Category: listening notes
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Dating the September 1971 Lion’s Share Gigs
Consider this a throwback post, in that it does what the blog started out doing, and that’s just trying to correct and fill out metadata around Garciavents. Here, I argue that the material we know from circulating tapes as 9/24/71 is actually from the next night, 9/25/71, also at the Lion’s Share in San Anselmo. The…
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Odd Pair at the Old Waldorf: JGB, Monday, January 11, 1982 and Wednesday, January 13, 1982
LN jg1982-01-11.jgb.all.sbd-gmb.84012.flac1644 | LNjg1982-01-13.jgb.all.aud-GEMS.98706.flac1644 What a weird little pair of shows – an early year Monday-Wednesday pairing at the Old Waldorf. Also an interesting pair of tapes. The 11th is represented by one of the uber-clean early 80s soundboard cassette tapes, which the old rumor had it marched out of “official” possession powered by a Peruvian…
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Killer Sugaree and final DDD: JGB at Country Club, Reseda, May 20, 1984
LN jg1984-05-20.jgb.all.aud-nak300s.79553.flac1644 This Sugaree is in the running for hottest ever, especially in the 6-10 minute range. It opened shows a lot in the 75-77 period, a little less frequently by this time, and it would leave the JGB fold in ’86 to become GD only. But, for my money, the Jerry Band ones from this…
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Did You Ever Notice the 9/18/81 JGB Rehearsal Has Jerry Playing Acoustic?
The spine of Betty’s 9/18/81 JGB rehearsal tape box A beautiful piece of tape: Betty’s reel from the 9/18/81 JGB rehearsal I just revisited this little 20+ minute rehearsal fragment. Thank you Betty! This is the latest piece of Betty Board of interest to me: some of the abortive Brent solo album material came from…
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All By Myself: Legion of Mary, April 5, 1975 late show at the Cap, Passaic, NJ
LN jg1975-04-05.lom.late.aud-SC.147761.flac1644 Ticket stub for Legion of Mary, April 5, 1975, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ – 11:30 PM late showNB misspelling of “Capital”. Image courtesy of gdsets.com Very listenable audience tape with everything present. Nice show – I like everything here, even “Sitting In Limbo”, which I don’t always love. “Wicked Messenger” – my goodness, what…
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Old old old notes: JGB at the Leroy Theatre, Pawtucket, RI, March 11, 1978
LN jg1978-03-11.jgb.all.aud-friend.97682.flac1644 I listened to this years ago, was just doing some housecleaning and thought I’d post. Bullets: Really nice tape. Piano sounds especially great .Thank you, Tim Friend! I note that it runs faster than the set II soundboard tape. I also noted that AF’s ITAM patch from shnid-14931 (Tom Dalti aud) sounds pitched differently.…
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Tasty Fucking Tape: JGB at Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, October 28, 1978 (Severson MAC)
LN jg1978-10-28.jgb.early-late.aud-severson.148540.flac2496 These last few shows of the Keith and Donna JGB are generally strong. And the recordings often sound really nice, not least because the bass, and I’d say generally the whole band, was dialed-in in the rooms. I don’t know who was doing room sound, but they did a great job. Mark Severson pulled the…
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Peppy: JGB at the Stone, May 31, 1981 (and contemporary data missingess)
LN jg1981-05-31.jgb.s1s2p.aud.137952.flac1644 More spare listening notes, more JGB #12b. I actually like TLEO here (rare), find characteristically strong-for-the-period versions of Sugaree and Tangled Up, enjoy a melodious Simple Twist, pick up some rock-n-roll goodness in Let It Rock, and totally dig the litling beauty of an early Melvin-era Knockin’. Early 80s Knockin’s are the best, IMO.…
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Calderone Valentine: JGB in Hempstead, NY, February 14, 1981
LN jg1981-02-14.jgb.all.aud-hance.155565.flac2496 Just did the previous night, and I had just listened to this one to get a load of the fresh transfer from John Jay Hance‘s master. I hear plenty of stuff to like, don’t go into much detail. The “Like A Road” feels really sweet. Quicky listening notes. Jerry Garcia Band Calderone Concert Hall…