Grateful Dead Compilations

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

 The 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 Cassady & 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 Cassady 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 and package by Alan Bershaw
shn discs by TaW
Note 1: I split the 1h Jerry interview on disc 4 into 3 smaller pieces (a-c).
Note 2: The shn-tracks for audio disc 4 are split between shn-discs 2 and 3!




Disc Five: Supplementary CD#1 [74:04]
The Watts Acid Test February 12, 1966
Youth Opportunities Center, Compton, CA

01. Who Cares Rap (Pigpen, Weir, etc.) [6:08}


The Pico Acid Test March 12, 1966 (EXPANDED VERSION)
Danish Center, Los Angeles, CA

02. Viola Lee Blues [11:54]
03. One Kind Favor [4:19]
04. I Know You Rider [2:41] 
05. You See A Broken Heart [3:18] 
06. It's A Sin [4:47] 
07. Beat It On Down The Line [4:06] 
08. Heads Up [6:17] 
09. Next Time You See Me [5:04]
10. unknown blues instrumental[8:15] - might be Death Don?t also (Tony Middleton)???
11. Death Don't Have No Mercy [6:03] 
12. Midnight Hour [11:06] 
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.

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Disc Six: [41:56]
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.

01. Jerry Garcia intro 0:20
02. A Mexican Story: 25 Bennies 3:41
03. Get It Off The Ground Rap 9:32
04. It's Good To Be God Rap 2:40
05. Nirvana Army Rap 0:52
06. The Butcher Is Back 3:14
07. Acid Test Graduation Announcement 1:29
08. Send Me To The Moon 1:22
09. Jerry Garcia interview 0:40
10. Sound Collage 3:43
11. Ken Kesey Interview 0:22
12. Sound Collage #2 9:58
13. Jerry Garcia Interview 0:19
14. Music / Sound Collage #1 2:14
15. Ken Kesey Interview 0:15
16. Sound Collage 1:15


SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
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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