Dead of the Day: 06-24-1970

Capitol Theater

Port Chester, New York

There are great shows from across the years on this day in Dead history, but our Dead of the Day comes from 1970 at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York. With two shows – an early and a late one – and both acoustic and electric sets in each, there is so much unbelievable music from this day in 1970. Almost all of the tunes from the two shows seem to be out there on the internet, but nobody has compiled the entire day’s music on Archive.

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gd_nrps70-06-24.aud.pcrp5.23062.sbeok.flacf
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Sony TC124 with unknown Sony dynamic mics
Description:
Big Railroad Blues, Deep Elem Blues, Friend Of The Devil, Candyman-> Cumberland Blues, Cold Jordan Not Fade Away-> Easy Wind, Dark Star-> Attics Of My Life-> Dark Star-> Sugar Magnolia-> Dark Star-> Saint Stephen-> China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, E: Uncle John’s Band
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Sony dynamic mics > Sony TC124; Tascam 122 MK-III > Lucid ADA1000 > Tascam CDRW 700 > Mac G4 Titanium Powerbook > Peak 3.2.1 > xACT V 1.2 > FLAC16
Transferrer:
John Jay Hance, Peter G
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1
Dire Wolf
05:50
2
Don’t Ease Me In
03:17
3
Attics Of My Life
06:13
4
Friend Of The Devil
04:59
5
Let Me In
04:44
6
Candyman
07:30
7
Uncle John’s Band
06:10
8
intro
00:32
9
Workingman’s Blues
04:45
10
Watcha Gonna Do
04:55
11
Live and Let Live
04:10
12
If You Hear Me
04:56
13
Henry
04:12
14
Portland Woman
05:28
15
Dirty Business
06:47
16
Truck Drivin’ Man
03:54
17
Last Lonely Eagle
06:50
18
Honkey Tonk Women
05:24
19
intro
00:57
20
Six Days On The Road
04:20
21
Superman
03:45
22
I Don’t Know You
06:56
23
Together Again
02:02
24
Fair Chance To Know
04:41
25
Portland Woman
05:07
26
Garden Of Eden
05:56
27
Henry
03:58
28
All I Ever Wanted
07:37
29
Delia
04:39
30
Louisiana Lady
04:31
31
Honky Tonk Women
05:08
32
tuning
02:19
33
Not Fade Away
11:44
34
Easy Wind
10:02
35
Me and My Uncle
03:47
36
Mickey’s Gong
02:02
37
Dark Star
10:01
38
Attics Of My Life
06:31
39
Dark Star
06:39
40
Sugar Magnolia
02:59
41
Dark Star
03:02
42
St Stephen
06:16
43
China Cat Sunflower
04:37
44
I Know You Rider
05:57
45
Uncle John’s Band
06:50
46
tuning
04:52
47
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
03:19
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In the first electic, we get an incredibly rocking, Pig-centric Good Lovin’ that includes both an opening and a mid-song drum solo. Pig is relentless on the vocals, and the band backs him up with funky, down and dirty blues rock. Following a couple more tunes, the boys bust out The Other One suite, which is unreal and surely would have had people rushing to snatch up available tickets for the second round.

In the second electric set, things really get started with the hysterical lead up to Dark Star, with Jerry explaining that Mickey is looking for his gong so they can go into Dark Star, evoking raucous cheering from the faithful. The Dark Star that follows strikes one as tribal, bringing the fellow travelers together and binding them through ritual and a brilliant, epic incantation followed by mesmerizing space. Then the band segues directly into a lovely Attics of My Life and right back into Dark Star again. The second Dark Star is less spacey and more of a romping ride, driving into a beastly jam at the end before going seamlessly into a short and dirty Sugar Mags. This too ends by returning once again to Dark Star. And just as this final Dark Star finishes, the boys roll into a Saint Stephen that is so full of energy it almost falls off the rails in the latter jam before gathering itself and coming back for the final chorus. Without even stopping for a breath, the band follows that up by unleashing a blistering, psychedelic China Cat, which transitions beautifully into a sensational I Know You Rider. Closing with a sweet and rocking Uncle John’s, the boys come out for one final encore of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, putting a soulful cap on the evening and all the wonderful music they put forth over the course of the day.

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3 responses to “06-24-1970”

  1. P_P_K Avatar
    P_P_K

    No other band has ever pulled off what the Dead accomplished from Dark Star on.

  2. Dr Chrycy Avatar
    Dr Chrycy

    Yessir

  3. trippin n dreamin Avatar
    trippin n dreamin

    when trading tapes in the late 70s, i found the dark star sequence and thought i found the holy grail!!

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