Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings

Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	November 2005
Recorded	Fillmore West, February 27 - March 2, 1969
Genre	Psychedelic rock, folk rock, jam
Label	Grateful Dead
Producer	David Lemieux, Jeffrey Norman
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Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings is a limited edition box set (10,000 copies), released in November 2005, featuring four complete concerts by the Grateful Dead on 10 CDs. These concerts, performed on four consecutive nights from February 27 through March 2, 1969, were the basis for Live/Dead (rock's first 16 track live album).^[4][5]

Released separately was Fillmore West 1969, a three-disc distillation that included highlights of the four nights that did not appear on Live/Dead (with the exception of "Feedback" and the full-length version of "And We Bid You Good Night", which had appeared in truncated form on Live/Dead).

A bonus disc released with the set includes selections from two additional Fillmore West shows, June 8 1969 and February 2, 1970. It also includes a blistering 30-minute version of "Caution (Do Not Step On the Tracks)" that was recorded during one of the band's June 1968 shows at the Carousel Ballroom, which was the name of the Fillmore West before Bill Graham took it over later that year. Many of the band's recordings from 1968 have been lost and what remains is often incorrectly labeled.^[6]

Track listing

Disc 1

February 27, 1969 — First set:

1. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Sonny Boy Williamson) - 11:47
2. "Doin' That Rag" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) - 7:53
3. "That's It for the Other One" (Garcia, Bill Kreutzman, Bob Weir) - 20:03^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Notes

Disc 2

February 27, 1969 — Second set:

1. "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) - 3:57 >
2. "Mountains of the Moon" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:57 >
3. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Mickey Hart, Kreutzman, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) - 21:44^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4. "St. Stephen" (including William Tell Bridge)" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) - 8:22^{[lower-alpha 1]} >
5. "The Eleven" (Hunter, Lesh) - 13:03 >
6. "Turn On Your Love Light" (Joseph Scott, Deadric Malone) - 19:21

February 27, 1969 — Encore:

7. "Cosmic Charlie" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:52

Notes

Disc 3

February 28, 1969 — First set:

1. "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) - 11:04
2. "Good Morning Little School Girl" (Williamson) - 11:00
3. "Doin' That Rag" (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:56
4. "I'm a King Bee" (Slim Harpo) - 7:09
5. "Turn on Your Love Light" (Scott, Malone) - 19:09

Disc 4

February 28, 1969 — Second set:

1. "That's It for the Other One" (Garcia, Kreutzman, Weir) - 19:46 >
2. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) - 19:45 >
3. "St. Stephen (including William Tell Bridge)" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) - 7:51 >
4. "The Eleven" (Hunter, Lesh) - 15:12 >
5. "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (Reverend Gary Davis) - 10:38

Disc 5

1. "Alligator" (Hunter, Pigpen, Lesh) - 4:08 >
2. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzman) - 4:02 >
3. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) - 14:57 >
4. "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) - 8:47 >
5. "Feedback" (Grateful Dead) - 5:40 >
6. "We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional, arr. Grateful Dead) - 1:08

Disc 6

March 1, 1969 — First set:

1. "That's It for the Other One" (Garcia, Kreutzman, Weir) - 21:22 >
2. "New Potato Caboose" (Bobby Petersen, Lesh) - 11:43 >
3. "Doin' That Rag" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:58 >
4. "Cosmic Charlie" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:51

Disc 7

March 1, 1969 — Second set:

1. "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:48
2. "Mountains of the Moon" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:04
3. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) - 23:01 >
4. "St. Stephen (including William Tell Bridge)" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) - 8:06 >
5. "The Eleven" (Hunter, Lesh) - 5:47 >
6. "Turn on Your Love Light" (Scott, Malone) - 23:59

March 1, 1969 — Encore:

7. "Hey Jude" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 7:44

Disc 8

March 2, 1969 — First set:

1. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) - 21:09 >
2. "St. Stephen (including William Tell Bridge)" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) - 8:21 >
3. "The Eleven" (Hunter, Lesh) - 12:43 >
4. "Turn on Your Love Light" (Scott, Malone) - 15:25

Disc 9

March 2, 1969 — Second set:

1. "Doin' That Rag" (Hunter, Garcia) - 7:38
2. "That's It for the Other One" (Garcia, Kreutzman, Weir) - 22:44 >
3. "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (Davis) - 11:21^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4. "Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) - 10:16

Notes

Disc 10

1. "Alligator" (Hunter, Pigpen, Lesh) - 4:15 >
2. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzman) - 6:52 >
3. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) - 25:31 >
4. "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) - 9:13 >
5. "Feedback" (Grateful Dead) - 7:54^{[lower-alpha 1]} >
6. "We Bid You Goodnight" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 2:01^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Notes

Bonus disc

June 1968 (exact date unknown), Carousel Ballroom:

1. "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) - 30:07

June 8, 1969, Fillmore West:

2. "He Was a Friend of Mine" (Traditional) - 12:14 >
3. "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) - 4:15 >
4. "New Potato Caboose" (Lesh, Peterson) - 13:36

February 7, 1970, Fillmore West:

5. "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) - 5:29 >
6. "I Know You Rider" (Traditional) - 5:08 >
7. "High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) - 7:04

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Tom Constanten - keyboards
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - keyboards, vocals, harmonica, percussion
• Phil Lesh - bass guitar, vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Mickey Hart - drums

Production

• David Lemieux – producer
• Cameron Sears – executive producer
• Bob Matthews – recording engineer
• Betty Cantor – recording engineer
• Jeffrey Norman – mixing, mastering, producer
• Eileen Law – archival research
• Rosie McGee – photography
• Herb Greene – photography
• Michael Merritt – photography
• Baron Wolman – photography
• Peter Simon – photography
• Amalie R. Rothschild – photography
• Suanne C Skidd – photography
• Sylvia Clarke Hamilton – photography
• Richard Biffle – cover lettering
• Brian Connors – art coordination
• Robert Minkin – package design
• Dennis McNally – booklet essay

References