Grateful Dead
1972-08-21
Berkeley Community Theatre
Berkeley, CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
1st Set
01. The Promised Land
02. He's Gone
03. Black Throated Wind
04. Friend Of The Devil
05. Jack Straw
06. China Cat Sunflower >
07. I Know You Rider
08. Me And My Uncle
09. Sugaree
10. Beat It On Down The Line
11. Stella Blue
12. Playing In The Band
13. Brown Eyed Women
14. Mexicali Blues
15. Casey Jones
2nd Set:
01. Greatest Story Ever Told
02. Ramble On Rose
03. Dark Star >
04. El Paso >
05. Space >
06. Deal
07. Sugar Magnolia
08. Mississippi Half Step
09. Uncle John's Band
10. One More Saturday Night
By the middle of 1972, the Grateful Dead had evolved in a number of ways as a band. Pigpen's last hurrah had been during the recently completed Europe 72 tour. He played one show upon the band's return to the US on June 17, then left the band to deal with the effects of alcohol abuse that would take his life the following year. Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux had joined the band, giving the group a different sound. The pure psychedelia of 1969 had been augmented with a host of new tunes from the albums Workingman's Dead and American Beauty, that had a folk rock flavor and emphasized harmonies. Jams that once emerged from Pigpen tunes such as Alligator or Hard To Handle now sprung from songs such as Truckin' or Playing In The Band. Amidst all that, Jerry Garcia remained the band's musical and spiritual leader, always at the center of whatever magic they would produce each night. This soundboard recording captures the Dead during that transitional time on the st night of a 4 night stand at The Berkeley Community Theater on August 21, 1972, 53 years ago today Download this one, then come bac tomorrow for a 2nd show from this run. By the way, despite all the changes, the band was in peak form in August 1972, with both the last night in Berkeley on August 25 and the legendary Venetta show on August 27 being officially released.
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