LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• Collection of live performances from legendary venues; The Fillmore, Avalon Ballroom, Carousel Ballroom & The Matrix
• Featuring major stars; the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and the Doors, cult heroes; Captain Beefheart & Moby Grape and Ultra-Obscurities; the inal Solution & the Initial Shock – see track listing overeaf for more details.
• Digitally remastered for enhanced sound quality
• Background liners
• 6CDs
• Over 70 Tracks
• 20 page full colour booklet with rare photos and detailed liner notes

This remarkable 6-CD collection captures many of San Francisco’s best psychedelic bands at the peak of their powers, between 1966 and 1968. Featuring live performances from legendary venues, the set encompasses major stars like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and the Doors, cult heroes like Captain Beefheart and Moby Grape, and ultra-obscurities like the Final Solution and the Initial Shock. Originally broadcast on the underground station KSAN-FM, they provide a wondrous snapshot of a place and a time, and are presented here with background notes and rare images.

TRACK LISTING:

DISC ONE

The Grateful Dead – Fillmore, 1966:

1. Bill Graham Introduction
2. Cold Rain & Snow
3. Hi Heeled Sneakers
4. Pain In My Heart
5. Beat It On Down The Line
6. Cream Puff War
7. The Same Thing
8. He Was A Friend Of Mine
9. Dancin’ In The Street
10. Smokestack Lightnin’
11. King Bee
12. In The Midnight Hour

DISC TWO

Jefferson Airplane – Fillmore, 1966-67:

1. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds
2. Runnin’ Round
3. Somebody To Love
4. Today
5. Get Together
6. Other Side Of This Life
7. Fat Angel
8. Grace Talks 9. Go To Her
9. She Has Funny Cars

Quicksilver Messenger Service – Avalon, 1966:

10. Dino’s Song
11. Gold & Silver
12. Smokestack Lightnin’

Country Joe & The Fish – Avalon, 1967:

13. Flying High
14. Thought Dream
15. H-Bomb Song

DISC THREE

Bo Diddley – Avalon, 1966:

1. Gunslinger
2. Eastern Thang
3. Grand Grand Daddy
4. Hey Bo Diddley
5. Everybody Needs Somebody

The Byrds – Avalon, 1968:

6. So You Want To Be A Rock’n’Roll Star?
7. Goin’ Back
8. This Wheel’s On Fire

Moby Grape – Avalon, 1967:

9. It Depends On You
10. Changes
11. Leavin’
12. Grape Jam – With Big Brother

DISC FOUR

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Avalon, 1966:

1. Tupelo
2. Old Folks Boogie
3. Evil
4. Instrumental
5. Brother & The Holding Company – Avalon / Fillmore, 1967-68:
6. Bye Bye Baby
7. Women Is Losers
8. Call On Me
9. Ball & Chain

Initial Shock – Avalon, 1968:

10. Big Boy
11. Let Me Be Your Man
12. Goin’ Down Louisiana
13. If You Gotta Go, Go Now / Jam

DISC FIVE

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fillmore, 1968:

1. Susie Q
Santana – Carousel, 1968:
2. Treat / Drums
3. Jingo

Steve Miller Band – Avalon, 1967-68:

4. Steppin’ High
5. Can You Feel Your Daddy’s Heartbeat?
6. Blues With A Feeling
7. Living In The USA
8. Steppin’ Stone

The Sparrow – Avalon, 1967:

9. Corrina, Corrina
10. Baby Please Don’t Go
11. Searchin’
12. Things Won’t Be The Same / Jam

The Doors – Avalon, 1967:

13. Who Do You Love?

DISC SIX

The Final Solution – Matrix, 1966:

1. Announcements / Intro
2. Tell Me Again
3. Bleeding Roses
4. If You Want
5. You Say You Love Me / Got My Mojo Workin’
6. Time Is Here And Now
7. Bo Diddley Meets Sandy Nelson
8. Truck Drivin’ Son Of A Gun
9. Just Like Gold
10. Misty Mind
11. So Long Goodbye
12. America The Beautiful