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GRATEFUL DEAD
Friday, June 22, 1973
P.N.E. Coliseum - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Audience Recording
Friday, June 22, 1973
P.N.E. Coliseum - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Audience Recording
Confronting some of my own paralysis in knowing where to start, I've decided to plow into my favorite year, 1973. For most seasoned Deadhead tape collectors, the Fall-Winter of '73 reigns supreme. I, on the other hand, am far more partial to the Summer. For me, everything from late May to early September is pure gold. During this time, the band was locking into a jazzy/spacey groove unlike any other period. For whatever reason, this particular "zone" really does it for me.
One of the early Betty Boards put into circulation around 1997, the clean and beautiful SBD suffers from a reel ending death at a most painful moment. Patched poorly with a crusty copy of the AUD for years, this was a complete AUD that remained hidden from mainstream circulation. I finally had the extreme pleasure of hooking up with a guy who held onto a reel copy of Don Amick's complete recording. Sitting up near the front, Don spread his mics 15+ seats apart and captured the very essence of the 1973 sound system within a large venue in surprisingly nice stereo.
Your ears will quickly tune up and settle into this recording, as welcoming as they come from 1973 AUDs. The unmistakable warm tone of the entire band in this part of the year oozes through. This tape is the "sound of 1973," and deserves a place in everyone's collection.
The show has that relaxed, somewhat lazy pace of good 1973 shows, yet the energy soars in all the right places. Stand out versions of many tunes including Bird Song, Playin', Here Comes Sunshine, and the hall of fame colossal Truckin'>Nobody's Jam>Phil Jam>Jam>Other One>Space>Other One jam in set two.
06/22/73 AUD download
Audience Devotional Tree Round 19 - April, 2003
7 comments:
I've been listening to this show a lot lately, a soundboard with patches I recently downloaded from one of the torrent sites. At the point in the great jam where the board is patched I was really amazed at how wonderful the aud sounded. To hear the audience screaming along with the spacy parts is just great. However as nice as aud tapes are, they aren't something you listen to others. It's mostly a solitary pursuit since it requires so much concentration sometimes.
Rich, I'm pretty sure you meant "they aren't something you listen to *with* others," and I'd say you are correct, depending on the crowd of others you are with.
Appreciating AUDs certainly takes a bit of "ear seasoning" over time. Worth it for some. A pass for others.
i remember being told years ago that this was 'just another dead show' and 'nothing special.'
yeah, except for what is one of the top 5 dead jams of all time.
Along with 6-24-70, this is my favorite China>Rider. The way Phil cues up each of Jerry's licks is wonderful. This was one of the very first 1973 tapes I ever got, back around 1992 or so. The SBD has a huge dropout in the Rider (I think the whole "north bound train" verse is missing) and I was thrilled to get the AUD.
I too have always considered mid-year a high point in one of the Dead's most consistently superb years. 6/22/73 PNE is certainly one of the year's top 5 shows--excerpts of which I customarily use to introduce folks to the band. Despite the brilliance of set II, it's hard to get there for all the replays of cracklin' set I tunes that you've got to hear.
I agree with one of the earlier posters - top 5 show/tape for sure. The jam out of Truckin' is incredible - one of their best, not typical by any means... Sure there are plenty of Phil solos from this period, but this one is great, and any opportunity to hear Keith come to the fore with his envelope-filtered Wurl vibe is def. worth seeking out... I love extended Keith solos - you can hear how great a player he was - chops to burn... He just wasn't on every night, and therefore couldn't be reliably showcased on a regualr basis, but when he was you've got very trippy and funky playing going down...
Kudos to this Blog.
What an upgrade to my original tape! My brother came home from freshman year in college with a box of bootlegs. While the sound was hissy, this was one of my favorite tapes.
As an inexperienced taper, this is one of the first shows that I copied -- using a dual well deck and a Maxell UL90 in 1990 (long before I purchased two single well decks, upgraded to XLII's, and learned to set levels properly).
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