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Grateful Dead Aug. 21, 1968

Fillmore West San Francisco, CA | Listen on archive

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20
Alligator
Beautiful Mountain Jam and Bid You Goodnight themes
13
Dark Star
First DS>Stephen>Eleven merits mention here, plus it's freaking groovy '68 Dead: No meltdown here (not yet), just 13 min. of 1st edition Dark Star.
7
The Other One
Swirling organ and guitar. Raw energy.
7
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Great end to a big combo.
4
Turn On Your Love Light
Nothing ends a set like some classic R&B.
4
Midnight Hour
Ends a great show.
8
The Eleven
Bananas with the machismo! After spinning your DNA will be rearranged.
3
Cryptical Envelopment
Every fifth note is a tracer or something like that.
6
Mountain Jam
15.5 minutes after Alligator begins, or at the 5:00 mark of the 2nd "Alligator" there is a mountain.
4
And We Bid You Goodnight
About 3 minutes before Alligator ends, there is a really aggressive run through we bid you goodnight.
7
St. Stephen
Listen to Weir gag on this one at the break too funny -- Crunchy crunch crunch