Primal
Friday, September 16, 1966
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- Friday
- Day 259 of 1966
- Show #
- 22 of 31
- Era
- Primal
- Keys
- Pigpen
- Recordings
- 6
- Top rating
- ★ 5.00 (1)
- Top-rated tape
- (Reel to Reel) 1970
- Total dl
- 134,770
- Show length
- 1h 13m
- Longest track
- Midnight Hour · 18:26
Curator Score
How this is computed →From the tapers · archive.org · 3
- ★★★★★ · Excellent Early Show, and Great Sound for '66! · jbphburg · 2005
Remembering that this is a 1966 recording, the sound quality is very high, the mix could ideally be better, and primarily in terms of the drums a bit, but Jerry is up in the mix, and he's what you want most anyway! He's already a good player, among the best few rock guitarists at this point, imo. Great setlist, Baby Blue is really well done, School Girl is to my ears among it's most listenable versions, Pig is very well recorded on this, arguably the best vocal performance of his I've heard, I…
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- ★★★★★ · The Swirl · jerkwaterdan · 2008
These were a couple of good early Grateful Dead non official L.P's that came out in the early 70's called "Vintage Dead" and "Historic Dead". This is a fine document of the Dead as a "dance band" in their early years. One of the most notable things is that swirling sound they had with Pigpen's organ playing melody as lead instrument on many of the songs and Jerry playing lead guitar lines around Pig's organ. It tended to create a swirling sound.
- ★★★★★ · My Introduction To The Blues · lilrichwhiteboy · 2022
Ah, Vintage and Historic Dead. Historic was one of my earliest albums in college in the late ‘70s. Some of the first real blues I ever heard, considering my high school days were all Top 40 FM with drips and drabs of Clapton. Didn’t even know Muddy Waters existed, let alone B.B. King. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Lindy, Stealin', Same Thing. It was a revelation. And I was hooked. And the Blues and The Boyz have been the music of my adult life ever since.
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Bust-outs & rarities
- ◦Lindyonly 3 plays ever
Setlist
Setlist reconstructed from archive.org recording track listing. Set breaks and segues unknown from this source.
Recordings on archive.org · 6
Top-rated source
gd1966-09-16.146098.vintage-dead.smith.flegel.flac1648
(Reel to Reel) 1970 · ★ 5.00 (1 reviews) · 4,722 dl
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- gd1966-09-16.117435.vinyl.sbd.indidarkstar.flac24SBD>MR>?>LP>ZoomH4>WaveLab 5.0>FLAC24 Linn LP12 turntable, SME III tonearm, Benz ACE H2 Cartridge, Rotel RC 1082 preamp Transfer by indidarkstar · ★ 4.60 · 12,450 dl
- gd1966-09-16.146098.vintage-dead.smith.flegel.flac1648(Reel to Reel) 1970 · ★ 5.00 · 4,722 dl
- gd1966-09-16.sbd.davenport.95970.flac16SBD>MR>?>LP · ★ 4.33 · 11,716 dl
- gd1966-09-16.vintagedead.25283.sbeok.shnfSBD>MR>??>CDR · ★ 4.50 · 7,304 dl
- gd66-09-16.sbd.tzuriel.11503.sbeok.shnfSBD ->? · ★ 5.00 · 17,346 dl
- gd66-09-16.sbd.vernon.9127.sbeok.shnfSoundboard · ★ 4.76 · 81,232 dl