Primal
Wednesday, February 5, 1969
Show stats
- Wednesday
- Day 36 of 1969
- Show #
- 9 of 112
- Era
- Primal
- Keys
- Pigpen
- Recordings
- 1
- Top rating
- ★ 4.69 (30)
- Top-rated tape
- SBD
- Total dl
- 36,380
- Show length
- 59m
- Longest track
- Dark Star · 11:40
Curator Score
How this is computed →From the tapers · archive.org · 3
- ★★★★★ · Extinguiderm: NOT IN OMAHA · catfishbob · 2008
Anyone who saw the Dead play in Omaha in 1969, did not see them on the fifth of February. I was at the 05 February ’69 show and I can attest that it was indeed at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, KS (not Omaha), and the show was memorable. The Dead opened for the Iron Butterfly, and the contrast between the two bands was something to behold. “Caution” as hot as I have ever heard, and the band performed the astonishing “Seven” instrumental. “And we bid you Goodnight”, closing the show, was sublime.
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- ★★★★★ · Scrambling, gnashing early psychedelia in Kansas. · DeadCoMule · 2021
Not as famous as the Fillmore West run from later in the month, the recording isn't as polished, and the cuts are inconvenient, but these early February shows are just as enjoyable for fans of the era! The Grateful Dead had just turned the corner from the January Avalon Ballroom shows, and were still carrying a lot of the late '68 sound with them. We only have this single tape of 2/5/69, and it doesn't even crack an hour, but it's a very well-balanced soundboard.
- ★★★★★ · A beautiful dream.... · Great Expectations · 2010
I have just listened to this one end to end and it is one of the most beautiful shows I have ever heard. The opening is energetic, tough and gritty, the middle section DS>SS>11 is fluid, haunting and poetic and the closing Feedback>Bid You Goodnight brings a tranquil peace like a sunset after a raging storm. I am always amazed when reviewers seem to obsess over small details of the sound quality as this little gem is now over 40 years old.
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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 · 1
Top-rated source
gd69-02-05.sbd.cotsman.8993.sbeok.shnf
Soundboard · ★ 4.69 (30 reviews) · 36,380 dl