In the winter of 1969, the Grateful Dead were busy breaking entirely new ground in the way rock music was performed. Their improvisational performance style grew out of a San Francisco rock music culture that bred experimentation and innovation.
For four nights, February 27 to March 2 of that year, the Dead performed at one of the favorite venues of '60s rockers, San Francisco's Fillmore West. Performances were culled from those concerts for the Dead's classic Live/Dead album.
Much of what didn't make it on that album can now be heard on a three-CD set, Fillmore West 1969 from Rhino Records.
Among the previously unreleased material:
- Performances of "Dark Star," "St. Stephen," "The Eleven," and "Death Don't Have No Mercy."
- An extended jam on "Alligator" and "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)"
- The complete "We Bid You Goodnight," which was incomplete on the Live/Dead album
TRACK LISTDisc 1
1. "Morning Dew" (2/28/69)
2. "Good Morning Little School Girl" (2/28/69)
3. "Doin' That Rag" (2/28/69)
4. "I'm A King Bee" (2/28/69)
5. "Cosmic Charlie" (2/27/69)
6. "Turn On Your Lovelight" (2/28/69)Disc 2
1. "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (3/1/69)
2. "Mountains Of The Moon" (3/1/69)
3. "Dark Star" (2/28/69)
4. "St. Stephen" (2/28/69)
5. "The Eleven" (2/28/69)
6. "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (2/28/69)Disc 3
1. "That's It For The Other One" (3/2/69)
- "Cryptical Envelopment"
- "The Other One"
- "Cryptical Envelopment"
2. "Alligator' (3/2/69)
3. "Drums" (3/2/69)
4. "Jam" (3/2/69)
5. "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)" (3/2/69)
6. "Feedback" (3/2/69)
7. "We Bid You Goodnight" (3/2/69)
