Kosmik Radiation Radio - August 3, 2012 Playlist

Grateful Dead Audience Tape Special III
Recorded by the fans for the fans

Jerry Garcia would have been 70 on August 1st
Thanks to all the tapers and archivists who made it all possible!
Click here for the archive of audience recordings

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
The Grateful Dead "The Grateful Dead" 1967 (USA)

It's time for the third annual installment of the Grateful Dead Audience Recording Special. For the first two years, we had tasty "official live albums" to go with the tasty live audience tapes, but have now inducted all of the best of those. So we go back to the beginning: the debut album, recording in a few hours in the studio and with most of the jammy bits edited out, this record is often described as the bastard stepchild of Deaddom. At the time, it didn't sell particularly well compared to other Heavy Frisco bands, and they remained not just a cult band, but a highly localized cult band with few followers outside of Northern California (the refrain then was the same as it always has been: "you just have to see them live!") Basically, in 1967 they had no idea how to make a record and so relied on their producer (a guy they hired because he had been an engineer for The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction"!) But even more importantly, they really hadn't developed their own sound or image or ethos yet. But by 1969 and the release of their first live album, things had begun to snowball . . . so this week on the show we're focusing on concert recordings from that pivotal year. Tunes from Aoxomoxoa, Live/Dead and Workingman's Dead played live on stage BEFORE they were recorded in the studio, let alone released to the publc!
Here are the dorks in 1969 playing live at the Playboy Mansion to promote their third studio album (according to legend they dosed the drinks, including Hef's). Next up: VHS tape of a 1970 performance on PBS. Finally, The Pig sings "Hard To Handle".

(M) = "Mixed for the hallucinations"

Artist	Songs (all recorded live)	Album / Source	Graphic	Country
The Grateful Dead	Dark Star -> St. Stephen -> The Eleven -> Turn On Your Lovelight (Bobby Bland)	January 26, 1969 Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) Audience recording by ??? Click here to stream this entire show! (commercial recordings of the last two songs available on Live/Dead)		USA

The Grateful Dead	Cold Rain And Snow	The Grateful Dead (1967) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		USA
The Grateful Dead	Viola Lee Blues (Noah Lewis) (M)	The Grateful Dead (1967) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		USA
The Grateful Dead	Beat It On Down The Line (Jesse Fuller) / Morning Dew (Dobson-Rose) / It Hurts Me Too (trad.-Elmore James)	April 15, 1969 The Music Box (Omaha, NE) Audience recording by Leon Komar Click here to stream or download this entire show! (no commercial recordings from this show have been made available to date)		USA

The Grateful Dead	Doin' That Rag -> The Seven -> Good Lovin' (The Young Rascals) -> Drums -> Good Lovin' (The Young Rascals) ->	September 29, 1969 Cafe Au Go Go (New York, NY) Audience recording by ??? Click here to stream or download this entire show! (no commercial recordings from this show have been made available to date)		USA

The Grateful Dead	Casey Jones / Cold Rain And Snow / Mama Tried (Merle Haggard) / Yellow Dog Story (trad. arr. Weir) / Dire Wolf / China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider (trad.) / Black Peter / Me & My Uncle (John Philips) / Hard To Handle (Otis Redding) / Dark Star	December 11, 1969 Thelma Theater (Los Angeles, CA) Audience recording by Rion Brady Click here to stream or download this entire show! (no commercial recordings from this show have been made available to date)		USA