Set 3 (partial)



01. //Sugar Magnolia

02. Dark Star ->

03. St. Stephen ->

04. Not Fade Away ->

05. Turn On Your Lovelight/Crowd

06. House Music (Get Together)/Final Remarks

Notes:



-- Sugar Magnolia cuts in during Sunshine Daydream.



-- Several level adjustments performed with Cool Edit Pro.



-- Various anomalies remain.



-- Verified sector boundaries via Trader's Little Helper and encoded FLAC level 8.

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Reviewer: Mind Wondrin - favorite favorite favorite - January 22, 2020

Subject: The geometry of it

This show is known for the Dark Star, a funny Lovelight, and the final Pig version of Good Morning, School Girl. We have 3 overlapping sections covering this show: an incomplete SBD of the second half of the second set, and two partial AUDs - one poor qual and one so bad that it stopped circulating. The date, however, is known for being the day that news broke of the death of Hendrix. Reports were still confirming the news stateside. This day was also the start of the US Led Zep tour, with two shows further uptown, at MSG. In that afternoon show Plant is heard breaking the news, right before What Is and What Should Never Be [btw one of Zep's best U.S. appearances]. Rock was still a public menace to the mainstream, and newspapers were thin on coverage (pg 29 of that day's NY Times - don't forget, this was still when cops/rednecks would wait outside concerts to bust the heads of "hippies"). Notwithstanding overall show quality, the band is intensely forthright, becoming so blown out that they can't do an encore. Some sources have the final remarks, with Phil & Pigpen explaining why the show is over. This is the peak bacchanalia of the rock temple/experiment/generational carnival that briefly glowed at the Fill E.



First Set. Not including the rare AUD (mono condenser mic/portable cassette recording of mostly AUD noise), we have almost 2hrs of tape, with the Weinberg AUD portion starting with the last two songs of the 1st set. These are the final versions of Jordan (there's no "Cold" in the title) and Swing Low Sweet Chariot, with the '70 tour format ending.



Second Set. The AUD on Morning Dew focuses on some guy ejecting people from his row. These portions of the show may have been good, but it sounds like it was taped from the lobby. We only have three examples of Good Morning, School Girl from '70. This is the last one, and the final Pigpen version (the next is 17yrs later). The SBD begins at the end of Sugar Magnolia. Luckily we have the wonderful DS>St. Stephen>NFA in pristine qual. The Dawk Staw starts like the usual '70. With prominent Pig guiro, the themes touched upon will be familiar to '70 DS fans, but what unspools becomes more contemplative and unique. They wind down to a stop after 8mins, and slowly wind back up the beanstalk. Bobby starts a Feelin' Groovy Jam @16:07. St. Stephen is great. You get all the little extras, including Mickey's cannon @4:04. Bobby is fantastic here. So far the generic '70 2nd set sequence perhaps, but Not Fade Away is not the usual. It takes off a few minutes in, and @5:10 Jer starts a Darkness, Darkness jam, then abruptly starts a China jam @6:13, but does so by playing Bobby's usual part! At one point they are playing the same China Cat lick at the same time, Bobby responding by modifying the riff, before they bump the transverse and scoot at supplementary angles. Fun stuff. Isn't this the only NFA with a Darkness? It's certainly the most complete China jam in an NFA. Lovelight is musically generic, but Pig is in a mood (a fuck mood) and it's a must-hear-once. Pig goads the punters, holding the mic out, with one customer yelling "alright let's ball in the moonlight". Wtf? Bobby chides Pigpen for saying "fuck" - which was no small thing in '70, and granted some musicians a night in jail (maybe not in NYC). Jer starts a Let it Rock jam @13:50 and Mickey has his cannon reloaded for the end. Several times along the way the band prompts Pig to move along. Bobby screams himself hoarse and instead of "and leave it on", Pig yells "fuck!". He has driven the heads to a frenzy, enlivened by the atmosphere of the Fill E, often described as blissful. Up come the lights and house music, but the crowd is having none of it. Finally Phil comes out and explains that they are well tired, Jer has a cramping hand, and Bobby has lost his voice. Then Pig has to say fuck one more time.



Overall = 3 stars (incl. both circulating show frags)



Highlights:

Dark Star - guiro, feelin' groovy, wind down, and contemplative

St. Stephen - all the extras

Not Fade Away - darkness in China



SOURCES: The reynolds_97906 is the most complete SBD, though still only half of the second set circulates. It has speed wobbles, but on average it needs -1% pitch correction , except for St. Stephen, which needs -2% . Most SBDs frustratingly cut up the NFA jams (or more) into separate tracks. Lovelight sounds crisper on buller_102, but it fades out before the final remarks, has the channels switched, and has several dropouts throughout. The warner_25473 is the Weinberg AUD, the most that circulates. It has wide speed variations and needs +1% except for Sugar Mag, which needs -2.5% , and Cold Rain & Easy Wind, which are pitched correctly. However Morning Dew and M&MU are better on the akg_weinberg_moore-berger version, which has different speed fluctuations, the first needing +3.5% pitch correction , and the latter needing +2.5% . The chappell_SB14_31510 matrix combines the two with astonishing qual for '70 (albeit with the attendant variable pitch issues). - January 22, 2020The geometry of it

Reviewer: daskitten - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 21, 2018

Subject: I want to give this show, & 9-20-1970 5 million *****, but as expressed below, "words (nor stars) are not fully able to describe it. You know it when you hear it. - October 21, 2018I want to give this show, & 9-20-1970

Reviewer: jimmeirose - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 13, 2018

Subject: We were there yup! We were in the audience that night. I still seems like this show was just yesterday whenever I play any of the tunes. - June 13, 2018We were there yup!

Reviewer: Johnnyopps8 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 6, 2016

Subject: Ah... This is what I come here for...

I put this on with a fresh ear, having never before given this show a listen late last night... In those long dark lonely hours when sleep won't come, when a person needs something to salve the soul, to inspire them to push on hard and steady, some chose random Bible verses, and I chose random shows. Last night I required something extra to give me that inspirational push, to uplift my spirit and shake my soul back to life and so I went in search of a primo Dark Star. It was something that I needed to be just right. I put my faith in my decision to give this one a try. I selected it based on the year and the venue as my lifelong favorite has always been 2/13/70( as the years, hell the decades have passed I have learned that labels such as best ever or favorite are not really easily applied to things outside of the moment the 2/13 is my gold standard so to speak.

I found what I needed of course, I usually do which is why I still keep coming back.

I lay in bed with my earbuds in. I press play close my eyes and the opening notes begin. I am in that room at the Fillmore East and it's 1970. Nine years before I would be born, but I am there, I am in the crowd feel a part of, no fel at one with the energy in the room. I can see the band on stage younger than I am now. And that's all thanks to whomever it was who knew how important it truly was to preserve this moment in time. This recording is utterly beautiful, transportive. Mickey hypnotizes me with whatever it is that he plays that sounds like a creaking or winding noise. I really don't know what specifically it's called but it was used in the same part during the 2/13 Star, and I always Invision

What more is really needed to be said about a work of art then that it can drive darkness from the soul ? This Star does that it can do that if you allow it to do so. This Dark Star has already received heaps of praise here yet I am absolutely compelled to add some of my own.I put this on with a fresh ear, having never before given this show a listen late last night... In those long dark lonely hours when sleep won't come, when a person needs something to salve the soul, to inspire them to push on hard and steady, some chose random Bible verses, and I chose random shows. Last night I required something extra to give me that inspirational push, to uplift my spirit and shake my soul back to life and so I went in search of a primo Dark Star. It was something that I needed to be just right. I put my faith in my decision to give this one a try. I selected it based on the year and the venue as my lifelong favorite has always been 2/13/70( as the years, hell the decades have passed I have learned that labels such as best ever or favorite are not really easily applied to things outside of the moment the 2/13 is my gold standard so to speak.I found what I needed of course, I usually do which is why I still keep coming back.I lay in bed with my earbuds in. I press play close my eyes and the opening notes begin. I am in that room at the Fillmore East and it's 1970. Nine years before I would be born, but I am there, I am in the crowd feel a part of, no fel at one with the energy in the room. I can see the band on stage younger than I am now. And that's all thanks to whomever it was who knew how important it truly was to preserve this moment in time. This recording is utterly beautiful, transportive. Mickey hypnotizes me with whatever it is that he plays that sounds like a creaking or winding noise. I really don't know what specifically it's called but it was used in the same part during the 2/13 Star, and I always Invision him.playing it hunched over intently focused one with this tiny little instrument trying to summon the rythem of the universal energy current which when he succeeds here is what first brings us up into the higher levels of the atmosphere and then we move on beyond into space where all illusion falls away and what we are left with is one eternal moment of introspection and truth, the highest peak of self knowledge because here we are beyond and removed from the world and the things which are in it. They have all fallen away. We are purified here in these silences briefly yet deeply and then we begin to explore what is beyond the darkness the heavens of the heavens.What more is really needed to be said about a work of art then that it can drive darkness from the soul ? This Star does that it can do that if you allow it to do so. - December 6, 2016Ah... This is what I come here for...

Reviewer: frankpal - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 20, 2015

Subject: My first This was my first Dead show, 17 years old, liked the Dead, but had no idea what I was in for. At times, there was a physical energy you could feel in the Fillmore that night, something I have never experienced again. And no, I WASN'T tripping. Left the Fillmore a Deadhead at about 4:00 AM. Saw them maybe 10-15 times after that, but the bar was set too high. But it was also set too high for every other show and band I ever saw. This one was the best. - September 20, 2015My first

Reviewer: DMTrue13 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 16, 2014

Subject: For What We Got 5 stars for what we got, and because its not all chopped up. This is the best! Bobby and Jerry are Great hear! - November 16, 2014For What We Got

Reviewer: jpfeil8484 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 15, 2014

Subject: brings me back I was working at a pizza joint in buffalo years ago, delivering pizzas. I had to work all day...so my buddy frank thought it'd be funny to dose me...now there was a blizzard coming down hard, and I was tripping hard...I put this old tape in and suddenly everything got better this dark star saved my trip....what a beautiful fond memory - July 15, 2014brings me back

Reviewer: keyshawn_ramblin - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 15, 2014

Subject: A passing legend - a night with buds.. 5-stars for the show, the energy, the recording, and for the night I was introduced to this music. 5-stars all around!



Quick story..



When Jerry passed on 8-9-95, David Gans and Dead Hour soon followed with an entire evening dedicated to our fallen leader of the band.



September 9th, 1970, this group of songs beginning with the Dark Star, was among the songs jams Gans played that night. As my best high school friends and I sat in Jumbo's basement, recording it on Maxell XLIIs using his dad's recording set-up, we laughed and cried for hours. To this day, one of the saddest, though best nights of my life - we commented how we were connected with all other Heads that night - young, like we were, and older alike.



Rest in peace, Jerry. keyshawn_ramblin -- February 15, 2014A passing legend - a night with buds..

Reviewer: wdebbiee - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 31, 2013

Subject: wow . . . makes me really miss San Francisco right now and the days of old. Living in Dallas now since 1996 and suffice it to say it 'aint San Francisco. - October 31, 2013wow . . .

Reviewer: silvanna - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 11, 2013

Subject: Almost 33 years after and still great Finding this is a monumental moment in my life! - September 11, 2013Almost 33 years after and still great

Reviewer: chris phillips - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 26, 2013

Subject: incredulity 1970 Grateful Dead has the most soul. - June 26, 2013incredulity

Reviewer: eastcoastwestcoast - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 1, 2013

Subject: Amazing! I was 3 years old when this show happened... Not a big fan of the generic "Space" of later shows I attended but don't see how this one could be knocked. The whole set was great and high energy and the space was rhythmic and stylistically perfect for Dark Star. I gotta find the rest of this show! - April 1, 2013Amazing!

Reviewer: ms42466 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 24, 2013

Subject: hi 5 ChinaCat@ 6:16 in NFA

anything less than 5 is sacralige...... 2 much 4 wurdz check out china cat @ 6:16 in NFAanything less than 5 is sacralige...... - January 24, 2013hi 5 ChinaCat@ 6:16 in NFA

Reviewer: falomarcdawg - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 28, 2012

Subject: smokin hot Just smokin. There are no words. - December 28, 2012smokin hot

Reviewer: brownroux - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 6, 2012

Subject: chicken skin thats goose bumps,its what i get when i hear dark star like this,the band that never was just a band.five stars really dont come close to a show that sounds so aired out into the echos of our lives.oh what tangled webs we weave.miss you all,dead and alive.mahalodav - October 6, 2012chicken skin

Reviewer: dc in colorado - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 6, 2012

Subject: Crikey! This is why they invented drums and electric guitars. - July 6, 2012Crikey!

Reviewer: bkelly911 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 7, 2012

Subject: Dark Star to dream on... This is one of those Dark Stars that just builds,and takes you there,I had not heard this one in quite a while, thanks to the good folks at Archive.. a real nice clean tape.. a great spacey dreamy, trippy version here..the rest of the set cooks,,an amazing band,, they truly had no equal. especially the years from 69> 73.. this show is al there thanks again,, sweet dreams indeed.. shall we go.. - January 7, 2012Dark Star to dream on...

Reviewer: steamdude - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 8, 2011

Subject: Don't let the space distract you This Dark Star should not be faulted for its slow start or the very annoying aimless space after the first verse of vocals. If you just don't care for space, skip ahead to about 9.5 minutes into the track before you pass judgement. Based on the last 12 minutes this will be one of your favorite Dark Stars. It cooks!



And to uroboros - you're right. I was then, but I'm not now, and while it annoys me to listen to space jam on my stereo, the last part of this jam gives me great flash backs! - August 8, 2011Don't let the space distract you

Reviewer: darazn1 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 10, 2011

Subject: Never better! I am grateful to have learned of this set from the staff picks at archive.org . Simply put, the Grateful Dead of any era doesn't get better than this. Incredible, surprising, and over the top! This sequence is the best music I've heard from the Dead in a very long time. A jam for the ages, and you won't find me saying that any where else. I'm very picky, and this gets my highest reward. - May 10, 2011Never better!

Reviewer: chrisjennings - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 19, 2011

Subject: Dark Star This has slowly become my hands-down favorite Dark Star. It just sprawls and although Jerry is surely in top-form I think Phil really carries the day here. the fuzzed out interlude is priceless...about thirty years ahead of its time. - April 19, 2011Dark Star

Reviewer: Pangolin22 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 24, 2011

Subject: "I Said Fuck!!" So did I, Pigepen, So did I...



In the 80's, noise-rock bands like Sonic Youth were considered 'pioneering' but listen to this Dark Star, especially around the 13 min. mark and hear the Dead doing the exact same more than 20 years earlier. They were truly doing something unique.

Excellent NFA as well with a brief China Cat jam and a Mountain Jam noodle as well.

Great performance all around. - February 24, 2011"I Said Fuck!!"

Reviewer: gratefulmusic - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 25, 2010

Subject: Nice Beautiful Dark Star, I have the tape for this one and its nice to hear a kinder sounding version presented here. - November 25, 2010Nice

Reviewer: nigeldavahah - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 16, 2010

Subject: The Best Dark Star - November 16, 2010The Best

Reviewer: urban hippie - favorite favorite - July 11, 2010

Subject: Awesome! And I mean awesome! - July 11, 2010Awesome!

Reviewer: killinyourscene - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 24, 2010

Subject: turn on your lovelight Bobby: "Pigpen, did you just say f@ck?"



hahaha GREAT show, EXCELLENT stage banter, what more could you ask? - April 24, 2010turn on your lovelight

Reviewer: JustAFloatingSage - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 15, 2010

Subject: TakeMeHomeJerry..IamReady Note to self:

This DarkStar goes everywhere ... I think it is my favorite even though it starts out from nothing ...

....this is excellent....

ThankYou Jerry

... The trick is staying alive... - February 15, 2010TakeMeHomeJerry..IamReady

Reviewer: Solo Head - favorite favorite favorite - December 14, 2009

Subject: Visions of Snoopy(Twrilling) The time sig in the middle of that DS reminds me of the guy that did the music for the CB Christmas.



3 Stars...take a point away for BW abrupt interjection....



though, BW plainly balanced JG and PL, in general. - December 14, 2009Visions of Snoopy(Twrilling)

Reviewer: bones713 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 13, 2009

Subject: The BOYS Not for nuthin, I first saw the DEAD in 67, This site says it all. Great Music. Great Memories and, LOTS i don't remember !!!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME MEMORIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mikey G - December 13, 2009The BOYS

Reviewer: steve3340 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 17, 2009

Subject: this is why i don't get tired Fantastic sound of this DARK STAR keeps me interested in exploring the music that this band made so long ago. The pace of this version is really good for anyone who is in the slow lane.

Must have been a great night to join the band in that space. - November 17, 2009this is why i don't get tired

Reviewer: Hashjihad - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 10, 2009

Subject: DARK STARRRRR Some one mentioned china cat in the not fade away at 16 30 of the dark star bobby whips out that rhythmic jam during the later longer china-riders, totally blew me away when I heard it. Hashjihad -- November 10, 2009DARK STARRRRR

Reviewer: marx.in.ma - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 7, 2009

Subject: maybe the MOST beautiful Dark Star... awesome, awesome show!... I've listened to so many many Dark Stars, and I always come back to this one as the finest when I want to relax and get carried away from the everyday - it's super psychy, yet a bit mellow, spacey, intense... ..VISUAL! kind of melancholy at first, but builds to one of the most emotive DS of all... Jimi died just two days before this - [it was only back on the 69-70 New Year's that some of the greatest recordings of ALL TIME were made...not just the Dead's show, but just listen again to Band of Gypsys do 'Machine Gun' live]

tonight Jerry's CRUISIN! Bobby's rhythm playing will drop your jaw... (great sample at about 19:40)... the boys just tumble over one another like little kids swimming in the sky and then come back together and parachute down... this one will tickle your brain and leave you in a much better place when you land 25 mins and 24 secs later...WOW! - November 7, 2009maybe the MOST beautiful Dark Star...

Reviewer: uroboros - - October 5, 2009

Subject: "aimless?" if you were tripping at the show it might have not seemed aimless. Cool Dark Star - October 5, 2009"aimless?"

Reviewer: dingus2000 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 7, 2009

Subject: Teases During NFA Garcia plays licks of ChinaCat, as well as the Youngbloods' "Darkness Darkness"(thier "Get Together" is also the exit music). Everything about this recording is phenomenal! - August 7, 2009Teases

Reviewer: CarrionCrow - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 15, 2009

Subject: Great Show for Sure I attended the next night - Sept. 20, 1970. Any copies of that night out there? - July 15, 2009Great Show for Sure

Reviewer: gagas - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 24, 2009

Subject: Dark Star One of the cleanest stars out there. Not too much noise and plenty of floating jams that seem to wash away the time. 25 minutes flies by and leads into a nice St. Stephen. Gotta love Pig. He knows just what to say.



Peace



Gagas - June 24, 2009Dark Star

Reviewer: kboyxxx - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 28, 2009

Subject: PIG The mighty PIG setting those kids straight.

Keep your hands outta your pocket and TCB

Wait unil 4/29/71 Midnight Hour. - May 28, 2009PIG

Reviewer: oh_uh_um_ah - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 21, 2009

Subject: The GRATEFUL DEAD "Live On Stage" September 9, 1970, at the Fillmore East, NYC, New York, U.S.A.



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"Superduper 70' Soundboard"



This recording is 39 years old as of this review, and it sounds like it was recorded today.



Fantastic Fillmore East show. 5 Stars for the mix, recording, performance & transfer.



Thank you for sharing this show with us Mr. Chuck Renyolds.



I recommend clicking on "check for other copies" and get all of em', I did.



In my opinion the most loving, loyal, excited crowds the GRATEFUL DEAD ever played in front of were the New York City crowds and they are only second to the San Francisco hometown crowds.



I highly recommend adding this show to your 1970 GRATEFUL DEAD collection.



Here's one way to download this show:



The IA recommends users of Windows XP view this web-page with RealPlayer. RealPlayer is a free media player you can download at



For easy streaming or downloading use RealPlayer. Click the VBR M3U link to open the songs in the Playlist. If your Playlist is not open, open it by clicking the Playlist icon at the lower right hand corner of RealPlayer. Once the songs are in the Playlist, double click the song to play it, then click the record button at the lower left hand corner of Realplayer to record it. When the red line reaches the other end click the stop button to download the song. Your song is in the RealPlayer Downloads folder. Repeat these steps for each song.



Eat, Drink, Be Merry and Listen to the GRATEFUL DEAD.



Thanks for the LOVE from 1970.



PS: I miss 1970...



PSS: After a lengthy encore applause, Phil comes out and tells the crowd Garcia and Bobby can't continue one has a hand cramp, the others voice is out, the NYC crowd screams for more...(what else are they gonna do?) so Pigpen says: "Wait a minute, wait a minute...why don't you guys go home and "f@#k somebody? And they do...lol that's how you kids got here...lmao ~^|\_@|@_/|^~~/\~"Superduper 70' Soundboard"This recording is 39 years old as of this review, and it sounds like it was recorded today.Fantastic Fillmore East show. 5 Stars for the mix, recording, performance & transfer.Thank you for sharing this show with us Mr. Chuck Renyolds.I recommend clicking on "check for other copies" and get all of em', I did.In my opinion the most loving, loyal, excited crowds the GRATEFUL DEAD ever played in front of were the New York City crowds and they are only second to the San Francisco hometown crowds.I highly recommend adding this show to your 1970 GRATEFUL DEAD collection.Here's one way to download this show:The IA recommends users of Windows XP view this web-page with RealPlayer. RealPlayer is a free media player you can download at www.realplayer.com For easy streaming or downloading use RealPlayer. Click the VBR M3U link to open the songs in the Playlist. If your Playlist is not open, open it by clicking the Playlist icon at the lower right hand corner of RealPlayer. Once the songs are in the Playlist, double click the song to play it, then click the record button at the lower left hand corner of Realplayer to record it. When the red line reaches the other end click the stop button to download the song. Your song is in the RealPlayer Downloads folder. Repeat these steps for each song.Eat, Drink, Be Merry and Listen to the GRATEFUL DEAD.Thanks for the LOVE from 1970.PS: I miss 1970...PSS: After a lengthy encore applause, Phil comes out and tells the crowd Garcia and Bobby can't continue one has a hand cramp, the others voice is out, the NYC crowd screams for more...(what else are they gonna do?) so Pigpen says: "Wait a minute, wait a minute...why don't you guys go home and "f@#k somebody? And they do...lol that's how you kids got here...lmao - May 21, 2009The GRATEFUL DEAD "Live On Stage" September 9, 1970, at the Fillmore East, NYC, New York, U.S.A.

Reviewer: SUPERWOW - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 14, 2009

Subject: 5 star And the china cat in the middle of Not Fade...Lots of fun! - May 14, 20095 star