Grateful Dead 1974-05-17 Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, BC Source: BASF LH C120 recorded on a portable Sony cassette deck with hand-held external stereo microphone Lineage: master cassette > HD (except for "Promised Land," from the 1st gen safety copy) Encoding: CDWave > flac frontend > flac Taped by: Mike Kent Transfered by: Pantagruel File Size: 559 MB (FLAC) Setlist: Disc One: 01 Promised Land 02 Deal 03 The Race Is On 04 Ramble On Rose 05 Jack Straw 06 Dire Wolf 07 Jerry speaks! "Relax, folks . . ." 08 Beat It On Down The Line 09 Loose Lucy 10 Big River 11 It Must Have Been The Roses 12 Mexicali Blues 13 Row Jimmy Disc Two: 01 Playing In The Band 02 U.S. Blues 03 Me and My Uncle MD5/FLAC Fingerprints: gd74-05-17d2t03.flac:772b506c538aa3843dcd973aa44cccb6 gd74-05-17d1t01.flac:2adf4c928d410bc10927064e9f6bc014 gd74-05-17d1t02.flac:74b87145ff45b0da2bde2eea3069006f gd74-05-17d1t03.flac:1969ad4d526775ec9721f1088a3a8c48 gd74-05-17d1t04.flac:58332acc52d874d60538db4c43fec8d1 gd74-05-17d1t05.flac:87bfd0402e1ef01a4f26105efd170d7a gd74-05-17d1t06.flac:bcfd147edc258876b40a3126bf832891 gd74-05-17d1t07.flac:3bb48fae1d4fc739343863f41cd5a09c gd74-05-17d1t08.flac:40bed9ec15cbb6b8a3043f51e8f0d415 gd74-05-17d1t09.flac:ad3e684c84dca69a33e5f2b53f96963d gd74-05-17d1t10.flac:06392ce34423613e3077664d6d56e242 gd74-05-17d1t11.flac:8bab41b144f7aa39b4fb3a507e2bdd2d gd74-05-17d1t12.flac:75f36cc01bdd2b50b8534b181251e052 gd74-05-17d1t13.flac:afa1cacb04c57b0fb10f36465c319ac1 gd74-05-17d2t01.flac:43fb4f6d6ac9910e4016b24df0b2c2e8 gd74-05-17d2t02.flac:e3682905437a8cd2b8fc0d11954eaf1c Notes: This is a modest little audience recording of the Wall of Sound that I've always loved. It may not stand up to the great recordings of the same era by the likes of Rob Bertrando and Jerry Moore, but it really captures the ambience and puts you right in the middle of the Vancouver Deadheads. I wanted to circulate this one as a tribute to all the great audience tapers of that era, and in honor of the Wall of Sound, which was partly responsible for many nice audience recordings back in the day, as well as being an awesome thing to behold. Thirty-one years of careful storage couldn't prevent a certain amount deterioration on this tape. There is a little hiss (which was always there), and some sonic inconsistencies (partly due to its age and inevitable wear and tear). The first track had to be taken from a 1st gen safety copy, due to some minor damage in the first few minutes of the master cassette (there were some clean DAT copies of this recording made in the early 90's, so it would be nice to get one of those circulating in place of this one). Some of the tracking is a bit offbeat, but I had my reasons. There were originally *two* C120's -- tape 2 had the rest of the Dead's 2nd set (from "Ship of Fools" through "Sugar Magnolia"), plus all of Cody's opening set (Cody and the LPAM whipped the crowd into a total frenzy). Unfortunately, tape 2 met with a tragic accident before it it found its way to me. This show is overlooked and underappreciated, coming as it does between the monster Missoula show on 05-14 and the epic Portland and Seattle shows from 05-19 and 05-21. It didn't circulate much until the soundboard appeared on the scene in the late 90's. Among the highlights of this partial show (for me, anyway) are the *smokin'* version of "Big River" and a rowdy "U.S. Blues" that prompted a friend of mine to ask, "Is that the Grateful Stones or the Rolling Dead?" The real gem of this set is "Playing in the Band." Phil is at his oblique best. There are moments where he generates some truly weird sounds, as he "plays" the Wall of Sound itself, as if it were an instrument in its own right (which it was). The band as a whole makes some dramatic twists and turns in the course of 23 minutes, and the the PITB vibe makes its way through many distinct alien landscapes on its way. One great features of this recording is to hear the audience reacting to what's happening in the music. For those who've never been there, the Coliseum is a classic arean configuration. In those days, the floor was open for dancing. With all its shortcomings, this recording puts you right in the middle of the action (invoke your surround feature and turn up Phil!). For anyone who ever attended an early 70's show at the Coliseum, the ambience of the place really comes through here. Be sure to check out the soundboard version (if you haven't already), especially the rare, vocal version of "Nobody's Fault But Mine" from the second set. Garcia was busted earlier in the day at the airport, and barely made the gig on time. There is a hilarious account of this on Blair Jackson's website, where he has collected some "outtakes" from his biography of Garcia. Jerry sang the tune as penance for almost putting the kibosh on the whole gig, after everyone else took great pains to hide their stash. Hope y'all enjoy it! App\Http\Controllers\Api\FileDownloadController::download(): Return value must be of type string, none returned