Thursday, August 27, 2009

Marvelous Music in Madison

It's not easy being awake when everything is lost . . . but it's easier than dying before I have my estate in order. This darkness got to give . . . but if it never does then at least there's the Grateful Dead to dig in the meantime.

How about a show...

Bertha Skull and Roses designGrateful Dead -- October 25, 1973

Dane County Memorial Coliseum
Madison, Wisconsin


1st Set: Bertha, Big River, Here Comes Sunshine, Black-Throated Wind,
They Love Each Other, Mexicali Blues, El Paso, Row Jimmy,
Playing In The Band


Set 2: China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider, Me and My Uncle,
Dark Star
Mind Left Body Jam Dark Star Jam Eyes Of The World
Stella Blue, Weather Report Suite Prelude
Weather Report Suite Part 1
Let It Grow, Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
One More Saturday Night

Encore: Uncle John's Band

(Three songs from first set are not in circulation, maybe not known to exist.)

Someone requested this show in the past few weeks and said about it "the tapes may be a bit chopped." Okay. The setlist on the .txt file is chock full of %'s and //'s which made me go "Ugh, this ain't gonna be pretty." In reality it's not bad! Three songs don't exist and portions are chopped out between songs and there's a minor cut here and there... but really it's decent. The 3½ stars that I give it could even be someone's 4 or even 4½.

For me this show doesn't really get going until the start of the second set. Don't get me wrong, the first set is just fine but I can't get enough of this China->Rider, the Rider specifically. At about a minute in, Phil's bass really starts coming through in the mix and as the band mellowly strolls down the lane toward Jerry wishing he was a headlight on a northbound train, HOLY CRAP, Phil ex-fucking-splodes like he's just dropped the biggest, PHattest Phil bomb into The Other One. That makes the whole show!

But of course it would be foolish to turn it off at that point. Dark Star-> Mind Left Body Jam-> Dark Star-> Eyes is an amazing slice of GD musical history. There's an active thread over at Lost Sailor's Pub about Weir's greatness on rhythm guitar and the Mind Left Body Jam totally demonstrates how he can play and play and play right alongside Jerry.

Phil's genius shines in the gorgeousness of Eyes. His solo in there is just mesmerizing and then the Stella Blue is so wonderful, like my favorite Sugarmag, it radiates with so much blinding beauty to simply melt me to my knees. Mmm. And then the Let It Grow... more wow. Fantastic stuff! GDTRFB picks up so much steam to really rock, complete with smokin' Keith on piano and Donna's excellent vocal accompaniment... okay, maybe a little screamage in there but after all of that amazing music we get such a fun time dancin' number to help close out the set.

One thing to learn with this show -- never let a questionable source keep you from listening to something!

one dude's comments from the Internet Archive:

Subject: Be Patient. This Is A Great One -- Like Ali.

Was told by Fishman that this show was a Dick Latvala favorite and one that he frothed at the mouth over.

The entire concert is well-played. First set has numerous glitches, etc. You need to ignore the flaws and listen to the music -- it's mostly very satisfying, curiously exciting -- something for everyone in this one.

All first set songs are energized and enthusiastic versions but they are somewhat marred in playback, but by the time it's wound it's way into PITB the sound problems have melted and we're left with a torchingly hot pure torture. Miraculously, the sound retains its integrity, though there exists some clipping on the bass.

China>Rider is long and lagubriously inticing all at once and backing off. The Dark Star>Mind Left Body Jam>Dark Star is totally polarizing from hot to cold, dark to light, sour to sweet, yes, and gliding generously into a grandly auspicious Eyes.

No matter what you are doing, this music draws you in, and you just momentarily drop whatever you're doing and assume the listening.

This Eyes is one of their best kept secrets. It's an honor to uncover a show on the Archives like this show. It was not recommended by buddies, or other sources, but it came about from searching. I felt compelled to make a big deal out of sharing this show. Then, that said, I received from various sources the confirmation that there was an obvious reason why Latvala held this show in such esteem.

From Eyes they fall back into the Mind Left Jam and casually (SUPERCHARGED) wend their way into a very sweet, yet very powerful Stella. It knocked my socks off -- literally! Stella, being two songs in one, features two of those seven chord progressions, one to end the first half and one to end the second and the latter comes up so subtle it will blow your shoes and socks off. Just hoist them up to your speakers. Why, in latter Stella performances, did they drop the seven chord codas? Too cliche'?

The WPS Prelude>WPS Part I>LIG>GDTRFB is a knockout! -- Right Left Muhammad Ali Combinations 'til your jaw hurts and your chest pounds out of synch! Jerry's Wolf hunts you down and snaps your windpipe.

It takes a mean and savage Saturday Night to bring us down to the gritty earth and a softly magnificent UJB to give us wings back to the nest.

EVAN S. HUNT

Grateful Dead ticket for 10/25/73 Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin

ARCHIVE HEADPHONES10/25/73 @ the Internet Archive:
the Soundboard for Listening Only
ARCHIVE HEADPHONES
TINY STEAL YOUR FACE download it here if you'd like TINY STEAL YOUR FACE

Source: shnid=14451Audio Quality:
Lineage: SBD > Master Reel > ? > DAT > CD-R >
EAC (secure) > Cool Edit(minor cleanup) > CDWAV > mkwact(seekable) > SHN

10/25/73 - Part 1 Part 2 - 10/25/73
Madison, WI - 10/25/73 - Part Three
10-25-73 a.k.a. 10/25/73 a.k.a. 73-10-25 mp3 download 320 kbps
Grateful Dead poster for 10/25/73 Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin

Monday, August 24, 2009

Sugarmag's Sweet Sunday Show...

I didn't realize that it's been so long since I've posted. It was in my mind that I'd start putting up some shows sooner than later but ya know what? Life happens. There are a few things that I've got lined up so Stay Tuned. Seriously. Stay Tuned.

But I will tell you about a show you can go grab now. . .

Yesterday over on her blog, Sugarmag posted a glowing review of a show from '93...
12/19/93 Oakland Coliseum Arena

Now I know '93 ain't everyone's cup o' tea... but it's a pretty good show. I listened this morning and while Jerry blows a bunch of lyrics, there's a whole lot of solid playing throughout. There's probably not one badly played song. It's good stuff so check it out.

A soundboard download link is in the comments there
so stop on by if you're interested.

(to get there, use Sugarmag's patented Slick Ticket Click Trick i.e. click the ticket!)

Grateful Dead ticket for 12/19/93 Oakland (borrowed from www.psilo.com)
12-19-93 a.k.a. 12/19/93 a.k.a. 93-12-19 Oakland Alameda-County Coliseum Arena Jerry Garcia Bob Weir Phil Lesh
Grateful Dead 12/19/93 Oakland Coliseum Arena
12-19-93 Oakland Coliseum Arena

Monday, August 17, 2009

Tunes

Grateful Dead Steal Your Face fractal design 5Show Time?Jerry Garcia Band - Cats Under The Stars logo emblem dealie

Hey kids. 'Sup?

So, it's like this: I was wanting to put a show up today... but no such luck.... check back tomorrow (or Wednesday) 'cause I really want to post it... and I'm going to! It's a recent request, it's from a year between 67 and 90, and it's not bad stuff!

Have ya gotta request? It's also like this: while I have one show ready to go, I don't have anything else lined up. So now is a great time to ask for something specific. I can't promise it'll get posted quickly but I'll do what I can. It can be GD or Garcia or any other band member side-project, a certain year or state or venue, a song ya want, or, of course, a specific show. If not then I'll just keep doin' whatever but if ya've got a request, feel to let me know.

See ya soon


Grateful Dead Steal Your Face Play Dead

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Tonight at the Creek at the LSP

Grateful Dead Backstage Pass for 6/6/91 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana (borrowed from www.psilo.com) Tonight (Sat, the 15th)
at 7 p.m. Central,
(or 8 p.m. Eastern - U.S. time),
there's a weekly Listening Party
at the Lost Sailor's Pub.

(They often run later than that so ya never know if some people might be hanging out listening to something else afterward so stop on by and see!)

Tonight's main feature
is the lovely and groovy Sugarmag's
first Grateful Dead show:

6/6/91
Deer Creek Music Center
Noblesville, Indiana



Lost Sailor's Pub - Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia stuffYou can download the show in LOSSLESS or MP3 by going to the Lost Sailor's Pub and becoming a member (if you're not already one.) The Listening Party will be in the Shoutbox dealie on the LSP main page tonight at the times above . . . but you can download the show whenever you'd like.

Look for the category that says: Listen To The Sounds - Listening Party Updates and within there go to: Sat August 15, if you would be so kind. And there ya go! But ya gotta be a member so if you're not, sign up and check the place out! Lots o' cool Heads hangin' around with threads galore to join in on, if you please.

Enjoy!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

'84 & More

Have you seen the Dogstar?
He used to hang out here: haveyouseenthedogstar.blogspot.com

... but nowadays he's Standing On The Moon.

At SOTM there are some downloads for you, more in the future, and he'd like you to sign a petition to try to get an official Grateful Dead release from 1984 (as of now, there's not a single one.)

So go, make like Tom and cruise (HAAA!) on over.

Check out his new GD blog & sign the '84 petition:

Standing On The Moon - Grateful Dead blog

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

A Passaic Request

This should've gone up weeks ago. Deep down I've so desperately wanted to listen to the Good Ol' Grateful Dead... but I'm in such a slump right now. Life's just not all gumdrops and rainbows at the moment. This music that I love so much just ain't able to make life better. I pray that things change and I can love this stuff again the way I know I should be able to. Still I'm gonna give this show a second listen and, because I want to try to get back to posting, I'm gonna go ahead and get this up anyway...
This show is one that a commenter here asked me for.

Grateful Dead Steal Your Face plain design
Grateful Dead -- June 17, 1976
Capitol Theatre
Passaic, New Jersey


1st Set: Cold Rain & Snow, Big River, They Love Each Other, Cassidy,
Tennessee Jed, Looks Like Rain, Row Jimmy, The Music Never Stopped,
Scarlet Begonias, The Promised Land


Set 2: Help Slip! Frank Dancin' In The Streets Samson & Delilah,
Ship of Fools, Lazy Lightnin'
Supplication, Friend Of The Devil,
Let It Grow
Drums Let It Grow Wharf Rat Around And Around

What a seemingly lazy first set up until Music. Some nicely played versions, beautiful to listen, but the band really hits a higher gear with Music Never Stopped. They sure don't jam out for awhile but it rocks. Mmm, then during Scarlet we get a much heavier dose of his guitar work. There's some gorgeous space here where they just take a bit of a sail for a little while. More rockin' goodness comes in a fun and super high-spirited Promised Land to wrap up the set.

Plenty of jammy goodness in Help-> Slip to kick off Set 2. Nice valleys and rolling hills are formed by the precision playing here. What a beautiful ride all the way to the end of the show. One funny spot to listen for comes after Supplication when someone in the crowd yells out: "Cosmic Charley, Lesh!" In a good-humored way, Phil says back: "Ah, shut up! Shut up!" Just gotta love the little moments like that.

Enjoy!

transcribed from:

The Deadhead's Taping Compendium Volume II, 1975-1985 [guide to Grateful Dead music]The Deadhead's Taping Compendium, Volume II:
An In-Depth Guide To The Music of the
Grateful Dead on Tape, 1975-1985

[out of print]

This is a birthday show for me, the first in a three-night run at this classic venue in the middle of a northeast tour. This is the band's first tour following the 1975 and early 1976 hiatus and the May 1976 studio rehearsals. This tour may have been the one that sealed the band's commitment to nearly twenty more years of touring after long and hard deliberation about their future. It saw the first comeback of "Saint Stephen," the last return of "Cosmic Charlie," as well as first evers of "Supplication," "Lazy Lightnin'," "Might As Well," "Samson," and "The Wheel." And it is the only GD tour featuring "Mission in the Rain." The strength of set 1 is found in the closer of "Music," "Scarlet," "Promised," although the "Looks Like Rain" and "Row Jimmy" provide respite in enjoyable moments of beauty. Set 2 soars, dips, twists, and reignites like a bird of prey in flight. It kicks off with a well-received "Help" that transcends into a liquidy "Slipknot!," traveling wide before a quick move back into "Franklin's." The "Dancin'" > "Samson" combination also features some of the night's finest Garcia moments with some intense trippy jam segments. "Ship," "Friend of the Devil," and "Wharf Rat" make up the aforementioned dips in the wondrous flight and are filled with moments of passion and warmth. The "Lazy Lightnin'" and "Let It Grow" are solid passages and propel the set to new heights.

ERIC M. VANDERCAR

I decided to upload the Matrix source of this show rather than the straight soundboard. Why? It's better! Well, methinks so and so do others. A tremendous amount of love and care goes into blending an Aud source with a Remastered SBD source to complete the gem that is a Matrix. The end result is something more full-bodied, yeah, like a fine wine, that's the ticket. Nothing is lost when adding Audience noise. The MTX presents itself as having real ambiance. A straight old soundboard in comparison can be stale and lacking the flavor needed to make it an even sweeter recording. Ya dig? Cool. Enjoy the Matrix!

ARCHIVE HEADPHONES6/17/76 @ the Internet Archive:
an Audience source for downloading
and the Soundboard or the Matrix for Listening Only
ARCHIVE HEADPHONES
TINY STEAL YOUR FACE Download The Show Here TINY STEAL YOUR FACE

Source: MATRIX MIX: SBD/AUD (shnid=91861)
Audio Quality:
Lineage: SBD > Master Reel > Dat (48k)
Dat (Sony R500) > SEK'D Prodif Plus > Samplitude Professional v7.02 > FLAC
Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller

AUD: Sony TC 153 Sony ECM 99A Mike's Master Cassette > Reel > DAT
Matrix by Hunter Seamons

6/17/76 - Part 1 Part 2 - 6/17/76
Passaic, NJ - 6/17/76 - Part Three
6-17-76 a.k.a. 06-17-76 a.k.a. 6/17/76 a.k.a. 06/17/76 a.k.a. 76-06-17 mp3 download 320 kbps
Grateful Dead, 6/17/76 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey

Sunday, August 9, 2009

14 Years Gone


Friday, August 7, 2009

wow

Weir rocks Brooklyn and the World Trade Center...


Bob Weir Ratdog Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia
this is one of only 2 or 3 songs on the album
where Bobby (Weir) doesn't handle lead vocals... Bobby Cochran sings.
from the 1984 Bobby & The Midnites album
Where The Beat Meets The Street

Sunday, August 2, 2009

something

Not as gorgeous as Jerry Garcia & David Grisman but still pretty cool,

from Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band


Saturday, August 1, 2009

Tonight

Lost Sailor's Pub - Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia stuffOver at the Lost Sailor's Pub on Saturday nights, sometimes on Friday, too, they have a Listening Party. Tonight's show is the Grateful Dead on 8/1/73 - Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ, yo. 'Twould appear to me that this show is 36 years ago today AND it's Jerry's birthday. There's always a lot of fun at listening parties so go check it out. Oh, I guess you need a time: probably around 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time. It could start earlier but if you get there late, no worries, someone will give you a link to the show and tell you what song they're on. You've gotta be a member of the forum and once you're Logged In, people might be congregating in the Shout Box on the front page of the forum but if there's no action there then look for where it says: Listen To The Sounds - Listening Party Updates and that's where the Heads will be. So check it out.

Tie Dye separator bar -- 1


John Dawson of NRPS, friend of Jerry GarciaAlso tonight: at 1:00 a.m. Eastern / 10 p.m. Pacific (U.S. Time) you can tune in (on the internet) to Dead Reckoning with Timmy on KTHO. Tonight's show will be Deadicated to long-time NRPS member (and friend of the Grateful Dead) John Dawson. "Marmaduke" passed away in Mexico back on July 21. He will be missed.

So also check out Timmy's show at: www.kthoradio.com






kthologo

Friday, July 31, 2009

She spoke so kind, she talked so fair

I wasn't planning on posting anything here today -- nada, zip, zilch --

but it would appear I am feeling better this afternoon

(Thanks, Ame.)

Might even get to an actual show soon. For now just this...


Thursday, July 30, 2009

Reuben: The Debut (Re-up)

Here's another Re-upload.

This -- 3/17/91 Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland -- features the very first (of a whopping 4 Times Played) Reuben & Cherise.


I tried to put my confusion and lostness aside to give this show a listen. Didn't work so well. I feel like my life is in a huge state of suspended animation right now. Thanks to all who've expressed concern and best wishes. Tis appreciated. I'll get back on track eventually... I just don't know how and I don't know when.

Every day I've actually been listening to some music. It doesn't really help me any but when I'm on the trail running or hiking, being alone in my thoughts and in my sadness would drive me insane. Music doesn't take my mind off things but it prevents me from laying down to die. So I load into my mp3 player the likes of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden and Jane's Addiction and Guns 'N Roses and Van Halen and Alice In Chains and Ministry. Not my favorites by any means, but they distract me a little from the crap that can't seem to get worked out yet.

Grateful Dead and Jerry shows I desperately want back in my life... but I'm not in a place where I can enjoy the tunes the way I know I should.

But I did (attempt to) listen to this show and from the amount of attention I was able to give it I can tell it's pretty good.

Up to this point in time (the date of the show,) Jerry (outside of the Grateful Dead) had played Reuben And Cérise 70 times from late 77 thru late '90 -- 13 years. Never a-once had the GD played it... until this first night of the 1991 Spring Tour. Magnificent. One thing I hear so well is Bob's rhythm guitar. It's like he's been playing this forever and he had never played on the song before. It's a damn shame the Dead played this only 3 more times -- twice more this tour and once early in Summer Tour. I mean, what the hell? Never a west coast performance!? That's where I was living at the time, in Utah; I didn't travel for Spring shows and I didn't see Summer Tour shows until halfway through the tour. My shows seen in the first half of '91 were in Oakland and Vegas... and they never played Reuben anywhere west of central Ohio. Ahh well, I have seen it by the JGB at the Warfield so I can get over my jealousy kinda easily here.

I didn't get to see a Reuben but the lovely Sugarmag got to see two of the four! Very lucky you are, Babe! I'm glad you got to see this wonderful tune.

Well, on to the show. Once again, utilize the patented slick ticket click trick to get to the original post with the new download links. Okie dokie? Enjoy.

Grateful Dead ticket for 3/17/91 Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland (borrowed from www.psilo.com)

Monday, July 27, 2009

Re-upload

Hey. A few Rapidshare downloads have expired 'round here. If you happen to come upon a show with expired links, please leave a comment and I'll see what I can do to Re-up the show. It might not be a quick fix but I'll do what I can. A'ight?

3/2/85 - Jerry Garcia Band @ The Stone in San Francisco is one that had expired... but it's been Re-upped for your enjoyment.

To get to the new links on the original post,
use Sugarmag's patented slick ticket click trick
(click the ticket, yo, and it'll take ya there.)



Wednesday, July 22, 2009

in hell

A very personal and utterly devastating tragedy in my family immediately followed my vacation. I'm completely lost and broken right now. I don't owe this post to anyone but I know many people often come around here looking for a new show. The sweet music we love doesn't always heal. It's not helping right now and I don't know when it will be a pleasure to listen to again. I'll see what I can do. Stay tuned.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Where's my beer?

Hey folks! What up? Have ya noticed no posts since Sugarmag's a few days ago, the Alaska GD show she posted, on Thursday? Well, tis vacation time for us. For me this is my first extended vacation in many years and I'm away from my normal setup for posting. Not a lot goin' on right now as far as Inspiration, Move Me Brightly goes. Shows haven't come to a complete halt, though, as I hope to have one up in the next couple days and hopefully one more before next week. So don't hit the road forever, Jack, 'cause I'm lookin' forward to gettin' something new posted as soon as I can! So to all y'all out there -- I hope you're havin' a good summer, thanks for comin' round, and I'll catchya's later!

Dig this for now... or not... whichever.

Watch it if you need it, if you don't just pass it on.



If anyone's unfamiliar with Nash Bridges, Don Johnson plays a San Francisco cop (detective) and Cheech Marin plays his partner... in the professional sense, not the bedroom sense. One of the cops in the unit is a true blue Deadhead who wears, in memory of Jerry, a black armband with a Steal Your Face on it. That about sums up the show. They filmed in San Francisco and I guess one day they asked Phil to be on and he said yeah. Sell out bastard. Just kidding. It was in good fun, I'm sure. Anyway, I haven't seen it in years but I actually did watch the show from time to time and I think it's on WGN in the A.M. if anyone's interested and able to see it.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Billy For President

Hey now it's me, Sugarmag. I've been so busy with summer school these last few weeks that I have not written much but I wanted to tell you about this show that I've been listening to. The set list doesn't look like much on paper but it is a really good show...

Sugarmag's Zoooma-designed Steal Your Face -- I love you, Babe!Grateful Dead -- June 21, 1980
Auditorium - West High School
Anchorage, Alaska
Sugarmag's Zoooma-designed Steal Your Face -- I love you, Babe!

ticket for the Grateful Dead 6/21/80 West High Auditorium, Anchorage, Alaska - borrowed from www.psilo.com

1st Set: Sugaree New Minglewood Blues, Candyman,
Me & My Uncle
Big River, Loser, Lazy Lightning Supplication,
Far From Me, Ramble On Rose, Feel Like A Stranger
·
Set 2: Big Railroad Blues, Samson & Delilah,
Terrapin Station
Playing In The Band Drums Space
Truckin' Stella Blue Sugar Magnolia
·
Encore: One More Saturday Night, Brokedown Palace

Brent had just joined the band a few months before and every song is fresh and full of energy. I love 1980! There is not a bad moment in this entire show, starting with Sugaree. I am often not excited about Sugaree but I think that this is the best one ever! The energy builds into a great jam near the end of the song, and the band rides this energy through the whole show. Bobby belts out the lyrics to Minglewood while Jerry wails on his guitar. These guys are having a great time. Have I mentioned how much I love Brent's sound? Another highlight from the first set is the Supplication jam, wow! Jerry blows me away every time. I also like Far From Me a lot. I can't hear this song without thinking of the last few times he played it ten years later in 1990. Of course in 1980 it was brand new, and it sparkles! I really like Brent's voice. Ramble on Rose and Stranger are excellent, too. This show truly does not have a bad moment. I first listed to this show during a listening party over at Lost Sailor's Pub, and at some point my friend Kochman said, "Jerry was putting on a clinic on this night!" If Jerry was putting on a clinic, so was everyone else in the band. This is how it's done.

I love hearing the enthusiasm from the band and the crowd in the opening of the second set. The crowd is going nuts clapping along. Terrapin is good although I should whisper that I have heard better Terrapins but I hate to say that because Terrapin is still good and this is such a good show! In Terrapin I think the best part is the way Jerry plays before he sings, "since the end is never told..." My favorite part of this whole show is the Playin' in the Band. There is this really cool, trippy spacey jam that doesn't even sound like Playin' where Jerry and Brent and everyone else are just going nuts and then it is time for drums.

I love the rich sound that Brent brings to every song and I really like the way he plays the opening notes to Truckin'. On this night in Alaska Bobby sang Chicago New York Alaska it's all in the same street. Jerry, of course, rocks. Things slow down for Stella Blue and it is so pretty, so poignant. I try not to think too much when I hear this song because I could easily cry. Jerry's voice in 1980 was so sweet and clear. After that is my song ;-) to close out the set.

I know some people don't care for Saturday Night as a closer but I think it's always fun. Brokedown Palace is such a sweet ending to this show. I hope you dig it.

ARCHIVE HEADPHONES6/21/80 @ the Internet Archive:
Audience source for listening and downloading
plus the SBD and SBD-AUD Matrix for Listening Only

ARCHIVE HEADPHONES
TINY STEAL YOUR FACE Download The Show Here TINY STEAL YOUR FACE

Source: SBD + AUD Matrix Mix (60%-SBD/40%-AUD)
shnid=28470
Audio Quality:

Lineage:
Soundboard Cass Master Sonic Solutions (20bit)
Sony SBM2 Master CD EAC FLAC

AUD Source: AKG 414 stereo mic
Sony TC-158 deck
Taped:
Eddie Claridge

mp3 320 kbps SBD + setlist (no lossless FLAC) 6-21-80 aka 06-21-80 aka 6/21/80 aka 06/21/80 aka 80-06-21 Anchorage
Do not be scared of the SBD-AUD Matrix that I (Zoooma) have chosen for this download. The people who work on these give a whole lotta tender loving care to produce a sweet-sounding recording. The audience source gives some ambiance to the sterility of the soundboard. No music is lost; if anything, it's enhanced and most people agree that a MTX like this actually makes the show sound better! Give it a whirl and enjoy!

poster for the Grateful Dead at West High School in Anchorage, Alaska - borrowed from www.deadlists.com


Psst! Hey Zoooma, I love you!

PSSST! Hey Sugarmag, I love you, too!!!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Garcia Country

Jerry Garcia on pedal steel with New Riders Of The Purple Sage circa 1971 - Not a great pic and it doesn't get any bigger but there aren't many NRPS photos from this era.

New Riders of the Purple Sage

February 28, 1971

Fillmore West, San Francisco

David Nelson - acoustic & electric guitar
John Dawson ("Marmaduke") - acoustic guitar
Dave Torbert - bass
Jerry Garcia - pedal steel
Spencer Dryden - drums

& special guest: David LaFlamme - violin

Workingman's Blues
I Don't Know You
Superman
Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
Henry
Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
Fair Chance To Know
All I Ever Wanted
Truck Driving Man
Long Black Limousine
Sailin'
Lodi
Portland Woman
Glendale Train
Dirty Business
Lochinvar
Last Lonely Eagle


I don't know much about NRPS. Along with Garcia-Wales, they are the Jerry side-project that I listen to almost never. I wanted that to change so lately I've been getting some NRPS shows with Garcia (plus one or two without Jerry.) My first listen in years is this nice Soundboard from a non-opening-for-the-Grateful Dead show back in San Francisco shortly after the Dead's run of shows on Long Island in New York. From those we have the Relix Records release Vintage NRPS.

Each of these tunes I'm really digging but All I Ever Wanted, in particular, has me captivated. I also really like their take on Creedence Clearwater Revival's Lodi. Another one that smokes is Portland Woman with some solid solos in there. Unfortunately the recording isn't crystal clear otherwise LaFlamme's violin would be playing a bigger part in some of the songs such as Portland Woman and Glendale Train, as well. At times he seems to be lost in the background which is a shame. But overall this is a pretty nice recording and it's been a great listen.

ARCHIVE HEADPHONESAs of July 8, 2009, NRPS is at the LMA
(thanks Chuck!) but this show is not.

ARCHIVE HEADPHONES
Download The Show Here
Source: shnid=80719 Audio Quality:
Lineage: SBD Master Reel Reel 1 Reel 2 @ 3.75 ips DAT CDR

Part 1 - NRPS 2/28/71 2/28/71 NRPS - Part 2
mp3 320 kbps SBD + setlist (no lossless FLAC) 2-28-71 aka 02-28-71 aka 2/28/71 aka 02/28/71 aka 71-02-28 Fillmore Auditorium, S.F., California

one says one number and the other another
but they were set at the same time. Hmmm...

i love you amy uzarski.  always!
 
Calvin and Hobbes in the snow -- animated