Good Morning Little School Girl, Beat It On Down The Line, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, I'm A King Bee Cryptical Envelopement-> Drums-> The Other One-> Cryptical Envelopement-> Death Don't Have No Mercy, Turn On Your Love Light, Viola Lee Blues

--this is from a reel recorded in '69. There are a few minor discontinuities/blemishes in the recording



--there may be missing songs before Schoolgirl



--several minutes are probably missing from the beginning of Schoolgirl.



--there is a splice in Schoolgirl @ 1:26



--the first couple notes of Cryptical(1) are clipped



--the band is forced to finish Viola Lee acapella after the plug is pulled on their instruments, presumably, for playing past Avalon curfew



--Sound Forge was used for a slight pitch correction and a few minor edits

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Reviewer: Fixur - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 13, 2013

Subject: Viola what? OK, I'll say it - Garcia's guitar cuts out for around two minutes at the beginning of the instrumental break in Viola Lee Blues. That must be TC filling in on organ, and I wonder if he might be on the Vox Continental. But what do I know? - October 13, 2013Viola what?

Reviewer: chris phillips - favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 23, 2013

Subject: King Bee The Other One and King Bee are pretty decent. - August 23, 2013King Bee

Reviewer: njpg - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 7, 2013

Subject: They could not be stopped Though rough in spots and not the most pristine or balanced of recordings, this show is a superlative classic. - April 7, 2013They could not be stopped

Reviewer: jjf47 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 7, 2013

Subject: Good Show! Don't know what's up with Styrofoam Cueball. Sounds to me like he was listening to the show "through a horse's feed bag."



Bobby's vocals seem right on cue with Pig on "Lovelight" - does an equally fine job on "Cold Rain and Snow" and "Other One."



The only thing I agree with him on is that it's a five star show.



Being from SF back in those days, I have fond memories of the Avalon and Fillmore!



May have been the round up days at Sutter and Van Ness because of the incident at the end of "Viola Lee" but it also had to do with the neighborhood not liking a bunch of hippies always hanging around. Family Dog moved to the Great Highway I believe at the end of '69 or something like that.



Also agree with the review about "Death Don't Have No Mercy" - Right On!



Pig is great as well! - April 7, 2013Good Show!

Reviewer: clementinescaboose - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 12, 2010

Subject: viola i wouldn't call it the mother of all versions - for that, check out 4/21/69 a few weeks later, its better and much more tightly played - but what this version lacks in dexterity it makes up for in straight FIRE raging jam power. nice stuff. - October 12, 2010viola

Reviewer: Franchi$e - favorite favorite favorite - April 6, 2010

Subject: Good Show Yeah kinda creepy and eerie at points with mediocre sound quality, but a solid early Dead show. - April 6, 2010Good Show

Reviewer: Styrofoam Cueball - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 7, 2008

Subject: Vera DeMilo on Vocals... This is an awesome show...but what's up with Bobby's vocals? This show explains to me why he got so few lead vocals during the Aoxomoxoa-Workingman's era...he sounds like he's singing through a horse's feed bag. Very horsey indeed....but the music is awesome and Jerry and Pig are in fine voice, so 5 stars. - November 7, 2008Vera DeMilo on Vocals...

Reviewer: williscat2000 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 18, 2006

Subject: looks like a typical 67-68 show BUT it's actually the third night of a 3 night stand at the Avalon in san fransisco in 1969!



excellent 3 night run. - January 18, 2006looks like a typical 67-68 show

Reviewer: Susep - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 18, 2005

Subject: It's not the tune that counts but IT As one reviewer noted a manic energy pervades this performance. Check out TOO. - September 18, 2005It's not the tune that counts but IT

Reviewer: DeadDave - favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 20, 2005

Subject: Scary Yeah, the guy moaning "I don't want to die" over and over is pure giddy terror that only the Dead can pull off. This HAS to be the definitive "Death" man.



The recording is certainly a little rough...but as they say This IS a diamond in such. 4.5 stars (Bobby vocals) for performance, 3 for quality. - February 20, 2005Scary

Reviewer: Muddy69 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 21, 2004

Subject: Death Don't Absolutley a haunting Death don't have no mercy complete with the tripped out dude wailing in the backround " I don't want to die ". I love it. Fantastic Viola Lee Blues with the power outage at the end. This was one of the first tapes I had back in the late 80's , and is still a favorite. Download immeadiatly ! - December 21, 2004Death Don't

Reviewer: velociraptor - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 7, 2004

Subject: viola lee blues This show has the mother of all Viola Lee Blues on it, and has been fodder for many a great party in our earlier years. King Bee is really trippy. A must have, and thank you for posting. - December 7, 2004viola lee blues

Reviewer: Mike Ashenfelder - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 8, 2004

Subject: Nice keyboards There's some really sweet and hot organ playing on "Viola Lee Blues." Could that really be Pig Pen? - November 8, 2004Nice keyboards

Reviewer: Joel Benington - favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 13, 2004

Subject: Over-the-top psychedelia The night before is unquestionably a better recording, but not a better performance in my opinion. This recording has its share of high-frequency distortion, but it's fairly sharp otherwise--a B- overall. The performance has a manic intensity to it that makes it one of my favorites. Baby Blue, The Other One, and Death Don't Have No Mercy are all on a high level, and together make up a marvelous symphony of death. Sweet Viola Lee Blues is wild, with a priceless a capella ending after the power is cut off. - September 13, 2004Over-the-top psychedelia