Grateful Dead
6-19-68? (possibly 2/19/69 Fillmore West)
Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA


 SBD>MC>D>CD

  DISC 1

  1. //Lovelight-->
  2. Not Fade Away-->
  3. Lovelight
  4. Stage Banter
  5. Chanting

  DISC 2

  1. Jam-->
  2. The Main Ten-->
  3. Jam-->
  4. The Other One Jam


This is a very strange show.  The start of Lovelight is clipped, with
the recording improving from what is a ragged condition at first. The
sound system has technical difficulties, with an intermittent buzz
during portions of Lovelight from a bad electrical connection.  There
is some minor static at 9:30 of the first track. The vocals are very
low in the mix, and difficulties with the sound system might explain a
lack of singing during the second set, though the jams are very
inspired. The recording includes a group chant between sets, which may
include members of the band, crowd, a woman who sounds like Grace Slick,
a child, an imposter-drummer, security etc. 


This was posted on a dnc thread by Charlie Miller: "6/19/68
From Mike Dolgushkin: The show that circulates as 6/19/68 is misdated. It's actually 2/19/69--the Celestial Synapse at the Fillmore West. I listened to it not long ago and thought "no way this is June of '68." It sounded real close in time to the Live Dead stuff, and you can hear TC poking out of the murk from time to time. Plus, it includes both Not Fade Away and The Main Ten, which started appearing on a more/less regular basis in April of '69.What clinched the date was reading the Rolling Stone review of the Celestial Synapse in the booklet that came with the Fillmore box set. It describes everybody in the Fillmore getting naked and crazy at about two in the morning, among them Don McCoy from Olompali, who took the stage and started rapping. Bill Graham had to keep the security people from pulling him off. Anyway, on this tape, after Lovelight, you hear a bunch of whooping and hollering, after which someone gets on stage and announces "Hi, my name's Don McCoy." Apparently the date that's written on the vault copy is hard to read; Dick originally thought it said 8/29/68. Another mystery solved. Tell your friends! "