Teddy and DeadLists - The old "11/19/67" Lovelight practice session has been transferred to digital and is available here: http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=565970 This recording has only one drummer on it nad they are discussing how the song should be arranged. It comes from before 8/5/67 the earliest known Lovelight. I suggest deleting the old "11/19/67" entry entirely and replacing it with this: Band Grateful Dead Venue unknown Location unknown Date ??/??/67 - unknown posters tickets, passes & laminates One [0:22] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [0:17] ; [0:02] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [0:44] ; [0:42] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [0:47] ; [1:29] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [0:33] ; [1:31] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [0:57] ; [0:08] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [10:52] ; (1) [10:15] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [0:45] ; (2) [0:13] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [0:32] ; [0:02] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [0:38] ; [0:17] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [0:43] ; (3)[0:43] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [2:13] ; [0:33] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [0:48] ; [0:56] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [1:41] ; (4) [0:44] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [2:06] ; [0:32] ; Turn On Your Lovelight [2:47#]
Comments This was commonly traded on cassette, dated as "11/19/67". The 45 minute segment has never circulated in digital format till 2013, with the exception of the 6th take (the longest one) which is part of two compilations of miscellaneous studio and live material from 1967 (shn/flac sets 81259 and 85631). This practice session is now labelled as ??/??/67. There are several reasons to conclude it was made before November 19, 1967 - in fact before August 5, 1967 (currently the earliest known live Lovelight). Most importantly, from the talking between takes it is clear they are working out the arrangement. Maybe this the first time they are playing it? There is definitely only one drummer. Pigpen sings it a bit differently; in fact he only sings the first verse, over and over. The band doesn't have any backing vocals except the "let it shine" bit, which was dropped & never appears live. The guitar parts are much simpler; on 8/5/67 they're a lot more complex & bouncy. They don't have a transition after the first verse. By 8/5/67 they have a smoother drum transition. Garcia doesn't have his soloing down for this song at all, and doesn't seem to have worked out any part other than the chords. (1) dead air for about seven minutes, followed by about three minutes of "let it shine" vocal rehearsals. (2) Jerry: "It should be loud because that's the melody you know. It should be out over the others." (3) Jerry: "Let's go over it a time or two and get the arrangement. Hey Pig, do you want to do two verses and then into that uh drum business? Well let's, let's decide that because that, that's uh..." Phil: "Bring some more grub man." Jerry: "Ok that would be the stomp because..." (4) How many verses do you want to go through on Lovelight? I think two, two and then a drum thing. And then after, after the bridge come on back and start get back into Lovelight. Play it man. And you'll have to play organ too. Give us a signal then, at the end. At the end, go back into the regular bar solo. Go back into the regular again. Go back into a regular verse at the end and go 'shine, shine, shine, let it shine'. Download Sources (add link to this torrent's file set when it appears on Archive.org: http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=565970 ) Recordings 45 SB Contributors Jeff Tiedrich , David Sorochty Caretaker Teddy Goodbear
