Grateful Dead

It would probably be like DSO playing on the same bill as the dead. That would be crazy. Oh, by the way I'm sure someone we all know will claim to have a full dynamic stereo hi-fi 10" Dolby double-fluggle mint condition audio/video of this night. With liners notes. Sorry I just could not help myself.

I am with you on releasing 9/20/70, that show is one of my absolute favorites . The acoustic set is just fantastic. Maybe they will release it for the 50th anniversary of Working Mans Dead. I would love a 1970 box set this year, but anything from 1967 to 1974 would be cool.

Mr.1s: "Damn, I now have a new bucket list show I hope to hear before I shuffle off of this mortal coil. Life's no fun without something BIG to wish for!!"

The Age of Plenty still offers a few tie-dyed unicorns. A glance at the playbill that evening in March '70 incites a riot of curiosity and imagination:

*The program will open with conductor Foss as guest pianist with the Grateful Dead in a non-improvisation –pianist Foss playing the Bach Concerto in F Minor and the rock artists surrounding him with a rhythmic and electronic counterpoint.
*At 7:30 PM “The Dead” will orbit on their own-two drummers, organ, guitars, trumpet, congas-for an hour of their album settings in whatever version inspires them at the time.
*AT 8:30 PM Mr. Foss and a battery of sub-conductors will lead the orchestra in the American premiere of the Foss “Geod,” complete with laser show.
*At 9 PM “The Dead” will take over again. At 9:40 PM Mr. Foss will conduct Variations II and III by avantgardist John Cage.

Was this the first 30-minute version of Bach's Cto#5? Did Drums>Space incite psychic phase changes among the black tie crowd at Kleinhaus Music Hall? And even a lost possibility: consider what Constanten, with his Stockehausen scholarship, could have lent to the Cage Variations had he not recently left the band following the big bust in the Big Easy (recall that TC used piano techniques acquired from Cage for contributions on "Anthem of the Sun").

But this potentially splendid anomaly was not recorded: Bear, also suffering fall-out from New Orleans, was on State arrest in California; Betty wasn't traveling yet; apparently the Buffalo aristocracy didn't pirate Naks and mic stands under their gowns and long tails; and though Bob Matthews was recording during this period, he seemingly didn't that night (wonder if there were any proprietary issues raised by the BSO?).

Here's just about everything known: http://www.thedeadblog.com/grateful-dead-buffalo-philharmonic-1970/

Looks like we are progressing nicely through the list.

Keep ‘em coming and Plangentize as many as possible.

Getting my first listen.
Sounds mighty fine.

Here's another, more comprehensive list of those potential DaP picks, kudos to whomever posted this originally.

I ordered them chronologically and cross-referenced them against the list of "known" Betty Boards once, to see what the most likely future DaP candidates would be. That led me to believe that Kezar and June 76 Beacon Theater shows might be high on the prospect list.

I will continue to cast my vote for 9/19/1970 Fillmore East as the bonus disc accompanying a full release of 9/20/1970!

There's still a lot of gold in them thar hills to be mined...

Dave's Picks List
1/20/68 Eureka Municipal Auditorium- Eureka, CA
4/21/69 The Ark- Boston, MA
4/23/69 The Ark- Boston, MA
1/2/70 Fillmore East- New York, NY
1/3/70 Fillmore East- New York, NY
9/19/70 Fillmore East- New York, NY
11/7/71 Harding Theatre- San Francisco, CA
1/2/72 Winterland Arena- San Francisco, CA
8/24/72 Berkeley Community Theatre- Berkeley, CA
2/15/73 Dane County Coliseum- Madison, WI
6/10/73 RFK Stadium- Washington, DC
6/30/73 Universal Ampitheatre- Universal City, CA
5/26/73 Kezar Stadium- San Francisco, CA
9/11/73 College Of William and Mary- Williamsburg, VA
5/17/74 PNE Coliseum- Vancouver, British Columbia
5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum- Portland, OR
6/23/74 Jai-Alai Fronton- Miami, FL
7/31/74 Dillon Stadium- Hartford, CT
9/28/75 Lindley Meadows- Golden Gate Park- San Francisco, CA
6/14/76 Beacon Theatre- New York, NY
6/15/76 Beacon Theatre- New York, NY
10/3/76 Cobo Arena- Detroit, MI
5/18/77 Fox Theatre- Atlanta, GA
5/26/77 Baltimore Civic Center- Baltimore, MD
11/4/77 Cotterell Gym- Colgate Univ. Hamilton, NY
1/18/78 Stockton Civic Auditorium, Stockton, CA
1/22/78 McArthur Court- Univ. of Oregon- Eugene, OR
1/15/79 Springfield Civic Center Arena- Springfield, MA
8/30/80 The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
10/14/80 Warfield Theatre- San Francisco, CA (Reckoning)
3/9/81 Madison Square Garden- New York, NY
5/16/81 Barton Hall, Cornell University- Ithaca, NY
8/30/83 Hult Center- Eugene, OR
10/21/83 The Centrum- Worcester, MA
10/9/84 The Centrum- Worcester, MA
11/2/84 Berkeley Community Theatre- Berkeley, CA
9/18/87 Madison Square Garden- New York, NY
7/29/88 Laguna Seca Recreation Area- Monterey, CA
10/26/89 Miami Arena- Miami, FL
12/27/89 Oakland Coliseum- Oakland, CA
10/27/90 Zenith- Paris, France
6/22/91 Soldier Field- Chicago, IL
9/26/91 Boston Garden- Boston, MA
9/13/93 The Spectrum- Philadelphia, PA
3/29/93 Knickerbocker Arena- Albany, NY

https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/American-Festival-Rocks-Davies-Ex-…
....in the days between, I made a trek to this event. Still have the tee.
Go Big, or Go Home - Mr Ones

Well that's quite the interesting story.

From Setlists.net
"Hi Folks, I'm the conductor of this show's son (My father, Lukas Foss, died in 2009). The Buffalo News has recently reported on a reward being offered - $500 - which is kind of low (i'd say) by a radio personality, Micahael Caputo. When I read about it (the reward), I immediately offered another $500... which is still too low. I'm making a documentary film about my father and his musical world and would love to include some of this Dead/ Buffalo Phil audio and/or images... So... If anyone has anything or knows someone who does, please do get in touch with me. fosscb@gmail.com. Many thanks! - Christopher Foss
-Christopher Foss (02/27/2017)"

03/17/70
Kleinhans Music Hall - Buffalo, NY
Set 1:
Dark Star
Drums
Turn On Your Love Light

http://www.setlists.net/?show_id=0562

There's a good bit of banter back and forth between peoples posts. The final offer was $2k.

One of the returned Betty's? Ha.

OK, now you've gone and done it!! My first thought on backwards time-travel (to a Dead show!!) takes me to 3/17/70 in Buffalo. This would be the famed 3-set (?) show, with a 3rd set involving improvisation with a symphony orchestra?
Who wouldn't want to hear that? Of course, I will bring a state-of-the-art recording device with me, so I can share this show upon my return. Why re-visit a show I've already heard (many times)?
There used to be a guy offering money ($1,000 or $2,000?) to anyone who had tapes of this show.
Damn, I now have a new bucket list show I hope to hear before I shuffle off of this mortal coil.
Life's no fun without something BIG to wish for!!

DaveRock, those May 1972 shows are truly fantastic, I would have loved to have been at those shows. My brother saw the Dead a couple of times in 1972. Hopefully we will get a 1972 box set this year like some folks here have been calling for.