This show has been commercially released as "Dick's Picks Vol. 4" and/or "Bear's Choice"

China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Me & My Uncle, Dire Wolf, Smokestack Lightning Monkey & The Engineer, Little Sadie, Wake Up Little Susie-> Black Peter, Uncle John's Band, Katie Mae Dark Star-> Cryptical Envelopement-> Drums-> The Other One-> Cryptical Envelopement-> Turn On Your Love Light, E: We Bid You Good Night

mostly from SBD>MR>D>CD>EAC>SHN



with patches from:



SBD>MR>PCM>D>CD>EAC>SHN



SBD>MR>R>D>CD>EAC>SHN



mastered on 7" reels @ 15ips

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Reviewer: c-freedom - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 15, 2020

Subject: NFA Sure sounds like NFA tease >Drums

after that dramatic CRYPTICAL

coming out of DARK STAR..

*****

IF NoT THIS SHOW*****

THEN what ???

--DEAD To THE CORE!

*****

Sing along LOVELIGHT

*****

Ensemble- Bid You Good Night. - February 15, 2020NFA

Reviewer: !drewski1972 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 2, 2018

Subject: Dark Star 17;23-18;23 Awesome - December 2, 2018Dark Star

Reviewer: acorus - favorite favorite favorite - February 18, 2018

Subject: incredible show (!) but this copy is attenuated folks... compared to this youtube copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52agvsLLnyc&t=9172s, which is titled "soundboard hq wave file", and yr ears will readily explain the difference, there's missing low freq hereabouts ...which are in evidence in spades on this youtube copy from "wall of sound" whom did a grand job of not making an analog tape sound digital.... this archive copy is crystal clear, but conspicuously missing the big bottom end courtesy of mr lesh, whereas w/ the aforementioned hq wave file copy, it is not hard to imagine being in the fillmore w/ the GD, c. 1970. - February 18, 2018incredible show (!) but this copy is attenuated folks...

Reviewer: zero g - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 13, 2017

Subject: Reply: Searching For The Sound? The show you are looking for is 2/11/70 with Duane and etc. This one is one for the ages as well. - February 13, 2017Reply: Searching For The Sound?

Reviewer: whydontyouarrestme - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 21, 2016

Subject: Searching For The Sound? Great audio, wonderful show.

So I'm reading Searching For The Sound, Phil's autobiography, in rehab and he recounts a night during the Fillmore run following the allman brother's daytime show when during a quiet Dark Star interlude Jerry, unbeknownst to the band invited Duane Allman to plug, followed by Peter Green from the Mac. Bobby plays around with some early Spanish Jam and Smokestack Lightning work. Peter eventually opens the jam into a huge Lovelight segue, leading the stage for pig to roar on about his lover's "box back nitties and great big noble thighs", and Barry Oakley takes over Phil's bass (because phil wants to listen) and does a great Smokestack out of the jam and closes on Lovelight. End show, walk out onto the sunrise-lit snowfall of early New York morning, group hug.

Does anybody know if this is that show?

I'd be forever grateful. Thanks, and happy grooving! - November 21, 2016Searching For The Sound?

Reviewer: Awenindo - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 17, 2015

Subject: @DMTrue13 Fix your technology handicap before you comment. Please. - December 17, 2015@DMTrue13

Reviewer: DMTrue13 - - July 8, 2014

Subject: nothing there Why post something if i cant listen to it.no streaming available, whats the point, do you want me to buy something? - July 8, 2014nothing there

Reviewer: klopez1253 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 8, 2014

Subject: the best ever I went to this show after seeing Hendrix on New Year's Eve and the Dead on Jan. 2 and 3, and decided there was no reason not to go to every GD show I could. So I went to 2/11, and got tickets to 2/13 and 2/14.



The Allmans played a set before the Dead that was the most scorching, mind-bending, psychedelic blues improvisation I had ever heard up to that point. I'd seen them on Wednesday (2/11) and with the Dead that night but this was totally different: I was tempted to leave, because they had done what I came to see the Dead do, and it seemed like there was no chance the Dead could do anything more than that.



Was I ever wrong.



The Dead played their opening series of short warm-up songs for the NY audience and then began Dark Star. And the places they went, and the changes they went through during that time, were unlike anything I had ever seen or heard before, including the Allmans earlier that night or the Dead themselves earlier that year (1/2 and 1/3). The recordings almost don't do justice to it because at the points where the music is quiet, almost silent, the audience was also so quiet you could have heard a pin drop; the music never seemed quiet in the arena -- they just brought us along with it, so it was perfectly clear and we heard every bit of it effortlessly.



When we all expected they would go into St. Stephen from DS, they went into The Other One, which drew a collective gasp from the audience. After that, Lovelight might have seemed ridiculously tethered to earth -- the blues, after all -- compared to the cosmic spaces they had just taken us to, but they managed to make the connection. I'll not only never forget it, I'm eternally grateful for it.



A show for the ages. If they had never done anything after this, they would have still earned themselves rock and roll immortality on this night. It was dawn when the concert let out and the sidewalk outside the Fillmore was filled with people, like me, who couldn't believe what we had just witnessed.



An amazing night. - July 8, 2014the best ever

Reviewer: The TRUE Bucky - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 5, 2014

Subject: 'The Biggie' From the night I was down at the dorm at Columbia University buying several mind altering substances to bring back and flood Southern Ct with and saw the tape marked 'The Classic' (we renamed itr 'The Biggie' ) this 90 minute set has remained the ultimate Greateful Dead 'experience' to me.



The best Dark Star.

The best Other One.

The best Lovelight.



The best show?



I don't know.



I find it odd that despite the archives giving us everything at the tip of our fingers, the best remain the best.



I s that because they were the best of the best and folks ~ tapers and the band ~ made sure they got out, or is it our preconceived notions of what's the best?



I think it's the former.



So is it the best show?



I think it'a the best playing but 5/2/70 is better start to finish. - March 5, 2014'The Biggie'

Reviewer: Quiche - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 11, 2013

Subject: Islam_sucks Your gloating is indeed odious and suggests that your are a very dislikeable person. More relevantly, it's soul-inspiring music like this that gets me through some tough times at work! Five stars for the show, no starts for Islam_sucks. - April 11, 2013Islam_sucks

Reviewer: bluestones - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 31, 2012

Subject: Please Help



Thank you. I have the 2/14/70 late show which I downloaded from Wolfgang's Vault and it is splendid. But for some reason they don't have the 2/13/ late show. Anyone who would be willing to send me the late show for 2/13/70 will be awarded with a Dead show by your choosing. I'm only able to trade commercially available shows just so you know. I can be reached at willruddock@ comcast.net Thank you. - August 31, 2012Please Help

Reviewer: tnduckhntr - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 8, 2012

Subject: Islam_sucks He is an idiot. But I do agree with him, Islam does indeed suck. - August 8, 2012Islam_sucks

Reviewer: rocknreel - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 2, 2011

Subject: what a dick Islam_sucks- you are a fucking gloating asshole, a prime number one douche! You may have EVERY GD show in the world, but you'll never be a "respectable" deadhead. What an asshole. - March 2, 2011what a dick

Reviewer: Black Pete - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 22, 2009

Subject: Is this hard to find? I have 2/13 early show complete:

01. Cold Rain & Snow

02. Beat It On Down the Line

03. Good Lovin'

04. Mama Tried

05. Black Peter

06. Hard To Handle

07. St. Stepehen>

08. Not Fade Away

09. Casey Jones

And I have 2/14 early show complete:

01. Tuning

02. Dark Star-

03. St. Stephen-

04. The Eleven-

05. Turn On Your Lovelight

Superior audio quality

Is this hard to find material? - August 22, 2009Is this hard to find?

Reviewer: moriluk - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 7, 2009

Subject: Top 3 all time shows It is a shame this show has been dismantled into bits and pieces. I especially hated the way Dick's Picks separated Dark Star & The Other One. And I no longer have my classic Maxell XLII of set II. :(



When I was younger it was this and 3/1/69 that got a lot of people hooked. But at my school even the football team dropped. :P - May 7, 2009Top 3 all time shows

Reviewer: Darrylizer - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 5, 2008

Subject: This shouldn't be here, but here it is! Dark Star, The Other One and Lovelight were officially released on the essential Dicks' Picks Vol. 4 along with parts of the show from the 14th. It shouldn't be here but I thank whatever cosmic force or human goof that allowed this show to remain available because it is wonderful. It starts with a killer electric set, followed by a wonderful and moving acoustic set (some of which can be heard on Bears' Choice) and finishes with one of the finest electric sets the Grateful Dead ever performed including what I consider to be the definitive versions of Dark Star and the Other One. Jerry leads the crew through an insanely inventive Dark Star that drops down to silence before charging back up into a monster Feeling Groovy jam and then Bob drives the band through the most high energy Other One I've ever heard. Then there's the fantastic Pig Pen showcase Turn On Your Lovelight. Is this the best concert the boys ever performed? Well I won't go that far because I haven't heard every show. But I will make the assertion that it has everything that make the Grateful Dead what they are and showcases some of the finest playing of their career. It's easily in the top five. Listen to it now before someone realizes a mistake was made and the show becomes unavailable. To oldhead21470 man am I jealous of you! - July 5, 2008This shouldn't be here, but here it is!

Reviewer: smgarcia - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 16, 2008

Subject: Ok I Get it. I believe the first set of songs is the "early show" on 02-13-1970. - June 16, 2008Ok I Get it.

Reviewer: oldhead21470 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 9, 2008

Subject: All these years later... The night after this incredible concert was recorded my life changed forever. It was the night of my frst (of hundreds) of Dead shows.



What amazes me is that some 38 years later this sounds as fresh and awsome as the first time I saw them. The streaming audio of this show is supreme.



As I surf this Archive Web site and read the reviews I am amazed at the lack of gratatude some people have.



When I left the Fillmore East on Sunday morning 2-15-70 I never dreamed that one day there would be a place that I could hear this incredible music whenever I wanted to by just clicking a button.



The Dead, in all their incarnations, have always been about giving the people what they want.

I have spent thousands of dollars over the last three and a half decades on various Grateful Dead associated things and I do not regret a penny of it.For every dollar I spent I got ten dollars of satisfation in return.



As far as I'm concerned, everything on this site and all others like, it are an unbelievable gift and I am ever "Grateful" to those that make them possible.



Thank you all. - April 9, 2008All these years later...

Reviewer: oh_uh_um_ah - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 4, 2008

Subject: AMAZING SHOW!!! Excellent audio, man...real nice...wow...Dick's Picks #4 is from the 13th and the 14th of February. The Playlist downloaded does NOT match the song list on DP #4 and the Description here does not match the downloaded Playlist, so I dont' know what this is, could be the whole show, but it's amazing...the boys sound incredible, and the audio is STRAIGHT SOUND BOARD, STEREO MIX, AND SOUNDS ALBUM READY..It's fantastic...Sounds like the Master. This show is some of the best GRATEFUL DEAD ever played and recorded.



Downloaded Playlist:



01. Cold Rain & Snow

02. Beat It On Down the Line

03. Good Lovin'

04. Mama Tried

05. Black Peter

06. Hard To Handle

07. St. Stepehen>

08. Not Fade Away

09. Casey Jones

10. intro

11. China Cat Sunflower>

12. I Know You Rider

13. Me and My Uncle

14. Dire Wolf

15. Smokestack Lightning

16. stage banter

17. Monkey & The Engineer

18. Little Sadie

19. Wake Up Little Suzie

20. Black Peter

21. Uncle John's Band

22. Katie Mae

23. Dark Star

24. Cryptical Envelopment

25. Drums

26. The Other One

27. Cryptical Envelopment

28. Turn On Your Love Light

29. And We Bid You Goodnight



THANK YOU FOR SHARING THESE SHOWS WITH US, THANKS FOR THE LOVE. - April 4, 2008AMAZING SHOW!!!

Reviewer: L. Rosley - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 24, 2005

Subject: Leftovers on Bear's Choice Some of the leftovers from this show (and the next night) are on Bear's Choice (History of GD Vol. 1, released on vinyl in 1973).



BTW, click the "purchase" link above and you get to a set list for DP4, but no way to purchase. - July 24, 2005Leftovers on Bear's Choice

Reviewer: bottleneckbill - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 9, 2005

Subject: It's available, free DL Stop your complaining. Just click on where it sez to purchase, and it will link you to Dick's Picks for this show, which is being offered for free for the time being. - July 9, 2005It's available, free DL

Reviewer: cheyler - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 9, 2005

Subject: Wow... It's distressing to hear all the criticism, this site has done nothing but fill our baskets full of goodies. How can you not already have the complete soundboard of both nights? They are everywhere! - June 9, 2005Wow...

Reviewer: phleshy - favorite favorite - April 19, 2005

Subject: How about some leftovers? I absolutely agree with Lesh 69. Brilliant idea to not give the leftovers of this classic Dead show. If they have leftovers from DP1 (12/19/73-and an alternate AUD copy of that show) and Hundred Year Hall on this site, wow, it must be bad to have leftovers from this all-time great show, right?



And how the hell can you not have either the leftovers from the acoustic set from this show or the 2/13/70 early show on this site, neither of which have been officially released? Same goes with the 2/14/70 acoustic set and 2/14/70 early show. I mean, come on!



However, this show contains an all-time Top 5 Dark Star. So if you want the creme de la creme, get DP4. But by all means, put up the leftovers! - April 19, 2005How about some leftovers?

Reviewer: FunkyCrib - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 27, 2005

Subject: Where's the Rest? I own DP4 and a lot of the music from this show is missing. - February 27, 2005Where's the Rest?

Reviewer: cousinkix1953 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 14, 2004

Subject: The Leftovers... I'm not sure that GDM is suppressing this music. David Gans played about 90 minutes of unreleased music from both 2-13/14-70 on KPFA a few years ago. The 2-14 Dark Star was one of the leftovers. Whew... - December 14, 2004The Leftovers...

Reviewer: samerca - favorite - September 9, 2004

Subject: Please make available Please make available - September 9, 2004Please make available

Reviewer: WharfRatDude - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 3, 2004

Subject: Let all hear all tapes that were not copied from the CD STATEMENT TO MP3 SITE OPERATORS

The Grateful Dead and our managing organizations have long encouraged the purely non-commercial exchange of music taped at our concerts and those of our individual members. That a new medium of distribution has arisen - digital audio files being traded over the Internet - does not change our policy in this regard. Our stipulations regarding digital distribution are merely extensions of those long-standing principles and they are as follow:



No commercial gain may be sought by websites offering digital files of our music, whether through advertising, exploiting databases compiled from their traffic, or any other means.

All participants in such digital exchange acknowledge and respect the copyrights of the performers, writers and publishers of the music.

This notice should be clearly posted on all sites engaged in this activity.

We reserve the ability to withdraw our sanction of non-commercial digital music should circumstances arise that compromise our ability to protect and steward the integrity of our work.



I agree with lesh69. Where in this statement does it say we can't trade tapes not made from the commercially released cd. There are many tunes that did not make it to the cd but the DS>TIFTOO>TOYL is one of the best continuous jams ever and should be allowed to be shared for all to hear.



Show rating Awesome - September 3, 2004Let all hear all tapes that were not copied from the CD

Reviewer: JRimLik - favorite - August 31, 2004

Subject: Need Some Sense in the Poilcy Here!! The way you guys handle the official release policy is ridiculous. If the whole show was not officially released, like this one, you need to make it available for download. Anyone who accepts the badly butchered mess that is DP4 as documen t of this performance is sorely missing out on some classic Dead. As are thousands of others because of your antiquated policies. Trust me, I believe in supporting the bands. I probbaly spent more money than most people the last 30 years on official merchandise and tickets to over 100 shows. The point is thfree music is and will always be a complement - not a replacement - with regards to the Dead. That is why they allowed record9ing of their shows. It steams me that this show was recorded for free, distributed freely for over 25 years, and now al of a sudden we can't access a good recording of it just because a few songs were released on a commercial CD. Yeah, exactly, when you look at it that way, it's a pretty lame situation. So PLEASE reconsider your position and reevaluate your policy - and only prevent downloads of shows that are officialy released as a complete show. - August 31, 2004Need Some Sense in the Poilcy Here!!

Reviewer: dr. flashback - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 10, 2004

Subject: Top 5! Don't usually like to review an official release, since you can't get it here. But this show is SO outstanding that it deserves what meager praise I can muster compared to all that's already been said about it. Go buy it, really. If you don't buy any other DP's, get this one. All facets of the Dead's playing are showcased - folk, blues, rock and "something else" - which are the Dark Star and Other One. Rare after 1970 do we get BOTH of these jam tunes in one show, in one SET! Each is about 30 minutes of improvisation so complex and well executed - it's as if they suddenly jumped forward in time to 1973 or 74! Easily the best version of both songs for 1970. One of the true, all-time great Dead classics. You must have! Call 1-800, ha ha.

Dr. Flashback ;-0 - August 10, 2004Top 5!

Reviewer: reefer_man2830 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 15, 2004

Subject: Wish I Could Download the Acoustic Set It's too bad the "outtakes" of these shows aren't available. Since they weren't offically released, it should be legal for the material to be posted here, right? - June 15, 2004Wish I Could Download the Acoustic Set

Reviewer: jcsalem - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 8, 2004

Subject: Showcases the Dead at their improvisational best! This is my all time favorite Dead show. It showcases their varied influences (country, folk, blues, and motown) as well as their incredible collective jamming.



The real gem of the show is the 60 minute Dark Star into the Other One. For me, it is the finest example of the Dead's symphonic improvisation (with "Live Dead" being a close second). Within each song there are references to the other as well as snatches of familiar tunes (such as Simon & Garfunkel's 59th Street Bridge song aka Feelin' Groovy). In many "jam" bands, the musicians take turns soloing while the others lay down the groove. Here the Dead improvise concurrently building to a musical heaven that no one musician could create on their own.



I agree with the other reviewer that it is well worth the $$$ to add this show to your collection. Unfortunately, no single commercial release encompasses the entire show. Dick's Picks 4 has the entire second set while some of the first set songs were issued on "Bear's Choice Volume 1".



Enjoy! - June 8, 2004Showcases the Dead at their improvisational best!

Reviewer: jcsalem - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 8, 2004

Subject: Showcases the Dead at their improvisational best! This is my all time favorite Dead show. It showcases their varied influences (country, folk, blues, and motown) as well as their incredible collective jamming.



The real gem of the show is the 60 minute Dark Star into the Other One. For me, it is the finest example of the Dead's symphonic improvisation (with "Live Dead" being a close second). Within each song there are references to the other as well as snatches of familiar tunes (such as Simon & Garfunkel's 59th Street Bridge song aka Feelin' Groovy). In many "jam" bands, the musicians take turns soloing while the others lay down the groove. Here the Dead improvise concurrently building to a musical heaven that no one musician could create on their own.



I agree with the other reviewer that it is well worth the $$$ to add this show to your collection. Unfortunately, no single commercial release encompasses the entire show. Dick's Picks 4 has the entire second set while some of the first set songs were issued on "Bear's Choice Volume 1".



Enjoy! - June 8, 2004Showcases the Dead at their improvisational best!