Reconstruction
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
1855 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
July 22, 1979 (Sunday)
60+ minute sbd (x) cassette

Source: SBD Master Cass ? > ? > MZ cassette dubbed 9/25/79 > Nakamichi Dragon playback > Tascam DA-3000 (WAV (24/96)) > Adobe Audition 2022.
Transfer, mastering and editing by David Minches, June 2022.
Pitch diagnosis by AF.

Thanks to Melanie Z for sharing her cassette.


--(9 tracks, 8 tunes, 61:30)--
t01. The Jealous Kind
t02. I'll Take A Melody
t03. Tellin' My Friends About You (1)
t04. That's What Love Will Make You Do
t05. Mohican And The Great Spirit
t06. Lovely Night For Dancing
t07. band introductions (2)
t08. So Far From Time ->
t09. Dear Prudence

! ACT1: Reconstruction
! lineup: Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals;
! lineup: John Kahn - electric bass;
! lineup: Merl Saunders - keyboards, synthesizers, vocals;
! lineup: Ed Neumeister - trombone;
! lineup: Ron Stallings  tenor saxophone, vocals;
! lineup: Gaylord Birch - drums, vocals.

Notes:

! Jerrybase: https://jerrybase.com/events/19790722-04

! JGBP: http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2011/09/civic-auditorium-1855-main-st-santa.html

! historical: Presented by Avalon Attractions. Sue: Wage was $5,000 flat guarantee on gross potential of $25,500. Employer provdes sound and lights. Estimated expenses are $17,763.25. All expenses are to be documented no later than [see p. 2]. Sound check 4 pm, 11 pm curfew.

! metadata: The old filesets purporting to present material from this show, shnid-11048 and shnid-17257 actually present material from 6/16/79, except for TWLWMYD, which is from 6/22/79. We presume 7/22/79 was a two-set show, but we don't know which set(s) the tunes here might be from, nor whether they are in the correct order.

! review: [negative] Goldman 1979. He leads with the Deadheads there to worship Jerry, continuing "perhaps an undiscerning crowd is exactly what Reconstruction needs to bolster its ego during formative stages. Though the individual musicianship is above average, the group's mixed brew of rhythm and blues, traditional blues and rudimentary jazz never moved beyond the realm of the ordinary. ... Jerry Garcia is a marginally talented guitarist. His solos --often employing clusters of 16th notes executed in ascending registers-- are rarely inventive, yet his every note was treated as if it were nectar from the gods." He concluded that w/o JG to draw the adoring fans, Reconstruction might be "a more likely candidate for a Holiday Inn lounge". (The band did stay at the Holiday Inn this night, on Coronado in Santa Monica, though there's no indication whether they played the lounge.)

! mention: "Points West," Cash Box, July 21, 1979, p. 18

! listing: Los Angeles Times Calendar, July 22, 1979, p. 70

! R: Source: SBD Master Cass ? > ? > MZ cassette dubbed 9/25/79 > Nakamichi Dragon playback > Tascam DA-3000 (WAV (24/96)) > Adobe Audition 2022. Pitch diagnosis by AF. Transfer, mastering and editing by David Minches, June 2022.

! R: comments: Thanks to Melanie Z for sharing her cassette.

! R: pretty much every tune cuts in. Mohican also cuts out.

! t03 (1) Gaylord: "Thank ya largely. Ron Stallings, telling his friends about you."

! t07 (2) Ron Stallings: "Merl Saunders! Merl Saunders!" Merl: "Ron Stallings!" RS: "Merl Saunders." MS: "Ron Stallings". RS: "John Kahn on bass. Gaylord Birch on drums. Ed Neumeister on trombone. [Jerry starts noodling "English Country Garden".] Jerry Garcia on guitar [big cheer]. Jerry Garcia on guitar!" JGMF commenter notes that "English Country Garden" is "an English folk song that was popularized by Percy Grainger" -- https://jgmf.blogspot.com/2022/06/tuning-ditty-identification-request.html?showComment=1656413778894#c5001292602208285516.
