This show has been commercially released as "Dick's Picks 4"

Early Show:

Set 1: Introduction; Cold Rain And Snow; Dark Star > Saint Stephen > The Eleven > Turn On Your Lovelight



Late Show:

Set 1: Introduction; Casey Jones; Mama Tried; Hard To Handle



Set 2: Monkey And The Engineer; Dark Hollow; I've Been All Around This World; Wake Up Little Susie > Black Peter; Uncle John's Band; Katie Mae



Set 3: Dancing In The Street; China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider > High Time > Dire Wolf Alligator > Drums > Me And My Uncle > Not Fade Away > Mason's Children > Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) > Feedback > And We Bid You Good Night

-- All late show disc changes are seamless



-- Thanks to Rob Eaton for lending me his Dats



-- Late show between song tunings patched from shnid=18115



-- Unpatched reel flip between Saint Stephen and The Eleven

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Reviewer: mcgrupp216 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 6, 2020

Subject: Dick's Picks 4.2 Some discussion, of course, about which of these is the better night. I'm partial to 2/13 - just can't get passed that electric set two triptych-madness - but there's no question that these February '70 shows at the Fillmore East were bona fide events. Allman Brothers sets, to boot...are you kidding me?! Also, I wouldn't argue - looking at you, njpg - if someone favors this show. Most of it appears on Dick's 4 (Casey Jones from set one, the whole electric second) and Bear's Choice (Hard to Handle, Dark Hollow, All Around This World). - March 6, 2020Dick's Picks 4.2

Reviewer: Darrylizer - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 27, 2018

Subject: I went dowwwwwwwwwn one old day... Along with the previous nights performance, this show is one of the best the Grateful Dead performed in the Pigpen (or any) era. The band are on fire! There are some fantastic jams in the electric songs such as Caution and Not Fade Away. But the acoustic set is fantastic too with great readings of Dark Hollow, I've Been All Around This World, Uncle John's Band and others. I love that the Dead in 1970 started doing small acoustic sets along with their electric ones. The Dick's Picks series was really right with this choice and with the 05/02 Harpur show. The only reason this shows Dark Star, St. Stephen, The Eleven, Lovelight sandwich didn't get used is because of the cut in St. Stephen and the beginning of the Eleven. 1970 has become my favorite year of this amazing band. - July 27, 2018I went dowwwwwwwwwn one old day...

Reviewer: Anonymous - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 30, 2018

Subject: Dark Star This Dark Star made its way onto the Long Strange Trip Soundtrack. This is my all-time favorite, just barely topping 9/21/72. I believe this is better than the one from the night before (the one from DP4). - June 30, 2018Dark Star

Reviewer: whit537 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 2, 2017

Subject: Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmPhb-tWgBg#t=23m39s



Starts at Hard to Handle and floats back out into space during Not Fade Away. Starts at Hard to Handle and floats back out into space during Not Fade Away. - September 2, 2017Video!

Reviewer: njpg - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 18, 2017

Subject: - I utterly revise my earlier review: this is by far the better night, and DP 4 should have just been the complete 14th IMO. The drummers are SO on point, and everybody's having a good night in general. - January 18, 2017

Reviewer: clementinescaboose - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 29, 2015

Subject: Best NFA Ever Let it be known - November 29, 2015Best NFA Ever

Reviewer: scates - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 21, 2015

Subject: I was there for this show. Not really a review. I was there for this show, the late show. It was amazing in so many ways. I was there with some friends, we watched from the edge of the balcony. It was just magical, I could see their chemistry, I remember thinking that they had the spark and the drive and so aware of each other. And the music came together so well. There was maybe 200 or 300 people there. The blew the audience away. It ended early in the morning. My life was not the same after that. I still love the Dead. Thank you for this site and the work it takes to keep it up and available. - October 21, 2015I was there for this show.

Reviewer: pinga - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 18, 2015

Subject: 1 of those "special" nights The 13th and 14th of February 1970 are two of the most highly regarded shows the Dead ever played...Allow yer ears 2 bear witness... - May 18, 20151 of those "special" nights

Reviewer: c-freedom - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 14, 2015

Subject: Come hear Uncle John's Band It sounded to me that instead of coming back for the second verse of Dark Star they might go for an Uncle john's.

I just dig this entire evening!

A big fan of intro by Zacherley before Casey Jones. - February 14, 2015Come hear Uncle John's Band

Reviewer: chris phillips - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 24, 2015

Subject: High Times and Alligators High Time is beautiful. Dancin' and from Alligator on down is very good.

The Eleven from the early show is a real treat, especially in retrospect.

You get even more than you shelled out for now. - January 24, 2015High Times and Alligators

Reviewer: barreramusic - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 16, 2015

Subject: Wow, amazing show... DtD said it well. I'm not comparing this one with the previous night. This is an incredible performance. Post- drums is just explosive all around. So unfortunate that the end of the early show lost such an essential portion of the recording, yet how lucky we are able to stream this at all (again). Great stuff.



I lucked out scoring tickets to the Phil and Friends show scheduled for 2/7/2015--the 1970 celebration. They sold out in about 1/2 hr. I'm tempted to predict this 2/14 setlist, but whatever they do will be wonderful. Or maybe they will schedule David Nelson Band between sets like NRPS were for much of 1970. How cool it is that, although I could not have seen a show in 1970 (not even born yet--1st Dead show was '91, actually) I'll be able to experience perhaps the next best thing...What a treat that will be. Happy 50 years of Dead music to all! - January 16, 2015Wow, amazing show...

Reviewer: DMT - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 26, 2014

Subject: ! a peak performance in a transitional time. amazing show! - December 26, 2014