Pre Grateful Dead & 1966

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Grateful Dead
11/3/65
Golden Gate Studios
San Francisco, California   

Autumn Records Demo, The Warlocks

Source:SBD>MR>??>DAT>CDR

Conversion: CDR > EAC(secure) > mkwact(seekable) mvernon54@nospam.com

Disk 1 [18:05]
01. [03:05] Can't Come Down
02. [02:42] Mindbender
03. [02:52] The Only Time Is Now
04. [03:21] Caution//
05. [02:42] I Know You Rider
06. [03:21] Early Morning Rain


Notes:
1. Caution fades out at 3:10
2. shntool confirms tracks on sector boundaries
3. small spikes at the start of some tracks were silenced using Cool Edit

Part of The Music Never Stopped Project 2002 shn em up initiative 4/24/2002

Thanks to Raoul Duke for the disks!

? 2/25/66
Ivar Theater,
Los Angeles
Total time 56:36

1. She's On The Road Again
2. Next Time You See Me
3. I Know You Rider
4. Hey Little One
5. Cold Rain & Snow
6. King Bee >
7. Caution
8. Stealin' //

Note: tracks 1-8 are reportedly from 2/25/66 Ivar Theater, Los Angeles.

9. Stealin'

Note: track 9 From late summmer 66.

10. Good Morning, Lil' School Girl >
11. You Don't Love Me >
12. Good Morning, Lil' School Girl

Note: Tracks 10-12 from mid-to-late 66

MR>DATx>CD

grateful dead
5/19/66
avalon ballroom,
s.f., california
mr>dat>fm broadcast>cdr>shn

created and uploaded my lestatkatt@aol.com
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please keep this with the shn files. thank you. :)

01. b.i.o.d.t.l.
02. standing on the corner
03. mindbender
04. it hurts me too
05. viola lee blues
06. i know you rider
07. it's a sin
08. sick and tired
09. cream puff war
10. tuning
11. sittin on top of the world
12. minglewood blues
13. cold rain and snow
14. tastebud (come back baby)
15. silver threads and golden needles
16. it's all over now baby blue
17. good lovin' (earliest version in circulation)
18-19. you don't // have to ask *fade in/out of tape flip

filler: maze t.v., s.f., california 1966
20. cream puff war
t20, which is a filler track, had a funcky name so I changed it to etree stds, hence the 2 md5's

BAND Grateful Dead
VENUE Studio Sessions (Scorpio Studio outtakes tape)

CITY Unknown

STATE

DATE 06/??/66




Disk 1 [52:04]
   

01. [00:07] Stealin'

02. [00:33] Stealin' (Take 4)

03. [02:44] Stealin' (Take 5)

04. [02:40] Stealin'(with vocals Take 6)

05. [02:53] I Know You Rider (Take 1)

06. [00:48] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 1)

07. [01:08] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 2)

08. [01:58] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 3)

09. [00:20] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 4)

10. [00:59] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 5)

11. [01:38] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 6)

12. [01:44] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 7)

13. [02:05] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 8)

14. [00:57] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 1)

15. [01:40] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 2)

16. [02:01] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 3)

17. [01:52] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 4)

18. [02:02] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 5)

19. [02:02] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 6 w/ vocals)

20. [01:22] Don't Ease Me In Jam (Test Take 7)

21. [00:18] You Don't Have To Ask

22. [00:43] You Don't Have To Ask (Take 13)

23. [03:33] You Don't Have To Ask (Take 14 with vocals)

24. [02:19] Tastebud

25. [00:11] Tastebud (Take 2)

26. [02:25] Tastebud (Take 3)

27. [02:29] Tastebud (Take 4)

28. [02:22] Tastebud (Take 5)

29. [03:06] Stealin' (Take 1)

30. [02:51] I Know You Rider (Take 1)


Notes:

1. shntool confirms tracks on sector boundaries

2. This also circulates as 2/5/66, "The Questing Beast", Berkeley. Please see the following deadlists comments to clarify what is included here. Most of the tracks have audible take numbers spoken before each take. Also, there are little clicks that I left in because these sound like they are when the tape was started before each take and not a digital artifact.



COMMENTS Scorpio studio outtakes. Multiple takes of listed songs. Material from these sessions was used to make the Scorpio 45 RPM record. See 07/??/66.


To see what appears to be art from the scorpio period:
http://www.pompano.net/~goodbear/concert_art/scorpio66.html

http://www.pompano.net/~goodbear/concert_art/scorpio1.html

http://www.pompano.net/~goodbear/concert_art/scorpio2.html



David Sorochty: This circulates as 2/5/66, 6/??/66, as well as 7/??/66. The list in DeadBase X is incomplete. This tape consists of numerous renditions of most of the songs and they usually are without vocals. This is definitely from recording studio sessions since there is a take number spoken quietly before most of them. This is what is on my copy of the Scorpio Studios outtakes tape which came dated as 2/??/66:


Tape #1 - Side A

Stealin' takes 4 and 5

Stealin' take 6 (vocals)

I Know You Rider take 1 (vocals)

Don't Ease Me In takes 1 through 8

Don't Ease Me In takes 1 through 5

Don't Ease Me In take 6 (vocals)

Don't Ease Me In takes 7 and 8# (cut)

You Don't Have To Ask take 13

You Don't Have To Ask take 14 (vocals)

Tastebud take 1

Side B -

Tastebud take 2 (vocals)

Cardboard Cowboy takes 1 through 4

Cardboard Cowboy take 5 (vocals)

Stealin' take 1

I Know You Rider take 1

I Know You Rider take 2 (vocals)

Cold Rain And Snow (8 times with no take numbers announced)

Tape #2 - Side A

Cold Rain And Snow (no take number announced)

Cold Rain And Snow (vocals, no take number announced)

Cold Rain And Snow# (cut, no take number announced)

This also included the following on side A of the second tape:

1966 Studio (identified as possibly from the Scorpio sessions also) -Lindy (vocals)

Alice D. Millionaire (vocals) (see the ??/??/66 listing for more information on those) as well as these obvious filler songs;
1969 studio - I'm A Lovin Man (Pigpen and Weir vocals, Garcia pedal steel & John Tenney on fiddle)

Instrumental (Bucky's Tune)



An edited version of this circulates as "2/5/66 Questing Beast Rehearsal". Based on the list provided by Steve McHenry we can see that the differences are that the Questing Beast tape does not include:

a) takes 7 and 8# of Don't Ease Me In (both are instrumental versions)

b) Cardboard Cowboy (takes 1 through 4 without vocals)

c) Stealin' take 1 (instrumental)

d) Cold Rain And Snow# (the very last one)

e) the additional material that was identified as possibly being from the Scorpio recording sessions (Lindy, and Alice D. Millionaire)
f) the obvious filler material which was identified as being from 1969 -(I'm A Lovin Man and the instrumental referred to as Bucky's Tune)


Steve's notes indicate that his Questing Beast tape has a brief You Don't Have To Ask which I have not noted on my full Scorpio tape. It is probably on the Scorpio tape and I just missed it. Steve has also reported that his tape does not have the take number spoken before each rendition as on the Scorpio tape. With the take numbers edited out and the filler removed in order to squeeze this all onto one tape, it might give the impression that this is a practice session.


See the 45's produced under the "Scorpio" labels:

http://www.pompano.net/~goodbear/concert_art/stealin.jpg

http://www.pompano.net/~goodbear/concert_art/dontez.jpg



RECORDINGS 135 SB. See 02/05/66, 'The Questing Beast'. See also ??/??/66 for additional songs often found as filler(?) on this tape, which may also be from these sessions. Consult vault sources for details.

Source:SBD>MR>DAT>CDR

Conversion: CDR > EAC(secure) > CDWav(retracking) > mkwact(seekable) mvernon54@nospam.com

Part of The Music Never Stopped Project 2002 shn em up initiative

Thanks to Raoul Duke for the disks!

ARTIST GRATEFUL DEAD
Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco, CA
ENTIRE SHOW
A-SBD
SSSB Audio Rating: AR1a

LINEAGE: SBD > RTR @ 15 I.p.s. > PCM > D > SSSB

LINEAGE: SBD > RTR > PCM > SSSB; other artists: Jefferson Airplane; FIRST / LAST / ONLY: "In The Pines", "Cardboard Cowboy"; any/all editing, fades, NR, hiss elimination, phase shifting/"time smear" correction, jitter elimination, EQ, and quantization noise elimination (when down-converting audio to 16-bit / 44.1kHz for CD-R mastering), were all performed using 24-bit / 96 kHz digital realm processing at Serafin Station Studio B [this show was re-released onto my Kindness Dubbing list in 06/01]

DISC ONE
Track 01: Big Boss Man (04:44.820)
Track 02: Standing On The Corner (03:26.270)
Track 03: Beat It On Down The Line [7] (03:32.418) >
Track 04: > In The Pines (04:54.155)
Track 05: Cardboard Cowboy (03:27.489)
Track 06: Nobody's Fault But Mine (04:06.135)
Track 07: The Next Time You See Me (03:40.836)

Uploaded exclusively to GDLive.com by:
John "Jay" Serafin, owner/audio engineer @ Serafin Station Studio B
"Making Kindness Dubs For Everyone!"
No Profits Or Copyright Infringements EVER!
Web Info: http://members.home.com/kinddubs
E-Mail: kinddubs@home.com


JAY'S PERSONAL COMMENTS:

It's REALLY AMAZING that I find a LOT of 1966-68 shows which sound better than a lot of the 1970's reel to reel-originated shows, and even a lot of the early PCM shows. NOTE: When PCM was first made available on the commercial market, it was only limited to 8 bit quality sound, and would only work with certain Sony BetaMax videocassette decks. As time and technology grew, the PCM units became easier to use, they would work will almost ANY VCR (be it VHS or the now-dying BetaMax formats)... and finally they were able to get 16-bit sound to work CORRECTLY around the mid-1980's.

But, a little known factoid about the sound quality: the Dead weren't always the ones who were setting up the RTR decks. The record companies were bringing in the Otari 2" 4 and 8 track decks which ran at a minimum of 15 i.p.s., and were able to be better calibrated to more brands and formulations of open reel tape. This is why a lot of these shows sound so pristine... but yet there were a lot of reel changes (when there weren't two RTR decks there... one to run, and the other on "standby" so that the recording could be started as the first deck began to run out of tape! So, this is why some shows literally have no gaps where the reels were changed!

It is my understanding that for this show, a single Otari 4 track 1" wide tape running at 7.5 i.p.s. was used. Some of the songs from this Fillmore run were going to be used as promos, and possibly as a live album early on. The record companies were REALLY hot on the Dead, and they wanted the Boyz to also try new songs to see how they would be received by the audience, as well as how they would sound live. Hence, "one-offs" like In The Pines, Cardboard Cowboy, were played, and then evaluated by the record companies.

The PCM archive tape is deteriorating, as can be heard in the left (vocals) channel (only). On very loud vocal peaks, you can just hear a very slight distortion. It's not really as bad as it look "in print", but it can be heard. Again, it's only during the loudest vocals, and not on any of the instruments (right channel). This is a problem inherent to ALL tape-based media, in that it will deteriorate over time. Thank goodness that the Vault is very regulated as far as it's climate, air quality and purity, and that a lot of shows are being re-archived onto non-tape-based media.

In The Pines and Cardboard Cowboy are FIRST / LAST / ONLY TIMES PLAYED songs. In The Pines is good, a song of sorrow. But Cardboard Cowboy, I can live without. It just doesn't "make it" with me. Other people like it, maybe because it's very rare to hear a good quality copy of it, or to even hear it at all, or just because it's a Dead song... who knows?!?!?

The entire show had an "energy" to it, but not a very high level. There weren't any real between-song lulls like we've come to expect, and sometimes it can be heard when the guitars are slightly out of tune (and adjusted during the songs). Bobby is pretty prominent in the mix, Pig's organ is really present (no dirty jokes, please!), but Jerry's guitar, depending on the song and how attentive the engineers were at any point in time, was either present, low volume (being picked up by the other instrument microphones nearby, or "invisible" for very short periods of time. It never ceases to amaze me that audio engineers, especially with the Dead and the Fillmore's own crew, who were excellent most of the time, could be so ignorant of the fact that things weren't right! But, that just makes the show all that much more interesting, I would imagine!

This is the ENTIRE show... all songs are included, so you get the "feel" of how things were played back then. Short sets, a lot of bands for the evening, nothing like what we've been accustomed to for the past 20 years. I personally did see a few of these "huge number of artists" shows back in my early days, and it had a circus-like atmosphere sometimes. Depending on who was playing, everyone shared everyone else's amps, drum sets, etc. Even the Dead did, though they would bring out quite a bit of their own equipment to supplement what was on stage. And there was only about 10-15 minutes between acts, so either you rushed to the washroom, or you "held it in" for 3-plus hours. The Fillmore did have a curfew, which USUALLY was enforced, but sometimes they would run over. Bill Graham always tried to orchestrate the start time of the shows so that every group got a pretty good amount of time, but there were a number of shows where some groups only got to play 3 or 4 songs, as the band(s) before them ran long, or the "headline" act(s) were going to play long.

As with the 7/16/66 show which I uploaded here, this show will fit onto a single 74-minute CD (in fact, you can put BOTH the 7/16/66 and 7/17/66 shows onto a single 74-minute CD with 2 minutes to spare!). NONE of the shows I upload to GDLive will ever require "overburning", as that goes against a number of industry standards (one being that the maximum allowable recording time be 76:14). And some people's equipment cannot play back correctly the 80 minute discs which are prevalent lately. Not to mention that unless your CD-R/RW recorder specifically is made to record 80 minute discs, there's going to be problems with the recording (it's technical, but the abbreviated version is that the stepping motor, which positions the recording laser, can only be positioned in certain designated spots, and cannot go "between" point A and point B on the disc... if it tries to, it can partially overwrite what has been already recorded onto the media).

Enjoy the show!

PERSONAL RATINGS: (on a 1 to 10 scale with 10 being excellent)
Audio Mix: 9.2 (Jerry's disappearing act is what lowered this rating)
Audio Quality: 9.7
Energy Level: 8.5
Show "Completeness": 10.0 (entire set)
Song Selection: For the time period, nothing out of the ordinary at all.
Surprises: In The Pines and Cardboard Cowboy

Grateful Dead
07/29/66
Garden Auditorium
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada

Source:SBD>MR>??>CDR
Conversion: CDR > EAC(secure) > mkwact(seekable) mvernon54@nospam.com

Disk 1 [54:38]
Set 1
01. [00:35] Introduction
02. [03:08] Standin' On The Corner
03. [03:15] I Know You Rider
04. [03:55] Next Time You See Me
05. [04:22] Sittin' On Top Of The World
06. [05:15] You Don't Have To Ask
07. [04:33] Big Boss Man
08. [03:03] Stealin'
09. [03:55] Cardboard Cowboy
10. [05:01] It's All Over Now Baby Blue
11. [07:44] Cream Puff War

Set II
12. [09:47] Viola Lee Blues
[Missing] BIODTL
[Missing] Good Morning Little Schoolgirl


Notes:
1. shntool confirms tracks on sector boundaries
2. There is an inconsistency in how the Taping Addendum and deadlists treat the 7/29/66 and 7/30/66 dates. The Addendum has this setlist for 7/29/66 while deadlists is a bit confusing but from what I can gather assigns these songs to 7/30/66. the majority of the etree entries for both 7/29/66 and 7/30/66 dates look to have the same setlist.
3. This version of the shns looks to be similar to http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=2243 except that it includes the Viola Lee Blues at the start of set 2 and is assigned to 7/29/66 consistent with the Taper's Compendium. Queries on several Dead trading sites thought this was the best date
4. No significant flaws

Part of The Music Never Stopped Project 2002 shn em up initiative 4/24/2002

Thanks to Raoul Duke for the disks!

Grateful Dead
07/30/66
Garden Auditorium
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada

Source:SBD>MR>??>CDR
Conversion: CDR > EAC(secure) > mkwact(seekable) mvernon54@nospam.com
Part of The Music Never Stopped Project 2002 shn em up initiative 5/13/2002
Thanks to Raoul Duke for the disks!

Disk 1 [30:04]
SET1
01. [00:45] Microphone Test and Band Intro >
02. [09:02] Dancin' In The Streets ;
03. [07:25] I'm A King Bee ;
04. [03:50] One Kind Favor ;
[Missing] You Don't Have To Ask ;
05. [00:22] Get Us a Coke
06. [05:23] Hey Little One ;
[Missing] Beat It On Down The Line ;
[Missing] Good Morning Little Schoolgirl ;
07. [03:06] Minglewood Blues
08. [00:06] See You Later ...

Notes:
1. shntool confirms tracks on sector boundaries
2. There is an inconsistency in how the Taping Addendum and deadlists treat the 7/29/66 and 7/30/66 dates. The Addendum has this setlist for 7/30/66 while deadlists is a bit confusing but from what I can gather assigns these songs to 7/29/66, commenting that the date is uncertain.
3. From DNC Route 66 Round #4
4 flaws
some overloading on left channel vocal track (Dancin, Hey Little One)

Grateful Dead
09/16/66
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, California

Source:SBD>MR>??>CDR
Conversion: CDR > EAC(secure) > DePopper(remove clicks) > CDWav (retrack) > mkwact(seekable) mvernon54@nospam.com
Part of The Music Never Stopped Project 2002 shn em up initiative 4/24/2002
Thanks to Raoul Duke for the disks!

Disk 1 [69:16]
Set 1   
01. [04:29] I Know You Rider
02. [04:30] It Hurts Me Too
03. [04:58] It's All Over Now Baby Blue
04. [11:11] //Good Mornin' Little Schoolgirl
05. [02:50] Lindy
06. [06:57] Dancin' In The Streets
Encore
07. [18:26] * Midnite Hour *
08. [03:00] Stealin'
09. [12:52] Same Thing   


Notes:
1. shntool confirms tracks on sector boundaries
2. source cds were from the DNC Route 66 Tree, Round #4
3. first few notes of Schoolgirl are missing
4. I have seeded versions with and without the DePopper click removal, for those that might prefer the "original lp" sound.

Here is the information on this date from www.deadlists.com

COMMENTS Other artist(s): Oxford Circle. 1st Kelly/Mouse skull & rose.
You can see the Skull & Roses Concert Art at:
http://www.pompano.net/~goodbear/concert_art/09_16-17_66.html
http://www.erols.com/scarletfire/gd60s.gif
Thayer Jennings: My copy (?and possibly the majority of circulating copies?) is from a 'bootleg LP' -- as evidenced by the minor 'needle pops' associated with LPs.
David Sorochty: Off Vintage and Historic LPs. See also the listing for "9/11/66" (same material but from SBD tape source) and for ??/??/66 (Stealin' and Same Thing) for the remaining songs on these albums.

Someone said that "9/16/66" came from a bootleg record and the Sunflower record label that they come from, was a subsidiary of MGM. I read that there was some question or disagreement with the band and MGM as to whether they really did have proper legal permission to put those two albums out. Could those two albums be thought of as semibootlegs?

Jim Powell: Avalon "9/11/66" & "9/16/66"

The MGM Sun LP "Vintage Dead" (Sun-5001) contains

SIDE A: I Know You Rider 4:25, It Hurts Me Too 4:17, It's All Over Now Baby Blue 4:50, Dancin In The Street 7:55; SIDE B: In The Midnight Hour 18:23.

Timings are off the album.

The liner notes describe the material as coming from "The Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco 1966."

This list has always appeared in DeadBase under the date 9/16/66, with a note saying actual date for list unknown."

I have a 45-minute cassette side of this material running from I Know You Rider through the first half or so of Midnight Hour. I got it from a friend up in Portland OR 10 years ago. He won his copy as a prize in a radio contest from a radio show up there called Fillmore Northwest. The tape was described to him as being off the reels of this material, not off the LP -- and that's what it sounds like. The tape he received was dated 9/11/66. As noted, the Midnight Hour from this date also circulates mislabeled with several other dates, including 8/7/66.

RECORDINGS 50 SB(LP), 60 SB(LP). The complete list circulates in SBD. The very beginning of Schoolgirl is clipped with possibly 1-2 secs missing.

Grateful Dead
November 19, 1966
Fillmore West, San Francisco

Extracted and SHNed by jon@seff.net

Set I:
01 High Healed Sneakers
02 Pain in My Heart
03 Cold Rain and Snow
04 BIODTL
05 Cream Puff War
06 The Same Thing
07 He Was a Friend of Mine

Set II:
08 Smokestack Lightning
09 King Bee
10 Midnight Hour

Notes: This is a liberated bootleg that sounds pretty damn good for how old the show is. According to Deadbase, this is the complete show except for Dancin from the end of the first set. If you want to hear some old Dead, I highly recommend this disc.

Grateful Dead
11-29-66
The Matrix, San Francisco, CA

SBD from bootleg CD>EAC>SHN

    CD2
    2nd set
1. Me & My Uncle
2. The Same Thing
3. Stealin'
4. Big Boy Pete
5. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
6. Early Morning Rain
7. Cold Rain & Snow
8. Viola Lee Blues
    set 3
9. Down So Long
10. Something On Your Mind
11. Lindy
12. Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
13. I Just Want To Make Love To You

According to Deadlists, this is the most likely setlist
for this date with the 1st set missing. The source
of this recording is a bootleg CD, so the lineage is
unknown. It is likely that the master was
impaired upon initial recording, possibly in part
by worn heads on the recording machine.
The sound is distant, thin, and lacks low end as
well as having a low vocal mix.

stellablue.etree.org

Grateful Dead
12/01/66
The Matrix
San Francisco, CA

Source: SBD>Rm>Reel>Dat>CD>wav>shnv3

Disc 1 - Set 1
01 Minglewood Blues
02 Betty and Dupree
03 Next Time You See Me
04 I Know You Rider
05 Big Boss Man
06 One Kind Favor
07 Alice D. Millionaire
08 Me and My Uncle (aborted attempt)
09 Me and My Uncle
10 Cream Puff War
Set 2
11 You Don't Love Me
12 Beat It On Down The Line
13 It Hurts Me Too
14 On The Road Again
15 //Yonder's Wall (1)

Disc 2 - Set 2 (cont'd)
01 My Own Fault
02 Down So Long
03 Cold Rain And Snow
04 Viola Lee Blues
Set 3
05 Deep Elem Blues
06 Something On Your Mind
07 Big Boy Pete
08 Death Don't Have No Mercy
09 Lindy
10 Dancin' In The Street
11 Me and My Uncle (2)

Thanks to C.M. for the seeds.
DAE(EAC)>boundary check(SHNTOOL)>SHN(MKWACT)>FTP via neo_levo/candyman FTP.

Set list and comments below via deadlists project.

Comments:
(1) With unidentified special guest. (2) Merry-Go-Round Broke Down tuning [0:27] after Me and My Uncle. Other artist(s): Jerry Pond. To see the Concert Art: http://www.pompano.net/~goodbear/concert_art/11_28_66.html Thayer Jennings: Again, this is obviously more than a single show. The only exception to DeadBase X -- I didn't list the (1st set) Me & My Uncle (between Alice D. Millionaire and Cream Puff War) -- my tape flips after Alice D.M... side B begins with Cream Puff War -- so I can't tell what (if anything) might be between them. David Sorochty: Me And My Uncle is often found as filler on circulating cassettes *twice* after Alice D. Millionaire. They begin Me And My Uncle and play it for a minute or two and then it gets all messed up and they come to a stop. They screwed it up and Jerry explains "We can't agree where this is gonna go" or something close to that. After some confusion they begin Me And My Uncle again and this time they play it to completion. Neither the false start rendition or the one which comes to a finish are duplication of the set 3 Me And My Uncle which is part of this show. In addition, this little clip is not duplication of any other currently (1998) circualting 1966 or early 1967 show. Its source and exact date of origin remains unknown. Right before they begin the 3rd set Jerry says something like "this is the last set of out last appearance on a Thurday at The Matrix" or something close to that.

Grateful Dead & Merry Pranksters
The Acid Test Reels
1965-1967

A chronological compilation of the Acid Test recordings listed in
The Grateful Dead Tapers Compendium Volume One.


DISC ONE: Fillmore Acid Test/Sound City Acid Test

The Fillmore Acid Test
Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
January 8, 1966
1. Stage Chaos/More Power Rap
2. King Bee
3. I'm A Hog For You Baby
4. Caution: Do Not Step On Tracks >
5. Death Don't Have No Mercy
6. Star Spangled Banner / closing remarks

The Sound City Acid Test
363 6th Street, San Francisco, CA
January 29, 1966
7. Ken Kesey interviewed by Frank Fey
8. Ken Babbs and harmonica
9. Take Two: Ken Kesey
10. Bull
11. Peggy The Pistol
12. One-way Ticket
13. Bells And Fairies
14. Levitation
15. Trip X
16. The End

7-16 The Acid Test: A Sound City Production


DISC TWO: Pico Acid Test /S.F. State U Acid Test (pt.1)

The Pico Acid Test
Danish Center, Los Angeles, CA
March 12, 1966
1. Viola Lee Blues
2. You See A Broken Heart
3. In The Midnight Hour

The San Francisco State Acid Test
Whatever It Is Festival
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Stereo Control Room Master (rec. 4:00AM - 6:00AM)
October 2, 1966
4. The Head Has Become Fat Rap
5. A Mexican Story: 25 Bennies
6. A Tarnished Galahad
7. Get It Off The Ground Rap >
8. It's Good To Be God Rap >
9. Nirvana Army Rap >
10. The Butcher Is Back
11. Acid Test Graduation Announcement
12. Send Me To The Moon >Closing Rap

Credits on 10/2/66:
Voices: Ken Kesey and Hugh Romney
Guitar: Ken Kesey
Violin: Dale Kesey
Organ: Jerry Garcia
Engineering: Steve Newman, Ken Kesey, Mountain Girl


DISC THREE: S.F. State U Acid Test (pt. 2)/Graduation Jam

The San Francisco State Acid Test
Whatever It Is Festival
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
October 2, 1966
1. Ken Kesey's dialogue (isolated remix)

Merry Prankster Sound Collage Sequences
October 2, 1966
2. Prankster Music/Sound Collage #1(sequence 1)
3. Kesey Rap > Prankster Music/Sound Collage #2 (sequence 2)
4. Prankster Sound Collage #3 > Prankster Raga(sequence 3)
Prankster Recordings broadcast over the P.A.

End of Whatever It Is Festival
October 2, 1966
5. Closing Jam
6. Prankster Electronics

Acid Test Graduation Jam
Winterland, San Francisco, CA
October 31, 1966
7. Jam Session (musicians unknown)
from The World Of Acid film soundtrack


Disc Four: Related Recordings

Neal Cassidy & The Warlocks 1965
1. Speed Limit
studio recording/Prankster production tape circa late 1965
Straight Theater, Haight Street, San Francisco, CA July 23, 1967
2. Neal Cassidy Raps (backed by The Dead)
recording released as a flexi-disc in the 1st printing of The Dead Book

Acid Tests Production Reel
3. Jerry Garcia commentary with Acid Test audio
710 Haight Street House, San Francisco, CA summer 1967
4. - 6. Jerry Garcia
one hour interview about music, drugs, politics and social changes circa 1967


compilation and package by Alan Bershaw
shn discs by TaW
Note 1: I split the 1h Jerry interview on disc 4 into 3 smaller pieces (a-c).
Note 2: The shn-tracks for audio disc 4 are split between shn-discs 2 and 3!

Disc Five: Supplementary CD#1 [74:04]
The Watts Acid Test February 12, 1966
Youth Opportunities Center, Compton, CA

01. Who Cares Rap (Pigpen, Weir, etc.) [6:08}


The Pico Acid Test March 12, 1966 (EXPANDED VERSION)
Danish Center, Los Angeles, CA

02. Viola Lee Blues [11:54]
03. One Kind Favor [4:19]
04. I Know You Rider [2:41]
05. You See A Broken Heart [3:18]
06. It's A Sin [4:47]
07. Beat It On Down The Line [4:06]
08. Heads Up [6:17]
09. Next Time You See Me [5:04]
10. unknown blues instrumental[8:15] - might be Death Donīt also (Tony Middleton)???
11. Death Don't Have No Mercy [6:03]
12. Midnight Hour [11:06]
Notes:
The 8th song, previously notated as "unknown instrumental" on Deadlists, is a cover of Freddy King's "Heads Up." The 9th tune, previously listed as "The Same Thing (instrumental)," is definitely NOT that song. Although it is a
standard blues and sounds similar at the beginning, closer listening makes it pretty obvious that it is an entirely different song, title unknown. The Viola Lee Blues on this expanded version is a different version than on the
previous three song version of Pico Acid Test. This is an ongoing mystery, although it should be said that both versions are worth having.

Disc Six: [41:56]
Supplementary CD#2 - San Francisco State Acid Test (alternate version)
"Whatever It Is" Festival October 2, 1966
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Stereo Control Room Master (rec. 4:00AM - 6:00AM)
Source(s) unknown, this has different lineage, and some different edits to the "intact" version. Specifically some contemorary (Tomorrow show '81?) interviews are spliced in, and the sound collages towards the end are presented in a different sequence.

01. Jerry Garcia intro 0:20
02. A Mexican Story: 25 Bennies 3:41
03. Get It Off The Ground Rap 9:32
04. It's Good To Be God Rap 2:40
05. Nirvana Army Rap 0:52
06. The Butcher Is Back 3:14
07. Acid Test Graduation Announcement 1:29
08. Send Me To The Moon 1:22
09. Jerry Garcia interview 0:40
10. Sound Collage 3:43
11. Ken Kesey Interview 0:22
12. Sound Collage #2 9:58
13. Jerry Garcia Interview 0:19
14. Music / Sound Collage #1 2:14
15. Ken Kesey Interview 0:15
16. Sound Collage 1:15

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