Primal
Sunday, June 8, 1969
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- Sunday
- Day 159 of 1969
- Show #
- 56 of 112
- Era
- Primal
- Keys
- Pigpen
- Recordings
- 3
- Top rating
- ★ 4.61 (18)
- Top-rated tape
- SBD
- Total dl
- 84,346
- Show length
- 2h 8m
- Longest track
- Turn On Your Lovelight · 34:47
Curator Score
How this is computed →From the tapers · archive.org · 3
- ★★★★★ · Whoa... · phleshy · 2005
UPDATE 7/7/05: I'd have to disagree with you there on the 5/6/70 Dancin' being better. It's great, of course, and it has the Tighten Up jam. But I think it's way too slow and, at 17 minutes, a bit overstretched. This one is FAST, FOCUSED (unlike some Dead jams) and the jam is some of the best Grateful Dead you will ever hear. It is very obvious that everyone is listening to each other VERY CAREFULLY and the X-Factor is achieved.
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- ★★★★★ · Phil's · august 1031 · 2005
I think this might be the show Phil describes in his new book on pages 146-150. he writes "At one point I look over at Jerry and saw a bridge of light like a rainbow of a thousand colors streaming between us; and flowing back and forth across that bridge: three dimensional musical notes-some swirling like the planet jupiter rotating at 100 times normal speed, some like fuzzy little tennis b****..." it goes on on in colorful detail (get the book!) but ends with phil stating "that moment may have…
- ★★★★★ · No cigar · Chris U. · 2005
The Dancin' here is, uh, interesting in a "follow-Jerry-wherever-he-goes" sort of way. But it doesn't hold a candle to the 5-6-70 version which includes at least three fantastic peaks that rise from the collective uberMind of the band to steal your face, pull your pants down, and kick your axx. The very mellow Friend of Mine is a sweet follow up. The St. Stephen rocks mightily. The New Potato Caboose (sniffle) is sublime.
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Bust-outs & rarities
- ◦The Things I Used To Doonly ever played here
- ◦Who's Lovin' You Tonightonly ever played here
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
gd69-06-08.sbd.cotsman.19285.sbeok.shnf
Soundboard · ★ 4.61 (18 reviews) · 46,807 dl
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- gd1969-06-08.123986.sbd.miller.flac16SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat · ★ 4.50 · 26,124 dl
- gd1969-06-08.sbd.thecore.4512.sbeok.shnfSBD>MR>C>D>CD>SHN · ★ 4.60 · 11,415 dl
- gd69-06-08.sbd.cotsman.19285.sbeok.shnfSoundboard · ★ 4.61 · 46,807 dl