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Thursday, October 29, 2020

22. 1968-10-20

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9071 (also on 30 Trips) UC Berkeley 10:17 Main theme at 1:41, and a variant thereof at 2:35. First verse at 2:59. Verse melody at 5:42. S...
Friday, October 23, 2020

21: 1968-10-13

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  115606 Avalon 13:08 Main theme at 1:28. First verse at 2:12. Verse theme at 6:45. Bright Star at 8:25. Falling Star at 9:12. Sputnik at ...
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Saturday, October 17, 2020

20: 1968-10-12

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86759 Avalon 14:52 Main theme at 3:45. First verse at 4:17. Verse melody at 8:09. Bright Star at 10:29. Falling Star at 11:00. Sputnik at ...
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Saturday, October 10, 2020

HARTBEATS B: 1968-10-10

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Matrix 4513 15:29 There’s some tuning, accompanied by a chiming bell, at the beginning. Intro starts at 2:18, so this is really about 13:...
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Saturday, October 3, 2020

Hartbeats A: 1968-10-08

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HARTBEATS A: 1968-10-08 25757   Sometime around this point Weir and Pigpen were supposedly fired from the band, although the exact dates, a...
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Saturday, September 26, 2020

19: 1968-09-02

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14:06 115592 Sultan, WA Main theme at 2:05, and again at 3:46. First verse at 4:49. Verse melody at 8:13. Sort of a flash of Bright Star...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

18: 1968-08-28

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10:49 133762 Avalon Ballroom Intro is very slightly cut. Main theme at 1:36. First verse at 2:03. Main theme, sort of hinted, at 4:59 before...
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Saturday, September 19, 2020

17: 1968-08-24

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11:20 Shrine Auditorium (Two From the Vault) This is a very energetic and tight version, and the band sounds really together. Note how quick...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

16: 1968-08-23

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15:28 (116193) Variant of Main Theme at 2:22. Main theme at 3:39. First verse at 5:37. Brief proto-Sputnik beginning around 7:27. Verse me...
Saturday, September 12, 2020

15: 1968-08-22

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12:10 143144 Main theme at 2:13. First verse at 2:56. Verse melody at 6:19. Sputnik-like licks at 7:29. Bright Star feint at 8:19. Main them...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

14: 1968-08-21

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13:45 Intro cut. Main theme at 1:13, and again at 2:40. First verse at 3:03. Verse melody at 6:55. Second verse at 12:19. Goes into St. Step...
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Saturday, September 5, 2020

13. 1968-(6?)-xx (from reel 4 of the “mystery reels.”)

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16:06 Main Theme 3:31. First verse 4:52. Verse theme at 9:09. Bright Star at 10:40, into Falling Star at 11:02. Main Theme at 14:01. Second...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2020

12. 1968-03-30

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8:59 Carousel Ballroom First verse 2:47. Verse melody at 5:08. Bright Star at 6:13, again with dynamics, leads to Falling Star at 6:31. Seco...
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Monday, August 31, 2020

11:1968-03-29

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7:28 Intro riff cut. First verse 2:14. Verse melody 3:55. Bright Star at 4:54. Main theme at 5:26. Second verse at 5:51. Comes to a full sto...
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Saturday, August 29, 2020

10: 1968-03-16

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  7:25 Carousel Ballroom. First verse at 1:52. Note the figure Garcia plays right after the first verse, this seems to show up here a lot....
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Thursday, August 27, 2020

9: 1968-02-23

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6:48 Kings Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe (Dicks Picks 22) The intro was cut on the last couple, but here the call-and-response delivery is gone. M...
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Monday, August 24, 2020

8: 1968-02-22

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6:22 Kings Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe This was posted at the Grateful Dead site in the "Taper's Section" feature in 2007. It does...
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Saturday, August 22, 2020

7: 1968-02-14

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6:15 Carousel Ballroom This performance is really about 5:55, but here I follow the timings in the video linked above. A variation on Main ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

6: 1968-02-03

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5:23 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR Introduction theme still staggered. Garcia comes in on lead at :18. Staccato main theme at 1:15. First v...
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Saturday, August 15, 2020

5: 1968-02-02

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6:36 Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco This is part of the bonus material on Disc One of Road Trips 2.2. Intro is still staggered. About a mi...