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2nd Set

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The 3rd night of the complete Wall of Sound, with the band still learning to live-mix the system ( picture of the 5/17 sound check at Pacific Coliseum ). Hastings Park has a horse track, a skatepark, an amusement park, a farmer's market, an outdoor theater and 4 venue buildings. The Dead played the Coliseum, the Agrodome, and the Auditorium. The latter was one of the first places they played outside of the Bay Area; and they built up a fan base here, so it's too bad they didn't go back after the' 75 hiatus. Not a bad show at all, but the previous (6/22/73) is probably better-regarded.First Set. The SBD wasn't attended-to yet for, so use the AUD (matrix needed!).goes straight to x-factor (listen to a pitch-corrected version). The rest is average '74 (if not the tightest) through-6 and. However,stands out as a peak, along with athat's one of the most interesting of the tour. It goes out there, which seems like nowhere at first, until a dark feedback section that also has whiffs of Caution It's quite the snap when the ether evaporates and yr plopped back in. It's worth hearing, but has some major Donnaskreech™.Second Set. The top of the set's great.has one of Jer's best-ever solos; it's all attack.(bottle/jaw) is still aggro.is the first of only three (when it was still called Finance Blues). It's the version on, but not the best (see 5/19). Jer, Keith & Bobby are good; Donna not so much (off key and too high in the mix). Supposedly it was dropped because only Bobby thought it was funny - which sounds like a bit of retconning. A finehas a Feelin' Groovy theme, and check the 2nd solo in: how does Jer do the steel guitar sound? Crazy.is good - except for the jarring Donnaskreech™.is not an exciting version butis well-played despite the mic dropouts (that came with the fickle and unreliable Wall of Sound) and Bobby flubs.has a nice tempo. Not all '74s have lyrics. The set center is the. Even if Bobby and Donna are on different verses, Jer is incredible through several peaks. Phil thunder-chords the seg in to an otherwise roteand they stay out for, rather than encore.: C: B-Overall = 3 starsHighlights:Deal - played like a set closerBig River - Jer doing what he doU.S. Blues - actually one of his best-ever USB solosMe & My Uncle - the energy from USBEyes of the World - even with minor quibbles the peaks are crazySOURCES: The miller_89972 is the most complete between songs, sounds best, and is pitch-corrected (except for Deal, which). The gustin_202 sounds about the same but is pitched too slow in a few places. Money Money is a bonus on. The whole show was released in thebox. There's a fun, ahead-of-it's-day, very handmade AUD.DMTrue13 - Vancouver was a popular stop early on. They played 7-9 times. 5 were at Hastings Park.July 29 & 30, 1966 - Trips Festival - Garden Auditorium (Hastings); bonus disc on 1st albumAugust 5, 1966 - The Afterthought (Pender St Auditorium)July 13, 1967 - Daily Flash Love In - Agrodome (Hastings)July 14 & 15, 1967 - Dante's (Retinal Circus/Embassy Ballroom) There's no evidence that they played all three '67 dates but there was also a spontaneous '67 promo appearance in a public spaceJune 22, 1973 - Coliseum (Hastings) ; Pac NW boxMay 17, 1974 - Coliseum (Hastings); Pac NW boxThere were two cancelled festival performances:Soul Explosion at the PNE Coliseum, in 11/68Vancouver Pop Festival in Brackendale, in 8/69