Grateful Dead ??/??/1966
Set I
~10 rehearsals of Viola Lee Blues, with banter
Set II
Set III
Comment
Date uncertain, possibly January-February 1966. Note the ??/??/66 material that was redundantly listed here in the db prior to 8/2003 is elsewhere instead (~2 users may want to move). This entry is now for Viola Lee Rehearsals. Thanks, admin.
entered as "Portland Acid Test - day uncertain"; Owsley's comments quoted at deadlists.com: "Portland acid test was either on Dec 18 '65, or Jan 15 '66"; this setlist submitted by user from GDH 557, marked "??/??/66 date uncertain"
entered as "Portland Acid Test - day uncertain"; Owsley's comments quoted at deadlists.com: "Portland acid test was either on Dec 18 '65, or Jan 15 '66"; this setlist submitted by user from GDH 557, marked "??/??/66 date uncertain"
Collectors With This Show
| User (active/rating) | Media / # | Show | Sound | Details | DB Source | User Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Martin | Flac / 1 | A- | View | 18846 | Owsley's Master Reel>?>DAT>Wav(SBEok)>Flac | |
| Notes: | Rehearsal | |||||
| Rick Martin | SHN / 1 | A- | View | 18846 | January 1966 (?) - Viola Lee rehearsals; 47 minutes from unknown generation cassette played back... | |
| Notes: | Rehearsals | |||||
| Joe | SHN / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| CJ | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Charles Bandrofcheck | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | unknown generation soundboard cassette | ||
| Notes: | See my other show notes for info on trading for this show. | |||||
| Gregg Beebe | CDR / 1 | A+ | View | unknown generation cassette played back on Nak CR7E; via Uli Teute and Hanno Bunjes | ||
| Notes: | Lama | |||||
| Kelendris | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Lester's Soundroom | CDR / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | / SHN - soundboard | |||||
| bobby | lossless / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| sean hite | SHN / 0 | View | 2372 | |||
| Notes: | 2372 SBD; 1st Gen FM GDH 557; FM>CD transfer: STB Systems, Inc. PCI DesktopTV Tuner Card, Model number DTV3F > Turtle Beach Montego A3D 64 Voice PCI Sound Card > WAV > CD; note this material is tentatively labeled 2/25/66 in a separate shn set | |||||
| Gary | CDR / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | SBD>?>C>CD | |||||
| Holden Caulfield | shn / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Keith Deshane | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Douglas Tunstall | / 1 | View | 18846 | unknown generation soundboard cassette | ||
| Notes: | unknown generation soundboard cassette | |||||
| Born Cross Eyed | FLAC / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | SBD - Hanno | |||||
| Darryl Hinko | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | unknown generation soundboard cassette | |||||
| Michael Mersand | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Brandon Johnston | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | Sbd | ||
| Jeff Mitchell | / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | shn | |||||
| Jeff Mitchell | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Nathan Mercado | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | unknown generation soundboard cassette | ||
| thrak | shn / 1 | View | 18846 | January 1966 (?) - Viola Lee rehearsals; 47 minutes from unknown generation cassette played back... | ||
| wrs2lig | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| neal r | / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | 292 | |||||
| Steve Blanchard | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | unknown generation soundboard cassette | ||
| Willtd | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Captain Ten Hits | flac / 1 | View | Owsley's Master Reel->?->DAT->WAV(SBEok)->FLAC | |||
| Brian G. | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Steve Swartz | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Gratefulmjh | / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| John R | / 1 | A- | View | S:R,Cass | ||
| Notes: | For details see my webpage at http://www.Jambands1.homestead.com/Jambands.html | |||||
| Morgan Nelson | SHN/CDR / 1 | A | A- | View | 18846 | unknown generation soundboard cassette |
| j | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| RamblinBear | DVD / 1 | View | 18846 | January 1966 (?) - Viola Lee rehearsals; 47 minutes from unknown generation cassette played back... | ||
| Notes: | .18846. | |||||
| Bill Giannini | CD / 1 | View | 18846 | unknown generation soundboard cassette | ||
| Derick Andrade -- | / 0 | View | 18846 | unknown generation soundboard cassette | ||
| Notes: | "The Viola Lee rehearsals" = January-February 1966 ?? | |||||
| qiuniu | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | A fascinating glimpse of extremely early Grateful Dead, with the band arranging and rehearsing Viola Lee Blues, the song that would blow many a mind on their first LP, the following year. Legendary LSD chemist and soundman Owsley Stanley mixed and recorded this rehearsal session and can also be heard communicating with the band. The recording is excellent quality and sounds like a studio recording. The band does multiple takes of Viola Lee Blues as they discuss and develop the arrangement, with Garcia, Pigpen and Weir all taking a stab at lead vocals. The earliest known live performance of this song is dated February 23, 1966, so this is presumed to be recorded sometime prior to that, in January or early February of 1966. This is one of the earliest surviving Grateful Dead recordings. Thanks to Uncle Alan for the files. ENJOY! Stu | |||||
| Rich Pucci | DVD (SHN) / 1 | View | ||||
| crazyfingerss | / 0 | View | 18846 | gd66-01-xx.sbd.hanno-uli.18846.sbeok.shnf | ||
| hanno | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Bryan | / 1 | View | ||||
| RamblinRose | / 1 | 1 | View | 18846 | unknown generation sbd cassette | |
| Notes: | Circ Date: 08-08-03; Uli Teute and Hanno Bunjes | |||||
| Rob Lecker | CDR / 1 | A- | View | SBD>??>Cass>SoundForge>SHN - Viola Lee Rehearsals | ||
| Reverend Alex Lagusis | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Jonathan Steckler | / 1 | A+ | View | Brd | ||
| EricS | CDR / 1 | View | MSR | |||
| Tim Wiley | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | SBD | ||
| michael gibbs | shn / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Alex | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Ron | shn / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | On 64-67 Vine DVD 1 | |||||
| Andy Leslie | CD / 1 | View | 18846 | unknown generation soundboard cassette | ||
| Notes: | unknown generation soundboard cassette | |||||
| Dozin | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | SBD | ||
| jim | shn / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Lawrence Haley | shn / 1 | View | ||||
| Ratdog910 | cdr / 1 | View | 18846 | SBD | ||
| jr | / 1 | View | unknown generation soundboard cassette | |||
| Ernie Presley | CD / 1 | A- | View | |||
| John Law | SHN / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | BOOK 2 - DVD0021 | |||||
| Kevin Sigafoos | shn / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| seth | / 1 | View | unknow | |||
| seth | / 0 | View | unknow | |||
| seth | / 0 | View | unknow | |||
| seth | / 1 | View | unknow | |||
| seth | / 1 | View | unknow | |||
| Tony Handmaker | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | unknown generation soundboard cassette | ||
| Notes: | unknown generation soundboard cassette | |||||
| HIGHnoon | SHN / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Chris M. | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Mark Goldey | FLAC.16 / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | Probably same source as this SHN source, but different .wav fingerprints | |||||
| Brad Foster | SHN / 1 | View | unknown generation soundboard cassette | |||
| Paul56 | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| shakedown80 | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| we420247 | shn / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | Grateful Dead January-February 1966 ?? "The Viola Lee rehearsals" unknown generation soundboard cassette single disc (47:01) 01 02:31 talk & tunings - "It's just Weir and his ass-holed guitar" 02 00:52 Viola Lee Blues #1 verse 1 - aborted 03 01:33 Viola Lee Blues #2 verses 1 & 2 - aborted - "watch it pig! b, man, b" 04 01:09 talk & tunings 05 00:14 Viola Lee Blues #3 with harmonica - aborted 06 01:26 discussions 07 01:28 Viola Lee Blues #4 with organ verse 1 & harmonica - aborted 08 01:44 tape playback? more talk 09 01:48 Viola Lee Blues #5 verse 1 - "same verse again" - verse 1 - aborted 10 00:34 Phil comments 11 01:29 Viola Lee Blues #6 verses 1 & 2 - aborted 12 00:25 more discussions 13 02:44 Viola Lee Blues #7 verses 1 & 2 & 3 - then stopped 14 02:06 talk & tunings - "that's tasty" - "let's just play" 15 00:16 Viola Lee Blues #8 verse 1 - aborted 16 02:53 talk & wild comments & confusion 17 00:27 Viola Lee Blues #9 verses 2 & 3 - aborted 18 03:57 more talk - "I think you're against us" - "Pigpen's a conspiracy" 19 03:39 "You may know by ..." passage repeated 20 15:37 Viola Lee Blues #10 verses 1 & 2 & 3 ; jam ; tape cuts This is a wonderful piece of Dead rehearsal tape that I have not seen circulating in the digital realm. | |||||
| Anthony Dellacioppa | CDR / 1 | A | View | 18846 | ||
| LEE SPATZ | / 0 | View | ||||
| Michael Hughey | shn / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Frankie Four Fingers | SHN>WAV / 1 | A | A- | View | 18846 | January 1966 (?) - Viola Lee rehearsals; 47 minutes from unknown generation cassette played back... |
| Notes: | January 1966 (?) - Viola Lee rehearsals; 47 minutes from unknown generation cassette played back on Nak CR7E; via Uli Teute and Hanno Bunjes | |||||
| Chewie | shn / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | same disc as GD 11/3/65 | |||||
| Oleg | flac / 1 | View | ||||
| Chuck Pocher | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | SBD>?>C>SHN | ||
| Notes: | Requires one audio disc. | |||||
| jeff couch | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| TunaMan | shn / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Michael | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | see 02/05/66 | |||||
| zowie | cd / 1 | a- | View | 18846 | sdb | |
| rickc | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | 247 | |||||
| Richard Warren | flac / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | non-etree | |||||
| Richard Warren | shn / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | 18846 | |||||
| tomtaper4 | cd cass dat / | A | View | 136642 | ||
| joe m | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Notes: | DVD#134 | |||||
| Albix | shn / 1 | View | 18846 | unknown generation SBD cassette | ||
| Notes: | Data DVD 2006-090 | |||||
| j.j. | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | SBD | ||
| Carl | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | unknown generation soundboard cassette | ||
| Dave Lemen | / 0 | View | ||||
| Rogue | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Bryon | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| Ken Berry | SHN / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
| Sloth1976 | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Robbie Kellman | flac / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | dvd 60s Dead Cols | |||||
| Robbie Kellman | flac / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | DVD - Dead Spinoffs | |||||
| CARL | / 0 | View | 18846 | |||
| Brad | cdr / 1 | View | 18846 | |||
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