Morning Dew, Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven > It's All Over Now, Baby Blue China Cat Sunflower > jam > High Time > Mama Tried, Hard To Handle, Casey Jones, Lovelight
Notes
The beginning of Morning Dew is clipped, with the sound quality improving on into the song. The beginning of St. Stephen has some slightly ragged degradation for a few seconds. There is a minor splice during the first few notes of Baby Blue. Casey Jones is cut. The beginning of Lovelight is clipped. Some of the minor volume level fluctuations were adjusted using Sound Forge. Major volume fluctuations render much of Baby Blue as virtually unlistenable, and this is noted on the master at deadlists.com. There is some oversaturation during louder moments of the second set.
Reviewer:grateful phishmon
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July 11, 2024 Subject:
Rough
This is not one of the better 69 shows or recordings. The band shows their raw power in Dark Star and St. Stephen, but Jerry seems a bit out of sorts,
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eliding over or completely flubbing key phrases, especially in St. Stephen and The Eleven. The latter is cut-off, like Jerry says, "We (or I) fucked this up, let's move on to the next song." Casey Jones is really a prototype. China Cat clearly needs work and drops off without much of a jam into High Time. They do manage a nice long Lovelight closer. Soundwise -- Baby Blue is unlistenable. The rest of it is OK except for a few spots, but listen in Webamp, turn up the volume, and turn down the high end to get rid of the hiss.
Reviewer:Joseph Camp125
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July 3, 2024 (edited)
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China High in Chi-Town
This is the good stuff folks! Set aside 73/74’s milk and 77’s honey for a minute and take a swig of this 69 whisky. Now pour yourself a glass and sit
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awhile. Listen to the whole thing or cherry pick - you can’t go wrong. This entire recording finds the band enthusiastically searching for the sound and mostly finding it in Chicago’s Electric Theater. If someone knows a China Cat that rocks harder PLEASE share. St Stephen H2H High Time all TOP SHELF. And Dark Star is just exquisite. Melody and dissonance brilliantly sharing the bill. Yes there are sound issues in Baby Blue but the effect is more trippy than bothersome and everything else sounds fine to these ears. Get it!
Reviewer:mcgrupp216
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March 16, 2018 Subject:
Night 2 at Electric Theater, su69
Only audio I can find of this night. Inclined to agree with oceantree, "the recording is muddy, with great hiss." It's hard to overcome, but I wouldn't
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give it two stars and it's not terrible for 69. Basically the first dark star that Chicago gets treated to. 4/26 doesn't count, in my opinion. While the dark star jam is good there, sandwiched between a tasty mountains of the moon and a crunchy china cat sunflower, it's just over a minute. This night's version is 18-minutes. Though not as good as others, can't even really complain when you get the full dark star->stephen->eleven medley. Otherwise, there's a sweet, early and slow version of Baby Blue, a set two China Cat rocker opener, and a 35-minute Lovelight to close. Very different from preceding July 4th show.
Reviewer:njpg
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April 28, 2015 Subject:
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Aside from a really good first couple songs, shaky & fraught...
Reviewer:jjg4762
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November 22, 2012 Subject:
Love it
Sounds as if this theater is almost empty.I love the sound. It sounds as is they are jamming to a big empty hall,I would think is not the case.Yet sounds
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great with the hollow sound. Listen to this lovelight is raw and tight if that makes sense at all. yes is somewhat muddy at times but we still get to listen our musical heros this many years later play.
Reviewer:oh_uh_um_ah
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April 23, 2008 Subject:
Summer of 69...
Good to high quality stereo audio and good to excellent mix. There are better live recordings, and there are worse. For 1969, this one is fine. Tape
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hiss apparent when musical dynamics are low. Yeah? So? Welcome to 1969, the year NASA said "we're going to the Moon, tape hiss and all". The "SHOW" is happening. The GRATEFUL DEAD perform their music effortlessly. A nice slow version of "It's All Over Now Baby Blue", but the tape ain't hittin' the heads correctly, tape wobble and hiss haunt the recording. China Cat Sunflower returns to the same audio quality and mix prior to "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" and goes into "High Time"...peculiar? "Momma Tried" has some vocal distortion. "Hard To Handle" is very trippy...and Pigpen holds it all together... "Casey Jones" is an early arrangement. "Turn On Your Love Light" is only 35 minutes and 01 second long, and Pigpen rocks the house. He directs the band like a conductor. 5 Stars for Pigpen and the DEAD, 4 stars for the recording/mix. Eat, drink, be merry and listen to the GRATEFUL DEAD. Thanks for the love.
Reviewer:Mr. Sippi
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January 2, 2007 Subject:
Dark Star
I an no expert on sound quality, but anytime the Dead play Dark Star it is something special.
Reviewer:Young Blood
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January 1, 2007 Subject:
Good show
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Very good show. Lovelight is good and Baby Blue is great. Definately deserves better than 2 stars. Sound is poor through the first half of the recording.
just a head's-up to those like me who scan back through for undiscovered nuggets- as far as performance, this show sounds like it was an effin great one,
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but the recording is muddy, with great hiss, and really not the best...can anyone clean 'er up?
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