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Acid Tests ??/??/65
Acid Test Compilation, Various, Various
Set I
Grateful Dead & Merry Pranksters
The Acid Test Reels
1965-1967

A chronological compilation of the Acid Test recordings listed in The Grateful Dead Tapers Compendium Volume One.

DISC ONE: Fillmore Acid Test/Sound City Acid Test

The Fillmore Acid Test
Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA January 8, 1966
1. Stage Chaos/More Power Rap
2. King Bee
3. I'm A Hog For You Baby
4. Caution: Do Not Step On Tracks >
5. Death Don't Have No Mercy
6. Star Spangled Banner / closing remarks

Sound City Acid Test 363 6th Street, San Francisco, CA January 29, 1966
7. Ken Kesey interviewed by Frank Fey
8. Ken Babbs and harmonica
9. Take Two: Ken Kesey
10. Bull
11. Peggy The Pistol
12. One-way Ticket
13. Bells And Fairies
14. Levitation
15. Trip X
16. The End

7-16 The Acid Test: A Sound City Production

DISC TWO: Pico Acid Test /S.F. State U Acid Test
(pt.1)
The Pico Acid Test Danish Center, Los Angeles, CA March 12, 1966
1. Viola Lee Blues
2. You See A Broken Heart
3. In The Midnight Hour

The San Francisco State Acid Test
Whatever It Is Festival
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Stereo Control Room Master (rec. 4:00AM - 6:00AM) October 2, 1966
4. The Head Has Become Fat Rap
5. A Mexican Story: 25 Bennies
6. A Tarnished Galahad
7. Get It Off The Ground Rap >
8. It's Good To Be God Rap >
9. Nirvana Army Rap >
10. The Butcher Is Back
11. Acid Test Graduation Announcement
12. Send Me To The Moon >Closing Rap

Credits on 10/2/66:
Voices: Ken Kesey and Hugh Romney
Guitar: Ken Kesey
Violin: Dale Kesey
Organ: Jerry Garcia
Engineering: Steve Newman, Ken Kesey, Mountain Girl

DISC THREE: S.F. State U Acid Test (pt. 2)/Graduation Jam

The San Francisco State Acid Test
Whatever It Is Festival
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA October 2, 1966
1. Ken Kesey's dialogue (isolated remix)

Merry Prankster Sound Collage Sequences
October 2, 1966
2. Prankster Music/Sound Collage #1(sequence 1)
3. Kesey Rap > Prankster Music/Sound Collage #2
(sequence 2)
4. Prankster Sound Collage #3 > Prankster
Raga(sequence 3)
Prankster Recordings broadcast over the P.A.

End of Whatever It Is Festival
October 2, 1966
5. Closing Jam
6. Prankster Electronics

Acid Test Graduation Jam
Winterland, San Francisco, CA
October 31, 1966
7. Jam Session (musicians unknown)from The World Of Acid film soundtrack

Disc Four: Related Recordings

Neal Cassidy & The Warlocks 1965
1. Speed Limit
studio recording/Prankster production tape circa late 1965
Straight Theater, Haight Street, San Francisco, CA July 23, 1967
2. Neal Cassidy Raps (backed by The Dead) recording released as a flexi-disc in the 1st printing of The Dead Book

Acid Tests Production Reel
3. Jerry Garcia commentary with Acid Test audio 710 Haight Street House, San Francisco, CA Summer 1967
4. - 6. Jerry Garcia
one hour interview about music, drugs, politics and social changes circa 1967

Compilation by Alan Bershaw
Note 1: I split the 1h Jerry interview on disc 4 into
3 smaller pieces (a-c).



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Notes: A chronological compilation of the Acid Test recordings listed in The Grateful Dead Tapers Compendium Volume One. DISC ONE: Fillmore Acid Test/Sound City Acid Test The Fillmore Acid Test Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA January 8, 1966 1. Stage Chaos/More Power Rap 2. King Bee 3. I'm A Hog For You Baby 4. Caution: Do Not Step On Tracks > 5. Death Don't Have No Mercy 6. Star Spangled Banner / closing remarks Sound City Acid Test 363 6th Street, San Francisco, CA January 29, 1966 7. Ken Kesey interviewed by Frank Fey 8. Ken Babbs and harmonica 9. Take Two: Ken Kesey 10. Bull 11. Peggy The Pistol 12. One-way Ticket 13. Bells And Fairies 14. Levitation 15. Trip X 16. The End 7-16 The Acid Test: A Sound City Production DISC TWO: Pico Acid Test /S.F. State U Acid Test (pt.1) The Pico Acid Test Danish Center, Los Angeles, CA March 12, 1966 1. Viola Lee Blues 2. You See A Broken Heart 3. In The Midnight Hour The San Francisco State Acid Test Whatever It Is Festival San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Stereo Control Room Master (rec. 4:00AM - 6:00AM) October 2, 1966 4. The Head Has Become Fat Rap 5. A Mexican Story: 25 Bennies 6. A Tarnished Galahad 7. Get It Off The Ground Rap > 8. It's Good To Be God Rap > 9. Nirvana Army Rap > 10. The Butcher Is Back 11. Acid Test Graduation Announcement 12. Send Me To The Moon >Closing Rap Credits on 10/2/66: Voices: Ken Kesey and Hugh Romney Guitar: Ken Kesey Violin: Dale Kesey Organ: Jerry Garcia Engineering: Steve Newman, Ken Kesey, Mountain Girl DISC THREE: S.F. State U Acid Test (pt. 2)/Graduation Jam The San Francisco State Acid Test Whatever It Is Festival San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA October 2, 1966 1. Ken Kesey's dialogue (isolated remix) Merry Prankster Sound Collage Sequences October 2, 1966 2. Prankster Music/Sound Collage #1(sequence 1) 3. Kesey Rap > Prankster Music/Sound Collage #2 (sequence 2) 4. Prankster Sound Collage #3 > Prankster Raga(sequence 3) Prankster Recordings broadcast over the P.A. End of Whatever It Is Festival October 2, 1966 5. Closing Jam 6. Prankster Electronics Acid Test Graduation Jam Winterland, San Francisco, CA October 31, 1966 7. Jam Session (musicians unknown)from The World Of Acid film soundtrack Disc Four: Related Recordings Neal Cassidy & The Warlocks 1965 1. Speed Limit studio recording/Prankster production tape circa late 1965 Straight Theater, Haight Street, San Francisco, CA July 23, 1967 2. Neal Cassidy Raps (backed by The Dead) recording released as a flexi-disc in the 1st printing of The Dead Book Acid Tests Production Reel 3. Jerry Garcia commentary with Acid Test audio 710 Haight Street House, San Francisco, CA Summer 1967 4. - 6. Jerry Garcia one hour interview about music, drugs, politics and social changes circa 1967 Compilation by Alan Bershaw Note 1: I split the 1h Jerry interview on disc 4 into 3 smaller pieces (a-c).
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Notes: Interesting stuff. Sounds better than I expected. And how 'bout them Viola Lee Blues? Woo!
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Notes: Vine#2