Dead Show/podcast for 5/29/15
The Deadpod
John Henrikson
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2015
⏱️ 140 minutes
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Summary
This week the Deadpod takes you way back to the spring of 1970 when the Dead made their very first trip across the ocean to England.. this show took place on May 24th, 1970 I decided to publish the entire show as it was not broken into sets, and while the sound leaves alot to be desired it is quite listenable for the most part, and as a historical document of the day I am hoping that you'll get into it as I did. The band once described the crowd at this show as the coldest they ever encountered, and its clear that they work very hard at getting them juiced up as their energy in this set is pretty full tilt. The Casey Jones starts out with very degraded sound but it gets better as Bear dials it in.. the China->Rider is quite good and contains a unique transitional jam. Hard To Handle is classic Pigpen, and you'll hear that he is in fine form throughout this set. The Cryptical->Other One->Cryptical->Attics is a treat, as it is a very early version of Attics.. The Dark Star is excellent, and displays the qualities of the early primal Dark Stars. The Lovelight is over the top, and while sadly again suffering from some sonic degradation, it is still great to hear Pigpen in such fine form.
Grateful Dead
Ted Askeys Lower Pig Farm, Leycett
Newcastle-Under-Lyme, England
Date5/24/70 - Sunday
One[2:14:44] ;
Casey Jones [4:39] ;
China Cat Sunflower [3:17] >
Jam [2:05] >
I Know You Rider [4:14] ;
Hard To Handle [7:52] ;
Me And My Uncle [3:15] ;
Cryptical Envelopment [2:03] >
Drums [2:48] >
The Other One [8:39] >
Cryptical Envelopment [7:24] >
Attics Of My Life [5:36]
Drums [0:26] >
Good Lovin' [1:57] >
Drums [1:27] >
Good Lovin' [6:17] ;
Cold Rain And Snow [5:55] ;
Dark Star [21:21] >
Saint Stephen [6:06] >
Not Fade Away [6:08] >
Turn On Your Lovelight [12:40] >
Darkness Jam [0:34] >
Turn On Your Lovelight [20:00] ; [1:45]
You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod052915.mp3
My sincere thanks to those of you able to contribute to the Deadpod!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and this is a professor so glad to pick us up this week. |
| 0:06.0 | This week I decided to bring you a complete show kind of my own |
| 0:10.7 | old to the passing of May and this comes to us from the dead's very |
| 0:14.8 | first appearance in Europe. It came at the Hollywood Festival at Newcastle underlime |
| 0:19.6 | in England on May 24th 1970. Now this recording suffers from some sound issues. It has some |
| 0:27.8 | cuts here and there, apparently for tape flips, and it starts out with really really degraded song sound on the Casey Jones opener. |
| 0:37.0 | It gets better. |
| 0:38.0 | I apparently Barry recorded this and it's not bad at all as you get going. |
| 0:41.0 | And certainly I think the band's performance and energy they put into this set makes it worth hearing. |
| 0:47.0 | It starts out as I said with Casey Jones and a really nice China Rider. There's a great jam in between those two, unlike most of the ones you hear. |
| 0:55.0 | Hard to handle shows that pig pens in great form this day. |
| 0:59.0 | We get to an unusual me in my uncle, I think Garcia sounds a little different on this. |
| 1:05.3 | And cryptical drums into the other one back into cryptical, |
| 1:08.4 | into a, at the time, brand new addicts of my life. |
| 1:13.0 | After that we have a good loving, quite nicely done, |
| 1:18.0 | cold rain and snow and then a great dark star. |
| 1:20.0 | It's one of those 6970 dark stars that is unique sounding pig pens there and |
| 1:26.4 | Phil and it's a really nice one that goes into St Stephen not fade away and then a real long jammed out turn on your love |
| 1:34.8 | light pig pens in its glory here again it suffers at times from some sound |
| 1:39.6 | degradation but if you're a fan of these sorts of things I think you'll enjoy here in this one. |
| 1:44.4 | Thanks so much for picking us up and for your support. I couldn't do the dead pod without it. |
| 1:50.3 | Really appreciate it. Hope you enjoy this one. I think as we get closer to that 50th anniversary |
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