I know someone who attended this show, and he'd dated someone who worked at the campus radio station, WAMU-FM, which had been a pretty cool alternative station in the area for a long time. That show, ironically, was actually broadcast line by WAMU, according to the station's records, though the young lady who worked there searched and was unable to ever come up with the tapes.
As one of the few D.C. area shows that didn't circulate, it sorta held 'holy grail' status for quite a long time, not just that it had been one of my buddy's first Dead show, but also their hazy drug-addled recollection of the young well-endowed woman who got up on stage during the Dead's set and balanced a lit cigarette on her nipple. I don't actually have anything to add to the WMAL stuff, but our little circle of folks had been of the understanding since the early 70's that the show had been broadcast live on WAMU-FM. I've lived in the D.C. area all my life except the 71 - 74 period, and I've got to say, I've never heard of an FM station with the letters WMAL. That's an AM station round here. Bob Page -----Original Message----- From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, March 09, 2003 4:11 PM Subject: 9/30/72 >Right after Deal on 9/30/72 an announcer says > >"You're listening to WMAL FM-stereo in Washington, D.C." > >It sounds like an announcer live during the show. > >My cassette is labeled SBD > DAT > cassette & sounds like it (i.e. little >analog noise). The signal sounds like FM. The label says it was dubbed for >me on 10/15/99. > >Why this tape didn't come into circulation sooner, who knows? > >In 96 or 97 I passed Latvala a document indicating what shows were in >circulation up through '74. At that time 9/30/72 and 10/2/72 were prominent >among non-circulating tapes. I noticed that a year or two later various >gaps started to get filled in. >-- > >Jim Powell >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
