Primal
Friday, February 2, 1968
Show stats
- Friday
- Day 33 of 1968
- Show #
- 7 of 41
- Era
- Primal
- Keys
- Pigpen
- Recordings
- 3
- Top rating
- ★ 5.00 (1)
- Top-rated tape
- SBD
- Total dl
- 123,417
- Show length
- 1h 0m
- Longest track
- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl · 15:22
Curator Score
How this is computed →From the tapers · archive.org · 3
- ★★★★★ · The Best Of The Tree Northwest Tours I Have · redwinter · 2008
The Crystal Ballroom in 1968 must have been like Birdland in 1961. Maybe it's the building, maybe it's the bands that played on the tour. Clementine has got to be the jazziest Dead song ever played and Gold And Silver (performed by Quicksilver Messenger Service and most likely played on this tour) was based on Dave Brubeck's Take Five. I seem to remember writing a review for this show but just in case I didn't, here's another, better one.
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- ★★★★★ · Primal Dead · bootleg43 · 2004
Both 2/2/68 and 2/3/68 were originally aired by Gans on The Grateful Dead Hour shortly after they made their way to the surface. Both of these shows are primal Dead at it's very best. The sound quality is a little muddier than the 1/20, 1/22 and 2/14 shows. But in my humble opinion (hardly) this only adds to the value of these jamming tapes. For my money, EVERYTHING from 68 is great.
- ★★★★★ · Tops · Polka · 2005
While it doesn't have the "occassion" of the Haight Street version, this Viola Lee is the best ever captured on tape. Thanks to this site, I was able to get the King's Beach Bowl rounding out my collection of every single VLB played, and still this version is tops. I figure they had to go the feedback route after VLB because there is no way those guitars are in tune after such complete and utter shred meltdown!
Community reviews from archive.org, not the Curator.
Bust-outs & rarities
- ◦Viola Lee Blues Feedbackonly ever played here
- ◦Clementineonly 4 plays ever
Setlist
Setlist reconstructed from archive.org recording track listing. Set breaks and segues unknown from this source.
Recordings on archive.org · 3
Top-rated source
gd1968-02-02.sbd.jools.20299.sbeok.shnf
· ★ 5.00 (1 reviews) · 10,367 dl
Compare all 3 sources
- gd1968-02-02.sbd.jools.20299.sbeok.shnf★ 5.00 · 10,367 dl
- gd1968-02-02.sbd.miller.97345.sbeok.flac16SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k) · ★ 4.58 · 28,137 dl
- gd68-02-02.sbd.jools.15801.sbeok.shnfSoundboard · ★ 4.89 · 84,913 dl