Dick's Picks 30, due out tomorrow, includes material from the Academy Of Music NYC 3/25/72 set with Bo Diddley. This exciting release also includes the whole of the great 3/28/72, hitherto only circulating in cruddy AUD.
Checking out my cassette of 3/25/72 I find that the Deadlists entry needs two corrections. The first five items of the first set match up with the cassette. It looks like the release will include the first three items, with the "Jam" described as " I've Seen Them All >Jam". It's a pity they skipped Take It Off (Girls, Take it ALL Off) -- in case you ever wonder where Pigpen gets it. Bo Diddley [3:55] > I'm A Man [5:56] ; Jam [9;03] ; Take It All Off [3:56] ; Mona [2:32] ; After Mona Deadlists now reads Wow Wow Hey Hey > Unknown Blues ; Pollution ; Eighteen Children ; Jam The tune called "Wow Wow Hey Hey" times 10 minutes and features a passage of drums (which is partly cut on the tape). This is a jam with scat vocals by a tenor on a recognizeable soul hit from the period, perhaps called 'Baby, Won't You Be My Girl." This is probably Bo Diddley's band without Bo Diddley or Dead members. (It will be curious to see what the Dick's Picks says about the personnel of the opening tunes.) >From the Unknown Blues through the end of the set this is probably Bo Diddley's band, including Bo Diddley, with Garcia and probably other Dead members sitting in. It times 5:10. The guzinta after "Wow Wow Hey Hey" is incorrect. There is a tape splice after the end of "Wow Wow Hey Hey," and then the Unknown Blues begins. Pollution and Eighteen Children follow (the latter blues features the phrase "I got eighteen children"). After Eighteen Children the set concludes with two Jams, the first timing 3:50 and the second 3:50 with a cut in it of uncertain proportions. The list for this set should read more like: Bo Diddley [3:55] > I'm A Man [5:56] > I've Seen Them All > Jam [9;03] % Take It All Off [3:56] % Mona [2:32] % Wow Wow Hey Hey [10:#00] % Unknown Blues [5:10] % Pollution % Eighteen Children % jam [3:50] % set ending jam [3:#50]
