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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 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 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!




Source InfoVarious Sources
Trades Allowed
Performance
Acid Tests 1968-01-08 The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
Set 1Stage 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
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
Set 2Pico 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

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
Set 3S.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
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

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
CommentThis is a compilation of mulitple Acid Test from 1965-68. There is Kesey interviews and an hour long interview with Jerry. This is a 4 disc set.