Primal

Saturday, August 16, 1969

Bethel, NY · Max Yasgur's Farm

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Saturday
Day 228 of 1969
Show #
73 of 112
Era
Primal
Keys
Pigpen
Recordings
7
Top rating
★ 4.09 (48)
Top-rated tape
SBD
Total dl
154,985
Show length
1h 12m
Longest track
Turn On Your Lovelight · 38:42
30NotableRank #628 of 1,999
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  • ★★★★★ · Underrated and fun · Mike Ashenfelder · 2005

    I like this show for two reasons: 1) As everyone here points out, the music is much, much better than we've been led to believe all these years. Everyone plays well. The "Dark Star" is upbeat, tasteful, and has a nice loping groove to it. 2) I was at Woodstock and, because I was not yet into the Dead, I opted to catch some sleep during their set.

  • ★★★★★ · its a crime.. · ChinaDog · 2004

    Its a crime.... That either the 2 short songs or 1 of the 2 long ones were omitted from the album THIS DARKSTAR SHOULD HAVE MADE THE SOUNDTRACK this gets 5 for History 5 for sound IMHO 4 for the performance - considering the pressure, circumstances and drugs involved (although some might say 3) Frankly Im pretty p***** off that Ive been "taught" this performance was shoddy It is definitly NOT what I have been led to believe the GDs set was like... This is an AWESOME recording A Must Have!

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

Recordings on archive.org · 7

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gd69-08-16.sbd.cotsman.15205.sbeok.shnf

Soundboard · ★ 4.09 (48 reviews) · 75,208 dl

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