Tag: Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia in Reconstruction, 1979

Since nearly the beginning of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia seemed to always be involved in side projects. The man just loved to play music. In the early days he appears to have just hang around and play with anybody that showed up. Throughout the 1970s he seemed restless, forming and then leaving bands like Old & in the Way, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Legion of Mary with Merl Saunders. Then there was Reconstruction, one of the most interesting projects in Jerry’s history of interesting projects.

Jerry Garcia’s Middle Finger has done a great job of bringing forth the history of how Reconstruction came to be so I won’t reiterate what’s been said there except to say that Reconstruction was more of John Kahn’s baby than Garcias. His role does seem to be more as a sideman than the driving force/front man he’d be in both the Grateful Dead and most of the other side trips.

The music is a fascinating mix of disco, jazz, and R&B. It is less funky to my ears than the Garcia/Saunders stuff from a few years ago and more jazzy/soulful. I can’t say that I would have wanted Jerry to have stuck with this band as his de facto side trip, but I think its really cool that this band existed.

The lineup consisted of :

John Kahn – bass
Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
Merl Saunders – keyboards, vocals
Ed Neumeister – trombone
Ron Stallings – tenor saxophone, vocals
Gaylord Birch – drums

They did play a few gigs without Garcia, but my focus is only on those shows with him. In total they played 57 concerts all of which were in California with the exception of handful of shows in Colorado. By my count 20 of them were not recorded, or at least there don’t seem to be any recordings in circulation.

Of the shows that do have recordings I have at least one source from each, but I am missing a few things. If anyone has copies of the following and wants to share please let me know.

1979.03.09
Cotati, CA
SHNID: 4438
The setlist for this source differs from the other sources for this show so I’m guessing it was a recording of a different show and it just got screwed up on etree.

1979.06.17
Palo Alto, CA
SHNID: 16677

1979.06.22
Palo Alto, CA
SHNID: 4436

1979.07.07
Palo Alto, CA
SHNID: 83723

1979.07.07
Palo Alto, CA
SHNID: 106543

1979.09.22
Berkeley, CA
SHNID: 10143

Legion of Mary – Los Angeles, CA (03/07/75)

Legion Of Mary
03-07-1975
Pitschell Players Cabaret
Los Angeles, CA

That’s The Touch I Like
Favela
Last Train From Poor Valley
Mystery Train
You Can Leave Your Hat On
When The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
Let It Rock

Source 1:

This is a t-flac version of 23338. Shn > tflac by MikeA.
Source:AUD (mics and taper unknown) > ? > C > DAT > WAV > SHN.

Comments: Tape flip @ 01:57 into ‘Mystery Train’.

Cassette>DAT transfer: Nakamichi DR-2 cassette deck>Tascam DA-30 Mk II by J. Powell.
DAT>SHN transfer: Sony PCM-R500 > coaxial S/PIDF > M Audio Audiophile 2496/P4 2.0 GHz > WAV recording/editing (Soundforge 6.0) > tracking (CDWave editor)>sector boundaries confirmed (shntool) > SHN (mkwact) by C. Ladner.

misSHN in the rain, 4/04.

**admin note added 11/26/2007**
setlist updated to change d1t02 from “Jam” and d1t04 from “Are You Lonely
For Me, Baby?”. Thanks to osmosis21 for the corrections.

Source 2:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 141873

Source: Unknown Audience Cassette > FLAC

From the collection of Jeff Knudsen
Archived & Transferred by Tom Markson
Critical Assistance by John Wenzel and Joe Jupille
Speed Correction by Jason Chastain
Edited and Mastered by Jamie Waddell
24 bit 48 kHz
This file set is 16 bit @ 48 kHz

– Cut in Mystery Train at 7m36s
– sonic improvement over shnid 23338, seemedly the same taper
– This show’s location has previously circulated with the wrong city and venue

REFERENCES
LA Free Press, March Calendar published on the 7th, page 27, column 1, advertises the 2 day run.
“LEGION OF MARY: Featuring Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, John Kahn, Martin Fiero and Ron Tutt. March 7-8, 8:30 p.m.
Pitschel Players Cabaret, 8162 Melrose Ave. ” A jpg of this is included with fileset.
-ad: Los Angeles Times, February 16, 1975, p. Z45;
-ad: Los Angeles Times, March 2, 1975, p. U45;
-listing: Los Angeles Free Press, March 7, 1975, p. 27;
-JGMF: “Legion of Mary at 8162 Melrose, March 7, 1975,” http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2017/12/legion-of-mary-at-8162-melrose-march-7.html.”

– “Once upon a time in the late ’50s and ’60s in the land of West Hollywood,
there stood an idyllic folk-music club called the Ash Grove.
Ed Pearl’s Ash Grove folk music club at 8162 Melrose Avenue in
Los Angeles was named after the song. An unassuming venue, built in a
former furniture warehouse, on Melrose Avenue, the Ash Grove eventually
became the epicenter of a California folk music earthquake that radiated
shock waves throughout the country, felt by devotees of folk-rock, the
blues, psychedelia, country-rock and even explosive punk.” July 31, 2012
http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2012/07/ash-grove-pitchell-players-cabaret-8162.html

Jerry Garcia Band – Berkeley, CA (04/23/81)

Jerry Garcia Band
Keystone
Berkeley, CA
April 23, 1981

Disc One (7 tracks, 66:31)
–Set I–
d1t01. Crowd & Tuning [1:27]
d1t02. That’s What Love Will Make You Do [13:53] [0:17]
d1t03. Catfish John [11:10] [0:27]
d1t04. Love in the Afternoon [10:17] [0:06]
d1t05. Let it// Rock [10:#05] [0:03]
d1t06. Deal [7:42] ->
d1t07. Tangled Up in Blue [10:58] [0:02]

Disc Two (6 tracks, 59:11)
–Set II–
d2t01. Crowd & Tuning [0:22]
d2t02. I’ll Take a Melody [12:58] [0:23]
d2t03. Sugaree [11:58] [0:28]
d2t04. Harder They Come [12:11] ->
d2t05. Dear //Prudence [13:#11] ->
d2t06. Midnight Moonlight [7:35] [0:03]

Notes:
– Oversaturated but otherwise nice recording. The only edits undertaken were to
smooth tape flips.
– This is a nice performance, with some interesting stuff around the 7-minute mark
of Deal and standout versions of I’ll Take a Melody, Sugaree, and Dear Prudence.
– d1t02 TWLWMYD low vocals (PA) until ca. 1:30
– d1t05 Let it Rock splice (tape flip?) @ 8:41
– d2t04 HTC some rattling in one of the drums?
– d2t05 Prudence splice (tape flip?) @ 8:02

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A Mills 8/30/14

This is a tagged version of shnid: 90060

MAC (Taped by Steven Martin, modified Nakamichi CM-700 mics > Sony TC-D5) >
Nak Dragon playback > Cardas audiophile cables > HHB CDR 800 master CD >
Microboards QD2 CD clone > Plexwriter PX-W4824A extraction (EAC v0.9 beta
4) > tracking (CD Wave v1.6) > slight editing (SF Studio 6.0) > sector
boundary verification (shntool v1.01) > .shn encoding (mkwACT v0.97 beta 1).
shn > flac in shntool, using shntool conv -o flac *.shn.

MAC >> CD by Steven Martin, EAC >> FLAC by jjoops.

Jerry Garcia: Compilations

xxxx.xx.xx – Garcia Disks II
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Does Dylan
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Does Motown
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Does New Orleans
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Does Reggae
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Does Van Morrison
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Garcia & John Kahn – An Acoustic Duo
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Garcia Comp, Vol. 1
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Garcia Comp, Vol. 2
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Garcia Comp, Vol. 3
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Garcia Comp, Vol. 4
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Garcia Comp, Vol. 5
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Garcia Comp, Vol. 6
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Garcia Comp, Vol. 7
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Garcia Comp, Vol. 8
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Garcia Comp, Vol. 9
xxxx.xx.xx – Jerry Garcia Comp, Vol., 10
xxxx.xx.xx – Lossless Legs Favorite Jams
xxxx.xx.xx – Mangochill’s 10 Volume Compilation
xxxx.xx.xx – Reflections Live Mix
1970-1971  – PERRO Sessions
xxxx.xx.xx – Smells Like Dead Spirit

Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir – 1981 Interviews

Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir
Interview “The Grateful Dead”
1981

Los Angeles and San Francisco

Interview with Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia

Part 1 Discussion of the Grateful Dead’s Acoustic Music.

Part 2 Discussion of the Grateful Dead’s Electric Music.

NOTES:
Source: FM > Cassette > Cassette/1
Transfer: Yamaha K-1020 > Sony SBM-1 > Nomad JB3 > Creative Play Center > Soundforge v6e > CDWav
Creative Play Center software used to copy to laptop with firewire cable.
Soundforge used to prep file for tracking.
CDWave used to track and flac at level 8 compression.
Track names based on background music not conversation topic.

Today’s Shows in History

Beck & The Flaming Lips – Los Angeles, CA (11/25/02)
Bruce Hornsby – Tulsa, OK (11/25/90)
James Brown – Paris, France (11/25/67)
Jerry Garcia Band – Upper Darby, PA (11/25/77)
Jerry Garcia Band – Cleveland, OH (11/25/83)
Jerry Garcia Band – Los Angeles, CA (11/25/88)
Van Morrison – Edinburgh, Scotland (11/25/90)
Van Morrison – New York, NY (11/25/13)

New Riders of the Purple Sage & Grateful Dead- New York City, NY (04/29/71)

Grateful Dead
NEW RIDER OF THE PURPLE SAGE
Thursday, April 29, 1971
Fillmore East
New York, NY

New Riders of the Purple Sage

01. Six Days On The Road (3:29)
02. Runnin’ Back to You (5:41)
03. I Don’t Know You (4:16)
04. Sailin’ (4:26)
05. Henry (4:40)
06. Dirty Business (11:26)
07. Superman (5:43)
08. Lodi (4:37)

01. Glendale Train (5:22)
02. Fair Chance to Know (4:12)
03. The Weight (9:24)
04. Portland Woman (6:16)
05. Last Lonely Eagle (7:17)
06. Louisiana Lady (4:49)
07. Honky Tonk Women (6:02)

John Dawson – rhythm guitar, vocals
David Nelson – lead guitar, vocals
David Torbert – bass, vocals
Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar
Spencer Dryden – drums

Grateful Dead

Set 1–
Truckin’
Bertha
It Hurts Me To
Tuning
Cumberland Blues ->
Me & My Uncle
Bird Song/
Playing in the Band
Loser
Dark Hollow
Hard to Handle
Ripple
Me & My Bobby McGee/
Casey Jones

–Set 2–
Morning Dew
New Minglewood Blues
Sugar Magnolia
Black Peter
Beat It on Down the Line ->
I Second That Emotion
Tuning
Alligator ->
Drums ->
Primal Jam ->
Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad ->
Cold Rain & Snow
China Cat Sunflower/ ->
I Know You Rider/
Greatest Story Ever Told ->
Johnny B. Goode

–Encores–
Uncle John’s Band
Bill Graham Rap
In the Midnight Hour -> And We Bid You Goodnight

New Riders of the Purple Sage & The Grateful Dead – Port Chester, NY (11/06/70)

Grateful Dead, with New Riders of the Purple Sage
November 6, 1970
Capitol Theater,
Port Chester, NY

–Sound Check–
Candyman take one
Candyman take two
Uncle John’s Band take one
Uncle John’s Band take two
Attics of My Life
Drums and bass tuning

–Dead Acoustic set–
Don’t Ease Me In
Deep Elem Blues
Dark Hollow
Friend of the Devil
The Rub
Black Peter
El Paso
Brokedown Palace
Uncle John’s Band

–NRPS Set–
Workin’ Man Blues
I Don’t Know You
Whatcha Gonna Do
Glendale Train
Portland Woman
Fair Chance to Know
All I Ever//Wanted
Truck Drivin’ Man
Lodi
Me & Bobby McGee
Louisiana Lady
The Weight
Honky Tonk Woman

–Dead Electric Set–
Casey Jones
Me & My Uncle
I’m a King Bee
China Cat Sunflower ->
I Know You Rider
Truckin’
Candyman
Sugar Magnolia
Drums ->
Good Lovin’ ->
Drums ->
The Main Ten ->
Drums ->
Good Lovin’
Alligator ->
Waggin’ His Tail Jam ->
Not Fade Away ->
Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad ->
Mountain Jam ->
Not Fade Away ->
Caution ->
Turn On/Your Lovelight

Source 1:

gd70-11-06.aud.warner.sbeok.flac16

This is a flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 17183

*Acoustic set through 1:50 of El Paso, entire electric set is MAC>C>D>CD>EAC>SHN,
from Ken Leigh’s master, recorded from the center loge with a Sony TC-110 cassette
deck with built-in microphone.

*Uncle John’s Band and NRPS set is MAC>C>R>D>CD>EAC>SHN, from Ken Leigh’s master

*From 1:50 of El Paso through 0:03 of Uncle John’s Band is MAC>R>D>CD>EAC>SHN,
from Dave Tamarkin’s master, recorded from the floor with a Sony Dictaphone

**Normalization, patches, EAC, SHN encoding by Jack Warner.
Uploaded to tol.etree.org 5.6.03

notes:
*There are some small master glitches ~1:30 of Black Peter.

*The Tamarkin master is fairly brutal, but it’s the only tape which supplies the end
of El Paso and Brokedown Palace. There is some serious tape warble on these tunes,
and there is some very bad tape crackle between songs, which I have removed where
possible without touching the music. Listener beware! For completists only.

*There is a master tape flip at 6:14 of All I Ever Wanted. Very little music seems
to be missing. I have smoothed the cut.

*There is a master glitch at 2:37 of Candyman.

*There are a few level fluctuations in Candyman.

*There is a master tape flip after Candyman. No music is missing.

*The Easy Wind which has circulated with this date has been determined to be from
July 10, 1970, and, as such, has not been included here. Based on the tapes,
it does not seem that Easy Wind was played this evening.

*There is a small master glitch at 4:03 of Drums following Good Lovin’.

*From Dave Tamarkin’s recollection, there is a broken string which accounts for the
break after Good Lovin’. The electric set was one long set, not two sets as it has
sometimes circulated in the past.

*There is a master tape flip at 7:30 of Lovelight. Very little music seems to be
missing. I have smoothed the cut.

Source 2:

shnid 113307

SET1 Grateful Dead “Soundcheck” set
SET2 Grateful Dead “Acoustic” set
SET3 Total {71:34}; “NRPS” set

THE CAPITOL THEATER SHOWS — NOV 5-8 1970

For this run of shows at the Capitol Theater Nov. 5-8 the Dead played a single concert each night from Thursday to Sunday. The Capitol Theater’s Village Voice ad for October 1 lists shows “featuring NRPS” at 8:00 PM on November 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th.

11/06/70 is another of the infamous “usher tapes.” Ken Lee worked at the Capitol Theater, and was able to set up to record at the balcony rail. Like 06/24/70 and 11/08/70, this tape is pretty sublime, all 1970 caveats considered. The room ambiance is quickly absorbed into your ear’s psyche, and before long you are feeling very much perched on the lip of the balcony, taking everything in.

— see “nrps1970-11-06_review.txt” for more on this review
— see “Ken_&_Judy_Leigh_-_The_Port_Chester_Restoration_Project.txt” for more on Ken & Judy Lee

Teddy notes May 2011: *retracked May 2011

SET4 Grateful Dead “Electric” set
SET5 Grateful Dead “Electric” set

There is no SBD master of this show from the former GD Vault.

From: Teddy GoodBear
To: Dave Tamarkin
Subject: Re: 11/6/70
Date: Monday, February 14, 2000 12:41 PM

Who was the taper for both? Were you the taper for the small portion
“cassette master”? And do you know what equipment you or he or they used?

From:
: cassette master(1) > cassette copy(2) > my reel copy(3)
: at 3-3/4 ips > your dat(4) except(5) for the small portion
: during the acoustic set with the quality difference,
: Brokedown and part of El Paso from my cassette master
: > my reel copy at 3-3/4 ips > your dat(4).

Teddy notes May 2011:
(1) Ken & Judy Lee – CM
(2) From Dave Tamarkin’s friend “Brother-In-Law” to Ken & Judy
(3) Dave Tamarkin – reel
(4) GoodBear DAT
(5) Dave Tamarkin AUD recording with either a Sony Dictaphone or Panasonic Portable

Add – GoodBear DAT > CDR (Feb to May 2000) > EAC (May 2011) > FLAC

From: From:
To:
Subject: Re: 11/6/70 & 8/17/70?
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 7:07 PM

I don’t know the name of the guy* who taped the bulk of that show, but he* was
the infamous usher* who’s been mentioned for years. He* did almost everyone who
played there but after a falling out with my friend, his* brother in law, we
never got to dub most of his stash. What was gotten includes several dead, nrps,
janis, tuna, tull, allmans, delaney & bonnie, traffic & j.a. shows. He* would
set up off the balcony with a mike spread. I have no idea what he* used. that
small acoustic portion was mine on a panasonic portable, if memory serves.

What you have as 8/17/70 is the same as what i have. As i mentioned, it was on
one his* tapes with no info. He* didn’t trade so we don’t know where else it
could have been from.

hope this all helps.
Dave

Teddy notes May 2011: *Ken and Judy Lee

—– Original Message —–
From:

From: Dave Tamarkin
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 20:17:11 EST
Subject: 11/6/70

Hi folks, my name is Dave Tamarkin. For many years now I’ve been trying
to correct the base on the subject of 11/6/70 capitol, port chester. This
was my 1st show. I was already quite familiar with existing released lp’s
of the dead. Anyway, I brought a recorder with me not knowing about things
like fresh batteries and how long these guys really play, I only managed
to get a small part of the show. Many years later, I found out that my
friend’s brother in law* was the often mentioned mystery usher* who may have
recorded some shows. He* had a deal with the promoter to tape off the balcony
while tending to his job. His* was the source for many good tapes from there,
including jethro tull, hot tuna, janis joplin, traffic and more. My copy of this
show has the acoustic brokedown palace, followed by ujb to close the set. Also,
if you listen closely, after good lovin, you hear a mention of a break to change
a string, if memory serves. After the break, alligator follows. One show that
night! i walked in about 8:15 and left about 2. And yes, the nrps set does exist
on tape, at least from that night.

keep up the good work, DT

Teddy notes May 2011: *Ken and Judy Lee

RECORDING 18 AF 80 A? & 90 AF. **NRPS set & missing acoustic dead songs
surfaced 2/00, originating from David Tamarkin to Teddy GoodBear.

CD1 {Total Time – 74:47}: DEAD acoustic soundcheck and acoustic Set1
CD2 {Total Time – 71:34}: NRPS Set
CD3 {Total Time – 79:30}: DEAD Set2 1st electric
CD4 {Total Time – 56:44}: DEAD Set3 2nd electric

Teddy :^) http://www.goodbear.com

PS – Thanks Dave Tamarkin for getting me started with Dead tape trading around 1975/1976. I still have those very 1st cassettes from the Fillmore East you gave me back then!!! And it was good to see you again Dave when I was in Long Island after more then 15 years in the year 2000!

Encoded by: Teddy “Good Bear” & posted the 1st time to “alt.binaries.gdead.highspeed” May 2000* with the help of Doug Johnson.

Teddy notes May 2011: *I’m not sure if I posted only MP3 files or both MP3 and SHN in May 2000? Shnid=3338 may very well be a decode from MP3>WAV>SHN for the 3/2001 to etree via Morgan Evans?

Teddy “GoodBear” Home Grown Project! ~ May 1, 2011

; generated on May 1, 2011, at 21:07:30
; encoding by Teddy “GoodBear”

New Riders of the Purple Sage & Grateful Dead – Washington, D.C. (10/23/70)

New Riders of the Purple Sage / Grateful Dead
October 23, 1970
McDonough Arena, Georgetown U.
Washington, DC
gd70-10-23.aud.wolfson.motb-0004.flac16

This is a tagged version of shnid: 85071
Source: Audience
Media: Mallory Duratape C-60
Lineage: AUD > Sony TC-124 > MAC
Transfer: MAC > Nakamichi DR-1 > Grace Design Lunatec V3 > S/pdif > Marantz PMD671 > WAV

Taped by: Cary Wolfson
Transfer by: D. McCabe
Mastering by: D. McCabe

MotB Release: 0004/16bit
Release Date: May 16, 2007

–New Riders of the Purple Sage–
101-d1t01 – Six Days On The Road
102-d1t02 – I Don’t Know You
103-d1t03 – Henry
104-d1t04 – Portland Woman
105-d1t05 – Glendale Train
106-d1t06 – Dirty Business
107-d1t07 – Lodi
108-d1t08 – Last Lonely Eagle [tape flip]
109-d1t09 – Honky Tonk Women

–Grateful Dead–
201-d1t01 – Casey Jones
202-d1t02 – Mama Tried
203-d1t03 – Hard To Handle
204-d1t04 – China Cat Sunflower ->
205-d1t05 – I Know You Rider
206-d1t06 – Sugar Magnolia
207-d1t07 – Candyman [tape flip]
208-d2t01 – Good Lovin’ ->
209-d2t02 – Drums ->
210-d2t03 – Good Lovin’
211-d2t04 – Me & My Uncle
212-d2t05 – Truckin’ ->
213-d2t06 – The Other One -> [tape flip]
214-d2t07 – Not Fade Away ->
215-d2t08 – Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad ->
216-d2t09 – Not Fade Away

–Encore–
217-d2t10 – Uncle John’s Band
218-d2t11 – It’s Been Nice Trippin’ With Ya

Mastering Info:
Bias Peak Pro 5.2 / Audiofile Engineering Wave Editor 2.2 / Izotope Ozone 3.0
/ xACT 1.59

Grateful Dead & New Riders of the Purple Sage – Kirkwood, MO (05/14/70)

Grateful Dead
May 14, 1970
Merramac Community College
Kirkwood, Missouri

This is a combined & tagged version of shids: 28716 + 97548
Source 28716:
includes all of discs 1 & 2 + d3t01-d3t05
Lineage: MSR> DAT> CDR> EAC> FLAC
except * = MSR> DAT> CASS> ?> CASS> DAT> CDR> EAC> FLAC

Source 97548: SBD
includes d3t06-d3t11
Lineage: MSR > DAT > CDR > EAC > FLAC (with portions from MSR > MP3 > WAV > FLAC)

–Grateful Dead Acoustic Set–
101-d1t01 – tuning, stage banter, intro
102-d1t02 – Don’t Ease Me In
103-d1t03 – Friend of the Devil
104-d1t04 – Deep Elem Blues
105-d1t05 – Silver Threads & Golden Needles
106-d1t06 – Candyman

–New Riders of The Purple Sage–
201-d1t07 – tuning, stage banter
202-d1t08 – Six Days on the Road
203-d1t09 – Whatcha Gonna Do, stage banter
204-d1t10 – Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
205-d1t11 – I Don’t Know You
206-d1t13 – Cecilia
207-d1t14 – Can’t Pay the Price
208-d2t01 – Henry (1st attempt), stage banter
209-d2t02 – Henry (2nd attempt)//
210-d2t03 – Garden Of Eden
211-d2t04 – Fair Chance To Know *
212-d2t05 – Last Lonely Eagle
213-d2t06 – Lodi
214-d2t07 – Honkytonk Woman (aborted)
215-d2t08 – The Weight//

–Grateful Dead Electtric Set–
301-d2t09 – Casey Jones
302-d2t10 – China Cat Sunflower ->
303-d2t11 – I Know You Rider
304-d2t12 – Mama Tried ->
305-d2t13 – High Time
306-d2t14 – Drums ->
307-d2t15 – Good Lovin’->
308-d2t16 – Drums ->
309-d2t17 – Good Lovin’
310-d3t01 – Good Morning Little School Girl
311-d3t02 – Me & My Uncle
(missing) – Dire Wolf
313-d3t03 – Cold Rain & Snow
314-d3t04 – Attics of My Life
315-d3t05 – Cumberland Blues
316-d3t06 – New Speedway Boogie -> Officially Released on Road Trips: Vol 3, Number 3
317-d3t07 – Nobody’s Fault But Mine jam->Officially Released on Road Trips: Vol 3, Number 3
318-d3t08 – New Speedway Boogie-> Officially Released on Road Trips: Vol 3, Number 3
319-d3t09 – St. Stephen-> Officially Released on Road Trips: Vol 3, Number 3
320-d3t10 – Not Fade Away-> Officially Released on Road Trips: Vol 3, Number 3
321-d3t11- Turn On Your Love Light Officially Released on Road Trips: Vol 3, Number 3

–Encore–
(missing) – Cold Jordan

–disc 1 total time–60:52–
–disc 2 total time–63:08–
–dsic 3 total time–70:08–

Notes shnid: 28716
Most currently circulating CDRs are partial selections from this show, many exclude the NRPS set entirely and all seem to be missing “Fair Chance To Know”. This version is still missing most of “The Weight”, “Dire Wolf”, and the “Cold Jordan” encore. Other than these defects it represents the complete show in the correct order and excellent sound.

Remastered by Jack Warner
DAE and FLAC encoding by Marc Evans
Projected coordinated by Jim Powell
Special thanks to DW

notes shnid: 97548
This is a combination of SHNID 28716 and an MP3 source of this medley, presumably from the vault master reels. The MP3 source was released on 5/14/07 as part of David Lemieux’s Tapers Section series at dead.net. The MP3 source was publicly available as a downloadable file for a short period of time, but I no longer have a copy of it. I put this together for a party I threw in August of ’07, and I am working from memory as to its details.

The MP3 source provides a little tuning and the first few notes of New Speedway Boogie, which are missing from all soundboard sources for this date. It also supplies the applause, and the show-ending comments from the stage, including an uncharacteristic outburst from a band member. I can’t say for sure, but I’m almost positive that member was Phil. A friend of mine was at this show, and the next time I see him, I intend to ask him what might have prompted it. If anybody who reads this was there and knows, please contact me. It certainly puts the energy and intensity of what came before in a different perspective.

Oddly, the MP3 source (purportedly from the vault reel) contained a quite noticeable cut in Not Fade Away. While I never got around to a note-by-note comparison of the MP3 source and 28716, the NFA from 28716 seems to be intact, or has been repaired in a way that I can neither hear, nor see in an audio editor.

Also, I seem to recall fixing a brief vocal digisnit in the opening segment of NSB. I wish I could provide exact details, but I didn’t think I was working for posterity at the time.

This show has always stood in the shadow of the Fillmore East gig the following night. In my opinion, it more than holds it own with 5/15, and the portion included here is simply spectacular. It definitely gets my vote for Best Lovelight Ever. I am happy to present thisin a relatively complete form.

2/18/09
Jack Browning
gdtrfb55 (at) gmail.com

Combination notes:
Shnid=97548 is comprised of the final 6 tracks of the show and was created as a patch for shnid=28716. I replaced these tracks with this patched version.

Comment:
Phi’s show ending comment mentioned above, “Fuck the pigs!”, can be understood in the context of the time. This show occured 10 days after the Kent State shootings. College campuses across the country had erupted in protests and general strikes. The May tour consisted primarily of Northeastern college campuses. Being that the band had played a free concert at MIT just days before in support of the student protests, there can be little to no doubt that the Dead were caught up in the emotions of the day.