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Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne, The Best Of The Rest

Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band / Jerry Garcia Band

Initial release : 2004

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3 CD archive release of music from the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band and Jerry Garcia Band muic from the two week series of shows at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New York City during October 1987. The 10/31/87 shows were released as a separate 4 CD set. This Best of The Rest is a selection of music from the other Lunt-Fontanne shows. One disc comprises all acoustic songs that were not performed on 10/31/87. The other two discs comprise music from electric sets.

Tracks

Disc 1: Electric;

  • I'll Take A Melody (Toussaint)
  • Forever Young (Dylan)
  • Think (McCracklin / Malone)
  • The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Robertson)
  • Simple Twist Of Fate (Dylan)
  • When I Paint My Masterpiece (Dylan)
  • Deal (Garcia / Hunter)
  • All Along The Watchtower (Dylan)
Disc 2: Electric;
  • Get Out Of My Life Woman (Toussaint)
  • Like A Road (Nix / Penn)
  • Mission In The Rain (Garcia / Hunter)
  • Mississippi Moon (Rowan)
  • Evangeline (Hidalgo / Perez)
  • That Lucky Old Sun (Gillespie / Smith)
  • And It Stoned Me (Morrison)
  • Tangled Up In Blue (Dylan)
Disc 3: Acoustic;
  • Rosa Lee McFall (Traditional / Monroe)
  • Drifting With The Tide (Traditional)
  • Calling Your Bosses
  • I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail (Davis / Taylor)
  • Drifting Too Far From The Shore (Moody)
  • I Ain't Never (Pierce / Tillis)
  • Band introduction
  • It's A Long Long Way (To The Top Of The World) (Wayne)
  • Ashes Of Love (Wright / Anglin / Anglin)
  • Poison Love (Laird)
  • I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail (David / Taylor)
Musicians

Acoustic sets;

  • Jerry Garcia - acoustic guitar, vocals
  • John Kahn - bass
  • David Kemper - drums
  • Kenny Kosek - fiddle
  • David Nelson - acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Sandy Rothman - mandolin, dobro, vocals
Electric sets;
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
  • Gloria Jones - vocals
  • John Kahn - bass
  • David Kemper - drums
  • Jaclyn LaBranch - vocals
  • Melvin Seals - keyboards
  • Bob Weir - guitar, vocals (on When I Paint My Masterpiece, Deal and All Along The Watchtower)
Credits

  • Executive producer - Christopher Sabec, Peter McQuaid, Hale Milgrim
  • Recording - John Cutler
  • Production engineer - Tom Flye
  • Second engineer - Robert Gatley
  • Mastering - John Cuniberti
  • Research, compilation - Blair Jackson, David Gans
  • Album coordination - Jeff Adams
  • Photography - Herb Greene
  • Booklet notes - Blair Jackson
  • Special thanks - Bob Barsotti, Joel Bernstein, Herb Greene, Stanley Johnston, Jan Simmons
  • In memory of Bettike Barsotti and Bill Graham
Notes

The back cover of this set includes the following text about the source of the recording;

The soundboard tapes from which this CD package originated were created under far less than ideal, and in certain senses downright intimidating, circumstances. Aside from their main purpose - presenting a gloriously abundant slice of the Jerry Garcia Band's legendary 13 Magical Nights On Broadway - the recordings contained herein also clearly prove the worth of courage, hard work and modern science. Rest assured, as you enjoy this music, it hasn't sounded nearly this good since performed live.
The tracks on this release are from the following shows.

Disc 1;

  • I'll Take A Melody - October 19, 1987
  • Forever Young - October 30, 1987
  • Think - October 24, 1987
  • The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - October 21, 1987
  • Simple Twist Of Fate - October 24, 1987
  • When I Paint My Masterpiece - October 25, 1987 (Late)
  • Deal - October 25, 1987 (Late)
  • All Along The Watchtower - October 25, 1987 (Late)
Disc 2;
  • Get Out Of My Life Woman - October 21, 1987 (Late)
  • Like A Road - October 24, 1987
  • Mission In The Rain - October 23, 1987
  • Mississippi Moon - October 23, 1987
  • Evangeline - October 21, 1987 (Late)
  • That Lucky Old Sun - October 24, 1987
  • And It Stoned Me - October 25, 1987 (Early)
  • Tangled Up In Blue - October 25, 1987 (Early)
Disc 3;
  • Rosa Lee McFall - October 25, 1987 (Early)
  • Drifting With The Tide - October 25, 1987 (Early)
  • I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - October 28, 1987 (Early)
  • Drifting Too Far From The Shore - October 28, 1987 (Early)
  • I Ain't Never - October 30, 1987
  • It's A Long Long Way (To The Top Of The World) - October 30, 1987
  • Ashes Of Love (Rehearsal: date not known)
  • Poison Love (Rehearsal: date not known)
  • I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail (Rehearsal: date not known)
Related release

This was one of two Lunt-Fontanne sets to be released. The other release was;

Deal was included on;
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