Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings

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Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings is a limited edition box set (10,000 copies), released in November 2005, featuring four complete concerts by the Grateful Dead on 10 CDs. These concerts, performed on four consecutive nights from February 27 through March 2, 1969, were the basis for Live/Dead (rock's first 16 track live album).

Released separately was Fillmore West 1969, a three-disc distillation that included highlights of the four nights that did not appear on Live/Dead (with the exception of "Feedback" and the full-length version of "And We Bid You Good Night", which had appeared in truncated form on Live/Dead).

Track listing

Disc 1

February 27, 1969 — First set:

1. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Sonny Boy Williamson) - 11:47
2. "Doin' That Rag" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) - 7:53
3. "That's It for the Other One" (Garcia, Bill Kreutzman, Bob Weir) - 20:03

Disc 2

February 27, 1969 — Second set:

1. "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) - 3:57 >
2. "Mountains of the Moon" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:57 >
3. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Mickey Hart, Kreutzman, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) - 21:44 >
4. "St. Stephen" (including William Tell Bridge)" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) - 8:22 >
5. "The Eleven" (Hunter, Lesh) - 13:03 >
6. "Turn On Your Love Light" (Joseph Scott, Deadric Malone) - 19:21

February 27, 1969 — Encore:

7. "Cosmic Charlie" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:52

Disc 3

February 28, 1969 — First set:

1. "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) - 11:04
2. "Good Morning Little School Girl" (Williamson) - 11:00
3. "Doin' That Rag" (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:56
4. "I'm a King Bee" (Slim Harpo) - 7:09
5. "Turn on Your Love Light" (Scott, Malone) - 19:09

Disc 4

February 28, 1969 — Second set:

1. "That's It for the Other One" (Garcia, Kreutzman, Weir) - 19:46 >
2. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) - 19:45 >
3. "St. Stephen (including William Tell Bridge)" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) - 7:51 >
4. "The Eleven" (Hunter, Lesh) - 15:12 >
5. "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (Reverend Gary Davis) - 10:38

Disc 5

1. "Alligator" (Hunter, Pigpen, Lesh) - 4:08 >
2. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzman) - 4:02 >
3. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) - 14:57 >
4. "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) - 8:47 >
5. "Feedback" (Grateful Dead) - 5:40 >
6. "We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional, arr. Grateful Dead) - 1:08

Disc 6

March 1, 1969 — First set:

1. "That's It for the Other One" (Garcia, Kreutzman, Weir) - 21:22 >
2. "New Potato Caboose" (Bobby Petersen, Lesh) - 11:43 >
3. "Doin' That Rag" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:58 >
4. "Cosmic Charlie" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:51

Disc 7

March 1, 1969 — Second set:

1. "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:48
2. "Mountains of the Moon" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:04
3. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) - 23:01 >
4. "St. Stephen (including William Tell Bridge)" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) - 8:06 >
5. "The Eleven" (Hunter, Lesh) - 5:47 >
6. "Turn on Your Love Light" (Scott, Malone) - 23:59

March 1, 1969 — Encore:

7. "Hey Jude" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 7:44

Disc 8

March 2, 1969 — First set:

1. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) - 21:09 >
2. "St. Stephen (including William Tell Bridge)" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) - 8:21 >
3. "The Eleven" (Hunter, Lesh) - 12:43 >
4. "Turn on Your Love Light" (Scott, Malone) - 15:25 >

Disc 9

March 2, 1969 — Second set:

1. "Doin' That Rag" (Hunter, Garcia) - 7:38
2. "That's It for the Other One" (Garcia, Kreutzman, Weir) - 22:44 >
3. "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (Davis) - 11:21
4. "Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) - 10:16

Disc 10

1. "Alligator" (Hunter, Pigpen, Lesh) - 4:15 >
2. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzman) - 6:52 >
3. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) - 25:31 >
4. "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) - 9:13 >
5. "Feedback" (Grateful Dead) - 7:54 >
6. "We Bid You Goodnight" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 2:01

Bonus disc

June 14, 1968 (late show), Fillmore East:

1. "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) - 30:07

June 8, 1969, Fillmore West:

2. "He Was a Friend of Mine" (Traditional) - 12:14 >
3. "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) - 4:15 >
4. "New Potato Caboose" (Lesh, Peterson) - 13:36

February 7, 1970, Fillmore West:

5. "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) - 5:29 >
6. "I Know You Rider" (Traditional) - 5:08 >
7. "High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) - 7:04

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Tom Constanten - keyboards
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - keyboards, vocals, harmonica, percussion
• Phil Lesh - bass guitar, vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Mickey Hart - drums

Production

• Producers - David Lemieux, Jeffrey Norman
• Executive producer - Cameron Sears
• Recording engineers - Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor
• Mixing & mastering - Jeffrey Norman
• Archival research - Eileen Law
• Photography - Rosie McGee, Herbie Greene, Michael Merritt, Baron Wolman, Peter Simon, Amalie R. Rothschild, Suanne C Skidd, Sylvia Clarke Hamilton
• Cover lettering - Richard Biffle
• Art coordination - Brian Connors
• Package design - Robert Minkin
• Booklet essay - Dennis McNally