Primal
Tuesday, January 23, 1968
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- Tuesday
- Day 23 of 1968
- Show #
- 5 of 41
- Era
- Primal
- Keys
- Pigpen
- Recordings
- 3
- Top rating
- ★ 4.79 (16)
- Top-rated tape
- SBD
- Total dl
- 56,237
- Show length
- 32m
- Longest track
- Clementine · 8:32
Curator Score
How this is computed →From the tapers · archive.org · 3
- ★★★★★ · 1/22 & 1/23 = 1/26 & 1/27 · gratefulhoneynoats · 2011
I think there's definitely a convincing argument that the end of this spanish jam is captured in the one song recording we have labeled 1/27. They seem to go together, though there is a gap. But more than just that song, I think that there's an even better argument to say that both this show and the one labeled the 22nd were in fact played one the 26th & 27th, as there's evidence that those were the only days the Dead played Eagles Auditorium in early '68.
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- ★★★★★ · Anthem... · Folkhippy · 2009
Oh my, what an amazing snipet of one hell of a tour. "the Quick and the Dead" winter tour up the coast. I love this early version of the Other One with alternate second verse lyrics! The Clementine jam is so smooth and jazzy and the New Potato Caboose here is probably one of the best of '68. I love when the Dead really worked on their three part harmony vocals between Jerry, Phil, and Bobby. They create such a strong vocal sound that was lost after '72 and I'm not sure why.
- ★★★★★ · White Rabbit as their generation's "Dark Star" · njpg · 2011
This thing everybody keeps calling "Spanish Jam"...OK, WHY is it called that? I guess it could be sort of Andalucian or something, like bull-fighting music, but it really resembles Middle-eastern music more than anything else. Country Joe & the Fish did the same thing this year--called it "Eastern Jam", which is closer. QMS put it in everything they did for years. All because Grace had done "White Rabbit" with two bands already! It's THE SAME TUNE, folks!
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Bust-outs & rarities
- ◦Clementineonly 4 plays ever
- ◦Born Cross-Eyedonly 10 plays ever
Setlist
Setlist reconstructed from archive.org recording track listing. Set breaks and segues unknown from this source.
Recordings on archive.org · 3
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gd1968-01-23.sbd.miller.97343.sbeok.flac16
SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k) · ★ 4.79 (16 reviews) · 22,190 dl
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- gd1968-01-23.sbd.finney.4528.shnfSoundboard > MC > R > DAT > CDR · ★ 4.00 · 9,265 dl
- gd1968-01-23.sbd.miller.97343.sbeok.flac16SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k) · ★ 4.79 · 22,190 dl
- gd68-01-23.sbd.jools.20347.sbeok.shnfSoundboard · ★ 4.50 · 24,782 dl