Dead of the Day: 01-22-1968

Eagle's Auditorium

Seattle, Washington

Alligator kicks off the show, and it is a top-shelf version. The music is just incredible, especially the heady drum section that sends it deep into the swamps punctuated by Pig’s balling vocals. The Other One that comes next is short, but dripping with raw energy as Bobby sings some earlier, alternative lyrics. A bit later the Spanish jam is intense and almost perfect. Jerry and the boys take you riding across the playa before coming into the plaza of a pueblo near sunset with the townsfolk all about. Out the other side of the Spanish Jam, the boys head into Dark Star in such a mellow manner; Phil throws down a few licks and Jerry takes up the offer to get it going. The entire song is played with this relaxed manner, yielding a precious, too-short rendition. A sparkling, joyous China Cat follows the Dark Star, which is followed up by a truly lovely, smiling-from-ear-to-ear Eleven; the combination of the two fun and unbridled tunes is pure magic. After that sing-song, acid-dripped pairing, Caution starts out menacing and continues in a steamy, gritty fashion, dissolving into an elemental feedback jam. The boys cap off the whole thing with the benediction of We Bid You Goodnight. This is an incredible show from top to bottom, and the recording is quite fresh despite a few fall-outs and a bad cut in Born Cross-Eyed.

Recording info
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Identifier:
gd1968-01-22.sbd.miller.97342.sbeok.flac16
Source:
SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k)
Notes:
Notes: — Some static from TIFTOO through reel flip in Born Cross-Eyed — Reel flip in Born Cross-Eyed — Reel flip in Caution — I’m guessing that the vocals from Caution were lost in the reel flip — Thanks to Rob Eaton for the Dat — Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction
Description:
Set 1 Alligator -> Drums -> Alligator Cryptical Envelopment -> The Other One -> Cryptical Envelopment -> New Potato Caboose -> Born Cross-Eyed -> Feedback -> Spanish Jam -> Dark Star -> China Cat Sunflower -> The Eleven -> Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) Jam -> Feedback -> And We Bid You Goodnight
Lineage:
Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC
Transferrer:
Charlie Miller
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00:00
1
Alligator
15:54
2
That’s It For The Other One ->
07:21
3
New Potato Caboose ->
07:54
4
Born Cross-Eyed ->
01:40
5
Feedback ->
03:02
6
Spanish Jam ->
10:04
7
Dark Star ->
05:40
8
China Cat Sunflower ->
04:08
9
The Eleven ->
06:32
10
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) ->
05:02
11
Feedback ->
04:38
12
And We Bid You Good Night
01:25
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3 responses to “01-22-1968”

  1. Jerry O'Rourke Avatar
    Jerry O’Rourke

    Please correct the typo. I don’t think Pig was “balling”. I think he was bawling. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

  2. Mark Avatar
    Mark

    Correct the set list too. Cryptical>the other one>CrypticalOr an I hearing things…

    1. JamGrass Avatar
      JamGrass

      That’s it for the Other One is a suite of 4 songs, of which only 3 were ever played.

      One of the songs of course was The Other One.

      Seeing Cryptical and The Other one in the same song is “That’s it for the Other One”.

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