Grateful Dead Acid Test Vine

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January 6, 2008 - 10:03am

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marye

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started by Ltapilot Can you pass the acid test? Presented for historical purposes only, 42 years after the fist acid test. A word of warning these shows are a little weird and some sound quality is a little raw, but fun to listen to. Presented on both DVD in shn format and on CD in wav format Grateful Dead & Merry Pranksters The Acid Test Reels 1965-1967 A chronological compilation of the Acid Test recordings listed in The Grateful Dead Tapers Compendium Volume One. DISC ONE: Fillmore Acid Test/Sound City Acid Test The Fillmore Acid Test Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA January 8, 1966 1. Stage Chaos/More Power Rap 2. King Bee 3. I'm A Hog For You Baby 4. Caution: Do Not Step On Tracks > 5. Death Don't Have No Mercy 6. Star Spangled Banner / closing remarks The Sound City Acid Test 363 6th Street, San Francisco, CA January 29, 1966 7. Ken Kesey interviewed by Frank Fey 8. Ken Babbs and harmonica 9. Take Two: Ken Kesey 10. Bull 11. Peggy The Pistol 12. One-way Ti

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September 27, 2009 - 5:31pm

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Warlocks

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WARLOCKS & THE ACID TESTS

Recently, a whole collection of previous unseen and extremely rare Acid Test posters and handbills has been discovered, including a couple pieces of original artwork by Jerry Garcia. Included in this collection was an original hand-colored handbill for the Palo Alto Big Beat Acid Test, as well as a Poster for Mother McCree's at the Tangent in 1964, a Poster for the Warlocks first paid gig at Magoo's on May 5, 1965, a poster for the Warlocks fourth performance at Frenchy's on June 18, 1965, Phil Lesh's first gig. A set of tickets for the In Room in Belmont on Sept. 1, 1965 and a poster for the first Acid Test at the Spread in Santa Cruz on Nov. 27, 1965 as well as a Fillmore Acid Test handbill and a handbill for Carthay studios in Los Angeles on March 19, 1966. It also appears that Jerry Garcia designed several of these items himself.The site that features all of this and more is here: http://www.postertrip.com/public/department37.cfm There are 33 pages altogether, which can be accessed from the main page. The whole collection can be viewed here : http://www.postertrip.com/public/5591.cfm Further details like the Jerry Garcia original artwork can be viewed here: http://www.postertrip.com/5584.cfm
September 15, 2009 - 2:18pm

#72

beatle_head42

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Address....and apologies.

Hey all, sorry I've been gone so long. College started up, and I was overwhelmed. I don't seem to have Flying_Monkey's address in my inbox. But as soon as that's remedied, it'll be out and circulating once more! You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.
September 8, 2009 - 7:54pm

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Flying_Monkey

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46. Jess8747. ohyeah
48.

46. Jess87 47. ohyeah 48. Longrifle 49. beatle_head42 50. Flying_Monkey I can't wait ...
August 24, 2009 - 9:44pm

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Longrifle

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Got it

Very interesting but take in small doses, as the author says. It also takes a little concentration to figure out whats going on. Cool, thou. thx, peace, out tomorrow 08/25 to bealte_head42. I'm smiling from his happiness and yes, as ohyeah said, it'll take approx 10 days to get there, so hang in there, man. party on, Longrifle 46. Jess87 47. ohyeah 48. Longrifle 49. beatle_head42
August 20, 2009 - 6:12am

#75

ohyeah

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just fyi . . .

Not trying to dampen your enthusiasm beatle_head42, but I'm in Middle America and Longrifle is in Western Canada, so this leg of the journey might be a little longer than others. It takes 5-7 days for vines to get from here to the East Coast of the U.S., so I bet it's more like 7-10 days to get to Western Canada. Longrifle may have not even received it yet. Hang in there . . . ~~~~~~~ "They say Cain caught Abel rolling loaded dice"
August 19, 2009 - 7:33pm

#76

beatle_head42

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bump?

You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.
August 13, 2009 - 6:53am

#77

beatle_head42

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ohohoh

It's almost me! The excitement is unbearable... You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.
August 12, 2009 - 8:40pm

#78

ohyeah

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it's out . . .

. . . to Longrifle. ~~~~~~~ "They say Cain caught Abel rolling loaded dice"
August 10, 2009 - 6:01pm

#79

ohyeah

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got it - thanks Jess87!

~~~~~~~"They say Cain caught Abel rolling loaded dice"
August 9, 2009 - 2:24pm

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beatle_head42

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hooray!!

46. Jess8747. ohyeah 48. Longrifle 49. beatle_head42 tried to find this online, in CD cellars all over the state, and everything else. Thanks to everyone all the way up!!! You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.

started by Ltapilot Can you pass the acid test? Presented for historical purposes only, 42 years after the fist acid test. A word of warning these shows are a little weird and some sound quality is a little raw, but fun to listen to. Presented on both DVD in shn format and on CD in wav format Grateful Dead & Merry Pranksters The Acid Test Reels 1965-1967 A chronological compilation of the Acid Test recordings listed in The Grateful Dead Tapers Compendium Volume One. DISC ONE: Fillmore Acid Test/Sound City Acid Test The Fillmore Acid Test Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA January 8, 1966 1. Stage Chaos/More Power Rap 2. King Bee 3. I'm A Hog For You Baby 4. Caution: Do Not Step On Tracks > 5. Death Don't Have No Mercy 6. Star Spangled Banner / closing remarks The Sound City Acid Test 363 6th Street, San Francisco, CA January 29, 1966 7. Ken Kesey interviewed by Frank Fey 8. Ken Babbs and harmonica 9. Take Two: Ken Kesey 10. Bull 11. Peggy The Pistol 12. One-way Ti

Acid Test vine is on the move again

Hi! I couldn't restrain myself from mailing this out today, even though I said "Saturday". I never heard back from playdead; Pajak however is ready, willing and eager to take The Test so it is on its way to the way northeast. And here I go again, unilaterally dicking with a signup list. I'm putting playdead and Billy S at the end, for obvious reasons, and correcting the numbering. Let me know if I'm pissing anybody off...but most of all: Enjoy! MarkintheDark ********************* Acid Test Vine 29. MarkintheDark 30. Pajak 31. boxen 32. joneb 33. grdaed73 34. Dead Man Telling Tales 35. emily-j 36. hard_to_handle 37. TxJed 38. playdead 39. Billy S 40. ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************

Got it

The package has arrived! Thank you, MitD. If I can get some work done today, I will drop tonight and get it out in tomorrow's post, perhaps the next day. PMing boxen posthaste. "A cap of good acid costs five dollars and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony with God singing solo and the Holy Ghost on drums." Hunter S. Thompson

Well, well, wail...

I'm half way through the test (at least it feels half way - too far to swim back!) and no word from boxen. joneb - get on deck in case I don't hear from boxen by week's end. This stuff shouldn't linger in one place too long; might explode. "A cap of good acid costs five dollars and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony with God singing solo and the Holy Ghost on drums." Hunter S. Thompson

I've always wanted to take this test!

Add me to that list, please! To whom should I send my address?Thanks all! nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile

This would be the New Order

This would be the New Order: 30. Pajak 31. boxen 32. joneb 33. grdaed73 34. Dead Man Telling Tales 35. emily-j 36. hard_to_handle 37. TxJed 38. playdead 39. Billy S 40. mercedes42 But I've yet to hear from either boxen or joneb, and Billy S and playdead have already both been bumped to the end at least once, so keep your eye on the thread and when the head ahead of you in line gets IT, then pm your coordinates.... I am ready to pass it along. "The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer." - Ken Kesey

Billy and playdead got moved to the end because...

...they've disappeared, Billy S has anyway, been absent without replying to PMs for weeks now. Playdead PM'd me last week and said he was going to stop vining, for awhile at least. Probably OK to move mercedes up. Don't know what the deal is with boxen, thought he was fairly active still. Just don't let this vine disappear again, it's been reseeded like three or four times already, it's one of the first vines any new viner will sign up for. Cheers, MarkintheDark ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************

And BTW...

The material on these six discs is must have for any serious collector/historian. I recognized a number of the passages referenced in Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test when burning them. The Jer interview is great, both for the content of his answers and the background noise of people coming and going at 710. All in all good stuff; disjointed and poorly recorded, but eminently collectible. Here is the new list, unless we hear otherwise from playdead or Billy S: 30. Pajak 31. boxen 32. joneb 33. grdaed73 34. Dead Man Telling Tales 35. emily-j 36. hard_to_handle 37. TxJed 38. mercedes42 39. playdead 40. Billy S I will give boxen and/or joneb until COB tomorrow, then I will offer the sheet to grdaed73. Cool? "The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer." - Ken Kesey

Off to see the wizard

The Test is going in the mail to boxen tomorrow! "The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer." - Ken Kesey

hmmm!

better start studying! uhhh, how's it go again? oh yea, don't think, don't think, donthi, ooontii, ollaa : )

Thanks...

for not leaving me out, but I passed and sent it on a while back...so boxen to grdaed73and so on... Peace.

Gone, Daddy, Gone

Went out the window to boxen a couple of days ago. Keep the eyes in the back of your head peeled. "A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it." - G.K. Chesterton

got it

I will get this off to grdaed ASAP. Thanks!

So.... looks like we had another mix-up

This list has gotten hard to follow - and we've already had a couple of re-seeds. Apparently, Paps has the package & doesn't know where to send it - she never posted that she had received it & didn't know where to look to find out who was next in line. Keeping track is critical to prevent lost vines - I use an excel spreadsheet to track vines. Sample Vine Tracking Spreadsheet If this vine is off track - then whoever is next in line should PM paps & ask her to send it along - but be sure to post here, so everyone knows the status.

We gave up on paps, and the vine was reseeded

hey now erickat! "We" had no mixup, Paps stalled the vine. Back in the beginning of November I first PM'd paps regarding this vine. No reply. I pm'd her again two weeks later, still no reply. In mid December we gave up on it, and TNHG reseeded the vine, sending the copy to me in mid-December. The vine appears to be moving well now. Paps finally replied to me yesterday (after more than two months!) asking where to send the vine. I told her to keep the darn thing. She apparently needs help keeping track of vines, and also needs to read her damn PMs. Thanks for your help. MarkintheDark ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************

Can You Pass The Acid Test?

Well I hope I can. I am new to the vines on this site and yes it was the third vine I signed up for good observation, markinthedark. And thank you erickat for the spreadsheet...it will make my life easier for sure. 30. Pajak 31. boxen 32. joneb 33. grdaed73 34. Dead Man Telling Tales 35. emily-j 36. hard_to_handle 37. TxJed 38. mercedes42 39. playdead 40. Billy S 41.Canyon Critter

____________________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!

Who has this right now?

So if I'm following this correctly, grdaed73, should have the vine right now? And Dead Man Telling Tales is next to go? ____________________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!

not yet!

i wish i had it, but it should be along in no time... from what i read!

out today

Mailing today to grdaed. Thanks!

copying now

thx boxen, and like the hot potato, it's out of here... as soon as i get dead man telling tales address! can't wait to drop....these on the ipod : ) peace

out to dead man

on the 14th, check yer box tues or wen!

next be me?

pm me when is ready.

What do you mean Good ol GD?

Hey now, Did you change your name on this site? Next should be: Dead Man Telling Tales>emily-j>etc. Happy trippin! ___________________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!

Good ol GD, read the new vines 2009 topic

Good ol GD you need to read the header for the New Vines 2009 forum so you know how to sign up for vines. Cheers, MarkintheDark ********************************************* **************This space for rent***************** *********************************************

I am adding the information

for discs 5 and 6 to this vine as it circulates. I was a little lost as to what discs five and six were when the vine arrived. Being a crafty researcher I quickly got to the bottom of the mystery.

You should post or PM me a copy of that, Dead Man...

I am less than crafty, plus I'm very lazy and haven't had a chance to look into it. Counting six discs was about as far as I got. ********************************************* *********Will work for blank discs & postage********** *********************************************

On to the next test taker.

Emily J should have custody in a few days.

Im ready to take the test!

30. Pajak31. boxen 32. joneb 33. grdaed73 34. Dead Man Telling Tales 35. emily-j 36. hard_to_handle 37. TxJed 38. mercedes42 39. playdead 40. Billy S 41.Canyon Critter 42. Day Glo Louisville 43. "When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro" -Hunter S Thompson