Primal

Friday, January 24, 1969

San Francisco, CA · Avalon Ballroom

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Friday
Day 24 of 1969
Show #
4 of 112
Era
Primal
Keys
Pigpen
Recordings
6
Top rating
★ 5.00 (4)
Top-rated tape
SBD
Total dl
76,437
Show length
1h 13m
Longest track
Dark Star · 19:56
32NotableRank #543 of 1,999
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From the tapers · archive.org · 3

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  • ★★★★ · Gas the Avalon!!! · phleshy · 2005

    The sound quality is excellent on this show; all the instruments and vocals are clear and well-placed. Maybe this show was recorded for consideration as Live/Dead. Well, I'm glad that this Dark Star wasn't considered; 2/27/69 is head and shoulders above it. Still, this is an interesting show because of the Lovelight and the intentional power failure. Maybe it was incidents like this that inspired the "Burn down the Fillmore, gas the Avalon" lyric in Alligator.

  • ★★★★ · Mind-Bending New Potato Caboose · mellowmymind5453 · 2013

    This show's New Potato Caboose is sick! Phil's solo is earth-shaking and extremely extended. Wow, wish I could've seen that one live. Everything else is pretty normal, which of course means EXCEPTIONAL for 1969 Dead. Love the music from this era, warts and all, they just played with so much fire and energy. After all, LIVE/DEAD was got me onto the bus in the first place!

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Setlist

Setlist reconstructed from archive.org recording track listing. Set breaks and segues unknown from this source.

Recordings on archive.org · 6

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gd1969-01-24.sbd.kaplan.2244.sbeok.shnf

MSR>C>DAT>CD · ★ 5.00 (4 reviews) · 7,625 dl

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