Europe / Wall

Saturday, March 23, 1974

Daly City, CA · Cow Palace

Notable Moment

Wall of Sound debut

Cow Palace, Daly City. 600+ speakers, the largest concert sound system ever assembled at that point.

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Saturday
Day 82 of 1974
Show #
5 of 42
Era
Europe / Wall
Keys
Keith
Recordings
9
Top rating
★ 4.76 (30)
Official release
Dick's Picks Vol 24
Top-rated tape
SBD
Total dl
309,821
Songs played
32 · 3 sets
Show length
3h 27m
Longest track
Weather Report Suite · 15:29

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Featured on: Dick's Picks Vol 24

From the Curator's listening journal · 1 entry

From the tapers · archive.org · 3
  • ★★★★★ · Come grow the scorched ground green... · c-freedom · 2016

    Cassidy! This is a peach version!!! listen to the vocals. It would become a vehicle for some epic jams but on this night it is just short and sweet. Also just loved the 1st set. The band has a very laid back sound going here and the vocals especially harmonies are incredible. Great review by Liz and i totally get what she is saying---- this is on fire material. The last 3 tunes closing Set 1 are just scorching hot!!!

  • ★★★★★ · Howdy from OKC · beedub · 2014

    I may be able to clear a few things up here, gang; The Playin' wasn't falsely started. Everyone was totally primed for the WoS. At the break we were trying to figure out what the big deal was; Sound different to you? What the hell's the deal here? Is it us? In general, WTF's going on? Then they came out for set 2 and went into Playin'. Turns out the whole thing was a giant goof. When they stopped playing Playin', The Band was looking around as if something was wrong.

  • ★★★★★ · Forced to pick just one show? This is it · mzlizizaninja · 2014

    The sound is as breathtaking as the band is stunning. Just from my old laptop, I could hear word for word upstairs, downstairs, in the basement, out in the garden. I know the lyrics to all these songs so much better now...but is the feelings of the music, the love and hate and fear and jealousy and kindness and compassion that makes this show my number one.

Community reviews from archive.org, not the Curator.

Official release

Setlist

Set 1

  1. 1.U.S. Blues
  2. 2.Promised Land
  3. 3.Brown Eyed Women
  4. 4.Mexicali Blues
  5. 5.Tennessee Jed
  6. 6.Black-Throated Wind
  7. 7.Scarlet Begonias
  8. 8.Beat it on Down the Line
  9. 9.It Must Have Been the Roses
  10. 10.El Paso
  11. 11.Deal
  12. 12.Cassidy
  13. 13.China Cat Sunflower
  14. 14.I Know You Rider
  15. 15.WRS Prelude
  16. 16.WRS Part 1
  17. 17.Let it Grow

Set 2

  1. 1.Playin' in the Band
  2. 2.Uncle John's Band
  3. 3.Morning Dew
  4. 4.Uncle John's Band
  5. 5.Playin' in the Band
  6. 6.Ship of Fools
  7. 7.Big River
  8. 8.Ramble on Rose
  9. 9.Me and My Uncle
  10. 10.Bertha
  11. 11.Around and Around
  12. 12.Wharf Rat
  13. 13.Sugar Magnolia
  14. 14.Casey Jones

Encore

  1. 1.One More Saturday Night

Setlist from CMU Dead archive (mleone/gdead)

Recordings on archive.org · 9

Top-rated source

gd1974-03-23.sbd.clugston-orf.1995.sbeok.shnf

MSR > DAT > CDR (with MSR > DAT > CAS > CDR and AUD patch) · ★ 4.76 (30 reviews) · 158,937 dl

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