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Poster: | Cliff Hucker | Date: | Feb 11, 2011 6:46am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: "Obscure" shows from 1969? |
There certainly are some performances from 1969 that fly under the radar of many folks, but usually there is a reason for this (poor sound quality, sketchy musicianship, brevity, etc.) These shows garner little attention in this community, however each is worth listening to if you are an afficionado of the early era...
I certainly wouldn't call this Vegas show obscure, it was available as a commercially released bootleg at one point. It has major pitch issues and other sonic anomalies. I don't think the Grateful Dead felt comfortable at this venue, but it's certainly worth checking out. Particularly Dark Star and The Eleven:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-03-29.sbd.vinson.1764.sbeok.shnf
There are several bad cuts and quite a bit of hiss, however this Tuscon performance is interesting for the Main Ten Jam during Dark Star. Further evidence that the music attributed to 6/19/68 is actually from 1969:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-04-11.sbd.cotsman.15404.sbeok.shnf
Again, not obscure, but this interesting performance has only relatively recently been available here. Sound quality is quite good:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1969-07-03.sbd.miller.92771.sbeok.flac16
Ditto for this fine performance:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1969-05-30.sbd.miller.87516.sbeok.flac16