Primal
Tuesday, December 31, 1968
?, ? · Unknown or Various
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- Tuesday
- Day 366 of 1968
- Show #
- 41 of 41
- Era
- Primal
- Keys
- Pigpen
- Recordings
- 1
- Top rating
- ★ 4.47 (19)
- Top-rated tape
- SBD
- Total dl
- 52,340
- Show length
- 4h 4m
- Longest track
- Dark Star · 16:06
Curator Score
How this is computed →From the tapers · archive.org · 3
- ★★★★★ · Best Early Dead on the Archive · Adam_in_PDX · 2014
I don't post on here all that often. I generally just sit on the sidelines, soak up the tunes and enjoy everyone else's take. But I had to post here, because this is my favorite compilation on the Archive. I constantly find myself coming back and listening to it from beginning to end, as if it was one seamless show. Do yourself a favor and give it a whirl. The way that it weaves in and out of all the Crypticals with so many choice cuts in between is nothing short of amazing.
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- ★★★★★ · Listen to the Pig · Chris U. · 2015
These are awesome recordings that do an excellent job of demonstrating all that Pigpen contributed to the early sound and rhythm of the band. This is not to take anything away from the rest of the rhythm section or Bobby but simply to encourage folks to pay extra attention to a performer whose contributions are rarely memorialized so perfectly as they are. RIP [first posted 2009; edited to correct egregious spelling mistakes Feb 2015]
- ★★★★★ · more info · Little Nemo · 2005
the alligator>drums>jam>caution segment is identical to the filler that comes with the 8.23.68 show archived here, which itself is described as 'thought to be from 8/29/68'. the date is a mystery which ought to be solved, because this alligator-caution jam is among the 2 or 3 best of all time, and the fact that it is cut off before it ends can only be described as a crime against God.
Community reviews from archive.org, not the Curator.
Bust-outs & rarities
- ◦Jam (St. Stephen ish)only ever played here
- ◦Jam (Cautionish)only ever played here
- ◦"Return The Scratcher"only 2 plays ever
- ◦Born Cross-Eyedonly 10 plays ever
Setlist
Set
- 1.St. Stephen→
- 2.Jam (St. Stephen ish)
- 3.Cryptical Envelopment Reprise→
- 4.The Other One→
- 5.Cryptical Envelopment→
- 6.New Potato Caboose→
- 7.Thirteens Jam→
- 8.Alligator→
- 9.Drumz→
- 10.Jam (Cautionish)→
- 11.Caution(Do Not Step on Tracks)
- 12.Drumz→
- 13.(post-Alligator) Jam
- 14.Cryptical Envelopment→
- 15.The Other One→
- 16.Cryptical Envelopment→
- 17.New Potato Caboose
- 18.It Hurts Me Too
- 19.Born Cross Eyed
- 20.Dark Star→
- 21.St. Stephen
- 22.Cryptical Envelopment→
- 23.The Other One→
- 24.Cryptical Envelopment→
- 25.Good Morning Little Schoolgirl;
- 26.Dark Star→
- 27.St. Stephen→
- 28.The Eleven→
- 29.Death Don't Have No Mercy
- 30.Turn On Your Lovelight
- 31.St. Stephen→
- 32.Cryptical Envelopment→
- 33.The Other One→
- 34.Cryptical Envelopment→
- 35.Turn On You Lovelight
- 36.Morning Dew
- 37.It Hurts Me Too
- 38."Return the scratcher"
- 39.Dark Star→
- 40.St. Stephen→
- 41.Turn On Your Lovelight
Setlist reconstructed from archive.org recording track listing. Set breaks and segues unknown from this source.
Recordings on archive.org · 1
Top-rated source
gd68-xx-xx.sbd.vernon.9426.sbeok.shnf
Soundboard · ★ 4.47 (19 reviews) · 52,340 dl