Hey Radford:
I was indeed working on this last weekend.
Here is a better entry for that 5/18/58a show - its not online just yet,
but will be soon. I think I have the location of the Mountain Jam wrong
- I need to go back and double check that.
BAND Grateful Dead
VENUE Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
CITY Santa Clara
STATE CA
DATE 05/18/68a
SET1 [0:09] ; Alligator [3:19] > Drums (1) [4:24] > Alligator (2)
[10:#50] > Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) [15:#02] > Feedback [4:01] ;
[0:50]
SET2
SET3
ENCORE
COMMENTS Two audience masters are in circulation, one recorded in
mono on 3" reels made by Tom Ordon with a single handheld mic in the
audience, the other with mics on the stage, supposedly by Jorma. Both
aud masters are grungy, but Tom's tape was used for the timings since it
begins before Alligator starts and continues for a minute or so after
Feedback finishes. (1) Alligator runnin' round my door vocals begin at
2:50 into the Drums and Jerry joins in with an Alligator type solo at
3:41 into it. (2) The second Alligator contains a "First There Is A
Mountain" (Mountain Jam) quote starting at about 5:45 which straddles
the first tape flip. The second tape flip occurs in Caution. Tom's 3"
reels ran for about 15 minutes on a side. The other master from
on-stage mics cuts in on the first few beats of Alligator and often
circulates with a brief exchange between Jorma, Weir, and unknown others
after Feedback concludes, in which Weir curses the working class and
explains why the Dead will be late for their show at the Shrine
Exhibition Hall later in the evening. It also generally contains
portions of both the Jefferson Airplane and Big Brother & Holding
Company sets.
RECORDING 40 A? (two masters)
CONTRIBUTORS David Sorochty <scarletfire at erols.com>, Tom Ordon,
Tim Anderson <tanders4 at d.umn.edu>, Brian Pollard <pollard at iname.com>
That other tape you mention labeled as May 1968 is listed at the very
top of the 1968 file as an unknown date. Here is the info that I have
on it:
BAND Grateful Dead
VENUE unknown
CITY unknown
STATE unknown
DATE ??/??/68
SET1 St Stephen [#2:40] > Cryptical Envelopment [1:42] > Drums [0:14] > The
Other One [4:28] > Cryptical Envelopment [6:03] > New Potato Caboose [10:46] >
Alligator [3:20] > Drums [6:19] > Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) {11:29#]
SET2
SET3
ENCORE
COMMENTS At 3:56 into the Drums after Alligator, they start singing Alligator
vocals and at 4:35 in to it, Jerry joins in with a Caution type solo. Although
this fragment circulates as "Fall 1968", "3/22/68 Detroit", and "May 1968", it
is from an unlabeled reel. There is an entry for this set list on p. 164 of
Volume 1 of The Deadhead's Taping Compendium. According to Rob Eaton: "There
were 5 unlabeled 7 inch reels found in the Vault many years ago. Several
contained very early versions of Stephen. The tape you describe is one of these
unknown reels. The best estimate for a date would be April/May 1968 or spring
'68."
RECORDING 45 SBD
CONTRIBUTORS David Sorochty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Bertrando
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tim Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Goetz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dougal Donaldson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Rob Eaton is listed in the contributors list for this one and I just saw
him last night. He plays the Bobby spot in Dark Star Orchestra. I am
going to see DSO again tonight. If you have never seen DSO yet, you
need to check them out. I was just looking at the DSO schedule and
they are going to be playing at the Crystal Ballroom and the Electric
Factory in Phili soon - both are places the Dead played at in 1968!
Thanks,
Dave S.
>
>From: Radford Byerly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 17:54:51 -0800 (PST)
>Subject: missing set list
>
>for 5/18/68a it says you have alligator > drums >
>alligator > caution at a total time of 19:33
>
>i have a show that is marked May 68 and the tail
>end songs are the above songs timed at the same
>length. the set list for this show is
>
>1. St. Stephen >
>2. Cryptical >
>3. The Other One >
>4. Cryptical >
>5. New Potato Caboose >
>6. Alligator >
>7. Caution
>
> radford
>
