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Set I
talk & tunings - "It's just Weir and his ass-holed guitar"
Viola Lee Blues #1 verse 1 - aborted
Viola Lee Blues #2 verses 1 & 2 - aborted - "watch it pig! b, man, b"
talk & tunings
Viola Lee Blues #3 with harmonica - aborted
discussions
Viola Lee Blues #4 with organ verse 1 & harmonica - aborted
tape playback? more talk
Viola Lee Blues #5 verse 1 - "same verse again" - verse 1 - aborted
Phil comments
Viola Lee Blues #6 verses 1 & 2 - aborted
more discussions
Viola Lee Blues #7 verses 1 & 2 & 3 - then stopped
talk & tunings - "that's tasty" - "let's just play"
Viola Lee Blues #8 verse 1 - aborted
talk & wild comments & confusion
Viola Lee Blues #9 verses 2 & 3 - aborted
more talk - "I think you're against us" - "Pigpen's a conspiracy"
"You may know by ..." passage repeated
Viola Lee Blues #10 verses 1 & 2 & 3 ; jam ; tape cuts
Viola Lee Blues #1 verse 1 - aborted
Viola Lee Blues #2 verses 1 & 2 - aborted - "watch it pig! b, man, b"
talk & tunings
Viola Lee Blues #3 with harmonica - aborted
discussions
Viola Lee Blues #4 with organ verse 1 & harmonica - aborted
tape playback? more talk
Viola Lee Blues #5 verse 1 - "same verse again" - verse 1 - aborted
Phil comments
Viola Lee Blues #6 verses 1 & 2 - aborted
more discussions
Viola Lee Blues #7 verses 1 & 2 & 3 - then stopped
talk & tunings - "that's tasty" - "let's just play"
Viola Lee Blues #8 verse 1 - aborted
talk & wild comments & confusion
Viola Lee Blues #9 verses 2 & 3 - aborted
more talk - "I think you're against us" - "Pigpen's a conspiracy"
"You may know by ..." passage repeated
Viola Lee Blues #10 verses 1 & 2 & 3 ; jam ; tape cuts
Set II
Set III
Comment
January-February 1966 ??
(exact date unknown)
"The Viola Lee Blues Rehearsals"
This is a wonderful piece of Dead rehearsal tape that I have not seen circulating in the digital realm.
The cassette was played back on Nak CR7E with azimuth adjustment.
Sound Forge was used for noise reduction.
Research and A>D transfer by Uli Teute
Sound tweaking and SHN seeding by Hanno Bunjes
August 2003
Update 5/2018 - according to research done by Lost Live Dead blog guys, it seems likely this material comes from reels labeled "Watts". See http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2015/09/deadbase-corrections.html for more information.
(exact date unknown)
"The Viola Lee Blues Rehearsals"
This is a wonderful piece of Dead rehearsal tape that I have not seen circulating in the digital realm.
The cassette was played back on Nak CR7E with azimuth adjustment.
Sound Forge was used for noise reduction.
Research and A>D transfer by Uli Teute
Sound tweaking and SHN seeding by Hanno Bunjes
August 2003
Update 5/2018 - according to research done by Lost Live Dead blog guys, it seems likely this material comes from reels labeled "Watts". See http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2015/09/deadbase-corrections.html for more information.
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Collectors With This Show
| User (active/rating) | Media / # | Show | Sound | Details | DB Source | User Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tomtaper4 (5/3.5) | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | SBD | |
| Notes: | SBD..Viola Lee Out's. | |||||
| SpacedDeadhead (5/4.8) | CDR / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| Notes: | The Viola Lee rehearsals | |||||
| cutter317 (5/0) | CDR / 1 | A+ | A+ | View | unknown gen sbd Cassette | |
| Greg Drummond (5/0) | CD / 1 | View | Owsley's Master Reel->?->DAT->WAV(SBEok)->FLAC | |||
| Notes: | Talk & Tuning Viola Lee Blues #1 Verse 1 Viola Lee Blues #2 Verses 1 & 2 Talk & Tuning Viola Lee Blues #3 With Harmonica Discussion Viola Lee Blues #4 With Organ Verse 1 & Harmonica Tape Playback - More Talk Viola Lee Blues #5 Verse 1 Phil Comments Viola Lee Blues #6 Verses 1 & 2 Discussion Viola Lee Blues #7 Verses 1, 2, & 3 Talk & Tuning Viola Lee Blues #8 Verse 1 Talk,Comments & Confusion Viola Lee Blues #9 Verses 2 & 3 Talk & Tuning "You May Know ..." Passage Practice Viola Lee Blues #10 Verses 1, 2, 3 & Jam (Source tape cuts at 15:37 on track 20) | |||||
| Jason (5/4.8) | CDR / 1 | View | Studio | |||
| neal r (5/4) | / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Flac Archive #118 | |||||
| Jeff Williams (4/0) | SHN / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| groundhog (4/4.7) | FLAC / 1 | View | Owsley's Master Reel->?->DAT->WAV(SBEok)->FLAC | |||
| Notes: | 275mb | |||||
| LEE SPATZ (4/0) | / 0 | View | ||||
| Henry (3/4.5) | SHN / 1 | View | ||||
| Dave Lemen (3/0) | / 0 | View | ||||
| Notes: | DVD 36 | |||||
| Mer (3/0) | / 0 | View | unknown generation SBD cassette | |||
| Notes: | GD 001 | |||||
| (~);-) (3/0) | / 0 | View | ||||
| Bill Tetzeli (2/5) | SHN / 1 | View | unknown generation soundboard cassette | |||
| Notes: | Viola Lee rehearsals | |||||
| patrick metsker (2/0) | flac / 1 | View | Owsley's Master Reel->?->DAT->WAV(SBEok)->FLAC | |||
| Notes: | Viola Lee Blues Rehearsals | |||||
| Jim (2/0) | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Kevin Boland (1/4.7) | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| D Chase (1/0) | cdr / 1 | View | Owsley's Master Reel->?->DAT->WAV(SBEok)->FLAC | |||
| Notes: | A fascinating glimpse of extremely early Grateful Dead, with the band arranging and rehearsing Viola Lee Blues, the song that would blow many a mind on their first LP, the following year. Legendary LSD chemist and soundman Owsley Stanley mixed and recorded this rehearsal session and can also be heard communicating with the band. The recording is excellent quality and sounds like a studio recording. The band does multiple takes of Viola Lee Blues as they discuss and develop the arrangement, with Garcia, Pigpen and Weir all taking a stab at lead vocals. The earliest known live performance of this song is dated February 23, 1966, so this is presumed to be recorded sometime prior to that, in January or early February of 1966. This is one of the earliest surviving Grateful Dead recordings. | |||||
| mike (1/5) | Flac / 1 | View | Owsley's Master Reel->?->DAT->WAV(SBEok)->FLAC | |||
| Geoff MacNaughton (1/5) | 1 / 1 | A- | View | |||
| SpiralLightofVenus (1/5) | SHN / 0 | SBD | View | |||
| Notes: | SBD TB4 | |||||
| GratefulBrad (1/5) | cdr / 1 | A | B | View | Master Reel > ?? > DAT > WAV > FLAC | |
| Notes: | Viola Lee Rehearsals | |||||
| BluesFan (1/5) | FLAC / 0 | View | ||||
| Rhodes (1/0) | cdr / 0 | View | Owsley's Master Reel > ? > DAT > WAV > FLAC | |||
| carl shoemaker (1/5) | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| Brad (1/0) | / 0 | View | ||||
| PC (1/5) | audio / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| Alessandro (0/0) | / 0 | View | ||||
| Seth (0/5) | SHN / 1 | View | ||||
| johnniemal (0/0) | / 0 | View | ||||