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Road Trips: Vol. 3, Number 4: Penn State/Cornell May 6 & 7, 1980

Here’s the existing dual-purpose SHF thread on this one (reflecting simultaneous release of “Formerly The Warlocks” and “Road Trips Vol 3 #4”);

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=226077&highlight=grateful+dead

This 1980 Road Trips would have sat in post #715, a week before “Go To Nassau”. They were out flogging the recently released (April) “Go To Heaven” album, and Brent’s keyboard sound had most noticeably shifted from the ‘plinkety-plink’ piano sound of the late ’79 tours to this more Hammond organ sound of this Spring ’80 tour.

This 3cd set features a hybrid first set, and most of the two second sets of the back-to-back nights. It is a good companion to the Nassau set in that there’s a high energy “The Other One” set from the first night, and a slightly mellower “Terrapin” and odd combo of “Space>Saint Of Circumstance>Black Peter” in the “Playin’” sandwich the second night.

One of the sonic treats of this edition is the prominence of the guitars and general spatial soundstage. There are some deserved fan grumblings that the speed is 2% out, so hopefully the powers that be will be more vigilant, but it IS a very pleasing sounding release IMHO.

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Road Trips: Vol 3, Number 4: Penn State / Cornell, 1980
Grateful Dead

Initial release : 2010
Grateful Dead / Rhino

A three CD release of music taken from two Grateful Dead shows: May 6, 1980, at Penn State and May 7, 1980, at Cornell University.

Tracks

CD 1: Penn State, 5/6/80 and Cornell, 5/7/80
• Jack Straw
• Peggy-O
• Me and My Uncle>
• Big River
• Loser
• Cassidy
• Row Jimmy
• Lazy Lightning>
• Supplication
• Althea
• Lost Sailor>
• Saint of Circumstance

CD 2: Penn State, 5/6/80
• China Cat Sunflower>
• I Know You Rider
• Feel Like A Stranger>
• He's Gone>
• The Other One>
• Rhythm Devils>
• Space>
• Wharf Rat>
• Around and Around>
• Johnny B. Goode

CD 3: Cornell, 5/7/80
• Shakedoown Street>
• Bertha>
• Playing In The Band>
• Terrapin Station>
• Rhythm Devils>
• Space>
• Saint of Circumstance>
• Black Peter>
• Playing In The Band>
• Good Lovin'

Musicians
• Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
• Mickey Hart - drums
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Phil Lesh - electric bass
• Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
• Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals

 

“Formerly The Warlocks”; Hampton Oct 8 & 9, 1989

Here’s the existing dual-purpose SHF thread on this one (reflecting simultaneous release of “Formerly The Warlocks” and “Road Trips Vol 3 #4”);

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=226077&highlight=grateful+dead

As luck or foresight would have it, this particular run (and a picture of “The Warlocks” marquee) are featured in post #791, and would have appeared in post #792 just a week before “Nightfall Of Diamonds”. The GD were on tour recording gigs in 24-track for what was to become the 89-90 live album “Without A Net”. In fact, “Eyes Of The World” from WAN is from this first night, but the mixes are noticeably different.

This gig, of course, was the legendary ‘stealth gig’ to sidestep a Hampton ban on GD shows under the moniker “The Warlocks”, a nod to a very early Bill Graham show poster “Formerly The Warlocks” to clarify to fans the name change to Grateful Dead. Despite all the secrecy to keep this gig low-key and shake loose the growing throngs of ticketless tour heads, GD proceeded to make it memorably high-key and re-introduce “Help On The Way”, “Dark Star” (not played since ’84, and greeted with enthusiasm normally reserved for the second coming of Christ), and “Attics Of My Life” (not played since ’72!). Undoubtedly a historic run, but strongly stands on it’s own musically. I find it fascinating that two “Dark Star”s a mere week apart (this and “Nightfall Of Diamonds”) can be so different in length, composition, and temperament.

The ‘Virginia tobacco box’ packaging is rather inspired, to say the least.

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Formerly The Warlocks
Grateful Dead

Initial release : 2010
Grateful Dead / Rhino

A 6 CD box set of all the music played at the October 8 & 9, 1989 Hampton Coliseum shows. The Grateful Dead were billed as Formerly The Warlocks for these two shows. The shows were recorded on 24 track tape which have been mastered to HCDC specification.

Tracks

CD 1; (October 8, 1989)
• Foolish Heart
• Walkin' Blues
• Candyman
• Me and My Uncle
• Big River
• Stagger Lee
• Queen Jane Approximately
• Bird Song
• Promised Land

CD 2; (October 8, 1989)
• Help On The Way
• Slipknot!
• Franklin's Tower
• Victim or the Crime
• Eyes of the World
• Rhythm Devils

CD 3; (October 8, 1989)
• Space>
• I Need A Miracle
• The Wheel
• Gimme Some Lovin'
• Morning Dew
• We Bid You Goodnight

CD 4; (October 9, 1989)
• Feel Like A Stranger
• Built To Last
• Little Red Rooster
• Ramble On Rose
• We Can Run
• Jack-A-Roe
• Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
• Row Jimmy
• The Music Never Stopped

CD 5; (October 9, 1989)
• Playing In The Band
• Uncle John's Band
• Playing In The Band
• Dark Star
• Rhythm Devils

CD 6; (October 9, 1989)
• Space
• Death Don't Have No Mercy
• Dear Mr. Fantasy
• Hey Jude
• Throwing Stones
• Good Lovin'
• Attics of My Life

Musicians
• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Mickey Hart - drums, percussion
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums, percussion
• Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
• Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals

Credits
• Original recording - John Cutler
• Mixing - Mike McGinn

 

Thanks for keeping us "up to date" and "just exactly perfect" Jackson!!

 

For fall 1989 shows, I'd love to see the Miami run 10/25-26/89 — 21 years ago today— released. IMO, the best of the latter day Dark Stars. Great shows although Garcia's voice was pretty shot.

 

Apologies if this has been answered - my search didn't turn up what I wanted - but how are the sonics from the Rhino "Go to Nassau" May 1980 2-disc from around 2002?
Thanks all.

 

Ooops, sorry we missed this a month back. "Go To Nassau" was a multi-track as opposed to many of the 2-track archive releases, so is good quality. The sound is album quality and very differently mixed to the King Biscuit broadcast of some of the same material.

 

Road Trips: Vol 4, Number 1: Big Rock Pow Wow 69

This one shared a thread (as they have on simul-releases) with JGAB “Ragged But Right”;
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=230950&highlight=grateful+dead

This one fits just after post #199, the April ’69 releases Download 12 & Dicks Pick’s 26, but before their appearance on the expanded Woodstock set. This set was a huge fave of mine on hoary old cassette. This is an outdoor festival (they were quite the festival regular in those days) recorded quite crisply by Bear. The first day features a nice “Dark Star>Stephen>Eleven>Lovelight” which was a powerful staple of the day, though some collectors may tire of that repetitive combination. The second set is the real meat IMHO, with a loooong raging guitar-driven Lovelight (the organ was on the fritz), then an unusual couple medleys. The solo out of “He Was A Friend Of Mine” interestingly mutates into an early “Chinacat”, which barrels into “The Eleven” and a raw angry “Death Don’t Have No Mercy”. The second half has a standalone “Stephen” sandwiched out of “Drums” and into “Feedback”. As with many sets this era, their sound-system is allowing them to experiment with clarity and dynamics from a whisper to a roar. This is very raw ‘primal’ Dead and honestly not everybody’s cup of tea, but if you can put yourself ‘there’ in the place and year you’ll hear the powerful and legendary Good Ol’ Grateful Dead in their synaptic crusade.


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Road Trips: Vol 4, Number 1: Big Rock Pow Wow 69
Grateful Dead

Initial release : 2010
Grateful Dead / Rhino

A three CD release of the Grateful Dead sets at the Big Rock Pow Wow, at the Seminole Indian Reservation in Hollywood, Florida on May 23-24, 1969.

Tracks

CD 1: May 23, 1969;
Hard To Handle
Dark Star
St. Stephen
The Eleven
Turn On Your Lovelight

CD 2: May 24, 1969;
Introduction
Turn On Your Lovelight
Doin' That Rag
He Was A Friend Of Mine
China Cat Sunflower
The Eleven
Death Don't Have No Mercy

CD 3: May 23 and 24, 1969;
Morning Dew
Me and My Uncle
Yellow Dog Story
Alligator
Drums
St. Stephen
Feedback
We Bid You Goodnight

Musicians
Tom Constanten - keyboards
Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
Mickey Hart - drums
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Ron 'PigPen' McKernan - percussion, harmonica, vocals
Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals

Credits
Recording - Bear
CD mastering - Jeffrey Norman

 

Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band; Ragged But Right (Fall ’87)

This one shared a thread (as they have on simul-releases) with Grateful Dead Road Trips Vol 4, #1;
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=230950&highlight=grateful+dead

This one fits in post #779 “Jerry On Broadway” which had featured the albums “Almost Acoustic” and the Lunt-Fontanne, NYC sets “10/31/87” and “Best Of The Rest”. In 2010, “Almost Acoustic” was re-mastered and re-released along with this new companion of complimentary non-duplicated songs for a tidy and comprehensive set of fine acoustic music.

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Ragged But Right
Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band

Initial release : 2010
Grateful Dead Records

Recorded live, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York, Warfield Theatre in San Francisco and the Wiltern in Los Angeles, during their fall 1987 tour.

Tracks
Ragged But Right (Traditional)
Short Life Of Trouble (Grayson)
I Ain't Never (Pierce / Tillis)
Trouble In Mind (Jones)
Drifting With The Tide (Traditional)
Band introductions
Deep Elem Blues (Traditional)
Rosa Lee McFall (Traditional / Monroe)
Two Soldiers (Traditional)
If I Lose (Traditional / Stanley)
Bright Morning Stars (Traditional)
Goodnight Irene (Traditional)
It's A Long Long Way (To The Top Of The World) (Wayne)
Drifting Too Far From The Shore (Moody)
Turtle Dove (Traditional)

Musicians
Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
David Nelson - guitar, vocals
Sandy Rothman - mandolin, dobro, vocals
John Kahn - acoustic bass
Kenny Kosek - fiddle
David Kemper - snare drum

Credits
Producer - Sandy Rothman
Live stereo recording - John Cutler
tracks 1 to 12 recorded live at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC, the last 3 tracksa were recorded live at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, and the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco.

 

Road Trips Vol 4.2 - 4/1/88 (&3/31) Brendan Byrne Arena

‘Housekeeping/update’ time again as a couple upcoming new releases are already in pre-order stages. Here’s the existing SHF thread for this recent release;

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=238597&highlight=grateful+dead+road+trips

This show (all of April Fool’s, and a full 2nd set and a couple 1st set tunes from the previous night’s show) fit in post #773, just days after DownLoad #5 from Hampton Coliseum 3/27/88. As the blurb goes, the G Dead spent ’87 recovering their chops from the 1986 Jerry-coma break, dabbled with Dylan, and coped with the surprise mega-success of “In The Dark”. By 1988 they were playing quite masterfully again, and few band members were already midi-equipped, with Garcia yet to take the plunge.

Though interest in this release arguably suffered from being lumped with a proliferation of 89 shows (and the inclusion of “Mr Fantasy/Hey Jude” which many find tedious), this year was previously under-represented and IMHO is more interesting performance-wise than most of 1987. The rare cover of Dylan’s “Ballad Of A Thin Man” is a drawcard (though previously released on the Dylan cover compilation “Postcards Of The Hanging), and the sets are nevertheless quite nice.

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Road Trips: Vol 4, Number 2: April Fool's '88

Initial release : 2011
Grateful Dead / Rhino

A three CD release of the Grateful Dead show at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on April 1, 1988, plus the second set, and a couple of set 1 songs, from the March 31, 1988 show.

Tracks
CD 1:
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
Jack Straw
To Lay Me Down
Ballad Of A Thin Man
When Push Comes To Shove
New Minglewood Blues
Cumberland Blues
Deal
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Let It Grow
Brokedown Palace

CD 2:
Scarlet Begonias
Fire On The Mountain
Samson and Delilah
Terrapin Station
Rhythm Devils
Space
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
I Need A Miracle
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Hey Jude
All Along The Watchtower
Knockin' on Heaven's Door

CD 3:
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Estimated Prophet
Eyes Of The World
Rhythm Devils
Space
The Other One
Wharf Rat
Throwing Stones
Not Fade Away

Musicians
Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
Mickey Hart - drums
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals

Credits
Produced for release by - David Lemieux, Blair Jackson
Recording - Dan Healy
CD mastering - Jeffrey Norman
Cover art - Scott McDougall
Package design - Steve Vance
Booklet notes - Gary Lambert
Photography - James A Anderson

Notes
The tracks are taken from the following dates.
CD 1:
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo - April 1, 1988
Jack Straw - April 1, 1988
To Lay Me Down - April 1, 1988
Ballad Of A Thin Man - April 1, 1988
When Push Comes To Shove - April 1, 1988
New Minglewood Blues - April 1, 1988
Cumberland Blues - April 1, 1988
Deal - April 1, 1988
When I Paint My Masterpiece - March 31, 1988
Let It Grow - March 31, 1988
Brokedown Palace - April 1, 1988

CD 2:
Scarlet Begonias - March 31, 1988
Fire On The Mountain - March 31, 1988
Samson and Delilah - March 31, 1988
Terrapin Station - March 31, 1988
Rhythm Devils - March 31, 1988
Space - March 31, 1988
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad - March 31, 1988
I Need A Miracle - March 31, 1988
Dear Mr. Fantasy - March 31, 1988
Hey Jude - March 31, 1988
All Along The Watchtower - March 31, 1988
Knockin' on Heaven's Door - March 31, 1988

CD 3:
China Cat Sunflower - April 1, 1988
I Know You Rider - April 1, 1988
Estimated Prophet - April 1, 1988
Eyes Of The World - April 1, 1988
Rhythm Devils - April 1, 1988
Space - April 1, 1988
The Other One - April 1, 1988
Wharf Rat - April 1, 1988
Throwing Stones - April 1, 1988
Not Fade Away - April 1, 1988

Related releases
Ballad Of A Thin Man had previously been released on:
Postcards Of The Hanging, Grateful Dead, 2002

 

Road Trips: Vol 4, Number 3: Denver Nov 21(&20), 1973

Here’s the dual purpose SHF thread covering a dual release of Fall/Winter ’73 shows;

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=246333&highlight=road+trips

Both these releases fit in the chapters #508 and #509 with Donna popping out, in, and finally out for maternity reasons. The Denver release is a whole mellow show, which will leave the listener a bit mellower afterwards as well (it’s contagious!). The Denver show occurs just a dozen days after the Winterland box run, and 10 days prior to DP 14.
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Road Trips: Vol 4, Number 3: Denver Nov 21(&20), 1973

Grateful Dead
Initial release : 2011
Grateful Dead / Rhino

A three CD release of the Grateful Dead show in Denver on November 21, 1973 plus 3 songs from the November 20, 1973 Denver show.

Tracks

CD 1:
Me and My Uncle
Sugaree
Jack Straw
Dire Wolf
Black Throated Wind
Big Railroad Blues
Mexicali Blues
They Love Each Other
Looks Like Rain
Here Comes Sunshine
Big River
Brokedown Palace

CD 2:
Weather Report Suite
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
Playing In The Band
El Paso
Playing In The Band
Wharf Rat
Playing In The Band
Morning Dew

CD 3:
Truckin'
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
One More Saturday Night
Uncle John's Band

November 20, 1973

Truckin'
The Other One
Stella Blue

Musicians
Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
Keith Godchaux - piano
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals

Credits
Produced for release by - David Lemieux, Blair Jackson
CD mastering - Jeffrey Norman

Related releases
A Road Trips Vol. 4 No.3 bonus CD was sent to purchasers who subscribed to the Road Trips 2011 series on Dead.net

 

Perhaps unfairly I haven't given this more than a single spin or so since I got it. Time to play the last third of the first disc again (HCS onward), but not until "Wharf Rat" from DP36 finishes.

 

2011 Road Trips bonus disc –Dec 6, 1973

Era and thread as above, 2 nights after the Dec 4 Cincinnati bonus disc that came with the November Winterland box, and another slab of ’73 quintet GD (sans Donna vocals for a different vocal blend). Though only part of a show, and a cut medley at that, the music that’s here is awfully nice with an extended GSET, and a very jazzy Dark Star.

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2011 Road Trips bonus disc –Dec 6, 1973

Initial release : 2011
Grateful Dead / Rhino

This bonus CD was distributed with Road Trips, Vol. 4, No. 3 to subscribers to the Road Trips series. The bonus disc has music from the December 6, 1973 show in Cleveland.

Tracks

Greatest Story Ever Told
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Dark Star
Eyes Of The World

Musicians
Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
Keith Godchaux - piano
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals

Related releases
This bonus CD was sent to purchasers who subscribed to the 2011 Road Trips series on Dead.net.

 

Road Trips 4.4 - Complete Philly Spectrum 4/6/82 (& 4/5/82)

The Europe 72 archive releases (box, compilation vol 2, individual shows) are still being announced and released, so that ginormous batch will come soon. With a new RT announced today it’s time for catch up of past releases.

IF THIS GD THREAD HAD BEEN A CHRONOLOGICAL TIMELINE WITH DROPDOWN BOXES FOR RELEASES, PHOTOS AND NEWSCLIPS/INTERVIEWS/ESSAYS BY ERA OR SPECIFIC DATES (c’mon Rhino/GDM, take a hint! It’ll be cool. Ya know ya wanna!) this release would be found in posts 748-749 before Dicks Picks #32 from August ‘82.

The existing SHF post is;
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=256587&highlight=road+trips
..so feel free to post there if you get around to listening to this.

This ’82-’86 era is as yet still underrepresented by official releases. Brent was well and truly ‘broken in’ by this point (and new tunes for what would become ‘In The Dark’ would start to appear in shows by end of the year). While there’s some debate as to how hi the fi actually is on this release (mostly enjoyed by those posting), there’s been no dispute that this was a well performed show and nice rich setlist. As is the fate with each new Dick’s Picks or Road Trips, there’s always another release that might’ve been preferred from a different year, but someday you’ll yank this one off the shelf and spin it and go “Awww, yeah!” (I think my only miniscule and undefendable beef was that they generously added some bonus tracks from the previous night right after deep Space on Disc 2 which was slightly jarring/incongruous.)

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Road Trips: Vol 4, Number 4: Spectrum 4.6.82
Grateful Dead

Initial release : 2011
Grateful Dead / Rhino

A three CD release of the Grateful Dead show at the Spectrum in Philadelphia on April 6, 1982 plus additional tracks from the same venue on April 5, 1982.

Tracks

CD 1: 4/6/82:

Cold Rain And Snow >
Promised Land
Candyman
C.C. Rider
Brown-Eyed Women
Mama Tried >
Mexicali Blues
Big Railroad Blues
Looks Like Rain
Jack-A-Roe
It’s All Over Now
Might As Well

CD 2: 4/6/82:

Shakedown Street >
Lost Sailor >
Saint Of Circumstance >
Terrapin Station >
Rhythm Devils >
Space

From 4/5/1982:

Deep Elem Blues >
Althea >
Man Smart, Woman Smarter

CD 3: 4/6/82:

Truckin'
The Other One
Morning Dew
Sugar Magnolia
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

From 4/5/1982:
Bertha
Playing In The Band>
Ship Of Fools>
Playing In The Band

Musicians
Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
Mickey Hart - drums
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals

Credits
Produced for release by - David Lemieux, Blair Jackson
CD mastering - Jeffrey Norman

 

MAGIC TRIP - Ken Kesey & The Merry Pranksters 1964 and furthur

Another 2011 release is the loooooooong overdue general public release of the famed Merry Pranksters psychedelic bus film The Merry Pranksters Search For A Cool Place. This rejigging of the ancient Acid Test/Prankster archive footage is done documentary style, but the clarity of the footage is something to behold indeed. While not a Grateful Dead release strictly speaking, early GD does make an appearance, and you’ll literally see Cowboy Neal at the wheel of the bus to Never-Ever Land. You can’t get much more ‘primal Dead’ than that, eh?

Posts 45-47 (and surrounds) of this GD thread covered this stage of the GD’s development.

An existing SHF thread on this film’s release appears here;

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=256729&highlight=pranksters


And here is the film’s website including the film trailer for a taste of the visuals;

http://magictripmovie.com/

About The Film
Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood’s MAGIC TRIP is a freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus. Kesey and the Pranksters intended to make a documentary about their trip, shooting footage on 16MM, but the film was never finished and the footage has remained virtually unseen. With MAGIC TRIP, Gibney and Ellwood were given unprecedented access to this raw footage by the Kesey family. They worked with the Film Foundation, HISTORY and the UCLA Film Archives to restore over 100 hours of film and audiotape, and have shaped an invaluable document of this extraordinary piece of American history.

Cast & Crew;

Cast:
Ken Kesey
Neal Cassady
The Merry Band of Pranksters
The Grateful Dead

Directors:
Alison Ellwood
Alex Gibney
Producers:
Will Clarke
Alex Gibney
Alexandra Johnes
Executive Producers:
David McKillop
Molly Thompson
Robert Belau
David Kowitz
Gareth Wiley

Design and Animated Sequences by:
Imaginary Forces

The Ken Kesey Merry Prankster Collection is being preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding from the Film Foundation.

 

Europe ’72 Complete Recordings Box Set,… & more!

(Time for some more overdue housekeeping; a chapter on recent hi-fi and video re-issues will follow).

The legendary Europe ‘72 tour (previously discussed/described in post #438, and subsequent previous releases posts 439-441) has now produced a deluxe rock n’ roll box set of undeniably epic proportions and a fat swag of individual product offshoots. If you’re in a posting mood, it also spawned a healthy number of threads;

Brace Yourselves: 60 CD Box of Grateful Dead '72 Europe Tour Due In Fall
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=239406&highlight=europe
&
Brace Yourselves: 60 CD Box of Grateful Dead '72 Europe Tour Due In Fall (part2)
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=262229&highlight=europe

NEW! Grateful Dead - Europe 72 - VOLUME 2
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=260374&highlight=europe

Poll; Your 5 favorite Grateful Dead Europe '72 shows
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=267347&highlight=europe

GRATEFUL DEAD Europe '72 box set: the music and sound discussion
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=263285&highlight=europe

Grateful Dead Europe '72 on 180g 3LP Set
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=262027&highlight=europe
&
Grateful Dead - New LP pressing of Europe 72 arrived!
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=265471&highlight=europe

Europe ’72 Shop @ http://store.dead.net/store/europe-72-shop
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The long and short of it is that this tour has always been long held in esteem by fans as both particularly well-played, and where many of the tunes for a proposed third GD album in the ‘Ramble On Rose trilogy’ finally appeared (along with the lp’s ‘Ace’ and ‘Garcia’). There have been many theories over the years as to why the performances were so uniformly pristine; such as quieter and perhaps more discerning virgin audiences, or a huge culture infusion into the band’s psyche as they traveled, but perhaps a big reason was far more mundane as Weir described in a promotional interview last year; “One thing in particular occurs to me: For that tour, everybody was pretty damn clear. Unlike in America, you couldn't get pot over there. They had hashish. And nobody liked it much. So there wasn't a lot of smoking going on. The crew were big drinkers, but the guys in the band were not. All we had was the music.” Oh well, then. Whatever the reason, the septet of Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron (Pigpen) McKernan, Bob Weir, and new recruits Keith & Donna Godchaux laid down a raft of great recordings, issued in part over the years as the original Warners 3lp Europe 72 set (and a ‘Dark Star’ side on a private label), The Hundred Year Hall, Rockin’ The Rhein, and the Steppin’ Out British gig compilation. But it wasn’t enough for your dyed-in-the-wool Dead Heads, obviously.

The concept of a full tour box had long been only a pipe-dream. Then sometime around April of 2007 or 2008 (IIRC) a curious viral email made the rounds describing an upcoming ‘50 disc every-note-played Europe 72 set, with bonus disc of a bonfire jam with members of Traffic on a south France beach recorded by some intrepid fan’. Instead of instantly dismissing it as an April Fool’s gag, everyone carefully did the math and decided that the hours weren’t quite sufficient unless there was a glitch somewhere. Some were financially frightened by the idea, but others said “Bring it on!” There was interest!

Fast forward a few years, and we get an announcement that a 60 disc set is in the works with compilation producer Davis Lemieuxand mixing engineer Jeffrey Norman. Despite the huge success of the Fillmore 69 box, a project this size was uncharted territory for anyone in the rock world, and the pre-order process was more like an expression of interest; the bottom line was that the pre-orders had to reach 7200 to make it viable. Amazingly, it sold out fairly quickly in pre-order, and got the green-light to proceed with the ‘steamer trunk’ box and individual cd jacket designs, book, and other paraphernalia. It is very much to their credit that someone decided to have each show run chronologically rather than chopping them and re-sequencing them to fit on 2 or 3 discs as had occurred on the previous Frankfurt and Munich sets. At no extra cost, the set expanded from 60 discs to the magic number 72!

The day of reckoning finally arrived with the big world-wide mail-out of the boxes which were very well received. The packing was beautiful (the book is particularly nice), but the music performances and sound were terrific (there were occasional gripes about ripping covers or the nature of the ambience on some vocals). 7200 individualized deluxe boxes weren’t enough to go around, so a further ‘music-only’ set was offered for sale, AND a highlights 2cd set called “Europe 72 Vol 2”, THEN the individual concerts offered individually for sale by deadnet.com (not to mention t-shirts and stickers of all the individual covers!).

Everyone will have their faves. There are the obvious ones (see the poll and discussion threads). I was surprised by the extra PITB and funny false starts on the Beat Club tape. Probably the raspiest performance is the outdoor Bickershaw Festival which was plagued by bad weather and huge kerosene heaters putting the guitars out of tune and making players dizzy, but I tested it a couple months back and assure you that all the cozmik audio hieroglyphics have come down intact from 1972 to the present day.
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The Shows;
April 7, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, Wembley
April 8, 1972, Wembley Empire Pool, Wembley
April 11, 1972, Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle
April 14, 1972, Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen
April 16, 1972, Aarhus University, Aarhus
April 17, 1972, Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen
April 21, 1972, Beat Club, Bremen
April 24, 1972, Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf
April 26, 1972, Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt
April 29, 1972, Musikhalle, Hamburg
May 3, 1972, Olympia Theatre, Paris
May 4, 1972, Olympia Theatre, Paris
May 7, 1972, Bickershaw Festival, Wigan
May 10, 1972, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
May 11, 1972, Rotterdam Civic Hall, Rotterdam
May 13, 1972, Lille Fairgrounds, Lille
May 16, 1972, Theatre Hall, Luxembourg
May 18, 1972, Kongressaal - Deutsches Museum, Munich
May 23, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London
May 24, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London
May 25, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London
May 26, 1972, Strand Lyceum, London
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Setlists as follows;

Wembley Empire Pool, London, England, 4/7/1972
CD 1:
Greatest Story Ever Told
Sugaree
Chinatown Shuffle
Me And My Uncle
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Big Boss Man
Black-Throated Wind
Loser
Mr. Charlie
Beat It On Down The Line
Tennessee Jed
CD 2:
Playing In The Band
Truckin’>
Drums>
The Other One>
El Paso>
The Other One>
Wharf Rat
CD 3:
Ramble On Rose
Sugar Magnolia
Not Fade Away>
Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad>
Not Fade Away
One More Saturday Night
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Wembley Empire Pool, London, England, 4/8/1972
CD 1:
Bertha
Me And My Uncle
Mr. Charlie
Deal
Black-Throated Wind
Next Time You See Me
Cumberland Blues
The Yellow Dog Story
Brown-Eyed Women
Beat it on Down the Line
Tennessee Jed
CD 2:
Playing in the Band
Good Lovin'
Looks Like Rain
Casey Jones
Truckin'
Big Railroad Blues
Hurts Me Too
CD 3:
Dark Star>
Sugar Magnolia>
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
One More Saturday Night
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City Hall, Newcastle, England, 4/11/1972
CD 1:
Greatest Story Ever Told
Deal
Mr. Charlie
Black-Throated Wind
Tennessee Jed
Big Boss Man
Beat it on Down the Line
Sugaree
Jack Straw
Chinatown Shuffle
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
CD 2:
Playing in the Band
Next Time You See Me
Brown-Eyed Women
Looks Like Rain
Big Railroad Blues
Casey Jones
Good Lovin'
Ramble On Rose
CD 3:
Truckin'>
Drums>
The Other One>
Comes A Time
Sugar Magnolia
Brokedown Palace
One More Saturday Night
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Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4/14/1972
CD 1:
Bertha
Me And My Uncle
Mr. Charlie
You Win Again
Black-Throated Wind
Chinatown Shuffle
Loser
Me And Bobby McGee
Cumberland Blues
Playing In The Band
CD 2:
Tennessee Jed
El Paso
Big Boss Man
Beat It On Down The Line
Casey Jones
Truckin'
Hurts Me Too
Brown-Eyed Women
Looks Like Rain
CD 3:
Dark Star>
Sugar Magnolia>
Good Lovin'>
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)>
Good Lovin'
CD 4:
Ramble On Rose
Not Fade Away>
Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad>
Not Fade Away
One More Saturday Night
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Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 4/16/1972
CD 1:
Greatest Story Ever Told
Sugaree
Chinatown Shuffle
Black-Throated Wind
Tennessee Jed
Mr. Charlie
Beat it on Down the Line
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Mexicali Blues
Loser
Next Time You See Me
CD 2:
Playing in the Band
Dire Wolf
Good Lovin'
Cumberland Blues
El Paso
Deal
CD 3:
Truckin'>
Jam>
The Other One>
Me and My Uncle>
The Other One>
Not Fade Away>
Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad>
Not Fade Away
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Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4/17/1972
CD 1:
Cold Rain and Snow
Me and Bobby McGee
Chinatown Shuffle
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Jack Straw
He's Gone
Next Time You See Me
Black-Throated Wind
Casey Jones
Mr. Charlie
CD 2:
Playing in the Band
Sugaree
One More Saturday Night
It Hurts Me Too
Ramble On Rose
El Paso
Big Railroad Blues
Truckin'
CD 3:
Dark Star>
Sugar Magnolia>
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)>
Johnny B. Goode
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Beat Club, Bremen, Germany, 4/21/1972
CD 1:
Bertha
Playing In The Band
Mr. Charlie
Sugaree
One More Saturday Night
Playing In The Band
Beat It On Down The Line
Truckin'
The Other One
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Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf, West Germany, 4/24/1972
CD 1:
Truckin'
Tennessee Jed
Chinatown Shuffle
Black-Throated Wind
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Mr. Charlie
Beat It On Down The Line
Loser
CD 2:
Playing In The Band
Next Time You See Me
Me & Bobby McGee
Good Lovin'
Casey Jones
CD 3:
Dark Star>
Me and My Uncle>
Dark Star>
Wharf Rat>
Sugar Magnolia
CD 4:
He's Gone
It Hurts Me Too
El Paso
Not Fade Away>
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>
Not Fade Away
One More Saturday Night
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Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt, West Germany, 4/26/1972
CD 1:
Bertha
Me and My Uncle
Mr. Charlie
He's Gone
Black-Throated Wind
Next Time You See Me
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Jack Straw
Big Railroad Blues
Playing in the Band
CD 2:
Chinatown Shuffle
Loser
Beat it on Down the Line
You Win Again
El Paso
Tennessee Jed
Greatest Story Ever Told
The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)
Casey Jones
Good Lovin'
Dire Wolf
CD 3:
Truckin'>
Drums>
The Other One>
Comes A Time>
Sugar Magnolia
CD 4:
Turn On Your Lovelight>
Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad>
One More Saturday Night
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Musikhalle, Hamburg, West Germany, 4/29/1972
CD 1:
Playing in the Band
Sugaree
Mr. Charlie
Black-Throated Wind
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Big Boss Man
Jack Straw
Loser
Chinatown Shuffle
CD 2:
Me and My Uncle
Big Railroad Blues
Good Lovin'
Casey Jones
Greatest Story Ever Told
He's Gone
Next Time You See Me
CD 3:
Dark Star>
Sugar Magnolia>
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
One More Saturday Night
Uncle John's Band
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Olympia Theatre, Paris, France, 5/3/1972
CD 1:
Bertha
Me and My Uncle
Mr. Charlie
Sugaree
Black-Throated Wind
Chinatown Shuffle
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Beat It On Down The Line
He's Gone
Next Time You See Me
Playing In The Band
CD 2:
Tennessee Jed
Good Lovin'
Sing Me Back Home
Casey Jones
Greatest Story Ever Told
Ramble On Rose
Hurts Me Too
CD 3:
Truckin'>
The Other One>
Drums>
The Other One>
Me And Bobby McGee>
The Other One>
Wharf Rat
CD 4:
Jack Straw
Sugar Magnolia>
Not Fade Away>
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>
Not Fade Away
One More Saturday Night
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Olympia Theatre, Paris, France, 5/4/1972
CD 1:
Greatest Story Ever Told
Deal
Mr. Charlie
Beat It On Down The Line
Brown-Eyed Women
Chinatown Shuffle
Playing In The Band
You Win Again
Hurts Me Too
He's Gone
El Paso
CD 2:
Big Railroad Blues
The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)
Casey Jones
Good Lovin'
Next Time You See Me
Ramble On Rose
Jack Straw
CD 3:
Dark Star>
Drums>
Dark Star>
Sugar Magnolia>
Sing Me Back Home
CD 4:
Mexicali Blues
Big Boss Man
Uncle John's Band
Not Fade Away>
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>
Not Fade Away
One More Saturday Night
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Bickershaw Festival, Wigan, England, 5/7/1972
CD 1:
Truckin'
Sugaree
Mr. Charlie
Beat It On Down The Line
He's Gone
Chinatown Shuffle
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Black Throated Wind
Next Time You See Me
CD 2:
Playing In The Band
Tennessee Jed
Good Lovin'
Casey Jones
Greatest Story Ever Told
Big Boss Man
Ramble On Rose
Jack Straw
CD 3:
Dark Star
Drums
The Other One
Sing Me Back Home
CD 4:
Sugar Magnolia
Turn On Your Lovelight
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Not Fade Away
One More Saturday Night
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Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 5/10/1972
CD 1:
Bertha
Me And My Uncle
Mr. Charlie
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Black Throated Wind
Loser
Next Time You See Me
El Paso
He's Gone
Chinatown Shuffle
CD 2:
Playing In The Band
Big Railroad Blues
Jack Straw
Tennessee Jed
Big Boss Man
Greatest Story Ever Told
Casey Jones
CD 3:
Truckin'
Drums
The Other One
Me And Bobbie McGee
The Other One
Wharf Rat >
CD 4:
Beat It On Down The Line
Two Souls In Communion
Ramble On Rose
Sing Me Back Home
Sugar Magnolia
Not Fade Away
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Not Fade Away
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Rotterdam Civic Hall, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 5/11/1972
CD 1:
Playing In The Band
Sugaree
Mr. Charlie
Black Throated Wind
Deal
Chinatown Shuffle
Mexicali Blues
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
It Hurts Me Too
Beat It On Down The Line
Brown-Eyed Women
CD 2:
Jack Straw
Big Railroad Blues
Casey Jones
Good Lovin'
Morning Dew
Me And My Uncle
Two Souls In Communion
El Paso
Tennessee Jed
Next Time You See Me
CD 3:
Dark Star
Drums
Dark Star
CD 4:
Sugar Magnolia
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
Who Do You Love?
Truckin'
Uncle John's Band
One More Saturday Night
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Lille Fairgrounds, Lille, France, 5/13/1972
CD 1:
Tuning & Chat
Bertha
Black Throated Wind
Chinatown Shuffle
Loser
Beat It On Down The Line
Mr. Charlie
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Me And My Uncle
Big Railroad Blues
Next Time You See Me
Playing In The Band
CD 2:
Sugaree
Mexicali Blues
Casey Jones
Truckin' >
Drums>
The Other One
He's Gone
CD 3:
It Hurts Me Too
Sugar Magnolia
Not Fade Away
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Not Fade Away
One More Saturday Night
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Theatre Hall, Luxembourg, 5/16/1972
CD 1:
Big River (soundcheck)
Sugar Magnolia (soundcheck)
Bertha
Me And My Uncle
Mr. Charlie
Sugaree
Black Throated Wind
Chinatown Shuffle
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Beat It On Down The Line
It Hurts Me Too
Tennessee Jed
Playing In The Band
CD 2:
Promised Land
Truckin'
Drums
The Other One
Sing Me Back Home
Sugar Magnolia
Not Fade Away
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Not Fade Away
One More Saturday Night
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Kongressaal, Munich, Germany, 5/18/1972
CD 1:
Truckin'
Sugaree
Mr. Charlie
Jack Straw
Tennessee Jed
Chinatown Shuffle
Black Throated Wind
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
El Paso
CD 2:
It Hurts Me Too
You Win Again
Playing In The Band
Good Lovin'
Casey Jones
Sittin' On Top Of The World
Me And My Uncle
Ramble On Rose
Beat It On Down The Line
CD 3:
Dark Star >
Morning Dew>
Drums >
Sugar Magnolia >
Sing Me Back Home
One More Saturday Night
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Strand Lyceum, London, England, 5/23/1972
CD 1:
Promised Land
Sugaree
Mr. Charlie
Black Throated Wind
Tennessee Jed
Next Time You See Me
Jack Straw
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Me And My Uncle
Chinatown Shuffle
Big Railroad Blues
Two Souls In Communion
Playing In The Band
CD 2:
Sittin' On Top Of The World
Rockin' Pneumonia
Mexicali Blues
Good Lovin'
Casey Jones
Ramble On Rose
Dark Star >
Morning Dew
CD 3:
He's Gone
Sugar Magnolia
Comes A Time
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Not Fade Away >
Hey Bo Diddley
Not Fade Away >
Uncle John's Band
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Strand Lyceum, London, England, 5/24/1972
CD 1:
Cold Rain And Snow
Beat It On Down The Line
Mr. Charlie
Deal
Me And My Uncle
It Hurts Me Too
Dire Wolf
Black Throated Wind
Chinatown Shuffle
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Playing In The Band
You Win Again
Jack Straw
CD 2:
Casey Jones
Rockin' Pneumonia
Mexicali Blues
Black Peter
Truckin'>
Drums>
The Other One>
Sing Me Back Home
CD 3:
Sugar Magnolia
Turn On Your Lovelight
Two Souls In Communion
One More Saturday Night
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Strand Lyceum, London, England, 5/25/1972
CD 1:
Promised Land
Brown-Eyed Women
Big Boss Man
Black Throated Wind
Tennessee Jed
Mr. Charlie
Jack Straw
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Me And Bobbie McGee
CD 2:
Good Lovin'
Playing In The Band
Brokedown Palace
Casey Jones
Me And My Uncle
Big Railroad Blues
Chinatown Shuffle
Ramble On Rose
CD 3:
Uncle John's Band
Wharf Rat >
Dark Star >
Sugar Magnolia
CD 4:
Comes A Time
El Paso
Sittin' On Top Of The World
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
One More Saturday Night
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Strand Lyceum, London, England, 5/26/1972
CD 1:
Promised Land
Sugaree
Mr. Charlie
Black Throated Wind
Loser
Next Time You See Me
El Paso
Dire Wolf
Two Souls In Communion
Playing In The Band
CD 2:
He's Gone
Cumberland Blues
Jack Straw
Chinatown Shuffle
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Not Fade Away >
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Not Fade Away >
CD 3:
Truckin'>
The Other One>
Morning Dew>
The Other One>
Sing Me Back Home
CD 4:
Me And My Uncle
Ramble On Rose
Sugar Magnolia
Casey Jones
One More Saturday Night

 

Beautiful pics!

 

4/26/72 streaming today at dead.net. Is the SQ improved from the 100 Year Hall release?

 

I haven't gotten to the trunk version of 4/26 yet - when I do I'll compare and post. 4/26 is probably the best show of the tour, and if it ain't that, it's easily the best Other One!

 

WOW! Been getting into the Dead over the last few years, just picked up their first album, and searched to find this thread. I'm only through the first 6 pages, but what a job by Jackson to put this together and the stories told to be "written in ink" on the Internet for the current and future Dead fans to read. I am enjoying this thread and the music immensely as I follow along swapping the albums on the turntable as I read.

 

There are new releases-time to get this thread truckin'

 

I'm actually amazed this still hasn't got to part 2. With all those Road Trips and Dick's Picks still being released as we speak/type it will be a near impossibility to get this thread finished!

 

Old thread I know, but I remember hearing both of these as cassette filler 25 or so years ago, would love to hear again. Never knew the source.

 

I hate to revive such an old thread, but I've been making my way through all the Dead threads here, and well, I can't let this go. Heck, someone may have pointed it out on the next page of the thread which I have yet to read.

There were some answers, but I mean, it had to be "GARCIA" right? I didn't see anyone immediately point to this anywhere. It couldn't have been anything else...

 

Yes, definitely Garcia. Someone in another thread said "BERTHA" but, c'mon, it was obvious. I hope they were joking. I've been very gradually making my way through this thread, there's a wealth of info here (I'm up to '75 right now), and I've been inspired to dig out some stuff I hadn't heard in years, including Mickey's Rolling Thunder album (Relix Records '80s reissue) that I probably hadn't played since 1988 or so... Playing In the Band (or, The Main Ten) with the Tower of Power horns, I'd forgotten all about that cool old nugget.

 

I was hoping they were joking, but it really didn't seem like it

I'm just getting into 1970. The info up to then has been pretty cool. You listen to a lot of Dead? What years do you like?