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Don Markowitz's Collection

Grateful Dead   02/11/1970

Fillmore East (late show), New York, NY
Source MSR> DATs> CDRs> EAC> SHN
Media CDR/Audio   2 discs
Notes Source: Source: MSR>DATs>CDRs>EAC>shn
early and late shows; Duane Allman's guitar is
audible from near the beginning of Dark Star through the end of the set;
Gregg Allman adds organ & vocals during Lovelight, and Berry Oakley plays a
second bass on Lovelight.
Tech Notes Noted Flaws, etc.: Dark Star has abrupt splice/cut at approx. 6:57.
Lovelight has a splice at 30:16
(possible source changes to/from "15ips revox reel"? --
J-Card Comment TAPES FROM FILLMORE EAST FEBRUARY 1970


Reportedly it was during this Late Show that clever and industrious Fillmore
East stagecrew members including John Chester and Alan Mande managed to
patch a Revox reel-to-reel deck with 15-inch reels underneath the stage into
the PA feed, and the moment when our circulating SBD tape picks up the Dark
Star, 10:23 after its opening, is the moment when they managed to get their
jury-rigged system patched together, up and running. Circulating copies of
this SBD master break off 3:41 before the end of the Lovelight; perhaps this
cut is on the master. In addition to this 45 minute from 2/11/70 our
enterprising heroes taped the Late Shows on the 13th and 14th (but
apparently not the Early Shows), and copies of these tapes have been in
circulation since the early 70s.


Bear also ran SBD masters of the 13th and 14th, and much of this material
has now been released on Bear's Choice and Dick's Pick 4. However, it is
unclear whether there is any SBD from the 11th in the vault. For the Dick's
Picks 4 release, Jeffrey Norman patched gaps in the vault SBDs of the 13th
and 14th using the surreptitious second SBD masters -- good karma all
around. The GD Records / Polygram Records CD, "Allman Bros Band Fillmore
East February 1970," (GDCD 4063) releases tape of the Allmans from this run
and may contain tunes from this date.


Besides the several SBDs from this run there are also two AUD tapes in
circulation, one of the 2/11/70 Late Show and one of the 2/13/70 Early Show
(see Comments under this date). There is a complete copy of the 2/11/70 AUD
master in circulation, and it also appears as patches for the first 10:23 of
the Dark Star and last 3:41 of the Lovelight, otherwise missing on the
circulating SBD tapes. The AUD of the 2/13/70 Early Show could easily be by
the same taper as the 2/11/70 AUD. Both tapes have strong saturation and
strong bass, and both have decent but not perfect mic placement, and as a
result boomy in the bass with considerable hall resonance and audience
noise. There is no evidence of AUD tape from the 14th in circulation.
RECORDING 90 A? 45 SB
CONTRIBUTORS Jim Powell Alan Mande Steve Silberman

Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: A
Reference / Generation gd70-02-11
Owned by Don Markowitz · Last Updated May 23, 2023