Grateful Dead Live at Capitol Theater on 1970-03-21
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- Publication date
- 1970-03-21 ( check for other copies)
- Topics
- Audience, Ken and Judy Lee, John Hance, Sirmick
- Collection
- GratefulDead
- Band/Artist
- Grateful Dead
- Resource
- DeadLists Project
is in response to an audience request... Catfish was advertised on this bill and may have played an
opening set for the late show."
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Song Title | Versions | Compilations | Covers |
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Introduction | |||
Casey Jones | |||
Dancin' In The Streets | |||
Don't Ease Me In | |||
Black Peter | |||
Wake Up Little Susie | |||
Uncle John's Band | |||
crowd/"You guys wanna hear pigpen?" | |||
Katie Mae | |||
crowd/tuning | |||
Cosmic Charlie | |||
Saint Stephen > | |||
Not Fade Away * > | |||
crowd/Has Anybody Seen My Gal Tuning | |||
In the Midnight Hour > | |||
Turn On Your Love Light | |||
encore break~~ | |||
And We Bid You Goodnight |
Notes
Comments:
* includes jam with St. Stephen and China Cat teases
Notes:
- This is a remaster of shn id 21779
- When Ken and Judy recorded this their microphones were attached to the rail at the front of the balcony. Some of the audience were tapping/banging on that rail, particulary during the acoustic section of the set, and these taps were picked up by the mics. John removed as many of them as he could and sent me his files to see if there was anything else that I thought could be done to improve it. I found some more knocks which have been removed. There are a few that are exceptionally hard to remove completely but have been attentuated.
- Pitch adjustments have been made, in this connection I had to redo a patch that John had made because the patch source also needed correcting. The patch is the last 18.5 seconds of "Easy Wind" I also patched in the last 35.3 seconds of "In The Midnight Hour". I eq'd the patches so that they are a better fit.
The patch source used is shn id 124148 - Thank you Jim Cooper and Rob Berger.
-A number of dropouts have been repaired and level adjustments have also been been made.
Thanks to Ken and Judy Lee for recording this wonderful show, to John Hance for the original transfer and others involved in the original release
Pigpen was such a vital part of this show so I want to dedicate this release to his memory. R.I.P Ron.
further editing by John Hance and myself
remastered by
SIRMick
January 2019
- Addeddate
- 2019-01-15 13:10:37
- Identifier
- gd1970-03-21.144604.late.sonyf95.remaster.lee.hance.sirmick.flac1644
- Lineage
- Lineage: CD > Wavelab 6 > wav 16/44.1 > iZotope RX4 Advanced > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced > iZotope RX6 Advanced > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 16
- Location
- Port Chester, NY
- Run time
- 123:35.50
- Taped by
- Ken and Judy Lee
- Transferred by
- John Hance and Sirmick
- Type
- sound
- Venue
- Capitol Theater
- Year
- 1970
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Reviews
Subject: Yet another trajectory
This is the final show of four in two days. It's one of early 1970's best, even though there is no SBD. The following night was in Florida, but we don't have it. This is the night Cutler says he dosed a cop. In his book he says the late show started with the acoustic set, and not setting up for electric twice. But tape evidence does not concur, and they were already set up from the early show, and he also says he was busy taking care of business during the first half hour. He encountered a cop who said he had been sent by the department, and who spoke to him belligerently. A uniformed cop inside the theater was unusual, and the temps continued to climb. On Cutler's second contact, the cop was thirsty but friendlier so he offered him a coke from backstage. The cop said he liked the acoustic set but no thank you, his captain ordered him to refuse beverages, knowing the crew's rep. Cutler said that though he was "high as the Empire State building", he got the cop an unopened bottle and on the lip "a small drop of magic was applied". A while later he watched the cop remove his hat, then his tie, then become mesmerized by the twirlers in the back. "He was no longer the outsider". Going to the side of the stage, Garcia had spotted [the cop situation] "and smiled knowingly at me...I grinned to myself game, set, match".
First Set. Just three songs, but one lengthy jam. Casey Jones is nicely uptempo, tight, crisp, they should all be this way. When Dancing in the Street gets to the jam, it gets crazier and crazier. It's one of the year's most entertaining versions [with a proper source]. On Easy Wind, Pigpen starts the recently recorded studio arrangement while the rest start the live arrangement. Nevertheless, it builds a heavy blues-rock storm. There's a patch @7:31.
Second Set. There's some boisterousness while setting up for the acoustic set. Bobby corners the Heads with "Let's hear some insults", whereas Jer admonishes "Take it easy out there you unruly freaks!" (not pigs). It's almost the same thing he said in the early show. Friend of the Devil is the second one, still with the original lyrics, still getting better. Deep Elem is the standard version. Dough Knees is above average, but Black Peter is a straight read. Is this the only time somebody called out a request and they complied? Usually they bristled and Graham would get angry at the audience and tell them to just shut up and listen (once you take one it's only going to flood). That dude had seen them recently, because Wake Up Little Susie is just the third one (but the only one of the set familiar to newcomers). Now there is some percussion, for Uncle John's Band. To prevent feedback, they can't play as loudly as the electric sets, and the loud patrons keep bothering the serious Heads and the band. One of them shouts for "Texas Cowboys", but M&MU was played in the early show (so, the guy had been to shows; BITD before Blanks & Postage some titles were unknown). Katie Mae is one of 12 versions and probably the best, save maybe 5/15. It has the extra verse (lay up in the bed and read/walks just like she got oil wells). Pigpen says it's the only song he can play, but these are not beginner guitar licks. Dig the cat who shouts "shut up and maybe they'll play something really nice".
Third Set. The top of this set is peak early '70. Cosmic Charlie is wildly good, and Saint Stephen flows with one of the best sequences of the entire year. Not Fade Away needs serious pitch correction, but then floats on super energy, using St. Stephen briefly as leitmotif @7:20, followed by interpolation of China Cat, when Jer starts playing Bobby's riff! There's what sounds like a Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue tuning, but could actually be a few (foxtrot-ish) fancifuls. The rest falls off. Midnight Hour is strangely bland, with Jer meandering on single notes indifferently, and it never really gets going. It spends a lot, so Love Light is short.
1st Set: A
2nd Set: C+
3rd Set: B
Overall = 4¼ stars
Highlights:
Casey Jones – crisp, makes the others jealous
Dancing in the Street – most entertaining
Katie Mae – best save 5/15
Cosmic Charlie – wildly good
St. Stephen – one of best sequences of the year
Not Fade Away – super energy, leitmotif, unique interpolation
SOURCES: The 144604_late_sonyf95 has the best late show. It's the original source, patched & cleaned up. It can use BAL & EQ and it has pitch errors, mostly running too slow. Casey Jones needs +1% pitch correction. Dancing in the Street wavers but on average needs +1% correction until 8:28, and then needs +2%. Not Fade Away wavers, needing +2% except for the first 15secs which need +1%. Midnight Hour also wavers, but needs -1% 0:00>0:30 & 7:10>7:55. The aud_5315 is the cleanest source for the early show. The 144383_late_rec3 is actually a second source; though a reel-to-reel capture, a lesser source. The 124148_cooper is a third AUD source, but with more wobbly speed issues (and image).
Subject: To Sir Mick ! Our heartfelt Thanxxx...
Subject: Bobby lol
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