Transition

Friday, January 2, 1970

Nyc · Fillmore East

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Friday
Day 2 of 1970
Show #
2 of 99
Era
Transition
Keys
Pigpen
Recordings
4
Top rating
★ 4.71 (21)
Official release
Dave's Picks Vol 30
Top-rated tape
SBD
Total dl
215,866
Show length
2h 57m
Longest track
Dark Star · 29:59
65CanonicalRank #47 of 1,999
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Featured on: Dave's Picks Vol 30

From the Curator's listening journal · 1 entry

From the tapers · archive.org · 3
  • ★★★★★ · "some easy listening music" · as1307 · 2007

    the first show of 1970 is a monster, and a good omen of some amazing music to come in the next 4 years (i.e., the jams of '72-'74). the early show is fairly typical, but the first thing striking if that the also sprach zarathustra intro is BADASS! things get much more interesting in the late show, with a great easy wind that has the band flexing their funk. some technical problems lead weir to tell a story with a solo guitar monkey and engineer.

  • ★★★★★ · simply wonderful · jgmf · 2012

    The Dark Star > Stephen > Eleven > Lovelight is an all-timer. Never mind that the end of Dark Star and the transition into SS is cut ... you know what it sounds like. Everything else is just so good around it, it doesn't really matter. The Dark Star easily rivals 2/13/70 (yeah, I said it), exploring lots of exciting terrain including a wonderful Tighten Up jam about 22 minute in. The explosion in St.

  • ★★★★★ · This Fillmore Baby loves it! · Filmorebaby70 · 2023

    Both of my parents worked at the FE for Bill Graham (who changed the trajectory of my life) and I was in utero at the time of this show (and many epic others!). This probably explains why I have held such an affinity for the GD since 13. This Eleven is outstanding and I wonder if I was giving my pregnant mother a pre-partum boogie listening to all these immense swirly Jerry Jams… and perhaps I was destined to get out to follow the Dead and pine away for Bobby Cowboy croons later on in life!

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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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gd70-01-02.partial-early.sbd.86.sbefail.shnf

Soundboard · ★ 4.71 (21 reviews) · 25,469 dl

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