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Gregg MacLaren's Collection

Grateful Dead   04/23/1969

The Ark, Boston, MA
Source Sbd reel > DAT > CD
Media CD   3 discs
Notes BAND Grateful Dead
VENUE The Ark
CITY Boston
STATE MA
DATE 04/23/69

LINEAGE: Sbd reel > DAT > CD


Disc #1:
Set 1;
Introduction
He Was a Friend of Mine
Dark Star>
St. Stephen % It's a Sin > St. Stephen >
Cryptical Envelopment>
Drums>
The Other One>
Cryptical>
Sittin' On Top of the World


Disc #2:
Turn on Your Lovelight

Set 2;
Morning Dew
Hard to Handle
Doin' That Rag
Alligator>
Drums>
Jam>
The Eleven>
Jam

Disc #3:
Caution//>
Feedback>
We Bid You Goodnight

Encore:
Dead Air
Not Fade Away (aborted)
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Notes from DeadLists (http://www.deadlists.com )
SET1 [1:18:40]
Introduction [0:39] ; He Was A Friend Of Mine [10:59] ; [0:39] ; Dark Star [21:02]
Saint Stephen [1:38#] % It's A Sin [#2:04] Saint Stephen [2:16]
Cryptical Envelopment [1:58] Drums [0:45] The Other One [8:40]
Cryptical Envelopment [6:55] Sittin' On Top Of The World [2:57]
Turn On Your Lovelight [18:28]

SET2 [1:17:40]
Morning Dew [9:29] ; [0:45] ; Hard To Handle [6:06] ; [0:21] ;
Doin' That Rag [6:56] ; [0:24] ; Alligator [3:41] Drums [5:02] Jam (1)
[3:18] The Eleven [8:59] Jam (1) [7:45]
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) [12:52#] % Feedback [#2:54]
And We Bid You Good Night [3:28]

SET3

ENCORE [13:49]
Dead Air [3:24] ; Not Fade Away Tease [1:12] ; [0:54]
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [7:39] ; [0:40]

COMMENTS Total time [2:50:09].
There are probably several minutes of music missing in the tape break in the first set. This cut comes early to be a reel flip; if it is on the master there must have been some mishap with the taping. Jerry plays slide on Hard To Handle. The Eleven does not include the William Tell opening passage; it begins with the Jam in 11s. The second Jam In 8s includes quotations of Mountain Jam and of the instrumental bridge out of GDTRFB (resembling Bid You Goodnight). There are brief cuts in the SBD at 0:31 into the 2nd Jam In 8s and again at 1:48. The first of these cuts comes about 45 minutes into the set and probably represents a reel flip. There is a cut in Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) at 8:01; some vocals are lost here and the tag end of the vocals seems to fade down, making this resemble an edit and raising the question of what's on the vault copy. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) breaks off at 12:52; at least 30-60 seconds of Jamming and transition to Feedback must be lost here, plus some of Feedback. The encore is preceded by 3:24 of the audience chanting "more more more." Bobby stops the NFA tease with "We're gonna take a minute here and tune up." Jerry concludes the show with: "Thanks alot. We'll see you the next time the band is in town. You've been good people."
(1) Jam in 8s

RECORDING 180 SB vault reels
CONTRIBUTORS Jim Powell Nathan Wolfson Thayer Jennings Christian Crumlish
Kevin Weil Gordon Sharpless

Tech Notes All
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation 0000453200
Owned by Gregg MacLaren · Last Updated May 23, 2023