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Hey now these two unique shows on 4/25 and 5/22 warrant their own vine. I don’t know what you call them but it is something in between GD and JGB. The line-up is Garcia, Weir, Kreutzman, Hart and John Kahn and on 5/22 Mydland joins the fun (I actually wonder if Brent played 4/25 too). Both are short one set performances but as you may have guessed they are acoustic and exceptionally good. 5/22 is seriously one of the best sounding auds I have ever heard. Plus they play some of my favorite tunes. For example, how many times do you get to hear Dark Hollow? I just found these to be very enjoyable and something a little different. I will include wav and flac files for this one on CD-R’s. Humongous thanks to RaymondMBrown for providing!! Hey if anyone knows the background on these shows I’d love to hear some stories! jg1981-04-25-jgf.mtx.GEMS.103640.flac16 Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Billy Kruetzman, Mickey Hart, John Kahn Berkeley Community Theatre Berkeley, CA April 25, 1981 Acoustic Set Deep Elem Blues Dark Hollow Jack-A-Roe Monkey & The Engineer Friend Of The Devil El Paso Babe It Ain't No Lie On The Road Again Encore Oh Boy jg191-05-22.jgbw.aud.angus-hart.26437.flac16 Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, John Kahn, Brent Mydland, Bill Kreutzmann & Mickey Hart Warfield Theater San Francisco, CA 5/22/81 "Benefit for Nuclear Disarmament" Single Disc (14) 73:25 - Acoustic 01. Emcee talk & tuning [3:52] 02. Deep Elem Blues [4:56] [0:25] 03. The Race Is On [2:54] -> 04. Friend of the Devil [8:14] [1:14] 05. Cassidy [4:45] [0:31] 06. To Lay Me Down [8:13] [0:39] 07. Monkey and the Engineer [2:55] [0:46] 08. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie [5:54] [0:07] 09. On the Road Again [2:54] [0:26] 10. Bird Song [6:22] -> 11. Ripple [4:02] -> 12. Drums [8:00] -> 13. Oh Boy [2:11] [1:32] 14. Show Closing [2:24] "Lazy lightning you say you never strike the same place. I want a double dose in any case ... You got to hear my supplication. Got to hear me now. A little bolt of inspiration"

Here is an offering from the late great west coast taper, Mike Millard. The most interesting tidbit about Millard, in case you haven't heard, is that he would go to concerts in a wheelchair, despite being able-bodied, in order to more easily disguise his equipment and secure a good taping position. I think if you asked a large group of people to name the 5 best rock bands in history, three of the bands included here would make the list: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and the outfit that called itself the greatest rock and roll band in the world, the Rolling Stones. Plus 3 from Yes and 1 from Kansas. The sound and performance quality is almost uniformly top notch. SHN/FLAC files only (the next vine, Pink Floyd, will include WAV, I promise), 3 discs total. Here is what is included: Led Zeppelin 3/24/75, 3/25/75, 3/27/75 The Rolling Stones 7/11/75, 7/13/75 Pink Floyd 4/26/75 Yes 6/23/75, 9/23/77, 9/26/77 Kansas 12/31/77 Note that the Rolling Stones 7/12/75, the second night of the run, is also included, but I do NOT recommend bothering with it, or if you must, at least only convert and burn through Happy. There is a tape flip during You Can't Always Get and a skeevy AUD fills in, then during Happy, the very next song, the Millard recording dies for good and the skeevy AUD continues the rest of the show. It is God-awful. Unfortunately, I did not know this before converting and burning the show, and I burned the disc here before listening to it. But the rest of the stuff is awesome (well, okay, maybe Kansas isn't quite awesome, but even it is enjoyable, and the sound quality is great). Enjoy!

These came from Arkdeadhead, I just converted them. Both of these shows are audience video footage from a tripod with excellent soundboards synced to them. If any of you have recently purchased the Crimson White and Indigo DVD this vine would make a great companion. Both of these shows were taped a couple of months after the July show and have the same feel. They are in DVD format (5 discs in all) so make sure you can copy them. If you can't and would like them PM me. Enjoy, and thanks Arkdeadhead! Grateful Dead Hampton Coliseum Hampton, VA October 9, 1989 Disc 1 - Set 1 01. Tuning 02. Feel Like A Stranger 03. Built To Last 04. Little Red Rooster 05. Ramble On Rose 06. We Can Run 07. Jack-A-Roe 08. Memphis Blues Again 09. Row Jimmy 10. The Music Never Stopped Disc2 - Set 2 01. Playing in the Band > 02. Uncle John's Band > 03. Playing Reprise 04. Dark Star > 05. Jam/Space > 06. Drums > Disc 3 - Set2 (con't) 01. Space > 02. Death Don't Have No Mercy > 03. Dear Mr. Fantasy > 04. Hey Jude Finale > 05. Throwing Stones > 06. Good Lovin' Encore: 07. Attics Of My Life Jerry Garcia Band September 5 1989 Civic Center Hartford, CT Disc 1 1st Set 01. Cats Under The Stars 02. TLEO 03. Waiting For A Miracle 04. Run for the Roses 05. Like A Road 06. Sisters & Brothers 07. Deal Disc 2 2nd Set 01. Harder They Come 02. Mission In the Rain 03. Forever Young 04. Evangeline> 05. Don't Let Go> 06. Lonesome & A Long Way From Home

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Dan Lampinski taped a lot of shows in New England in the 1970's. I don't think he ever recorded the Dead, but he captured a lot of great bands. His recordings are only recently being circulated. Here, presented in SHN/FLAC format, on a single DVD, are 5 of his recordings: Styx 11/4/77, Heart 1/27/79, Bruce Springsteen 7/20/75, Yes 8/15/77 and Yes 12/11/74. The Styx and '74 Yes shows (both A AUDs) are especially enjoyable. I grade the sound quality of the Bruce show as A- and the others as B+. Styx are one of those bands that doesn't get as much respect as they deserve. Young people don't know them aside from Mr. Roboto and older people, especially those who loved them at one time, felt betrayed because of Mr. Roboto. But in 1977, this band was at a peak. I love the show. For more info on Dan, Google his name and you can read a cool story about him and why his recordings are coming out. If there is interest, I will seed a Part 2. I am working on acquiring yet another Yes show, and maybe Rush, Supertramp, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jethro Tull and Lou Reed. I can't seem to get the Queen 76 Lampinski recording. If someone has or can get that please let me know.

This DVD contains an audience 'stealth' video/audio labeled from the 12-7-91 Warfield Theater show and contains 7 songs from that evening. It is obvious how special these shows were. Garcia & Grisman DVD Warfield Theater 12-7-91 1. To Sea Once More 2. Friend of the Devil 3. Wind and Rain 4. Arabia (fades out) 5. Sittin' Here in Limbo 6. God rest ye merry gentleman Jam 7. Ripple Jerry Garcia- vocals & guitar, David Grisman- mandolin, Jim Kerwin- bass, Joe Craven percussionist extrodinarie along with violin, etc. Note: this is not a proshot or professional effort, but an audience video recording that gives us a taste of that intimate evening, even with the periodic crowd banter, camera movement or the occasional 'pixilating' of the image. It ain't perfect, but boy is it sweet. I also made some inserts for this 1 DVD. The Truth is realized in an instant, the act is practiced step by step.

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Here are 3 more shows from the fall '89 tour. 10/25 and 10/26 are pretty well-known, and 10/19 deserves to be. 10/26 was vined previously (eurovine # 5) but that vine experienced a premature death, and reached few people. I will include both SHN/FLAC (1 DVD) and WAV files (9 CDs). Thanks to RMB for giving me the shows. I grade all 3 as Very Good shows. For what it is worth, of the 29 shows from '89 that I have graded (I have another 5 I haven't graded), I give a Very Good to 13 shows, a Good to 12 shows, and a Decent to 4 shows. I have a difficult time giving a Great to shows from the later years. A Great corresponds to 5 out of 5 stars or close to 10 out of 10. A Very Good is probably 4 to 4.5 out of 5 stars. Here are the sources: 89-10-19.mtx.hansokolow.96967 89-10-25.sbd.walker-scotton-miller.83398 89-10-26.sbd.walker-scotton-miller.83428