Pure Jerry: Theatre 1839, July 29 & 30, 1977

Jerry Garcia Band

Jerry Made JGCD0001

3 CD archive release of music from the Jerry Garcia Band shows at the Theatre 1839 in San Francisco on July 29 and 30, 1977. This is the first in a proposed series of archive Jerry Garcia releases.

Tracks

Disc 1

• Mystery Train (Parker / Phillips)
• Russian Lullaby (Berlin)
• That's What Love Will Make You Do (Campbell / Thigpen / Banks / Marion )
• Stir It Up (Marley)
• Simple Twist Of Fate (Dylan)
• The Way You Do The Things You Do (Robinson / Rogers)
• Catfish John (McDill / Reynolds)

• Friend Of The Devil (Garcia / Hunter / Dawson)
• Don't Let Go (Stone)
• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Robertson)
• They Love Each Other (Garcia / Hunter)
• I Second That Emotion (Robinson / Cleveland)
• Let Me Roll It (McCartney)

• The Harder They Come (Cliff)
• Gomorrah (Garcia / Hunter)
• Tore Up Over You (Ballard)
• Tangled Up In Blue (Dylan)
• My Sisters And Brothers (Johnson)

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
• Keith Godchaux - keyboards, vocals
• John Kahn - bass
• Ron Tutt - drums, vocals

• Executive producers - Christopher Sabec, Peter McQuaid
• Recording - Betty Cantor-Jackson
• Production supervisor - Tom Flye
• Mastering - Paul Stubblebine
• Tape research - David Lemieux
• Photography - Jonathan Hyams
• Special thanks to Carlos and Star
• Recorded live at Theatre 1839, San Francisco, July 29 & 30, 1977

The back cover of the CD includes the following information;

As the Jerry Garcia soundboard tapes of July 29 and 30, 1977 are incomplete, the CDs contained herein compile the best performances among those available. Please accept our assurance that every step has been taken to overcome the various challenges presented by 27 year old 7.5 ips reel tapes - mysterious interferences, frustrating omissions, and some sticky stuff of unknown origin - in order to transfer, edit and master this music in a way that faithfully celebrates its original performance.

A sampler CD containing 3 tracks from this Pure Jerry releases was included with some pre-ordered copies of the All Good Things box set;

• Pure Jerry: Theatre 1839 sampler, Jerry Garcia Band, 2004

• Pure Jerry Sampler: Vols. 1 to 6, Jerry Garcia, 2005