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THE GRATEFUL DEAD
Chicago 1971 [no label, 2CD]
Live at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL; October 21, 1971. Very good soundboard.
Thanks to Charlie Miller, David Gans and owsleysbear for sharing the show at the Bay.
Comments posted at archive.org:
The Dark Star, though not as legendary as 10/24 or especially 10/31, is very cool, with some especially engaging interplay during the fast-paced jam which builds into a soaring Feeling Groovy segment. Garcia and Weir are particularly inspired, as they deftly move into a spacey transition into Sitting on Top of the World, of all things, and back to Dark Star for the second verse. - clementinescaboose
Truckin’ and Loser are impressive. Excellent second set includes one of the better Dark Stars of the year. Sitting on Top of the World and Brown Eyed are very good. The Auditorium Theater shows were high energy throughout the ’70s. - chris phillips
This is a great recording. Glad to see while it is at an AUDitorium, the recording is a SBD. I haven’t really heard the keyboards as high in the mix as in the recent recordings with Keith. I’m happy to finally hear the piano up loud. Five Stars for a great sound (four stars in my mind because there is no Wharf Rat). - GermanShepherd
Typical sounding show for this period, but typical for fall ‘71 is great. Keith’s second show and he is PLAYING TO IMPRESS. Every fill sounds like he is flushed in with Billy, Phil, and Jerr. It’s such a shame how downhill he went in the later days, especially listening to the quality of shows like these. A spacey Dark Star melts into a Sittin On Top Of The World back into Dark Star then out of nowhere, Bobby McGee. I would say along with Halloween this is the best October ‘71 Keith show. - Dylan M
Selected tracks from this show appeared as bonus tracks on Dave’s Picks Vol 3 but this title is out of print. Meanwhile, this show is also streamed at archive.org.
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Lineage:
SBD > Master Reel > Dat
Dat > Samplitude Professional v11.2 > FLAC (2 Discs Audio/2 Discs FLAC)
All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
Thanks to David Gans for this recording
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Disc 1 (Set 1)
Track 101. tuning 0:27 (746k)
Track 102. Truckin’ 11:00 (18.5MB)
Track 103. Loser 8:10 (13.7MB)
Track 104. Beat It On Down the Line 6:04 (10.2MB)
Track 105. Tennessee Jed 8:55 (15.0MB)
Track 106. Playing In the Band 7:01 (11.8MB)
Track 107. Big Railroad Blues 3:23 (5.7MB)
Track 108. Jack Straw 6:35 (11.1MB)
Track 109. Cumberland Blues 7:15 (12.2MB)
Track 110. Comes a Time 8:15 (13.9MB)
Track 111. Mexicali Blues 4:22 (7.4MB)
Track 112. The Frozen Logger 1:01 (1.7MB)
Track 113. Cold Rain and Snow 6:58 (11.7MB)
80 mins
Disc 2 (Set 1 cont)
Track 201. One More Saturday Night 5:08 (8.6MB)
Set 2
Track 202. Casey Jones 6:48 (11.4MB)
Track 203. Me and My Uncle 5:16 (8.9MB)
Track 204. Dark Star 14:58 (25.1MB)
Track 205. Sittin On Top of the World 3:20 (5.6MB)
Track 206. Dark Star 2:13 (3.7MB)
Track 207. Me and Bobby McGee 7:31 (12.6MB)
Track 208. Brown-Eyed Women 4:16 (7.2MB)
Track 209. Ramble On Rose 7:33 (12.7MB)
Track 210. Sugar Magnolia 7:54 (13.3MB)
Track 211. Saint Stephen 5:54 (9.9MB)
Track 212. Johnny B Goode 4:36 (7.7MB)
76 mins
Lineup:
Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Keith Godchaux - keyboards
Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
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