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I like latter year Wharf Rats -- really i like all latter year Jerry ballads -- as Jerry's "old man voice" was in full effect and adds to the earnestness of the songs. Although it isn't That early, 10/21/83 is a great version. About 10 years ago I made a "fantasy show" mix (basically my favorite versions of my favorite tunes. Unfortunately, I never noted which versions I pulled for this mix, so I have forgotten which show the Wharf Rat is from. :lol Anyway, I have uploaded to sendspace. If anyone can identify, I'd appreciate it! I'm pretty certain it is from that spring '90 tour.

 

Wharf Rat

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One good thing about technology - you can read about a show in a book, go online, find it, and then listen to it:

 

Grateful Dead Live at Palace Theater on 1972-09-24

 

Big Railroad Blues

Mexicali Blues

Loser

Black Throated Wind

Cumberland Blues

Sugaree

El Paso

Tennessee Jed

Beat it on Down the Line

Bird Song

Big River

Brown Eyed Women

Playing in the Band

 

Greatest Story Ever Told

Bertha

Promised Land

Friend of the Devil

Jack Straw

Tomorrow Is Forever

Me and My Uncle

Dark Star

drums

China Cat Sunflower

I Know You Rider

Sugar Magnolia

 

One More Saturday Night

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Just listened to Disk 1 and 2 of the latest Egypt run (Rocking the Cradle) disk from Rhino. The sound quality is indeed great and the stuff that are on the disks are rather good, the Looks Like Rain and most of Disk 2 (shakedown, esp.) are all played with vigor and I think the band played well. Haven't watch the DVD, yet.

 

With all the chatter of the Taping Compendium's lately, the write up of the Egypt run is great. Ken Genetti's trip account, I thought, is great and reading it while listening to the CD's was a trip in itself. This account as well as others from famous runs of shows make the books great.

 

I remember reading in a previous post, that someone doesn't read the Compendium's much anymore due to the internet and all, which is perfectly fine and understandable, but it is nice to read someone's account of a show or tape in the book and not have to read a number of people disagreeing or denouncing it post after post afterwards. Though I do understand that you can get a lot more info on various Dead shows on the internet now a days and the books are already, in some respect, outdated.

 

Anyway the Cradle disk is good and I looking forward to the DVD. Also got the latest Road Trip series, the after Egypt Winterland shows, and I'm looking forward to those. I have copies of the shows but I am of course looking forward to the enhanced sound quality.

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I haven't got the discs yet, or even a shipping confirmation. :nailbite I guess I'd better get on the phone tomorrow!

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THIS SOUNDBOARD IS **FREE** THANKS TO PHIL & FRIENDS (http://WWW.PHILLESH.NET)

 

PHIL LESH AND FRIENDS

The Warfield

San Francisco, CA

May 13, 2008

 

DISC 1:

Set 1:

Grateful Dead (First Album, 1967)

1) The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)

2) Beat It On Down The Line

3) Good Morning Little School Girl

4) Cold Rain & Snow

5) Sitting On Top Of The World

6) *$Cream Puff War

7) *Morning Dew

8 *New Minglewood Blues

 

DISC 2:

1) *Viola Lee Blues

Set 2 with Bob Weir:

Anthem of the Sun (1968)

2) Jam>

3) That's It For The Other One:

I. Cryptical Envelopment>

4) II. Quadlibet For Tender Feet>

5) III. The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get>

6) IV. We Leave The Castle>

7) Nobody's Fault But Mine>

8 The Other One Reprise

(III: The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get)>

9) I. Cryptical Envelopment Reprise

 

DISC 3:

1) New Potato Caboose

2) Born Cross-Eyed

3) Alligator

4) Caution (Do Not Step On Tracks)

5) Donor Rap/Intros

6) E: $Not Fade Away

 

*with Bob Weir, $with Dancers

 

Phil Lesh (bass, vocals)

Jackie Greene (guitar, vocals)

Larry Campbell (guitar, pedal steel, violin)

Steve Molitz (keyboards)

John Molo (drums)

 

Over at the tree....

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=518984

 

Interview: Al Franken on the Grateful Dead, orthodontics, and his secret talent

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By Justin Beckner , Rift Magazine

 

September 25, 2008

 

I would imagine that senate campaigns are an ugly time for ugly questions. What is your least favorite interview question?

Are people going to take you seriously. I didn

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To carry over from the Phish is back thread here's a very good show from the '92-'95 time frame:

 

10/5/94 - The Spectrum, Philly PA

 

I: Jack Straw, FOTD, Wang Dang Doodle, Jack-A-Roe, Queen Jane, Lazy River Road, Eternity (Bob on acoustic), Deal

 

II: Midnight Hour, Cumberland, Playin' > UJB > Drums > Space > Miracle > SOTM > Sugar Mag

 

E:Quinn

 

Jerry remained onstage throughout Drums - always a good thing. October '94 was really a last hurrah of sorts - after what was probably the worst GD tour in history (summer '94) the fall tour was much much better. This show and the MSG run the following week were a breath of fresh air.

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Nice. Robinson singing Sugaree sounds like a nice fit - I bet he would OWN that tune.

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Nice. Robinson singing Sugaree sounds like a nice fit - I bet he would OWN that tune.

 

They do some Dead song in the Freak 'n' Roll...Into the Fog: The Black Crowes All Join Hands, The Fillmore, San Francisco DVD - I forget which one though. Plus - they have played some Dead tunes over the years.

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A lot of the stuff that was done w/ P & F when Chris was with them in the fall and winter of '05 was fantastic, too. Sless and Mookie Siegel were in the band then, too. Lots of highlights in that configuration.

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Oh yeah. Barry and Mook - I love those guys. Two of the nicest dudes I've ever had the pleasure of hanging with.

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>A lot of the stuff that was done w/ P & F when Chris was with them in the fall and winter of '05 was fantastic, too. Sless and Mookie Siegel were in the band then, too. Lots of highlights in that configuration.

 

That version of P&F did a fantastic version of Just Another Whistle Stop.

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10/9/82 Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA

 

I:Alabama > Greatest, TLEO, On the Road Again > BIODTL, West LA, Me & My Uncle > Big River, Dupree's, The Music Never Stopped > Deal

 

II: Throwing Stones > Touch, Estimated > Eyes > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Other One > Dew > Saturday Night

 

E: US Blues

 

The Dead's first ever show at this venue - home of many great '80s shows. Nice 11 song first set, including an electric OTRA (I just love those, don't you?) and a resurrected Dupree's.

 

Brand spanking new tunes to open set 2, and the tried-but-true Truckin > O1 > Dew make set 2 a veddy good 'un.

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Also, the Egypt shows arrived in the mail today! :dancing Time to crank it up.

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10/9/82 Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA

 

I:Alabama > Greatest, TLEO, On the Road Again > BIODTL, West LA, Me & My Uncle > Big River, Dupree's, The Music Never Stopped > Deal

 

II: Throwing Stones > Touch, Estimated > Eyes > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Other One > Dew > Saturday Night

 

E: US Blues

 

The Dead's first ever show at this venue - home of many great '80s shows. Nice 11 song first set, including an electric OTRA (I just love those, don't you?) and a resurrected Dupree's.

 

Brand spanking new tunes to open set 2, and the tried-but-true Truckin > O1 > Dew make set 2 a veddy good 'un.

 

I've mentioned this one on here before, too. My go-to versions of several songs, including Alabama, West L.A., Dupree's, Throwin' & Touch of Grey. I really like this one, and today's (10/10/82) isn't too shabby either!

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If we're looking at early '80s shows, here's a good one in honor of Halloween coming up:

 

10/31/83 (Mon) Marin County Veterans Auditorium - San Rafael, CA

Set 1: Wang Dang Doodle > My Brother Esau, Peggy-O, Little Red Rooster, Brown Eyed Women, Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance > Deal

 

Set 2: Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > St. Stephen > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away, E: Revolution

 

I always really liked Esau and though it was too bad when Bobby dropped it.

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To those of you who have or will have the Rockin' the Cradle (Egypt '78): have you guys watched the DVD yet? I watched it last night, and although the footage is a tad spotty at times, WOW. Maybe it was the eclipse, I don't know, but I have NEVER EVER saw Garcia so animated. Go back and check out "Minglewood" - when Bobby sings "couple shots of whiskey" Gar almost channels Pete Townshend...I mean, he's jumping around and shit. Almost does a windmill! On other tunes he's bobbing his head like a metal dude. At one point him and Phil are front and center right beside each other just ROCKIN' OUT. The joy expressed by their body language is just unreal.

 

Everybody needs to see this stuff.

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To those of you who have or will have the Rockin' the Cradle (Egypt '78): have you guys watched the DVD yet? I watched it last night, and although the footage is a tad spotty at times, WOW. Maybe it was the eclipse, I don't know, but I have NEVER EVER saw Garcia so animated. Go back and check out "Minglewood" - when Bobby sings "couple shots of whiskey" Gar almost channels Pete Townshend...I mean, he's jumping around and shit. Almost does a windmill! On other tunes he's bobbing his head like a metal dude. At one point him and Phil are front and center right beside each other just ROCKIN' OUT. The joy expressed by their body language is just unreal.

 

Everybody needs to see this stuff.

 

I thought the same thing when I watched it last week, I never saw Garcia so animated, ether.

 

Watching it was fun and I think the camera person must have been indulging in something: at times the camera would drift up or down or sideways. I can see why (if this is the only footage they have) they did not commercially release the footage shortly after the shows like I think they planned to do to help recoup some of the money it took to go there.

That being said, I am glad they finally released it.

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Oh man. I just got a call from a buddy in Dayton: "I got 2 tickets for the Obama thing on 10/13. Wanna go?"

 

I'm stunned.

Well, today's the day. I'm heading out for OH this evening. Crash at Ray's and then onto PSU tomorrow morning. Wish me luck folks - I might need it.

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Well, today's the day. I'm heading out for OH this evening. Crash at Ray's and then onto PSU tomorrow morning. Wish me luck folks - I might need it.

 

 

didn't know you were going, have fun. Tell the boys we say high! :stunned

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Grateful Dead - Academy of Music on 1972-03-21

 

The whole show is not up at the archive, but what is there, sounds really good.

 

Set 1:

Bertha

Black Throated Wind

Sugaree

Next Time You See Me

Greatest Story Ever Told

Loser

Mr. Charlie

Looks Like Rain

Tennessee Jed

Playin' In The Band

You Win Again

Cumberland Blues

Chinatown Shuffle

El Paso

Good Lovin'

Casey Jones

 

Set 2:

Truckin'

Drums

The Other One

Wharf Rat

Sugar Magnolia

Two Souls In Communion

Ramble On Rose

Me And My Uncle

Big Railroad Blues

Not Fade Away

Goin' Down The Raod Feeling Bad

One More Saturday Night

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Taper's section - Link

 

This week, we're going to check in with three sequences of music, a little lighter than usual in number, but the scope of these jams should more than make up for it. One little thing to note is that all of the music this week is from San Francisco.

 

From 10/13/68 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, we have a typical-for-the-era sequence of Dark Star>St. Stephen>The Eleven>Death Don't Have No Mercy, a terrific sequence from an amazing year. In just about a month, Tom Constanten would join the band on keyboards, adding another layer of depth to this already-magnificent music.

 

Next up is a long, spacey, deep and dark version of Playing In The Band from 10/16/74 at Winterland in San Francisco. This is the version that was included in The Grateful Dead Movie, albeit in a very truncated arrangement, as film reels could only run about 20 minutes. We are pleased to include it in all its more than 30-minute glory here, mixed from the 16 track master tapes.

 

Lastly this week, from 10/14/80 at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, we have the opening of the third set, Scarlet Begonias>Fire On The Mountain>Estimated Prophet>Terrapin Station>Playing In The Band. This was the final night of a 15 night run of concerts, the longest uninterrupted residency the Grateful Dead had ever played at a venue.

 

Grateful Dead Live at Dillon Gym, Princeton University on 1971-04-17

 

Truckin', Big Railroad Blues, Big Boss Man, Bird Song, Playin' In The Band, Hard To Handle, Loser, Mama Tried, Casey Jones, Sugar Magnolia Good Lovin'-> Drums-> Good Lovin', Me And Bobby McGee, Deal, Beat It On Down The Line, I'm A King Bee, Bertha, Sing Me Back Home, Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Turn On Your Love Light
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