Dave's Picks 56: London - March 1981
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March 20, 1981
CD 1
1. Feel Like a Stranger
2. Friend of the Devil
3. C.C. Rider
4. Althea
5. Mama Tried >
6. Mexicali Blues
7. Loser
8. New Minglewood Blues
9. Candyman >
10. Looks Like Rain >
11. Deal
CD 2
1. Scarlet Begonias >
2. Fire On The Mountain >
3. Lost Sailor >
4. Saint Of Circumstance
5. He's Gone >
6. Drums >
7. Space >
8. Truckin' >
9. Wharf Rat >
10. Around And Around >
11. Johnny B. Goode
March 21, 1981
CD 3
1. Alabama Getaway >
2. Promised Land
3. Peggy-O
4. Me And My Uncle >
5. Big River
6. Tennessee Jed >
7. Little Red Rooster
8. Althea
9. Let It Grow >
10. China Cat Sunflower >
11. I Know You Rider
CD 4
1. Jack Straw
2. Ship Of Fools
3. Estimated Prophet >
4. Eyes Of The World >
5. Drums >
6. Space >
7. Not Fade Away >
8. Black Peter >
9. One More Saturday Night
10. Don't Ease Me In
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane
Fun choice
Fun choice
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: JP (J Bomb)
Smoking shows.
Smoking shows.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: treat island
>>> Fun choice
>>> Fun choice
>>> Smoking shows
Sounds like something good for our times.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Woz
I am psyched for this release
I am psyched for this release!
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1981-03-20: https://archive
1981-03-20: https://archive.org/details/gd1981-03-20.154684.sbd.bear.gems.flac2496/
1981-03-21: https://archive.org/details/gd1981-03-21.sbd.walker-scotton.miller.10677...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: (~)};)StealYourFace
so 3-21 is complete and 3-20
so 3-21 is complete and 3-20 is sans US Blues encore? Is it missing from the vault or is this a space constraint on the CD release. why not patch the US blues from that FM source?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Joe Buck is Back
Is this the show with Pete
Is this the show with Pete Townsend?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
one of the early cassettes i
one of the early cassettes i had, great stuff.
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> Is this the show with Pete
> Is this the show with Pete Townsend?
That show took place the following week: March 28, 1981 on the German TV show Rockpalast.
> 3-20 is sans US Blues encore? Is it missing from the vault
It's on the archive SBD. https://archive.org/details/gd1981-03-20.154684.sbd.bear.gems.flac2496/
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lord Kalvert
I threw in - looks good.
I threw in - looks good. Hope the sound quality is better than the Phila 84 release.
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US Blues left off due to the
US Blues left off due to the cut I'm sure...
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What do you tell a one legged
What do you tell a one legged hitchhiker?
Hop in!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: dj_easy_wind
Hot Damn! I've been waiting
Hot Damn! I've been waiting for this release for over 40 years! Never understood why it took so long cuz these shows were smokin'! I had assumed it wasn't recorded on the SBD, although I've heard AUD tapes over the years...
I went to ALL 4 London Rainbow Theatre Shows (3/20, 3/21, 3/23, 3/24), then I ventured down to Essen, Germany for The Who/Grateful Dead Double Bill! Pretty Heady stuff for a 21 year old Deadhead!
This was my first and only run of Grateful Dead "Theatre" shows, so I enjoyed the intimacy and open dance floor immensely. I recall stage banter with the Audience "Hey Phil, do you like the English Bitter Beers?" was met with a thumbs up by Phil. Some kind Freak handed out hash cookies up front, Yay!
When Jerry mistakenly opened 'Brokedown Palace' with the Chorus (4th show?), he just started over, said, 'Sorry people" and everyone laughed!
I was 21 years old, attending U of Fribourg, Switzerland for my Junior Year Abroad for a year, and my brother was in his 5th year living in London, so taking the trains/ferry up for this run was a no-brainer! "Who are the Grateful Dead, and why are they following me?", indeed!
I remember chatting with some spike-haired London punks in attendance between sets and they were there because they thought 'Grateful Dead' sounded like a Metal Band, they didn't quite know what to make of all the Americana and Jams, but their jaws hit the floor during Drumz > Space, which they loved...
For my part, I Loved all 4 shows, but I had an Irish Catholic Guilt Trip induced LSD meltdown during Sailor > Saint that I did not recover from that night. I was SO euphoric prior to that during Scarlet > Fire, I had never been so wonderfully high before in my life, and I started feeling guilty, like I didn't deserve to feel that good. Too bad, huh? I walked out of the show during He's Gone, only to return the next day when I realized after I came down that I was being overly harsh on myself. Trial by Scarlet>Fire, I suppose, but I did get back in the saddle for the rest of the run, sans strong psychedelics. Sailor > Saint has always had a deep impact on me ever since.
Sorry if it's TMI, but this run was deeply visceral and intimate for me, so I Thought I'd share my story here.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Cam
I love that recounting, DJ.
I love that recounting, DJ.
It's good to remember and share those formative imprints in the dna of our community.
I'm psyched to hear these recordings!
I'm betting the US Blues was cut because they squeezed 2 whole shows on 4 discs.
Based on past tendency towards complete-ism, the US Blues will show up at the end of the filler on the next 3-disc release.