Grateful Dead Compilations 1966-??-??
The Complete Acid Test Reels, Various, Various
Set 1
The Complete Acid Test Reels
A chronological 6-CD compilation of the Acid Test recordings listed in The Grateful Dead Tapers Compendium Volume One
Disc 1
Fillmore Acid Test/Sound City Acid Test
The Fillmore Acid Test
Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
January 8, 1966
Stage Chaos; More Power Rap/ King Bee/ I?m A Hog For You Baby/ Caution: Do Not Step On Tracks/ Death Don?t Have No Mercy/ Star Spangled Banner; closing remarks
The Sound City Acid Test
363 6th Street, San Francisco, CA
January 29, 1966
Ken Kesey interviewed by Frank Fey/ Ken Babbs and harmonica/ Take Two: Ken Kesey/ Bull/ Peggy The Pistol/ One-way Ticket/ Bells And Fairies/ Levitation/ Trip X/ The End
Disc 2
Pico Acid Test /S.F. State U Acid Test (pt.1)
The Pico Acid Test
Danish Center, Los Angeles, CA
March 12, 1966
Viola Lee Blues/ You See A Broken Heart/ 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
The Head Has Become Fat Rap/ A Mexican Story: 25 Bennies/ A Tarnished Galahad/ Get It Off The Ground Rap/ It?s Good To Be God Rap/ Nirvana Army Rap/ The Butcher Is Back/ Acid Test Graduation Announcement/ Send Me To The Moon/ Closing Rap
Voices: Ken Kesey and Hugh Romney
Guitar: Ken Kesey
Violin: Dale Kesey
Organ: Jerry Garcia
Engineering: Steve Newman, Ken Kesey, Mountain Girl
Disc 3
San Francisco 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
Ken Kesey?s dialogue (isolated remix)
Merry Prankster Sound Collage Sequences
October 2, 1966
Prankster Music; Sound Collage #1(sequence 1)/ Kesey Rap > Prankster Music/Sound Collage #2 (sequence 2)/ Prankster Sound Collage #3 > Prankster Raga(sequence 3)
Prankster Recordings broadcast over the P.A.
End of Whatever It Is Festival
October 2, 1966
Closing Jam/ Prankster Electronics
Acid Test Graduation Jam
Winterland, San Francisco, CA
October 31, 1966
Jam Session - (musicians unknown) from The World Of Acid film soundtrack
Disc 4
Related Recordings
Neal Cassidy & The Warlocks 1965
Speed Limit - studio recording/Prankster production tape circa late 1965
Straight Theater, Haight Street, San Francisco, CA July 23, 1967
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
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
Disc 5
Supplementary CD#1 [74:04]
The Watts Acid Test February 12, 1966
Youth Opportunities Center, Compton, CA
Who Cares Rap (Pigpen, Weir, etc.)
The Pico Acid Test March 12, 1966 (EXPANDED VERSION)
Danish Center, Los Angeles, CA
Viola Lee Blues/ One Kind Favor/ I Know You Rider/ You See A Broken Heart/ It?s A Sin/ Beat It On Down The Line/ Heads Up/ Next Time You See Me/ unknown blues instrumental[8:15] - might be Death Don?t also (Tony Middleton)???/ Death Don?t Have No Mercy/ Midnight Hour
Notes:
The 8th song, previously notated as ?unknown instrumental? on Deadlists, is a cover of Freddy King?s ?Heads Up.? The 9th tune, previously listed as ?The Same Thing (instrumental),? is definitely NOT that song. Although it is a standard blues and sounds similar at the beginning, closer listening makes it pretty obvious that it is an entirely different song, title unknown. The Viola Lee Blues on this expanded version is a different version than on the previous three song version of Pico Acid Test. This is an ongoing mystery, although it should be said that both versions are worth having.
Disc 6
Supplementary CD#2 - San Francisco State Acid Test (alternate version)
?Whatever It Is? Festival October 2, 1966
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Stereo Control Room Master (rec. 4:00AM - 6:00AM)
Source(s) unknown, this has different lineage, and some different edits to the ?intact? version. Specifically some contemorary (Tomorrow show ?81?) interviews are spliced in, and the sound collages towards the end are presented in a different sequence.
Jerry Garcia intro/ A Mexican Story: 25 Bennies/ Get It Off The Ground Rap/ It?s Good To Be God Rap/ Nirvana Army Rap/ The Butcher Is Back/ Acid Test Graduation Announcement/ Send Me To The Moon/ Jerry Garcia interview/ Sound Collage/ Ken Kesey Interview/ Sound Collage #2/ Jerry Garcia Interview/ Music; Sound Collage #1/ Ken Kesey Interview/ Sound Collage
A chronological 6-CD compilation of the Acid Test recordings listed in The Grateful Dead Tapers Compendium Volume One
Disc 1
Fillmore Acid Test/Sound City Acid Test
The Fillmore Acid Test
Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
January 8, 1966
Stage Chaos; More Power Rap/ King Bee/ I?m A Hog For You Baby/ Caution: Do Not Step On Tracks/ Death Don?t Have No Mercy/ Star Spangled Banner; closing remarks
The Sound City Acid Test
363 6th Street, San Francisco, CA
January 29, 1966
Ken Kesey interviewed by Frank Fey/ Ken Babbs and harmonica/ Take Two: Ken Kesey/ Bull/ Peggy The Pistol/ One-way Ticket/ Bells And Fairies/ Levitation/ Trip X/ The End
Disc 2
Pico Acid Test /S.F. State U Acid Test (pt.1)
The Pico Acid Test
Danish Center, Los Angeles, CA
March 12, 1966
Viola Lee Blues/ You See A Broken Heart/ 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
The Head Has Become Fat Rap/ A Mexican Story: 25 Bennies/ A Tarnished Galahad/ Get It Off The Ground Rap/ It?s Good To Be God Rap/ Nirvana Army Rap/ The Butcher Is Back/ Acid Test Graduation Announcement/ Send Me To The Moon/ Closing Rap
Voices: Ken Kesey and Hugh Romney
Guitar: Ken Kesey
Violin: Dale Kesey
Organ: Jerry Garcia
Engineering: Steve Newman, Ken Kesey, Mountain Girl
Disc 3
San Francisco 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
Ken Kesey?s dialogue (isolated remix)
Merry Prankster Sound Collage Sequences
October 2, 1966
Prankster Music; Sound Collage #1(sequence 1)/ Kesey Rap > Prankster Music/Sound Collage #2 (sequence 2)/ Prankster Sound Collage #3 > Prankster Raga(sequence 3)
Prankster Recordings broadcast over the P.A.
End of Whatever It Is Festival
October 2, 1966
Closing Jam/ Prankster Electronics
Acid Test Graduation Jam
Winterland, San Francisco, CA
October 31, 1966
Jam Session - (musicians unknown) from The World Of Acid film soundtrack
Disc 4
Related Recordings
Neal Cassidy & The Warlocks 1965
Speed Limit - studio recording/Prankster production tape circa late 1965
Straight Theater, Haight Street, San Francisco, CA July 23, 1967
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
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
Disc 5
Supplementary CD#1 [74:04]
The Watts Acid Test February 12, 1966
Youth Opportunities Center, Compton, CA
Who Cares Rap (Pigpen, Weir, etc.)
The Pico Acid Test March 12, 1966 (EXPANDED VERSION)
Danish Center, Los Angeles, CA
Viola Lee Blues/ One Kind Favor/ I Know You Rider/ You See A Broken Heart/ It?s A Sin/ Beat It On Down The Line/ Heads Up/ Next Time You See Me/ unknown blues instrumental[8:15] - might be Death Don?t also (Tony Middleton)???/ Death Don?t Have No Mercy/ Midnight Hour
Notes:
The 8th song, previously notated as ?unknown instrumental? on Deadlists, is a cover of Freddy King?s ?Heads Up.? The 9th tune, previously listed as ?The Same Thing (instrumental),? is definitely NOT that song. Although it is a standard blues and sounds similar at the beginning, closer listening makes it pretty obvious that it is an entirely different song, title unknown. The Viola Lee Blues on this expanded version is a different version than on the previous three song version of Pico Acid Test. This is an ongoing mystery, although it should be said that both versions are worth having.
Disc 6
Supplementary CD#2 - San Francisco State Acid Test (alternate version)
?Whatever It Is? Festival October 2, 1966
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Stereo Control Room Master (rec. 4:00AM - 6:00AM)
Source(s) unknown, this has different lineage, and some different edits to the ?intact? version. Specifically some contemorary (Tomorrow show ?81?) interviews are spliced in, and the sound collages towards the end are presented in a different sequence.
Jerry Garcia intro/ A Mexican Story: 25 Bennies/ Get It Off The Ground Rap/ It?s Good To Be God Rap/ Nirvana Army Rap/ The Butcher Is Back/ Acid Test Graduation Announcement/ Send Me To The Moon/ Jerry Garcia interview/ Sound Collage/ Ken Kesey Interview/ Sound Collage #2/ Jerry Garcia Interview/ Music; Sound Collage #1/ Ken Kesey Interview/ Sound Collage
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
Sources
| SHNID | Date | Venue | City | State | Archive Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5406 | 1966-??-?? | The Complete Acid Test Reels | Various | Various | |
| Acid Test compilation; via Alan Bershaw, Thomas Wulf; includes 1/8/66, 1/29/66, 3/12/66, 10/2/66, 10/31/66, ??/??/65, 7/23/67, ??/??/67; supplements to this set also circulate | |||||
| 9514 | 1966-??-?? | The Complete Acid Test Reels | Various | Various | |
| Acid Test material, labelled with numbers 5,6 in supplement to previous 4 disc set; additional or alternate material from 2/12/66, 3/12/66, 10/2/66 | |||||
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