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low-gen AUD; shn'ed by Hanno Bunjes, with thanks to Uli Teute for the AUD source; Hanno's notes

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Reviewer: mandragora23 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 8, 2020

Subject: Unsane. 50 years. You hear of micro-dosing these days, this show is the result of mega. Santa Monica March 1970, some of the best readings from the repertoire, then a 25-min Lovelight. peace2020 - March 8, 2020Unsane.

Reviewer: clementinescaboose - favorite favorite - March 27, 2019

Subject: Unlistenable The reason it’s so high energy is because the tape pitch is ridiculously sharp, like Alvin and the Chipmuncks level bad. I’m sure the show was awesome but until someone does a pitch correction I can’t really give it a good rating. - March 27, 2019Unlistenable

Reviewer: deadheadnedwhite - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 8, 2018

Subject: the pure uncut thing this is a chunk of the mother lode. this tape places you right in the room and it's a full-tilt boogie, folks.



yes, you have to deal with a little bit of aud noise, but contrariwise, it's fascinating to hear how both Peter and High Time cause the chatter to end as these people become aware of what they're hearing.



and i can just see their faces at the end of the raging China Rider; pure ecstasy. - March 8, 2018the pure uncut thing

Reviewer: Niass200 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 8, 2016

Subject: Charlie works for me oh wait, was he even born yet? I heard John mayer saw this when he was utero and instantly planned for Albany NY cause he grew up there and wanted to egg his neighbors house for something or other from 7th grade yes I read it in an old Bob Weir authored article in the Saturday evening post from may 19, 77. - February 8, 2016Charlie works for me

Reviewer: njpg - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 7, 2012

Subject: Yeah, it's a cloudy recording and it's chopped up, but what a freakin' show! - March 7, 2012Yeah,

Reviewer: secret8476 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 7, 2012

Subject: Great show This is a nice aud. show worth a listen for sure. No the audio isn't great but like other people have said - very listenable.

Also- to the 5/31/09 poster - check out Tristudios. It's Bobby's project and it is free. He is not a money monger. While it is a bit annoying that every good '69-'72 show gets commercially released, there is SO much free content out there to enjoy as well. Im gonna give this show a solid 4 star rating.







~ Let the good times roll - March 7, 2012Great show

Reviewer: NYLifer - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 7, 2010

Subject: Not Too Bad A real gem of a find. Fairly good 1970 audience recording from 1970. Might be my new favorite Black Peter too! - March 7, 2010Not Too Bad

Reviewer: abbaofthree - - March 7, 2010

Subject: Perspective I'm listening to this concert, rated three stars, and remembering the first time I heard a bootleg tape of a Dead concert in 1970, the sense of exhilaration and transcendence that came from listening to the ethereal riffs, the altered state of consciousness inherent in the music. I never thought I would be lucky enough ---actually, blessed enough-- to here anything like it ever again. And now, thanks to this Archive, I come into my office each morning, and pick the earliest concert I can.

I understand that, compared to other recordings, this tape is pretty weak, but let's keep things in perspective. It's a miracle we ever heard the Dead, and an even greater miracle we can still hear them.

Thank G-d for the Dead every day! - March 7, 2010Perspective

Reviewer: jaarthur1 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 13, 2009

Subject: My first concert This was my first concert I ever went to and it has stuck with me all these years. The openning act was Cold Blood with Lydia Pense and the blues that she belted out set the stage nicely for The Dead. By the time The Grateful Dead had come on stage I was well on my way to electric psychedelia as we had eaten our LSD on the way to the concert. I remember Garcia playing on the left side of the stage and when he sang Black Peter, the emotion and passion was incredible. I remember Bobby had some trouble with his monitor and ended up putting his boot through the speaker and then they brought out a new one for him. It's too bad that there isn't a good solid recording that really shows the power and emotion of this show but I am glad that at least we have this. - October 13, 2009My first concert

Reviewer: mikeyank99 - favorite - May 31, 2009

Subject: aud? just my opinion but if jerry was still alive i think every show would be ready to download if i went out and brought everything they come out with i would be broke u dont need no more money bobby - May 31, 2009aud?

Reviewer: Chris U. - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 29, 2008

Subject: The Other Other One



Classic.



Deadheads were and always will be freaks of the highest order. We are all intimately familiar with the 2-13-70 version. I respectfully submit that this performance lacks some of the wonderful subtlety of that show but makes up for it with sheer balls to the wall intensity. If only a soundboard were surface. That said, you CAN get there from here but it may take more than a bottle of budweiser. Some of the audience reactions themselves have merit. In particular, there is a moment after the first verse of The Other One where the band hits a peak (the ascent starts around 3:55 into the track) and Garcia, at the plateau, riffs out this howling note that a dude in the audience emulates more or less exactly, invoking similar reactions among his "friends" nearby.Classic.Deadheads were and always will be freaks of the highest order. - May 29, 2008The Other Other One

Reviewer: lemon lime partridge - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 17, 2007

Subject: gotta listen/download wow, this is only the second AUD i've braved (the other being june 14, 68 @ fillmore east)... but it's amazing! jerry's voice really sounds pretty and the whole show is highly listenable and intense. this actually might be my new favorite "black peter". when the crowd starts screaming at the beginning of "good lovin" i want to jump up and down and scream too...pig steals this show big time. i can't even deduct a star for sound quality...it sounds fine & this is really beautiful stuff! - December 17, 2007gotta listen/download

Reviewer: Little Nemo - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 22, 2006

Subject: Yeah! yes, the section beginning NFA -> Drums really shreds. the band has outrageous energy. the AUD recording, especially during Lovelight, reveals that then as now there were people in the audience who were so dumb (or f**ked up) they thought a GD performance might be a good time to have an inane conversation with their friends. between comments they scream loudly. if I was the taper (trailblazing soul) I would have knocked them unconscious with my gear. still worth hearing, which tells you something about the performance. the drummers are ON! - December 22, 2006Yeah!

Reviewer: williscat2000 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 5, 2006

Subject: great jams sound quality not the best, but well worth the listen. Very enjoyable jamming and diverse setlist. - August 5, 2006great jams

Reviewer: humandonkey - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 8, 2006

Subject: prime & primal let me start by saying that if there was a sbd of this show in existance, there would probably be about 30 reviews already, probably along the lines of "dude, this show rulez!!!", etc... well, it DOES fucking rule, aside from some obvious sonic limitations... but see, that the thing... it's a goddamn audience tape from 1970! of course it's gonna sound funky... if you can't wrap yr head around looking beyond some pops, crackles, some dudes screaming, clapping, bumped mics and so forth, there are tons o' boards on this here site to stream yr lil' wiener into a knot if you so desire.

oh, the show?... a very nice "black peter" eases you into the action nice and slow, but they kick up the pace big-time by "china > rider"... it's now one of my favorite versions from this year, with an exceptionally hot transition jam... the "high time" is certainly "epic", as an earlier reviewer stated, but it seems like such a tease now that i've listened to this show a bunch of times, because the jams that follow (i'm excluding the virtually non-existant snippet of "dire"...) are definitely the meat of the show. and on this night, the dead came out swingin' some BIG fuckin' meat, if you dig... I really can't say enough about how heavy this all gets... you get dropped right in the middle of an absolutely BLISTERING "not fade away", jerry and phil combining into one vicious, jamming, freaked-out freakatoid. mickey and billy stomp into "drums" like a zulu tribe drunk on wild boar's blood... mr. lesh machine-guns' the intro into "good lovin'", and you can tell the crowd is fucking ELECTRIC... this is real shit. well, our favorite band is time-travelling by this point & they slam warp-speed into "the other one"... garcia's lines are mind-numbingly fast and pissed off sounding... just fucking crazy!... back into "not fade away" once more just because it HAS to happen this way (pre-ordained or something...), galloping like the 5 ton wild horse that they are, and then.... one of theee most ball-shredding "lovelight"'s that these ears have ever had the pleasure of hearing (keep in mind folks, i'm still listening to an AUD!!!(shocking but true...)... pigpen delivers like a MAN on this night, and the rest of the guys are playing like f'in studs.... a classic ending to what should be a classic show... take some time and enjoy this one. you deserve it.



show - five stars (easily...)

sound - 3.5 stars (not the best, but not even close to "unbearable" or "unlistenable") - July 8, 2006prime & primal

Reviewer: direwolf600 - favorite favorite favorite - May 18, 2006

Subject: Don't pay attention to below reviews It is an average quality recording, but more than listenable, especially considering the quality of this period in the dead's history. 1970 is a year that gets so often overlooked. 69 is over, 71 was up and down to say the least and 72...well ya know. Thing of it is, that for most of 1970 the dead were forging forward full speed ahead and playing with unbelievable ferocity everynight. This show is a good example of that. The Lovelight is big. 1970 was the best year for lovelight, hands down. And to the 3/9 poster, if you think GDP has money lying around, I have an invitation for you. It's a one week pass, to take your head out of your a** and learn a thing or two about why they did this. Did you hear Ramrod died yesterday? Did you know they had to fire him a few months back b/c they were out of money? Didn't think so.

Sound - 5.75/10

Playing - 9/10

Show - 7.5/10 - May 18, 2006Don't pay attention to below reviews

Reviewer: tamedturtle - favorite favorite - March 9, 2006

Subject: I dont know Middle of the road show nothing all that impressive i dont know about the sdbs i guess a few million arent enough for those old bastards since they r now releasing these shows as digital dead on itunes for a nominal fee of $15.99 everytime anyone coughs,spits,shits grateful or dead they probably get a buck how much more money do they want now? what happened to the love of music and the encouragement of giving away a piece of it? the answers simple it was hoax, just as it always was a hoax. now they r just laughing all the way to the bank. i still love the music - March 9, 2006I dont know

Reviewer: Phillydeadhead - favorite - November 23, 2005

Subject: what happened to all the boards on this site? - November 23, 2005what happened

Reviewer: CFD6149 - favorite favorite favorite - September 6, 2005

Subject: enjoyable Listened to this one last night, back porch, fire, beers. Once you listen to the music instead of the recording you will find this to be a hot show. The good lovin' smokes, the NFA ends with the boys going nuts. Worth the blanks for sure. - September 6, 2005enjoyable

Reviewer: dms - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 14, 2005

Subject: China > Rider > High Time This is an excellent sounding room tape for the time period. Quite possibly the most epic "High Time" ever played. Check it out. - April 14, 2005China > Rider > High Time