Set 1



Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

Death Don't Have No Mercy

Sitting On Top Of The World

Dark Star

Morning Dew

Turn On Your Lovelight ->

That's It For The Other One ->

New Potato Caboose ->

Born Cross Eyed



Other artist(s): Chuck Berry; Curly Cook's Hurdy-Gurdy Band

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Reviewer: njpg - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 12, 2015

Subject: 5 5 - April 12, 2015

Reviewer: ms42466 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 9, 2013

Subject: 5 4 68 nuf sed. - January 9, 20135 4 68

Reviewer: rrschwz28 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 9, 2012

Subject: hallowed ground Here we are folks, the Carousel Ballroom March 29, 30 and 31. This is where the bulk of "Anthem of the Sun" came from.



Remove thy shoes from thy feet, for this is hallowed ground! - November 9, 2012hallowed ground

Reviewer: aybesea69 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 22, 2011

Subject: Another Outstanding Early 68 Show This one's a beauty! They bring Death Don't Have No Mercy back into the set (and it is smokin') and play a vicious New Potato. What's not to like? Great recording and mix. - November 22, 2011Another Outstanding Early 68 Show

Reviewer: bluestones - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 29, 2011

Subject: Greatest New Potato ever Two From The Vault and Carousel 2/14/68 are masterpieces, no question about it. But Garcia's soloing on this version is one of the top guitar solos of all time, not just 1968. He gets a little sloppy at one point but it's a good sloppiness. You can tell he's having fun. Howling! The rest of the show is ok. I've heard better versions of Lovelight though I could swear that, during Bobby's vocal solo, I could hear Pigpen cursing his organ. - September 29, 2011Greatest New Potato ever

Reviewer: NYLifer - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 29, 2011

Subject: Possibly 2 sets?



One of my favorite posters ever at



Peace, Bob After Morning Dew an announcer comes on, tries to rally applause for the Dead, and then starts to talk about the area's fine dining options. Dead were headliners over 2 other acts, so maybe they took a set break?One of my favorite posters ever at http://www.deadlists.com/posters/1960s/19680329.html Peace, Bob - March 29, 2011Possibly 2 sets?

Reviewer: mddichard07 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 29, 2011

Subject: Amazing superb!! a moving "Death Don't Have No Mercy" and getting to hear Jerry really explore "Dark Star" is great. I have recently started listening to the dead's recordings from the 60's and this is the best one I've heard so far. - March 29, 2011Amazing

Reviewer: Cliff Hucker - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 29, 2011

Subject: Actually, this is a GD created matrix... I have always felt that the old Duke/Vernon remaster sounded more like a soundboard than an audience recording. It's actually an early attempt at a band created soundboard/stage mic matrix and Charlies remaster is a significant upgrade sonically.



3/30 seems to garner more accolades, but 3/29 is a better performance. It really swings and in spite of some distracting crowd chatter, the sound quality may be superior as well.



This performance of New Potato Caboose could be a best ever rendition. Garcia's soloing is simply sublime and seems to go on and on. I much prefer this outro style to the Thirteen Jam style conclusion of the renditons from the latter part of 1968.



I'm not convinced that the first four tracks, previously and erroneously credited to 3/26 are really part of this performance. The sonic signature of these four songs is entirely different. My guess is Latvala was wrong and these four songs belong to 3/31. But who can say for sure.



In any case, this music swings like January/February '68, and the uber lively sound quality of this remaster suits it just fine. (97 pts) - March 29, 2011Actually, this is a GD created matrix...

Reviewer: Pangolin22 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 16, 2011

Subject: Incredible sound This is a stellar '68 show no question but what got me so involved was the beautiful sound. To me, this wasn't just 'another' beautiful Charlie Miller master. The sound has this sort of open feel to it that makes you feel like you're there... even if you weren't born yet. This quality has it's best effect on the more 'spacey' tunes like Dark Star and NPC but it lends a mournful sound to Death Don't.

Thanks for this gift. - March 16, 2011Incredible sound

Reviewer: rschwz28 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 14, 2011

Subject: Born Cross Eyed Sounds like the New Potato from Anthem - how could this be less than 5 stars? It's just too bad Born Cross Eyed, one of my all-time favorite songs, is cut. - March 14, 2011Born Cross Eyed

Reviewer: PigpenLives - - November 7, 2010

Subject: this is an audience recording Not that this sounds bad but I question the claim that it's a soundboard. There's significant hall echo and you can hear conversations very clearly during song breaks. During one break you can even hear a friend of the person making the recording advising them to keep the tape rolling - "there's nothing happening now but you can keep it going". Something like that.



It's a pretty good recording. Nice to experience what it was like to be at one of the SF ballroom shows. - November 7, 2010this is an audience recording