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Santana 05/13/68
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
Set I
Waiting
Treat
Evil Ways
Shades of Time >
Savor >
Jingo
Set II
Persuasion
Soul Sacrifice
You Just Don't Care
Set III
 
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Carlos Santana: Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
Marcus Malone: Percussion
David Brown: Bass
Gregg Rolie: Keyboards, Vocals
Bob "Doc" Livingston: Drums.

Broadcast on FM (possibly KSAN)

The date is uncertain because of the announcer comments at the end of the first set about 5 nights coming up of benefit shows with 5 bands a night. There is a poster for Santana playing at the Avalon from May 17-19, which would be the last 3 nights of that "5 day benefit" if the date of the 13th was correct but only 2 bands and no benefit are listed on the poster for the May 17-19 run. Some people think that this is from that May 17-19 run at the Avalon, but that comment about the benefit still messes things up, because there are Avalon posters with the typical 2 bands and no mention of any benefits all the way up to the end of November 1968. After Chet Helms "Family Dog" stopped booking shows at the Avalon another promoter, "Soundproof", put on more shows at The Avalon starting in January 1969. Jerry Abram's Headlights are mentioned also by the announcer, and they did do both the '68 Family Dog Avalon shows and the '69 Soundproof shows.

Based upon all of this information, the probable date is close to the end of Chet Helms run at the Avalon. The posters for weekly Friday thru Sunday shows stopped at the end of November, 1968. Soundproof took over in January '69, so speculation is that this show here is really from December, 1968. That would be when benefits to keep Chet Helms going at The Avalon would have been probable. The announcer doesn't say that the benefit shows would be for any other cause, and the regular scheduled weekend shows apparently had ended, so there might have been time for a 5 day wednesday thru Sunday benefit before the Family Dog completely stopped doing shows at the Avalon...
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User (active/rating) Media / # Show Sound Details DB Source User Source
cotaper (5/4.3) flac / 1 A- View  
Notes: 78 minutes
MyLibbyDog (5/4.8) CDR / 1 View  
Notes: Nice Mono FM Soundboard
Ron A (5/4.5) CD-R / 1 A- View  
buc2220 (5/5) cdr / 0 View  
michael kass (5/5) cdr / 2 View  
Notes: This is identical to the show listed as 3/12/68. This show is complete where Soul Sacrifice cuts on my copy of that one. This date is probably not accurate. Judging from the setlist, this show is from that time period.
Jack Warner (5/5) FLAC / 0 View   FMR(>R?)>R>FLAC
randy walton (5/5) cdr / 2 a View   fm
Notes: 85 minutes, last song missing
Slick2007 (5/5) FLAC / 1 A View  
Carlos (5/5) cdr / 1 A A View  
Notes: FM Broadcast
Michael Mersand (5/0) / 0 View  
Jeff Mitchell (5/0) / 0 View  
taraimo (5/5) CDR / 2 A View   FM
neal r (5/4) / 0 View  
Notes: 370
John R (5/5) / 1 A View   Sbd
Notes: Partial Show- Missing Persuasion to end of show
Cobb Vaughan (5/4) CDR / 1 A A View  
Kevin Sigafoos (5/1.5) shn / 1 View  
Jeff Hagen (4/5) CDr / 1 View  
Chris Masciangelo (4/4) CDR / 2 View  
Scott Albrecht (4/3) cdr/flac / 2 A A View   KMPX-FM>?>Sony SLH-180 7" Dolby B 1/4 track reel recorded@ 3.75 ips.
Notes: Probable lineage: 1st or 2nd gen copy of off-air reel master.
LEE SPATZ (4/0) / 0 A A View   SBD>
jcroot (4/0) / 0 View  
Rev_St_Penis (4/0) flac / 1 View  
Rev_St_Penis (4/0) flac / 1 View  
Albix (3/4.7) flac / 1 View   FM Broadcast > ? > unknown gen Cassette > Sony D3 > Jet Audio (>PCM 44,1000 kHz,...
Notes: Transfer: Sony D3 > Jet Audio (>PCM 44,1000 kHz, 16 Bit, Stereo) > CDWav > Flac Level 8. Carlos Santana: Guitar, Percussion, Vocals Marcus Malone: Percussion David Brown: Bass Gregg Rolie: Keyboards, Vocals Bob "Doc" Livingston: Drums My Book 02
Richard Warren (3/5) flac / 1 View  
Chuck (3/5) / 1 View  
Uwe Z. (3/5) FLAC / 2 A- View   KMPX-FM
Robbie Kellman (3/5) flac / 1 View  
Notes: DVD Santana and...
steve (3/5) CDR / 2 B View  
Joe the Troll (3/0) / 0 View