"Welcome to another evening of confusion and high-frequency stimulation, and Sucrets, cold beer on tap, lurid nightclub atmosphere, and more beatniks than you can count on the fingers of two hands." - Garcia

Grateful Dead
Thursday, December 1, 1966 is what the tapes say, we may never know for sure
The Matrix Club
San Francisco, California

Three great sources of this music were provided by ANON to make this version, 2 were used
Almost Certainly Recorded by Peter Abrams

Speed Correction and Additional Work by Jason Chastain
Audio Mastering by Jamie Waddell

- The GD was booked for 4 nights, November 28 - December 1, 1966
- the three songs patched with Menke's tape are lesser quality, but the show is complete
- "The Matrix seated about 100 people, tops, and served beer and pizza. Dancing was against the law, because of an archaic San Francisco ordnance involving "Dance Permits." As a result, fans went to the Matrix to sit and listen, so free-form blues jamming and other kinds of odd noodling was fine."

- * with unidentified guest vocalist, possibly Paul Butterfield 

file set 16bit 44.1kHz

Set 1:
01. New Minglewood Blues
02. tuning
03. Betty and Dupree
04. Next Time You See Me
05. tuning
06. I Know You Rider
07. Big Boss Man
08. One Kind Favor
09. Alice D. Millionaire
10. Me and My Uncle
11. Me and My Uncle
12. Cream Puff War

Set 2:
13. You Don't Love Me
14. Beat It On Down the Line
15. It Hurts Me Too
16. On the Road Again
17. Look Over Yonder's Wall*
18. My Own Fault* 
19. Down So Long
20. Cold Rain and Snow
21. Viola Lee Blues (patched/moved from same tape)

Set 3:
22. Deep Elem Blues 
23. Something on Your Mind
24. Big Boy Pete (Menke)
25. Death Don't Have No Mercy (Menke)
26. Lindy
27. Dancin' In The Streets
28. Me and My Uncle (Menke)
29. Outro

http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2012/01/november-28-december-1-1966-matrix.html
if you are interested, make sure you read the comments that follow the blog's conjecture, fascinating stuff

"...According to Dennis McNally, Joe Smith of Warner Brothers Records agreed to a contract with the Grateful Dead in October of 1966, although it was not completed and signed until some modifications in December 1966. The actual recording of the first album did not commence until January 1967. Thus, at the very least, we know the Grateful Dead had to be thinking about recording their debut album, since they knew it was imminent. The standard thing to do at the time was for new acts to record every single number in their live repertoire, in a straight run through without embellishment. The thinking was that not only could songs be considered for the album, but even songs that were not going to be used might have good ideas for arrangements, tempos, harmonies and other details that could be used on original material. Also, most bands had rarely or never heard themselves play, since "home recording" was not really possible for electric bands.

We know that the Grateful Dead had some live recordings and studio demos from mid-1966, but the band must have known that they had improved enormously since then. The Grateful Dead also had a relatively large repertoire for a new band, and no money, so spending days in the studio recording demos was not plausible. The obvious solution must have been to record one of their live shows, but that was not so easy in 1966. The Dead didn't have recording gear, or much anyway, and it would have cost money to hire an engineer and equipment. The Matrix might have seemed like a perfect compromise. The club was already set up to record everything, and all the Dead had to do was show up. If they got paid a little bit, it would defray expenses, which was better than paying out..."

Venue History - 
http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2012/08/matrix-3138-fillmore-san-francisco-ca.html

Originally shared at www.shnflac.net in celebration of the 15th birthday of our website June 25, 2020

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