Always preferred 5/19 but 5/22 now takes the throne. The booklet from the release is a great read! Typical Phil. Have not heard the Mosque show since 2012; might be time.
That is the early show from 13 February 1970- Fillmore East. The "Ungano's Nightclub" rumor is old, venerable, and needs to be terminated with extreme prejudice.
Been listening to Go To Nassau over the past few days (5/15-16 1980) ....what great shows!!! Is this era typically always that good? Also - got the Mars Hotel Mofi vinyl (45 RPM) and it sounds wonderful. JQ
That surprised me and Utah blew their opportunity, but I have an Oregon Football sweatshirt so it's all good. I'm and SEC-er, but there will be other very interesting games today besides the Atlanta showdown today. The Baylor -- Oklahoma game will decide the next tumble from the playoff picture, at noon here no less. Beers up...
Musically I think it's typical of the era. As it's mixed from multitrack, the sound quality is better than most available recordings from that year.
Remember, they left off the 'dirge tempo' Terrapin Station that preceded Playing In The Band. Editing is the key to glory.
I prefer the 60s Rolling Stones myself, Jagger's country music affectations get under my skin after a while. Since I read this post earlier, I put on their first couple of albums, it's not as clear when you listen to their 70s albums what kind of influence they had over US rock bands, including the GD. Garcia and Phil both talk about how much they sounded like the early Rolling Stones when they got started, and they really do. If Warners had started scouting them a bit earlier they could've churned out 2-3 albums similar to the Stones' first few discs. Their original material maybe wouldn't have been as strong as Aftermath, but they certainly could churn out covers like the Stones. US record execs missed the boat. This is a good analogy for appreciating all eras of GD. There was an ad in the Village Voice for the show that day. Given the venue, it would seem possible they could have played it but not recorded it, even though Bear was still around. The usual suspects have an article on it: Lost Live Dead: February 12, 1970 Ungano's, New York, NY 210 West 70th Street The Grateful Dead
5/22/77 has lots of fans 'round these parts for good reason. Thanks all for the "Shakedown" recommendations. Woke up with a "Dwump dwump dwump. Dwump dwump dwump dwump wump" earworm. 70s Stones' major influence was image, not necessarily music. That "elegantly wasted" rock star thing which is now a cliche. Think 1972 STP. They epitomized what a jet-setting rock star should look like.
I’m quite partial to a bit of late 71 Dead. Been thoroughly enjoying Daves Picks 26 the last few nights - some really slick, fast and concise tunes... Mexicali Blues is particularly high tempo, with some great country pickin’ I love that one show features Pigpen and one doesn’t, nice contrast even though the set lists are quite similar.
The crowd does sound very similar to that of the Fillmore East so I wouldn't be surprised. I will say that aside from the aforementioned Black Peter, the St. Stephen>NFA set closer is certainly worth your time.
5/19/77 Fox Theatre prompted by recent ‘77 and DiP 29 discussion. When the mood for May ‘77 strikes this is certainly a good option.
@Jack Cerro seeing your post reminded me that I’ve been meaning to ask if you ended up paring your official live collection down to just 30 releases, which seemed like a tricky task especially since new ones keep coming out. I’m referring to this:
Inspired by posts I read last weekend discussing Steppin' Out, my Dead listening this past week has primarily consisted of being blown away by Dark Star, 4/8/72. Hadn't listened to it in quite awhile. Let's just say right now it's my favorite DS.
Yeah.... about that. I'm figuring out how I can finagle more shelf space for box 5 and 6. 8 seems a good stopping point. Good symmetry... turn it on the side and you have infinity. I'd ask for help now, but this doesn't seem like the proper forum.
2/11/69 Sweetest MOTM. Anyone have this on record? How do you rate it? The late show Dark Star...wow.
As a relative newbie to being a hardcore Deadhead all I can say is I have not listened to a note from any other band besides the Dead for the past week and a half which is insane for me. , Np-relistening to DP 3.
Agree, although Europe has some other things going for it. DiP 2 from 10/31/72 and 11/15/71 Austin from the Road Trips series are my two favorite versions of that combo, by a mile, and the Albuequrque version is not far behind. Now, as far as Lovelight->GDTRFB combos, Europe has got the goods...
