Primal

Saturday, April 26, 1969

Chicago, IL · Electric Theatre

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Saturday
Day 116 of 1969
Show #
40 of 112
Era
Primal
Keys
Pigpen
Recordings
4
Top rating
★ 4.83 (6)
Official release
Dick's Picks Vol 26
Top-rated tape
SBD
Total dl
72,821
Show length
2h 47m
Longest track
Turn On Your Lovelight · 33:13

Curator Score

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Featured on: Dick's Picks Vol 26

From the Curator's listening journal · 1 entry

From the tapers · archive.org · 3
  • ★★★★★ · Terrific show (again) · Darrylizer · 2016

    Just a month after the lads run at the Fillmore that became the bulk of Live Dead and the band shows no sign of slowing down. The setlist is long, the transitions really well played and the jamming is stellar. They just got a little more sophisticated if not more firey. Hard To Handle is still in its infancy and not played with the swagger that they'd get to the next couple of years, however the Cryptical>Other One>Eleven>Other One>It's a Sin is wonderful as is the ragged but right Viola Lee…

  • ★★★★★ · Uhmm, thought Jerry said we could have it · Roadrunner66 · 2005

    I don't mean to be a downer, but Jerry's opinion was once played "they can have it" and I thought the band was down with that too over the years. I personally notice a blandness with the "official" releases that doesn't seem to be there on straight Aud./SDBD's, along with prefering to make my own decision if I want an entire show or to hack it up myself.

  • ★★★★★ · What's Become of the Baby · Mark C. · 2005

    Only a numbskull would release this show and fail to include the encore --at least Feedback>What's become of the baby>Bid you goodnight. Viola Lee blues is actually pretty sloppy, but it is very intense. WBOTB is extremely rare, as far as I know. I'm not sure if this is the only one I've heard or not. I may have another in my collection... But regardless, this performance is the most avant-garde thing I've ever heard the band do. It is a really, really, interesting performance.

Community reviews from archive.org, not the Curator.

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Setlist

Set

  1. 1.Intro
  2. 2.Dupree's Diamond Blues
  3. 3.Mountains Of The Moon→
  4. 4.China Cat Sunflower→
  5. 5.Doin' That Rag
  6. 6.It Hurts Me Too
  7. 7.Hard To Handle
  8. 8.Cryptical Envelopment→
  9. 9.The Other One→
  10. 10.The Eleven Jam→
  11. 11.The Other One→
  12. 12.It's A Sin
  13. 13.Morning Dew
  14. 14.Sittin' On Top Of The World
  15. 15.Minglewood Blues
  16. 16.Silver Threads And Golden Needles
  17. 17.It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
  18. 18.Saint Stephen→
  19. 19.Turn On Your Lovelight
  20. 20.Viola Lee Blues→
  21. 21.Caution Jam→
  22. 22.Viola Lee Blues→
  23. 23.Feedback→
  24. 24.What's Become Of The Baby (tape)→
  25. 25.Feedback→
  26. 26.And We Bid You Goodnight

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

Recordings on archive.org · 4

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gd1969-04-26.sbd.gmb.96449.flac16

Soundboard Cassette x 1 > DAT; Encore Source: 7 inch Master Reels @ 7.5ips 1/2trk > DAT · ★ 4.83 (6 reviews) · 24,590 dl

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