Grateful Dead 03/23/74
Cow Palace, Daly City, CA
for those who care about this sort of thing:
not long ago, a very nice copy of this show surfaced that purportedly
derived from Dick Latvala's cassettes made directly from the master
soundboard reels. This copy has cuts at the beginning of "Morning Dew" and
in "Sunshine Daydream",and is also missing "Casey Jones" and "One More
Saturday Night".
Very recently, a "new" copy has surfaced without the extraneous cassette
generation and, purportedly, is derived directly from the master soundboard
reels. This copy is currently beginning to circulate (10/00) via a "Tree" on
The Well, and also has the cuts at the beginning of "Morning Dew" and
"Sunshine Daydream", but, includes "Casey Jones" and "One More Saturday
Night" which are missing from the previous version. The "new" copy,however,
introduces anomalies not present on the previous version. Specifically,
there are 2 drop-outs present during the banter which occurs between the
aborted
"Playin' in the Band" and the actual "Playin' in the Band"(disc 2 track 5),
a minor digi-snit at approximately the 4:15 mark of "Morning Dew" (disc 2
track 6),as well as missing the first several seconds of "Ship of Fools"
(disc 3 track 1).
Subsequently,the 2 drop-outs in the banter between the "Playin' in the
Band"'s and the digi-snit in "Morning Dew" were patched in from the
MSR>Cassette>DAT version. That same MSR>C>D version also provided the first
10 seconds of "Ship of Fools". The reel flips in "Morning Dew" and "Sunshine
Daydream" were patched using an audience source. Please be aware that the
occassional static/crackle- an example of which occurs during the banter
between the end of the false start of "Playin' in the Band" and the restart
of "Playin'in the Band"- is present on both versions, so are presumed to be
on the master reels as well. Bottom line, I believe this to be the best
available copy of this show, compiled from 4 different sources,patched with
TLC, and made possible through the efforts of the usual group of
suspects/mental patients.
Sources:
Master Soundboard Reel > DAT > CDR
Master Soundboard Reel > Cassette > DAT > CDR
Audience source supplies patch in "Morning Dew" from 0:21 thru 0:43, as
well as the patch in "Sugar Magnolia" from 6:57 thru 7:22
The "meat" of the show is captured on Disc 2 and requires an 80 min disc
For the "80 minute" disc impaired, I'd suggest that you break the current
disc 2 in half, with the new 74 min disc 2 ending after "Let It Grow" and
the new 74 min disc 3 containing Playin'>UJB>Morning Dew>UJB>Playin'.
patching/CD re-mastering by Scott Clugston
EAC > SHN by Scott Clugston
Disc 1 Set 1 (62:18)
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1. US Blues (05:44)
2. Promised Land (03:33)
3. Brown Eyed Women (05:16)
4. Mexicali Blues (03:32)
5. Tennessee Jed (08:20)
6. Black Throated Wind (07:11)
7. Scarlet Begonias (06:29)
8. Beat It On Down The Line (03:28)
9. Must Have Been The Roses (04:58)
10. El Paso (04:43)
11. Deal (05:13)
12. Cassidy (03:53)
Disc 2 Set 1 cont. Set 2 (75:13)
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1. China Cat Sunflower -> (08:43)
2. I Know You Rider (05:19)
3. WRS Prelude -> (15:30)
WRS Part 1 ->
Let It Grow
-+ Set 2 +-
4. Playin' in the Band -> (14:08)
5. Uncle John's Band -> (09:17)
6. M//orning Dew -> (12:31)
7. Uncle John's Band -> (06:46)
8. Playin' in the Band (02:58)
Disc 3 Set 2 cont. (64:20)
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1. //Ship of Fools (06:09)
2. Big River (05:25)
3. Ramble On Rose (06:48)
4. Me & My Uncle (03:10)
5. Bertha (06:05)
6. Around & Around (05:06)
7. Wharf Rat -> (09:21)
8. Sugar Magno//lia (09:15)
-+ Encore +-
9. Casey Jones (08:01)
10. One More Saturday Nite (04:60) (
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