

I wonder if the shared lineage tracing back to Stockhausen allowed the Dead to dose out listening to Ege Bamyasi or Neu! before most American heads even realized that music was progressing way beyond the lemon drops and peppermints psychedelia of the 60s? The dissonant cyclones Garcia unleashes in this jam hints that he's turned on to the King Crimsons, Soft Machines, Clusters, Ash Ra Temples, Magmas, etc. Sure, the Dead and the Velvet Underground could wig out with the best of them, but beyond them you're hard pressed to find Americans who could hold a candle to the dense psychedelic masterpieces being cranked out of France and Germany on a weekly basis. I've often wondered if the Dead were turned onto the freakier progressive/psychedelic rock coming out of Europe and South America around this era which put the vast majority of American music to shame. One of those jams that makes you realize why Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine cite him as an influence. In related news, The Playin In The Band is a rampaging hurricane. Keep on trippin', international hippie freaks everywhere.Ĭontrary to the previous reviewer, i feel like there aren't enough dongs in the DVD, nor are there enough naked women who fall short of the exacting personal standards of the previous reviewer. So it goes! Take what you need.Īdded note to CEK Feb 2015: you forgot Xhol Caravan, the great German band from the late 60s/early 70s, who regularly improvised their way into some very groovy Dead-like territory (without guitar solos!) and, of course, the legendary Gong (who, along with the Dead and the Pink Fairies, contributed the best sides to the Glastonbury Fayre 3LP). So what might have been the best Morning Dew ever becomes a rather ordinary version of El Paso. You can hear Jerry trying to make it happen but Bobby isn't having any of it. The only possible misfire in the song selection (in my humble opinion) is the Dark Star->El Paso. With the possible exception of I Know You Rider, the song selection is perfectly back and forth between Bobby and Jerry. Previous review from May 2010: YouTube has some nice clips from the Sunshine Daydream video, if anyone is interested.Īlways loved this show. There's probably some more to be found, however, all are quite minor There are a few other minor analog anomalies that were left alone:ĭ3t04, 5:10-7:50 intermittent analog buzzing in right channel The following spots were edited using pencil tool in Soundforgeĭ1t1, 2:18 - left channel click - smoothed, still slightly audibleĭ1t1, 2:20-2:23 - left channel static - smoothed, still slightlyĭ2t01, 14:28 - right channel crackle - fixedĭ2t05, 3:37 - right channel click - fixedĭ2t05, 04:18 - right channel static - smoothed, still audibleĭ2t05, 04:45 - right channel static - fixedĭ2t05, 04:00-05:00 - some other static, smoothed, but still audibleĭ2t05, 5:05 - right channel click- still slightly audibleĭ3t01, 0:28 - two right channel clicks - fixedĭ3t01, 0:38 - right channel click - fixedĭ3t01, 8:06, 8:11 - right channel crackles - fixedĭ3t01, 26:29 - right channel click - fixed Known Flaws: the first few notes of Sugar Magnolia were missingĪnd were patched in from the circulating Gans CD source. Tightly, almost no banter is present in this version. The songs from the reels were originally edited down to DAT very Set III: Dark Star> El Paso, Sing Me Back Home, Sugar Magnolia, E1: Casey Jones, E2: Saturday Night Set II: Playin' in the Band, He's Gone, Jack Straw, Bird Song, Greatest Story Ever Told

Set I: Promised Land, Sugaree, Me & My Uncle, Deal, Black Throated Wind, China Cat Sunflower >I Know You Rider, Mexicali Blues, Bertha
