Grateful Dead Live at Denver Coliseum on 1973-11-20
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- Publication date
- 1973-11-20 ( check for other copies)
- Topics
- Soundboard, SirMick
- Collection
- GratefulDead
- Band/Artist
- Grateful Dead
- Resource
- DeadLists Project
Ramble On Rose
Mexicali Blues
Don't Ease Me In
Black Throated Wind
Brown Eyed Women
Beat It On Down The Line
To Lay Me Down
The Race Is On
They Love Each Other
Me And Bobby McGee
Tennessee Jed
Big River
Row Jimmy
Weather Report Suite Prelude
Weather Report Suite Part
Let It Grow
Casey Jones
Set 2
The Promised Land ->
Bertha ->
Greatest Story Ever Told
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo ->
Dire Wolf
Looks Like Rain
China Cat Sunflower ->
I Know You Rider
Truckin' ->
The Other One ->
Mind Left Body Jam ->
Stella Blue
Sugar Magnolia
Encore
Uncle John's Band
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Song Title | Versions | Compilations | Covers |
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Ramble On Rose | |||
Mexicali Blues | |||
Don't Ease Me In | |||
Black Throated Wind | |||
Brown Eyed Women | |||
Beat It On Down The Line | |||
To Lay Me Down | |||
The Race Is On | |||
They Love Each Other | |||
Me And Bobby McGee | |||
Tennessee Jed | |||
Big River | |||
Row Jimmy | |||
Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > | |||
Let It Grow | |||
Casey Jones | |||
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > | |||
Dire Wolf | |||
The Promised Land > | |||
Bertha > | |||
Greatest Story Ever Told | |||
Looks Like Rain | |||
China Cat Sunflower > | |||
I Know You Rider | |||
Truckin' > | |||
The Other One > Mind Left Body Jam > | |||
Stella Blue | |||
Sugar Magnolia | |||
Uncle John's Band |
Notes
patch source: MAC (Taped by Cary Wolfson, Sony 1-point stereo mic > Sony TC-124) > Nak Dragon playback > ART DI/O > HD > Cool Edit 2000 > master CD > Samsung SW-232B extraction (EAC v0.95 prebeta 4) > sector boundary verification (shntool v1.01) > .shn encoding (mkwACT v0.97 beta 1) (shnid 22879)
patch details
- d1t01 approximately 9 seconds was missing at the start, to which I have added 20 seconds of crowd/tuning
- d2t05 - left channel partial dropout from 5:36 - 5:37 replaced
-d3t02 patched 3:56 - 4:21
- various problems (clicks, crackle, etc) have been corrected, most of which occured on d1
- d3 retracked to match the song order of the aud source
from original notes:
d1t01 (Ramble On Rose): some sound system problems
d3t05 (UJB): appears to be from different source, lineage
possibly S:MR > cassette > DAT > CDR
SIRMick
August 2006
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- 2008-05-05 14:43:44
- Identifier
- gd1973-11-20.sbd-patched.sirmick.76616.sbeok.flac16
- Location
- Denver, CO
- Transferred by
- SirMick
- Type
- sound
- Venue
- Denver Coliseum
- Year
- 1973
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Reviews
Subject: Fall-off-the-bone Fall ‘73
Untrippy tunes were made trippy on 11/20/73. The Race Is On. Me and Bobby McGee. Casey Jones. Generally these tunes aren’t considered inherently psychedelic, but in this show, the flow, liquified geometric instrumental patterns, and springing interplay with which they were performed give them a subtly psychedelic spin. The band members had to have been dosing during this run of shows. Sometimes a dosed up individual delivers their words with a kind of slur, usually when the lysergic effects are dragging everything so sideways and upside down that verbal articulation itself becomes an adventurous effort. Then there’s the physical effect of good acid. We all know it. That gentle fizzing sensation of your foot falling asleep, spread across your whole body. Something about the way the instruments float around and combine in this show makes me wonder if the old Owsley product was doing the rounds backstage and inspiring the hands and minds of these musical craftsmen.
A Ramble on Rose opener? Sign me up. Lots of western flavor in the setlist, perhaps a respectful nod to the territory they were operating in. Fall ‘73 Row Jimmys are always amazing, and this one is no different, with wonderful contributions from guitar wizard Bob Weir. This Weather Report Suite, especially the incredible Let it Grow portion, is pure LSD sonified.
The second set starts off gloriously with a classic Promised Land > Bertha > GSET trifecta, followed by an incredibly clever Half-Step > Dire Wolf pairing. Some heavy jam vehicles take over, and they wrap things up with Stella, Sugar Mag, and an Uncle John’s Band encore(!) This is the sort of show that surely made lifelong fans out of first-time attendees.
Wake of the Flood-era Colorado Dead. It’s as great as you’d imagine, and then some.
Subject: A National [stock] Show
The Coliseum is mainly associated with the National Stock Show - and the accompanying smell that floats into downtown annually. At the time it was the home of the Denver Spurs [pro hockey], but it's best Rock history footnote: Zep's first US appearance. It's in an industrial area then as now, under the freeway and by the huge stockyards, which made a weird place for the trappings of a Dead show; their 4th venue in Denver proper out of just 6 shows. Coming a few days after what may be the year's best show [San Diego], it's either surprising it's another killer show, or expected - given this falls in the marathon-length-'73s bracket (it's also the show after the almost-as-good UCLA). The fifteen song 1st set is over 1:45, and the 2nd set is almost 2hrs. Ten of the songs were also played here the next night - all of them but UJB and ½ Step better on this night. Maybe the show isn't the match of 11/14 overall, but with a whopping 1st set and a strong 2nd set sequence, it's one of the year's best. Note: this wasn't a Wall of Sound-PA show. That first traveled to Reno '74 and never went to Colorado.
First Set. The set starts with alacrity and ends after an hour and a half of near-perfection. It's anti-anhedonia. Write home about it. Even the tossed-off Dough Knees is above average. The tight-but-brief Brown Eyed, for example, is bright with Bobby's brilliant rhythm fills. Donna makes it extra for Beat It On Down the Line-4. Though rarely exciting, To Lay Me Down is inimitable. Tennessee is probably not quite as good as the previous few, but it's still brainsmack in the land of downtempo. Weather Report Suite is sui generis. Every last note. It was slowed from others on the tour - in fact the next night is a race by comparison. The level of play in the Let it Grow segment is astounding. Casey Jones is almost as good as 2/15; maybe the best of late '73, because of the way they play together . A crystalline set of white-light purity. The thank yous are cut from some sources.
Second Set. This set is average '73 throughout, though it has some interesting moments, like the incredible seg-in to Bertha (or the odd Donnskreech™ in Greatest Story). The first hints of the 1st Set magic come in Mississippi Half-Step (which has a cut of 32sec @5:58 unless you use the MTX or the miller_clugston SBD). The standout China Cat has a Feeling Groovy, and the jams are lighter fluid. It's usually Bobby that forgets Truckin', but here Jer's the guilty party. Nonetheless the jam section is nice, and it has a Nobody's Fault. So much of the set has been downtempo, but here they perk. The official version of The Other One cuts 1min5sec @3:22. The SBDs have an abrupt AUD patch @3:55. Note that the Mind Left Body Jam was usually in Dark Star in '73, and at this point in the year it began showing up here. Truckin'>TOO>Stella is 40min. The latter is solid batter but not, say, 10/19. A fine, GOGD sequence. Sugar Mag not so much, but the fine jam in Uncle John's leaves 'em happy.
1st Set: A+
2nd Set: C+
Overall = 4½ stars
Highlights:
Entire 1st set.
China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider - a feeling groovy & lighter fluid
SOURCES: The sirmick_76616 SBD is the hollister_1234, but with patches for a few missing sections, and mastering to fix a few glitches. However it has incorrect song order at the beginning of set 2 and has the cut in Mississippi ½ Step. The miller_clugston source required fewer patches, and sacrifices adding extra noise on the top end for some clarity and completeness. But it also introduces some distortion & wow/flutter, and it's pitched slow in some places. A half hour of tunings are trimmed from all SBD sources. The Dusborne matrix, with a hint of AUD, is lively & spacious. Road Trips 4-3 has Truckin'>The Other One>Stella (plus a half minute of Let it Grow in a patch for the next night).
Subject: Masterful Piece of Art
Subject: amazing fall 73'
Subject: hidden gem
Subject: the music of another planet
grateful dead in god's name. fall 73. a peak of all peaks. few other 2 month runs are as amazing as 10/19-12/19. This is right smack dab in the middle .
flawless sound, perfect playing, amazing music. long live the GDs music
Subject: Best source....
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