tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post8801365656414593542..comments2024-03-17T11:10:04.872-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: Missing 1970 ShowsLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-1505214630343041692024-03-04T09:33:47.068-08:002024-03-04T09:33:47.068-08:00I've been reminded that Big Boss Man from Feb ...I've been reminded that Big Boss Man from Feb 5 was released as a Bear's Choice bonus track - along with the two tracks from Feb 8, it indicates that the Vault definitely has more SBD reels from this run than went into circulation.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-41294984578275226562024-03-02T02:49:39.679-08:002024-03-02T02:49:39.679-08:00A more complete AUD tape of 2/5/70 just came out, ...A more complete AUD tape of 2/5/70 just came out, and revealed more of the setlist, and the actual order: <br /><br />China>Rider <br />Big Boss Man <br />Black Peter <br />Mason's Children<br />Seasons of My Heart <br />The Race Is On <br />Me & My Uncle <br />Dark Star> <br />Other One><br />Alligator//<br /><br />A piece of the show is still missing, but I think it's safeLight Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-66128792514829497992021-03-25T01:25:39.323-07:002021-03-25T01:25:39.323-07:00One person who attended 5/9/70 writes, "It wa...One person who attended 5/9/70 writes, "It was in the auditorium at Worcester Polytechnic College. Not sold out... <br />"It was a wild and incredible show that ended in apocalyptic feedback. During the show Jerry broke a string and a tech/roadie helped him to replace it while he continued playing. The music was wild and frenzied with incredible jamming. Mickey and Billy were monsters. Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-77909776134077291462020-10-14T20:10:59.987-07:002020-10-14T20:10:59.987-07:00An unknown contributor offered this incomplete set...An unknown contributor offered this incomplete setlist for 5/9/70 Worcester: <br />First electric set - partial set list<br />1. Cold Rain and Snow<br />2. Sitting On Top Of The World<br />3. tuning<br />4. New Minglewood Blues<br />5. Morning Dew<br />6. Good Lovin' ><br />7. Drums ><br />8. New Orleans ><br />9. Good Lovin'<br />10. High Time//<br /><br />If genuine, this must Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-30603769634401004952020-08-26T03:05:04.903-07:002020-08-26T03:05:04.903-07:00We don't have any setlist at all for the 3/20/...We don't have any setlist at all for the 3/20/70 early show. (Though the 6/24/70 early show used to circulate with this date, causing some setlist confusion.) Surprisingly for the Dead's first set at the Capitol, we know nothing at all about it (that I've found). <br /><br />The circulating show is pretty certainly the late show. Not only is it two hours (pretty long for an early showLight Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-41232978550855840262020-08-25T20:29:37.243-07:002020-08-25T20:29:37.243-07:00Do we know the correct setlist for the 3 20 70 ear...Do we know the correct setlist for the 3 20 70 early show? And is whats uploaded at the archive for this date the LATE show?SixtiesRockRules!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05956726843378812964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-49445096091568344492019-06-18T17:57:51.572-07:002019-06-18T17:57:51.572-07:00It's possible that the circulating 7/10/70 tap...It's possible that the circulating 7/10/70 tape actually comes from July 9, and July 10 was the lost show reviewed here: <br />https://deadsources.blogspot.com/2017/10/july-9-1970-fillmore-east.html <br /><br />One Archive reviewer of the tape states: <br />"This is not 7/10/70. I was at 7/10/70. Dead at Midnight!<br />The electric set opened with Morning Dew.<br />They also played DarkLight Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-79776615027631709862019-03-26T09:01:55.024-07:002019-03-26T09:01:55.024-07:00Nope, only the first 50 minutes of the show ever c...Nope, only the first 50 minutes of the show ever circulated (from a muddy source), and I don't know if the show is in the Vault. <br />A list of missing 1971 shows would be a very short one! From memory: <br />1/21/71 full SBD <br />1/22/71 full show <br />3/13/71 <br />3/17/71 <br />3/21/71 full show<br />I may be forgetting an uncirculated show and there may be pieces missing from other Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-42850701292914517632019-03-25T11:53:11.767-07:002019-03-25T11:53:11.767-07:00There isn’t a page for missing 1971 shows. But I ...There isn’t a page for missing 1971 shows. But I have one question.....Has a more complete 1/22/71 Lane Community College ever surfaced? Only the first couple of numbers are on the recording but obviously most of the show isn’t available. Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073561658686815631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-47084561401453697532019-02-27T21:18:04.693-08:002019-02-27T21:18:04.693-08:00The 2/21/70 show in San Antonio was a pretty excit...The 2/21/70 show in San Antonio was a pretty exciting set, judging by the few eyewitness accounts: <br /><br />"They closed, after sets by It's a Beautiful Day, John Mayall, and Quicksilver. As I remember it, they started with a series of shorter songs and then played all or virtually all of Live Dead. The hall lights came on during Turn On Your Lovelight, presumably to encourage them toLight Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-53183670826619619702019-01-23T21:56:33.154-08:002019-01-23T21:56:33.154-08:00A couple more setlist comments:
5/10/70 audience...A couple more setlist comments: <br /><br />5/10/70 audience member Tom Lindley writes that the “setlists included almost everything on Workingman's Dead including Cumberland Blues and Dire Wolf.”<br />(I'd also note that, unlike the other May '70 shows, May 10 didn't have an acoustic set.) <br /><br />Paul Gudel wrote an eyewitness review of 4/26/70 for Deadbase, which Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-42009809098969773202019-01-02T03:07:31.043-08:002019-01-02T03:07:31.043-08:00Deadlists has the complete setlist for 9/19/70. An...Deadlists has the complete setlist for 9/19/70. An audience recording of the acoustic set exists, but for some reason the full set is still not available online, at least until someone digitizes it. Given the tape's poor quality, few collectors would have it, so I'm not holding my breath. <br />The soundboard recording was made by the Fillmore East stage crew (along with a number of otherLight Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-6736105115138822182019-01-01T19:40:03.936-08:002019-01-01T19:40:03.936-08:00Does the acoustic set of 9/19/70 Fillmore East hav...Does the acoustic set of 9/19/70 Fillmore East have a complete set list? Whereas Deadlists.com has a complete list (which suggests an audience recording) Deadbase apparently didn’t update their list to reflect it. Also, what is the origin of the soundboard recording of the electric set? I do remember being blown away by it on David Gans’ radio show. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-73634832753729122482018-11-27T22:12:20.603-08:002018-11-27T22:12:20.603-08:00One reason you can't hear Ned Lagin on the tap...One reason you can't hear Ned Lagin on the tape of 11/21/70 is that it's not actually from 11/21/70! <br />An attentive Archive listener has pointed out that this tape is mislabeled, and it's actually the Cryptical>Other One>Cryptical>Cosmic Charlie from 4/3/70 Cincinnati. <br />It's true: they're the same. So the mysterious partial SBD tape of 11/21/70 turns out to Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-33166893024652616672018-07-11T19:06:51.261-07:002018-07-11T19:06:51.261-07:00Pete Lavezzoli writes regarding the Pirates World,...Pete Lavezzoli writes regarding the Pirates World, Dania, FL shows in March: <br /><br />"The advert lists TWO dates, 3/22 and 3/23. These two dates both DID happen. I have spoken with people in Florida who clearly remember that the Dead played both nights, Sunday and Monday, and they went to both. Another person remembers having to choose between one show or the other and they ended up Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-18846206580464359112017-10-12T16:36:22.872-07:002017-10-12T16:36:22.872-07:00A newspaper report of the 7/9/70 Fillmore East sho...A newspaper report of the 7/9/70 Fillmore East show lists Casey Jones, Dark Star, St Stephen, and Uncle John's Band; the acoustic set included some Workingman's Dead songs, and Marmaduke on several songs.<br />This confirms the deadlists attendee who recalled Dire Wolf (with Garcia on pedal steel?) in the acoustic set, Uncle John's Band, Casey Jones, Dark Star, and Morning Dew. <br />Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-7248269539736190122017-10-07T13:46:15.419-07:002017-10-07T13:46:15.419-07:00The tape of 2/23/70 Austin is missing the first fe...The tape of 2/23/70 Austin is missing the first few electric songs. A newspaper report says the Dead opened with Schoolgirl. The tape cuts in with Rider, so China Cat almost certainly came before. <br /><br />A newspaper review of 2/22 Houston unfortunately had no setlist details at all, but it was a multi-act afternoon show and the Dead's set was short (with equipment trouble and police Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-78660196801753009142017-03-23T02:08:45.017-07:002017-03-23T02:08:45.017-07:00Since the 11/10/70 Action House tape was shown to ...Since the 11/10/70 Action House tape was shown to be a fake from other dates, I've long suspected the same was true of the "11/9/70" tape. After some investigation, it turned out to be fake as well: <br />Attics of My Life, Mama Tried - 9/20/70 (from a no-longer-circulating audience tape) <br />Morning Dew, Deep Elem Blues - 12/28/70<br /><br />New Minglewood Blues and Walkin' Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-84499881697568506262017-01-14T22:56:40.033-08:002017-01-14T22:56:40.033-08:00Stephen Barncard said in an interview with Gans, &...Stephen Barncard said in an interview with Gans, "Mixing [American Beauty] was all done in the afternoon. I was doing the mix of American Beauty at the same time I was working nights with Crosby [on his album]. So I would get in about 11:00...and then I would do six hours mixing with the Grateful Dead. Then, at 6:00 pm, I would take a break...and at 7:00, or whenever David felt like coming Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-12109929573011146262017-01-13T21:40:37.216-08:002017-01-13T21:40:37.216-08:00Thanks for the dates!
JGMF (a couple comments bel...Thanks for the dates! <br />JGMF (a couple comments below) has Blows Against the Empire sessions in July-August 1970, so some sessions must have run concurrently with American Beauty. (Both albums were released in November '70.) <br />I'd thought Crosby's album didn't start recording til later in the fall, so it's a little surprising to see how much it overlaps with the other Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-84379267475415562492017-01-13T16:54:32.036-08:002017-01-13T16:54:32.036-08:00Addendum: Not that there is at least one conflict ...Addendum: Not that there is at least one conflict between these specific dates and the Dead's own touring schedule. Garcia and Lesh couldn't have been laying down the instrumental track for What Are Their Names on October 30, 1970 while simultaneously playing two gigs 3,000 miles away at SUNY Stony Brook the same night. So it's possible that some of these dates represent later mixing Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-35419417525763274482017-01-13T16:44:34.457-08:002017-01-13T16:44:34.457-08:00We have most of the dates for the Crosby LP from s...We have most of the dates for the Crosby LP from subsequent box sets and things (I don't know about BATE):<br />8/4/70: Tamalpais High, Song With No Words (backing tracks, vocals added later)<br />8/23/70: Music Is Love<br />9/8/70: Cowboy Movie<br />9/18/70: I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here<br />10/30/70: What Are Their Names (backing track; vocals added later—possibly 11/23/70)<br />11Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-87078630238016721072016-07-12T21:55:54.623-07:002016-07-12T21:55:54.623-07:00The upcoming Dave's Picks release of 1/24/70 d...The upcoming Dave's Picks release of 1/24/70 doesn't include the lost reel, unfortunately, but does include a fragment of Feedback>We Bid You Goodnight from the end of the show. Lemieux speculates that an Alligator>Caution was in the missing reel - a sad loss.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-10180260161191521892015-12-03T19:35:56.573-08:002015-12-03T19:35:56.573-08:00It appears there was a second show at Pirate's...It appears there was a second show at Pirate's World, Dania, FL in March 1970. The date is unknown, but most logically it would be March 23. One witness on dead.net recalls, "the GD played two nights in a row at Pirates World that tour. I went the first night, and my brother and his college friends went the second night." <br />Another attendee remembers Dark Star, St Stephen, Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-7609854046185605262015-08-18T23:12:51.287-07:002015-08-18T23:12:51.287-07:00The new Deadbase 50 asserts for 11/12/70 that &quo...The new Deadbase 50 asserts for 11/12/70 that "Deadbase's setlist of this show is from a tape that circulated in the 1970s but does not seem to be available now." <br />Hopefully proof of this will emerge at some point. I'm not sure if this is an actual lost tape or a false memory.<br /><br />Jim Powell suggests, "It's possible that an obscure audience tape of such a Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com