14120 In a period of down to earth roots country and blues the Dead maintained again their aggressive and exploratory live act intact. Here they share the bill with Miles Davis who was also playing legendary improvisation with the recent albums of Silent In A Way, Bitches Brew and Live Evil. I"ve read where Lesh in particular would watch stage side and be blown away by Miles nightly however the Dead responded with their own magic as heard in this Dancin'. Foreshadowing the monster from Harpur in May, this version shakes and twists offering circular lead runs with trademark two headed beast rythyms. Live eviL Susep 2004-06-01 11:02:16 2004-06-01 11:02:16 4 27589 THIS PLACE TRULY IS THE WAYBACK MACHINE,,I LOST THIS TAPE YEARS AGO AND FOUND IT YEARS AGO BUT WHEN I FOUND IT IT WAS IN MY BUDDIES BACKSEAT BETWEEN THE CUSIONS ALL COVERD IN SOME STRANGE SYRYP{SODA} AND FOOD CRUMBS!! TO THIS DAY IT WAS MY FAVORITE DEEP ELEM ,,MANS WORLD,,,AND ELECTRIC UNCLE JOHNS{THE SOLO IN UNCLE JOHNS IS WORTH DOWNLOADING PLEASE TRUST ME!AND LAST BUT NOT THE FUCKING LEAST KIDDIES THE MONSTOROUS VIOLA LEE BLUES ON THIS SHOW IS MY FAVORITE!!JERRY GUITAR WORK IS SO SNAKEY AND LOOSE ON THIS JAM THAT IT SOUND LIKE HIS GUITAR IS ON GODDAMN DRUGS!THE SHOWS IVE FOUND ON THIS SITE ARE SHOWS I THOUGHT ID NEVER HEAR AGAIN AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF LOOSING TAPES NOT MAKING BACK UPS, HEARING THESE SOLOS AGAIN HAS BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES AND THATS NO LIE AND IM ONE BIG FUCKING BIKER SO I DONT GET CHOKED UP TO OFTEN.THANKS ARCHIVE!EVERY NEW MOON I SHALL SLAGHTER THREE LAMBS IN YOUR HONOUR .....J/K ALL HAIL ARCHIVE!!!!! scottyw 2004-12-23 13:15:45 2004-12-23 13:15:45 5 31001 Five stars seems a bit much for this show. To be honest, so does four. The Viola Lee is real laid back, which is not what I look for in my VLB's. The Dancin is pretty sweet with Jerry winding it up and down in a 7+ minute jam. Tell me this isn't a Mind Left Body with a different cadence around the 9 minute mark..... Bobby is pretty much lost in the mix, until the organ dies down. A few barely audible digiskips in Dancin. Sound quality is good. Show: B+ (Dancin=A) Sound: B+ I guess.... Polka 2005-02-04 11:16:32 2005-02-04 11:15:34 3 31753 Good sound quality. I like it. Good sound quality Muddy69 2005-02-12 08:55:09 2005-02-12 08:55:09 4 38493 Perhaps the presence of Miles Davis on this night inspired the Dead to give a far-above-par performance. I don't know. But I do know, folks, that the Dancin' in this show is among the finest EVER played, a peer of 6/8/69 and 5/2/70. Excellent Black Peter, Man's World and an excellent Viola Lee. What's Mr. 3 stars talking about? "Laid-back?" Well, sure it's slow, but it sounds damn heavy and funky to my ears. The sound quality does not disappoint either. Crystal clear and with PRESENCE. Davis and the Dead phleshy 2005-04-13 12:30:15 2005-04-13 12:30:15 5 42941 If you want to hear a example of the three dimensional wavelenght the dead produced, this would be a first rate example. My Lord!! Phychotron 2005-06-04 13:06:47 2005-06-04 13:06:47 5 43198 OK, I'm prejudiced. This was my 2nd show (4-9 was the first), I had some serious electrolytes in my system and I was leaning against the stage right in front of Pig. These guys totally blew me away (again). As far as I'm concerned, and contrary to another opinion expressed here, this was the mother of all Viola Lee's. I swore I saw electricity crackling out of the guitars. When I first heard ths recording I realized that it wasn't my acid-vivid imagination. It's that good. Lot's of other highlights including Dancin' and It's a Man's, Man's World. Phil says he was in awe of what Miles was doing during this run, but y'know, I didn't end up going to see Miles 70+ times. My Front Row Show Da Red Rooster 2005-06-07 18:26:11 2005-06-07 18:26:11 5 49452 Yeah,this show is cut with 3seconds in between each track and it sux!!!!!Sorry,call me a bitch,but it sux and with 3,000 plus downloads you'd think a guy would be warned. Show is ruined=my opinion and that's what a review is for. CUT<CUT<CUT<CUT<CUT<CUT<CUT<CUT geronimo1 2005-08-28 21:47:37 2005-08-28 21:47:37 1 53313 GMLS is great and Viola Lee/Feedback is real good. Didn't care for the patch sound, but the sound on the rest of the show is outstanding and that's a good reason to download it. Man's World is good, but some of the others aren't that inspired. Great bookends with an average middle macfawlty 2005-10-17 12:17:20 2005-10-17 12:17:20 3 42416 This concert really cooks. I'm tempted to say this is one of the best of 1970. That's saying something. Just dropping bye again, what the hell is this geronimo1 guy talking about with this 3 second shit. Something's have no place being put in some kids baby bottle's. Good Groove familiarfan 2006-01-25 16:00:28 2005-05-28 14:32:31 5 64730 It's about the music, people - not the 3 seconds between songs... Set's sweet if for nothing else than the Deep Elem version like no other. Jerr's feeling the blues. Boyz sound understandably tired and ready to get off stage for their recharge. But their axes are on fire at times. SB quality is good - 16 track, baaaaby! Love it. Viola's all sexy and crisp tonight - very strong, agreed. 5ish stars - maybe a 4 -- but whose countin. Therapy gruUbic 2006-03-18 19:42:43 2006-03-18 19:32:50 5 Stange to read people complain about a 3 sec pause. If it bothers you, removing the pauses isn't a big deal. A solid 3 out of 5 Good show 3 kingdork 2006-05-19 09:25:57 2006-05-19 09:25:57 i can say for sure, it is a smokin set from black peter through the end.....viola lee is ragged but hot....and its a mans world is totally unique and jammed out, dancin too....they were not posing back then when they aped these motown riffs, they really made these tunes their own....it makes the 80's/90's reincarnations sound so trite. at the end, it was a 60's cavalcade affair, running down the hits of yore. back during shows like this it was so much different, actual VITAL MUSIC that had a place in contemporary society.... i wonder what miles' thought of this gig....think he knew "viola lee blues" before these marin boys tore it up at the fillmore? i would guess not...sounded nice on the headphones....but just like the best sounding dicks picks, these tunes will just vaporize in the ether if not given the right listening envirnoment.....like in a truck with the windows open on the highway...you just aint gonna hear this...... crack-jack-a-lack-a-dackin He Live's 2007-06-11 03:38:45 2007-06-11 03:38:45 4 I was at this show and it sounded a lot better than this recording although this is pretty good quality, all things considered. It was my 4th in a row and I think I was tired and I had a long way to go to get home. I do not think I stayed for the encore. And Miles To Go Evan S. Hunt 2008-04-12 02:35:51 2008-04-12 02:35:51 3 Throwback Heaven. Opening with Good Morning and closing with Viola Lee! As ever mixing the old with the new we have the Dead sandwich their new material in between. Killer 'Dancing', killer 'Viola Lee'. To be honest I'm surprised "oh um ah um" hasn't written a review on this show with its abundance of Pigpen, including 'It's a Man's World'. Follow the tour: 1970 gratefuldeadlive.blogspot.com Devo's Picks #3 _August_West_ 2008-09-08 02:21:43 2008-09-08 02:21:43 5 ` ~^|\_@|@_/|^~ ~<->/<->\<->~ Thirty nine years ago today the GRATEFUL DEAD were playin' at the Fillmore West, where were you? I couldn't be there in 1970 but I showed up today, where were you? I highly recommend adding this show to your 1970 GRATEFUL DEAD collection. 5 Stars for the mix, recording, performance and transfer. God Bless Harry Ely for recording this show and God Bless Seth Kaplan for the Transfer. You guys are welcome at my home anytime. If I ever meet you the drinks are on me. To Mr August West: I had downloaded this show quite a while ago. I wanted to wait for the anniversary to write my review. I have downloaded over 350 shows, only bumped my gums on a couple hundred as of today...When I downloaded this show I didn't know if it was okay or not...so now I tell everyone how I do it...I learned to share my knowledge of getting something for nothing from a book I read back in 73 called STEAL THIS BOOK by Abbey Hoffman...what a freak. I love Pigpen, and this is a "MUST HAVE SHOW" for all us Pigpen fans.....ALLIGATOR!!!! "This Is a Man's World" is how Pigpen sang it. The GRATEFUL DEAD arranged this song in a fast 6/8. Huge Blues influence from Pigpen, the SOUL of the Band. God Bless Pigpen. We all still miss him. A real treat to have this performance to cherish from now on...it means a lot to hear him do his stuff. The IA recommends users of Windows XP view this web-page with RealPlayer. RealPlayer is a free media player you can download at www.realplayer.com. For easy streaming or downloading use RealPlayer. Click the VBR M3U link to open the songs in the Playlist. If your Playlist is not open, open it by clicking the Playlist icon at the lower right hand corner of RealPlayer. Once the songs are in the Playlist, double click the song to play it, then click the record button at the lower left hand corner of Realplayer to record it. When the red line reaches the other end click the stop button to download the song. Your song is in the RealPlayer Downloads folder. Repeat these steps for each song. Eat, Drink, Be Merry and Listen to the GRATEFUL DEAD. Thanks for the LOVE from 1970. PS: Get em' while you can, get em' while they're free, get em' now or you'll be sorry...the Man giveth and the Man taketh away...WTTW The GRATEFUL DEAD "Live On Stage" April 12, 1970 at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, California, U.S.A. oh_uh_um_ah 2009-04-12 23:14:37 2009-04-12 23:09:50 5 If you like Pig then this show is for you. Great sound for 70' well mixed and the tunes are tight and loose all at the same time. Viola Lee and Deep Elem Blues are sure to impress. The opener gets you moving and Jerry bends around Pig's harp so nice. Get it and enjoy Pig to the Pen gagas 2009-06-16 18:23:51 2009-06-16 18:23:51 4 Sunday night was a Steallar show including a mind-blowing set by Miles Davis, but I have been searching for a while(try almost 40 years)for the full Miles Davis set from Saturday 4-11-70 as well as the Dead's set from that same night(including an awesome acoustic set in between both electric sets). The Boys were truely inspired by Miles that night with an out-of-this-world version of the Dark Star--St. Stephen--Not Fade Away--Lovelight suite. the last minute as well as the the entire Lovelight is available @ Archives.org but the rest of the show has gone missing all these years. If anybody has The Dead's set or Miles or both you will bring a long search to a happy ending. You can't go wrong with anything from 1970.A singularly unique transition year in the elvolution og The Grateful Dead. My Email address is soulm8s1@sbcglobal.net if anybody can help me out there. Saint Michael Great Night...but the night before was off the charts Saint Michael 2009-10-06 21:52:53 2009-10-06 21:52:53 4 This review is only for that song, since i have not heard the whole show yet, but what a version! garcia's bouncy groove makes me want to get up and dance in the street! agree w/ phleshy that this is easily a peer of 5/2/70, but let us not forget 5/6, 2/13, and 11/18 as standout versions also. gonna have to listen to the rest of this... Dancing in the Streets clementinescaboose 2010-01-07 08:48:36 2010-01-07 08:48:36 5 19 4.11