09-10-1974

Alexandra Palace

London, England

The Dark Star> Morning Dew in the second set is the crux of the show. On that suite, the band meanders through the early portions of Dark Star a little tepidly, searching for something to grab onto. And, before too long, Jerry starts to settle on a path that meanders through the cosmos. The tenor of the DS shifts a bit about a third of the way in, turning more jazzy and energetic. And then there is the last seven minutes or so, which Dick Latvala labels as a Spanish Jam. And who are we to argue with Dick, even though we cannot quite hear the tell-tale Solea theme. Whatever it is, that final movement is an integral part of the whole, inventive and dramatic with some wildly dissonant portions. Then things settle down and a recognizable shift occurs before the boys make clear that Dew is the destination. And it is a magisterial Dew, achingly mournful with some stratospheric jams. While the three-quarters of an hour of DS> Dew is rightfully thought of as the highlight, there is some not-to-be-missed treats throughout, including the immaculate WRS> Stella and the heady China> Rider.

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gd1974-09-10.135654.mtx.powell.flac16
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supplemented with Simon Phillips tracks
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Set 1 Around & Around, Mississippi Half Step, Beat It On Down The Line, Peggy-O, Tennessee Jed, Black Throated Wind, China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Loser, Black Peter, Weather Report Suite Prelude-> Weather Report Suite Part 1-> Let It Grow-> Stella Blue Set 2 Phil & Ned*, Me & My Uncle, Dire Wolf, Not Fade Away, Ramble On Rose, Big River, Dark Star-> Morning Dew, Sugar Magnolia, E: U.S. Blues *Phil & Ned Between sets. This date is featured on Dick’s Picks 7.
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00:00
1
Tuning
03:27
2
Bobby Announcement
00:04
3
Around and Around
01:32
4
Around and Around
03:48
5
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo*
08:38
6
Beat It on Down the Line
03:24
7
Peggy-O
06:17
8
Black Throated Wind
07:19
9
China Cat Sunflower ->
09:37
10
I Know You Rider
05:20
11
Loser
06:32
12
00:04
13
Weather Report Suite Prelude and Part 1* ->
06:08
14
Let It Grow
12:10
15
Stella Blue
08:07
16
Crowd Noise
00:34
17
Seastones
13:27
18
00:20
19
00:05
20
Me & My Uncle
02:59
21
00:05
22
Dire Wolf
04:44
23
Not Fade Away
16:09
24
Ramble On Rose
06:05
25
Big River
04:40
26
00:20
27
Dark Star ->
31:22
28
Morning Dew
12:47
29
Sugar Magnolia
08:23
30
U.S. Blues
05:19
31
crowd noise
00:20
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This night was the second of the Dead’s three-night stand at the Ally Pally in London, kicking off their short, seven-show Europe ’74 tour. Parts of this concert are on Dick’s Picks Volume 7. You can read a little more about the Grateful Dead’s Europe ’74 tour in our write-up of the previous day’s show.

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