14/2004   4 SHN notes
648. 11/09/70 Action House - Island Park, NY B partial aud [2007-08-23]This is a listenable - grade B - aud. Only a few songs are avaialble - Attics Of My Life, Mama Tried, Walkin' The Dog, Minglewood Blues, Morning Dew, Deep Elem Blues. But I thoroughly enoyed this jammed out version of Deep Elem Blues - very infectious fun groove to it. Also, Walkin' The Dog illustartes the roots music that peppered many of the sets around this time.   1 SHN notes
649. 11/10/70 Action House - Island Park, NY B/C aud - cotsman [2007-08-23]Interestingly there are two aud fragments that are availble of this surprisingly hot show - one is a NFA > Caution, the other TOO. Too bad the quality of the recordings aren't a bit better and more of the show not available. Some excellent ensemble jamming on what circs here.   1 SHN notes
650. 11/10/70 Action House - Island Park, NY x partial; AUD; see notes in info file; via Hanno Bunjes; with thanks to Uli and Jack Warner   1 SHN notes
651. 11/11/70 46th Street Rock Palace - Brooklyn, NY C aud remaster by SirMick [2007-08-25]From the original Cotsman seed "This is among the poorer audience recordings of the era, and is recommended to the completists only. The quality varies throughout, though the latter half of the show tends to suffer the most. Sound Forge edits: --adjustments for what were severe and varying pitch problems --frequent crackles and pops near tape side starts were fixed --frequent channel flips were also corrected" This remaster attempts to improve the overall sound, still noting issues with variable speed. The sound quality is poor on set3, which is also uninteresting being characterized by repetitive and aimless jamming with Cassady, Kaukonen and Papa John on stage. The prior two sets of the GD are typical of this time song wise, but the quality of the tape and nothing unique says this is for completists only.   3 FLAC notes
652. 11/16/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A- sbd (note this music previously assigned to 11/23/70) [2007-08-26]Uneventful until H2H when Steve Winwood joins - unfortunately, doesn't get a chance to really stretch out with his organ playing. The Truckin > TOO pairing is competent enough, but not special, despite Jerry playing fairly aggressively on TOO. UJB is a professional ending. Sound quality is very good. Will Scarlet on harmonica noodles around in the background. Can't give this performance a very high rating.   2 SHN notes
653. 11/16/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A- SBDMR> DAT> CD-r> EAC> SHN; fits on 1x80; retracked and seeded by Mike Lai; reportedly chopped up, as are previous seeds [2009-01-31]Like Winwood's organ work on H2H. Good mix and sound.   1 SHN notes
654. 11/16/70 Fillmore East - New York, NY A/B flac16; SBD > RR > ? > ? > Cassette; Transfer Info: Nak MR2 Deck > Cassette > WAV >Soundforge > FLAC [2013-03-09] Not very engaging performance   2 FLAC notes
655. 11/20/70 The Palestra, U. of Rochester - Rochester, NY B aud [2007-08-26]Has a strong Good Lovin' with a sustained, aggressive Garcia lead. On the LMA this post suggests the tape was not from Weinberg "Reviewer: peter_r - - December 31, 2004 Subject: The real story This encoding is almost certainly from cassettes with significant drop outs - I have the "originals" If somebody wants to do a better job, let me know at peterr@snowcrest.net. The story is: Yes, airplane played the war memorial that night and yes, Jorma and Jack did play, Grace announced that she'd love to sing for us but her voice was trashed.... There was a student named Bob Stone who made the live hand-held recording ( I don't know what equipment), intending to sell bootlegs on campus at U of R. I, and a few fellow dead-heads, conspired to liberate the music. Bob went away one weekend and we broke into his dorm room, "borrowed" the tapes, and recorded them from a Nakamichi cassette deck onto a TEAC open reel deck at 7.5 IPS using maxell tape. We rented an EQ from a local pro audio shop ( I forget the details). We then copied the master tape and made dubs for anyone who wanted them, but lots of what is out there is almost certainly 2nd or 3rd generation. My tapes DO suffer from absences in the late set with the airplane, but not some of the drop-outs and reel-flips or "nearby radio station". "   3 SHN notes
656. 11/21/70 Sargent Gym, Boston University - Boston, MA B sbd- cotsman [2007-08-24] Only Crytical Suite > Cosmic Charlie fragment from a multi-gen degraded sbd. Supposedly Lagin played but wasn't plugged in. One holds out that perhaps more of this sbd will come forth in the future. Probably for completists but a solid performance of what is included here.   1 SHN notes
657. 11/21/70 Sargent Gym, Boston University - Boston, MA x Partial; SBD C/?; See info file for detail; From Uli Teute & Hanno Bunjes   1 SHN notes
658. 11/29/70 Club Agora - Columbus, OH B- aud [2007-08-26]Listenable aud with some tape or speed warble. Set 1 standard fare up to the Trruckin > Drums > TOO > MAMU sequence. Truckin' ok, drums is overly long, the TOO has a very extended and interesting jam, the MAMU follows abruptley after two drum beats (might be one of the earliest experiments of a cowboy tune melded into TOO). Set 2 features a Good Lovin' that starts out with Garcia letting loose with Phil thumping away, eventually Pig delivers a patented rap, again with Phil and Jerry noodling nicely. Phil takes a nice authoritative solo. From Deadlists "This monster Good Lovin' is also interesting for the way it anticipates the Pigpen rap versions of '71. This is a high energy show in many respects. Jerry seems unusually keyed up." The show ends with a NFA > GDTRFB > NFA that suffers from some rather lebgthy cuts. Supposedly this is the complete show the GD playing one long set with the NRPS opening. Check out the TOO and GL for the highlights.   2 SHN notes
659. 12/12/70 Santa Rosa Fairgrounds - Santa Rosa, CA A- clugston seed [2007-09-03]Ok, here's Dr. Flashback's comments, which tend to be more positive than mine but more amusing to read. The TOO is difficult to judge given the lengthy cut in the jam. The Darkness and St Stephen jams in GDTRFB were less than the hype - not everyone in the band is particpating and they aren't integrated into the flow - almost like there might have been some equipment issue and Jerry is filling the space. Generally a laid back show that is available in better than average sound quality for 1970. "Yes, even Santa himself took time out of his busy schedule to attend this one. Well, maybe not, but his jolly spirit is certainly in abundance tonight. A well played show with many highlights. As we know, good SBD's from the fall and Dec of 1970 are about as rare as Barbara Bush twirling at a Dead show. So just the fact that, although this show has a few nasty cuts (esp. in the Other One), there's no AUD patches and the quality of the SBD is good, maybe A-, should interest you 1970 collectors. Disc One features a nice variety of songs, with the somewhat rare additions of Brokedown, which is well sung, and King Bee. Garcia gets some hot licks in during Hard to Handle. But it's the China Cat that really gets the show rolling. Jerry just shoots laser beams of sound at you, and you can practically hear his tubes glowing with that fat, crunchy tone he's getting here. And hats off to Bobby, his guitar work on China Cat is also very good, listen for his solo. Rider is up tempo, and the vocals are spot on. There are some volume fluctuations in RxR Blues, but it rocks nonetheless. Then King Bee is a real standout. Once again the Dead prove they can play the blues and that they've studied Muddy Waters like a book. A tasty version of Dire Wolf begins Disc Two, then the boys trip us back to 1968 with a short but stellar version of the Other One. Garcia really soars, then takes things down to just quiet cymbals and high-necked musings before building back up to the driving theme riff. Then it's cut. What a crime !!! And the 2nd Cryptical, which was likely 8-10 minutes, is also missing. However, the remainer of the show is so hot, it more than compensates. GDTRFB is long and very jammy, and Garcia's brief Darkness Jam is a nice interlude. The 2nd NFA starts with a St. Stephen riff, then blasts back to home base. Finally, Pigpen brings the house down with a fine rendition of Good Lovin, and the UJB to close is icing on the cake! A show that deserves to be heard, and a solid addition to your 1970 stash, cuts and all. enjoy, Dr. Flashback :-)   2 SHN notes
660. 12/17/70 Winterland - San Francisco, CA A/B flac16; SBD > Master Reel > Master Cassette? > Cassette > CoolEdit > Flac Note this about the date: "The venue is conjectural. Deadlists identifies it as the Matrix, based on Eaton's transcript of the vault reel. However, when Dick copied the show to cassette, he attached the following label: "Here is something I have, that was labeled 12/17/70 - Winterland." A long-standing confusion between this show and the Owsley benefit held at Winterland on 12/23/70, continues to infect GD tapelists. The first four songs, "Hard to Handle" through "Cold Rain and Snow," were put into general circulation by the Bay Area Tapers Group in the mid-1990s, and continue to be mislabeled as 12/23/70. " [2009-10-10]Fairly clear, hiss free sbd - i do not know how this matches up with material on 12/23/70   1 FLAC notes
661. 12/23/70 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA A- sbd - really GREAT SOUND on this one. Makes you wonder why other sbd's don't sound this good with a hall ambiance. Hard To Handle is the best of this partial fragment. [2007-09-08]There are 4 songs originally assigned to this date, but a more recent Charlie Miller seed for this date, his info file says: "This (his new seed) is the complete set played on 12/23/70 at Winterland. It does not include the four-song excerpt ("Hard to Handle" through "Cold Rain and Snow") from 12/17/70 that was long thought to be a part of this show. At the end, Phil says: "Good night, folks. Merry Christmas and God bless you!" And Jerry adds: "Thanks for helping us bail out the Bear!" So these 4 songs I guess are from 12/17/70!   1 SHN notes
662. 12/23/70 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA B sbd - [2006-02-06] per cm this is the correct and complete show played on this date. Sound quality a bit tinny, too short of set to really go anywhere, pleasing listen without any "intense" playing to challenge your mind.   1 FLAC notes
663. 12/26/70 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA A- sbd via C Miller [2007-09-04]Another clear and full bodied late 1970 sbd. Worth a listen if for no other reason that there are so few sbd's with this sound quality. Jerry's playing seems animated and spunky. Band seems to have gelled into the pacing and delivery that will be explored in 1971. Mostly short standalone tunes sampling their 1st album (BIODTL, Minglewood), WD and AB. - Til The Morning Comes is good, shame that this was the last time it was played. GL (played at all 3 of these Legion shows I beleive) features some interesting Garcia jamming, hints of the lighter jazzy bluegrass influenced vs rock with no Pig rap to speak of.   2 SHN notes
664. 12/26/70 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA   Bertha Remaster of Master Reel SBD   2 FLAC  
665. 12/26/70 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA X SBD> ?? (maybe 2 reel gens)> PCM> WAV> CDR> EAC> SHN; Transfer: SPDIF> SEK'D Prodif96Pro, Speed corrected via Samplitude   2 SHN notes
666. 12/26/70 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA X sdb> R> pcm> cd; via Mike Lai to etree and furthur; with thanks to Wayne Gucwa   2 SHN notes
667. 12/27/70 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA A- sbd miller [2007-09-05]Sound quality and mix are very good. Interesting glimpse of the band in transition. Their playing style is measured and slow now, getting ready for 71. Jams are more melodic and flowing and not as edgy acidic. I wouldn't sya this is a must listen but the level of professionalism seems high, and the focus is on how to combine the many styles of playing available to them.   2 SHN notes
668. 12/27/70 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA x MSR> C> D> CD; via Steve Barbella with thanks to Seth Kaplan   2 SHN notes
669. 12/28/70 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA A- sbd miller [2007-09-05]Continues the mood for this run of shows. Here's a LMA review that captures my take more or less except I didn't find the sound and mix so bothersome. "First, the mix is bad, vocals are too high and the instruments are hard to hear, this enhances the perception that this show was at a lower energy level. Cranking up the high end on the equalizer helps. The band seemed to be in a slower blues mode, and either couldn't quite get things going or they were trying to restrain the jams. There are some nuggets here. The blues numbers, "It Hurts Me Too" and "Smokestack Lightning" are very good. In this show, a softer gentler "Other One" takes on a etherial quality. Finally, this version of "Good Lovin" is fun to listen to, it doesn't rock, it just kind of bounces along in a way only the Grateful Dead could do. It's worth the download."   2 SHN notes
670. 12/28/70 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA A- aud [2007-10-05]Excellent sound and soundfield considering the vintage of this show. Set 1 has a nice Cryptical and Deep Ellem Blues. Set 2 has a good Smokestack. Show has some moments but comes across more as a run through of material without any epic performances.   2 SHN notes
671. 12/28/70 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA   DTS 5.1 via Tobin   2 FLAC  
672. 12/28/70 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA B 60/40 SBD/AUD matrix vai tobin [2007-10-05]There are phasing issues on a few songs, CR&S, BIODTL, Cumberland and Good Lovin. This could result if the sbd was patched with the same aud and when the matrix created, a slight pitch or shift created. I prefer the sbd or aud compared to this matrix.   2 FLAC notes
673. 12/28/70 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA A- flac16; AUD : MR > Reel > DAT > CD original via Alan Fink - patched and speed correction by Kevin Tobin [2008-04-28]A very nice audience recording for this time, but the show doesn't carry much spark though it is reasonably well dispatched. The new materials tends to break the sets up so there isn't much momentum developed.   2 FLAC notes
674. 12/28/70 Legion Stadium - El Monte, CA x SBD> MR> C> DAT> CD> EAC> SHN> WAV (for edits)> SHN; with patches from AUD Sony ECM-22> Rm> Dat> CD> Sound Forge> CD> EAC> .wav; by Steve Barbella, from Seth Kaplan SBD seed; d2 tracked for 80 min   2 SHN notes
675. 12/31/70 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA B- mixed sbd & fm [2007-08-31]1st part sounds like an aud to these ears! Also, the 1st 5 songs are pitched FAST (esp. Cumberland) and are largely forgettable. Dire Wolf seems 1st song where they are playing together though it is a generic rendition. Cyptical Suite is ok, but sound quality says this one won't get much play compared to better sounding versions about. From China > Rider thru the end its again way fast. Taper being busted is humorous, as Jerry asks the spot light illuminate him, and then the mics (like a periscope) go down. A one time listen at best - poor quality sound and an unexciting perforamnce.   2 SHN notes
676. 12/31/70 Winterland Arena (aftershow) - San Francisco, CA B Aftershow and "promos" [2007-08-31]Aftershow typical pickup gig - one listen is enough. Promos have various goofs. Of historical interest mostly.   1 SHN notes
677. 12/31/70 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA A- flac16; Partial Show, source: sony ecm-22p's>sony tc-770 reel @ 7.5 ips; lineage: aud reel master>7" reel @ 7.5 ips technics rs-1506>hd-p2 24/96>hd>cd wave>adobe 16/44>flac; transferred & seeded by Rob Berger 9/24/09 [2009-09-27]Short fragment but i was quite surprised at the quality!   1 FLAC notes
678. 12/31/70 Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA x partial; S:MReel> DAT> Satellite Feed> DAT> ZA2> SoundForge NR (removed hum)> DartPro32 de-hissed (gain 3.0)> CD; filler on 10/24/70   1 SHN notes
679. 12/??/70 Radio - Unknown, Unknown A- Radio Apology [2007-09-04]Humorous apology by Garcia/Hart announcing that the shows originally scheduled for December at the Capitol theater are moved to February 71.   1 SHN notes
680. ??/??/70 Pacific High Recording Studio - San Francisco, CA A- Workingman's Dead outtakes [2007-09-04]Tastebud, Mason's ar of most interest for not having made the album. Also has some radio promos. Worth a listen.   1 SHN notes
681. ??/??/70 Pacific High Recording Studio - San Francisco, CA A flac16; studio sessions transfer and mastering by matt smith soundboard > master reel > Kidd Candelario dub > will boswell 7 1/2 ips reel > Apogee 24/96 (dithered to 16/44 via Wavelab 5.0) > CD; [2009-10-10]From the info file - "studio sessions for "workingman's dead" prior to mid-February, 1970, maybe even mid to late 1969". This is a must listen IMO because of the unique takes on the various tunes that will enter the standard gd repertoire.   1 FLAC notes
682. 04/27/71 Fillmore East - New York, NY A- flac16; Lineage:MR@ 7.5 ips>R @ 7.5 ips.(Wilson Boswell). Transfer info:Akai GX636>Apogee Mini Me @24/96 > Mini DAC(monitoring/mastering) > Lynx One soundcard > Wavelab 5.0(dithered to 16/44 via 'UV22HR' Apogee algorithim > Flac; Transfered and mastered by Matt Smith [2011-07-07]This is a good show except for the Beach Boy interlude - yes its a novelty but ...   4 FLAC notes

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