Date | Desc | etree id | Rt | Notes | Flaws | dgf |
xx/xx/66 | Uncirulated Primal GD GEMS |
sbd gems | 81254 | A- | quality varies from A to A- | multiple digipops d2t5 4:25, static beginning of d2t7 caused by lots of drops on left channel, then square wav and digi-pop static on right channel 1:49. 2:04, static d2t8 0:42, 0:55 | *** |
xx/xx/66 | Grateful Dead Hour no. 557 |
sbd gans | 2372 | B+ | see 2/25/66 shnid=1593 | has tv band and heavy spectral band at 19k ; very close to mono; drops between tracks; lots of clipping | *** |
xx/xx/66 | Unknown Venue, Unknown Location |
sbd jools 19514 | 19529 | A- | (this is same filler t10-12 on 2/25/66 shn-id=1593 based on eac wav compare with no more digital flaws); beginning has hiss but goes down | *** |
xx/xx/66 | Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition |
grateful dead anniversary, (2-cd set), price $19.98, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the grateful dead's eponymous debut studio album. what better way to celebrate than with a special album reissue series that will include two-disc deluxe editions and limited edition vinyl picture disc versions of all the group's studio and live albums! these two-disc deluxe editions will include the original album with newly remastered sound, plus a bonus disc of unreleased recordings., the grateful dead: 50th anniversary deluxe edition contains the original album newly remastered from the original tapes by david glasser, and restored by plangent processes along with a bonus disc that features the complete unreleased concert from july 29th, 1966 and select cuts from july 30th, 1966 at the p.n.e. garden auditorium in british columbia, mastered by jeffrey norman. only a few recordings from the dead's first two years exist, but each one reveals corners of the band's repertoire not captured anywhere else. that's especially true here, with three songs making their last appearance on any surviving dead recording: standing on the corner, you don't have to ask me, and cardboard cowboy., ships 1/20/2017, tracklist, disc 1, 1. "the golden road (to unlimited devotion)" [2:12], 2. "beat it on down the line" [2:33], 3. "good morning little school girl" [5:50], 4. "cold rain & snow" [2:31], 5. "sitting on top of the world" [2:08], 6. "cream puff war" [2:31], 7. "morning dew" [5:09], 8. "new, new minglewood blues" [2:37], 9. "viola lee blues" [10:16], disc 2: p.n.e. garden auditorium, vancouver, bc, canada, 7/29/66, 1. standing on the corner [3:23], 2. i know you rider [3:14], 3. next time you see me [3:37], 4. sitting on top of the world [3:47], 5. you don't have to ask [5:14], 6. big boss man [4:16], 7. stealin' [3:37], 8. cardboard cowboy [2:56], 9. it's all over now, baby blue [5:23], 10. cream puff war [7:52], 11. viola lee blues [10:03], 12. beat it on down the line [2:47], 13. good morning little schoolgirl [5:47], 7/30/66, 1. cold, rain and snow [3:14], 2. one kind favor [4:23], 3. hey little one [5:39], 4. new, new minglewood blues [3:23] | $ | A | Not Reviewed Yet | *** |
xx/xx/66 | Grateful Dead album from Complete Studio Albums Collection, |
flac2496 777meg; grateful dead remaster 2496, available in audiophile 96khz/24bit, grateful dead/rhino, release date: 2013 | $ | *** |
xx/xx/66 | Rare Cuts & Oddities - 1966 |
digital download, there has never been a more precise title. rare and odd, indeed - there will never be another grateful dead cd with 18 full cuts. it's a long, long way to "dark star" thunder and lightning., these are the earliest indications of what this band would grow into, but these songs make a fascinating album of early days musical snapshots, collected from various rehearsals and studio sessions (the first 10 songs) and live shows (the last eight songs). featuring, amongst many other gems, garcia singing lead on "promised land," a completely different arrangement of "cream puff war," and the the only known version of the rolling stones' "empty heart.", these downloads are available in both 128 & 256 mp3 and high quality lossless flac formats., grateful dead, jerry garcia: lead guitar, vocals, bill kreutzmann: drums, phil lesh: electric bass, vocals, ron "pigpen" mckernan: vocals, harmonica, organ, bob weir: rhythm guitar, vocals, original recordings produced by owsley stanley compilation produced by david lemieux, cd mastering: jeffrey norman at club front, cover photo: herbie greene, photos: herbie greene, additional photos: robert chevalier, cover art: richard biffle, liner notes: bear, archival research: eileen law/grateful dead archives, art coordination: brian connors, package layout: robert minkin; Track Listing, 1. Walking The Dog - 5:38 (unknown location, early 1966), 2. You See A Broken Heart - 2:50 (unknown location, early 1966), 3. Promised Land - 2:31 (unknown location, early 1966), 4. Good Lovin' - 2:41 (unknown location, early 1966), 5. Standing On The Corner - 2:55 (unknown location, early 1966), 6. Cream Puff War - 3:37 (unknown location, early 1966), 7. Betty and Dupree - 5:35 (unknown location, 3/2/66), 8. Stealin' - 2:53 (unknown location, 3/2/66), 9. Silver Threads and Golden Needles - 3:00 (unknown location, late 1966), 10. Not Fade Away - 3:51 (unknown location, early 1966), 11. Big Railroad Blues - 3:10 (unknown location, Feb/Mar, 1966), 12. Sick and Tired - 3:19 (unknown location, Feb/Mar, 1966), 13. Empty Heart - 6:18 (unknown location, Feb/Mar, 1966), 14. Gangster of Love - 4:35 (Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, 7/3/66), 15. Don't Mess Up A Good Thing - 2:56 (Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, 7/3/66), 16. Hey Little One - 5:02 (Danish Center, Los Angeles, 3/12/66), 17. I'm A King Bee > - 6:01 (Danish Center, Los Angeles, 3/12/66), 18. Caution - 9:18 (Danish Center, Los Angeles, 3/12/66) | $ | *** |
xx/xx/66 | Unknown Location (possibly Owsley's house in Watts) |
watts sbd mr dat 48k , xx/xx/1966, source: | 136642 | A- | *** |
xx/xx/66 | Unknown Venue, Practice session |
practice sbd mr dat 48k , 1966 xx xx | 136657 | B+ | *** |
xx/xx/66 | Unknown Venue, acidtest3 |
acidtest3 sbd mr dat 48k , *, xx/xx/1966 | 136658 | B+ | *** |
1/xx/66 | "The Viola Lee rehearsals" |
sbd hanno uli | 18846 | A- | see 2/5/66 | has tv band; right channel almost all static on first 2min of t1; has a little hiss | *** |
1/8/66 | Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA |
sbd lestatkatt | 106505 | 106505 is longer than 5410; on king bee the sound was similar between 5410 and 106505 but on death don’t 106505 was harsher and that brought out the distortion more to the front | *** |
1/29/66 | Sound City Acid Test, San Francisco, CA |
sbd berger | 99527 | in comparison to 5410, 99527 makes that sound muffled with hiss | *** |
2/5/66 | The Questing Beast, Berkeley, CA |
sbd rehearsal reelmaster dat 48k , studio | 136661 | A | in comparison on t2, 136661 has a clearer sound with less hiss than 18846; 136661 also has extra songs at end plus another second at beginning of t2 | *** |
2/12/66 | Youth Opportunities Center, Compton, CA |
sbd bershaw | 9515 | (with other acid test comp disk1 to disk6) |
2/25/66 | Danish Center, Los Angeles, CA |
sbd unknown | 1593 | A- | 1593 is reported to be 3/12/66; shnid=20346 is reported to sbefix and seek tables of this; in comparison to 2372, 2372 is harsher hissier with less full sound than 1593 | *** |
3/9/66 | unknown rehearsal location |
who do you love sorochty , etree show id: | 125516 | A- | *** | |||
practise sbd mr dat48k , practice session | 136654 | A- | in comparison on t3, 136654 has a fuller brighter sound than 125516; 136654 has extra songs | *** |
3/10/66 | Unknown Location (possibly Owsley's house in Watts), Los Angeles, CA |
practise sbd mr dat48k , sitting on top of | 136655 | A- | *** |
3/12/66 | Carthay Studios, Los Angeles, CA |
sbd bershaw | 9516 | B | ||||
doherty winters | 17681 | B+ | in 3-way comparison on you see a broken heart, acid test supplement d5 9516 is most muffled with most hiss, then acid test d2 5406, and then 17681 is brightest with least hiss; 17681 is scratchier with occasional surface noise like small pops | *** |
3/19/66 | Carthay Studios, Los Angeles, CA |
sbd scotton | 81951 | B+ | 81951 is very similar sound with same surface like noise to 3/12/66 17681 except timing shows it slightly slower | *** |
3/25/66 | Trouper's Hall, Los Angeles, CA |
sbd unknown | 38 | A | rates A-, a little tinny with some percussion type fluttering in the background; | begin of t1 cut, small noises at t1 1:46, 1:48, t2 7:25, multiple ones, starting at t 2 7:46, 7:50, 7:55; noise t3 1:45, 3:43,click 3:51, 3:58, 5:27, 5:31, t4 0:33, 2:35, 2:36, 3:06, t5 0:07, 0:08, 0:08, 0:12, 0:13, 0:16,and many more at this rate for this track ), t6 continues with more small ticking such as 0:22, 1:57, t7 0:30, 1:02, cuts abruptly | *** | |
sbd miller clugston 48, source info: | 139750 |
5/19/66 | Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA |
sbd lestatkat | 6516 | A | abrupt start on d1t1; analog drop d1t12 1:34, d1t18 cuts early, abrupt start d1t19 | *** | ||
sbd sonicsolutions | 82844 | A | in comparison to 6516 this is clearer and less blairy | lossy - nothing above 16k except lego parapets | *** | |
sbd miller | 106683 | *** | ||||
sbd miller | 106828 | A | *** | |||
s1 sbd mr dat 48k , source: sbd > 10 inch | 136656 | A | both 106828 and 136656 have the previously missing 10 seconds of tuning and banter before viola lee blues that goes like "viola lee blues and the bollocks, viola lee blues; ha; box around a bit; hit it"; in comparison on it’s a sin, 106828 and 136656 sound similar quality except 136656 has the vocal mainly on the left channel while 106828 has it more balanced; preferred 106828 as 136656 sounded odd | *** |
6/xx/66 | Scorpio Studio outtakes tape |
sbd vernon | 9513 | B+ | lots of abrupt stops and parts of it are harsher than others, small pop t12 0:00, t13 0:12, t15 0:00, t27 0:00 | *** |
7/1/66 | Unknown (perhaps Fillmore Auditorium), San Francisco, CA |
sbd vernon | 19924 | A | (this is same recording as 21064 for charlie miller's 7/17/66 which also has partial Big Boss Man, 47seconds more crowd noise at end of Stealin, 17 seconds more of Dancin before getting cut, but also has flaws not present on this source such as digi-drop t3 3:19 )(this version has digi-pops t6 6:57 not present on 21064 ; also has same small analog pop t6 0:55) | t6 cuts with some static at the end | *** |
7/3/66 | Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA |
sbd unknown | 40 | A | the first 4 tracks have similar mix in left and right channel while the rest of the tracks have vocals in left track and right track has more bass | *** | ||
thirty trips, 30 trips around the sun, cd1, nobody's fault but mine 1:09, dancing in the street 7:59, i know you rider 3:05, he was a friend of mine 4:16, next time you see me 3:32, viola lee blues 7:39, big boss man 3:49, sittin' on top of the world 2:24, keep rolling by 4:35, cd2, new minglewood blues 3:54, cold rain and snow 3:16, tastebud 6:37, beat it on down the line 2:48, cream puff war 5:18, don't mess up a good thing 3:14, cardboard cowboy 2:31, gangster of love 5:10, you don't have to ask 4:32, in the midnight hour 15:50 | $ | A | the mix has instuments on both channels but vocals on left channel and right channel gets the bass, so just listening to the right channel gives a karoke | *** | ||
sbd miller clugston 48, source info: | 139751 | Not Reviewed Yet |
7/16/66 | Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA |
sbd serafin | 4459 | A | 13958 is a shntool fix | small pop t1 9:05; | *** | |
sbd miller | 21063 | A | pop d1t4 1:35, d1t5 0:01, static d1t5 4;19, pop 5:39, d1t6 0:34; sound fluctuation d1t9 1:24, drop d1t9 4:24; static d2t3 3:36, d2t4 2:36; digital drop static d2t5 0:26, static d2t5 0:26 - 030, pop d2t5 3:14 | *** | ||
sbd miller | 89555 | A | *** |
7/17/66 | Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA |
sbd serafin | 4458 | A | clearer and less boomy than Skankweed posting which does not have a shnid; 13959 is a shntool fix | pop d1t5 0:33, has a scratchiness occasionally in the background such as d1t5 1:26; | *** | |
sbd miller | 21064 | A | most of t1 missing; digi-drop t3 3:19, small pop t6 3:49, t7 0:56, end of t7 missing | *** |
7/29/66 | P.N.E. Garden Auditorium, Vancouver, BC |
sbd | 2243 | *** | ||||
sbd vernon | 9051 | A- | *** | |||
sbd gems | 94633 | A- | vocals overrecorded at beginning of d1t1 and then gets better | *** |
7/30/66 | P.N.E. Garden Auditorium, Vancouver, BC |
sbd vernon | 9387 | B+ | *** | |||
sbd gems | 94631 | A | *** |
9/16/66 | Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA |
sbd vernon | 9127 | B | *** | |||
sbd tzuriel | 11503 | *** | ||||
vintagedead | 25283 | *** | ||||
sbd davenport | 95970 | B+ | first lp rates A-, second lp rates B+ | has some pops t3 3:30, t5 8:2x; | *** | |
vinyl sbd indidarkstar | 117435 | |||||
vintage from reel to reel source 48k | 146098 | Not Reviewed Yet |
10/2/66 | San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA |
sbd bershaw | 9517 | A- | this is a lossy source with nothing above 16k and has notches taken out of its spectral view; (with other acid test comp disk1 to disk6) | small noises t2 1:41, 2:30, 3:03, 3:15, 3:20, 4:19, t3 0:17, 0:180:22, 0:24, 2:19, 3:36, 8:07, t4 1:41 - 2:01, t7 0:27, 0:42, 0:45, 1:23, t8 0:13, 1:21; t12 3:09 4:19,4:23, 7:05, 7:15, lots of static spots which may be music | ||
master reel ; [at whatever it is] | 106656 | A- | this has a much different mix and warmer more natural sound than 9517 | *** |
10/7/66 | Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA |
sbd unknown | 14102 | A- | *** |
11/xx/66 | KFRC Studio, San Francisco, CA |
fm interview ordon sorochty , perspective | 125586 | B+ | *** |
11/19/66 | Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA |
sbd seff | 41 | B+ | *** | |||
fm | 9730 | *** | ||||
sbd seff joshd 41 speed fixed | 75970 | *** | ||||
sbd miller | 94106 | B+ | this has fuller warmer sound than wgv stream; gets a little distorted on loud parts like on harmonica on t10 | has tv band; drop end of tt7, t8,t9; | *** | |
wgv flac; download; download flac regular price $6.00, wvip price $4.20; Tracks: 11 Total Time: 1:20:48 Catalog: Bill Graham, 1. Introduction / Cold Rain 3:57, 2. High Heeled Sneakers 4:29, 3. Beat It On Down The Line 3:07, 4. Pain In My Heart 4:07, 5. Cream Puff War 8:29, 6. The Same Thing 11:13, 7. He Was A Friend Of Mine 5:26, 8. Dancing In The Streets 6:11, 9. Smokestack Lightning 9:11, 10. I'm A King Bee 5:41, 11. In The Midnight Hour 18:57 | $ | B+ | this makes 94106 sound slow; this was similarly harsh and distorted on loud parts of t9 and t10; otherwise this would rate A- | drop end of t8; | *** | |
see it crawled out of the vaults of ksan : 1966-1968 disk 1 |
11/29/66 | The Matrix, San Francisco, CA |
sbd thecore | 4940 | B- | some songs are lesser quality and rate C | (pop t1 2:12 because of discontinuity, square wav static t1 2:19, digi-drop t2 5:26, digi-drop t5 0:01, 0:02, analog cut/drop t8 6:23; abrupt start t9 0:00, light static t9 1:31 - 1:35 possibly caused by clipping,); | *** | |
sbd ret | 20448 | B- | did not review this one since had more flaws than another) (d1 reported to be 2/23/66 rates B- having more hiss and quality lessens when vocals gets loud and turn harsh, drop d1t8 2:10 followed by some static 2;11, 2:12, 2:14, drop 2:14 as it fades out ) (d2t14 bonus track is of C quality); Set1 has more hiss and less fidelity than 5/19/66 shnid=82844 and 6516; d2 is same as st5 as 4940 | (pop t1 2:12 because of discontinuity, square wav static t1 2:19, digi-drop t2 5:26, , digi-drop t5 0:01, 0:02, analog cut/drop t8 6:23; abrupt start t9 0:00, light static t9 1:31 - 1:35 possibly caused by clipping, - | *** | |
sbd graham perlstein | 106497 | B | prior versions are more muffled | *** |
12/1/66 | The Matrix, San Francisco, CA |
sbd ladner | 8575 | B- | has background hum; drop d1t2 0:38 and near the end of all tracks; light static d1t1 0:31, 1:23, 1:47 plus more like this for this track; static d1t2 0:27; 5:15, 5:17; d1t3 1:16 (my dat which says sbd analog master 44k has more hiss but does not have the between song gaps or the occasional crackles and static but does have some at 25:3x) | *** | ||
sbd sirmick | 26968 | B- | noise reduction makes this seem less natural than 8575 but does make it clearer | *** | ||
sbd | 32800 | B- | slower than 8575 but has fuller warmer sound | *** |
12/5/66 | Studio: 1st album outtakes, San Francisco, CA |
sbd kimbro | 23064 | B+ | This is an sbefix of shnid 21295; sounds fast on t3 | *** |