Grateful Dead
Practice Sessions
Alembic Studios
San Franciso, CA
09/17/1969


Source : Soundboard Master Reels @ 3 3/4 IPS > DAT (44.1)


01 Garcia and Pigpen noodling > Unknown Instrumental x 2
02 Seasons Of My Heart x 3
03 Sawmill x 3
04 Merry-Go-Round Broke Down x 3 > Merrily We Roll Along x 2 > Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
05 Cartoon music > Teddy Bear's Picnic > Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
06 Cold Rain And Snow x 4
07 Dire Wolf
08 The Eleven x 5
09 Barbed Wire Whipping Party *


Notes:

- This has been provided by an anonymous source and has NEVER circulated before.
- The guys are having fun as well as being serious. This sounds as crisp as the day it was recorded.
- A little NR has been used on track 1. The levels were very low in parts and when raised introduced some hiss.
- There was a lot of distortion in sections of track 6, most of which has been eliminated.
- Rather than track out each individual "song" they have been kept together so as to keep the flow going.
- Of particular interest are "Seasons Of My Heart" and "Sawmill" which both feature some tasty pedal steel from Garcia.
- All files have been tagged.
* This is from the Aoxomoxoa sessions. This is in full stereo and sounds like a finished version.



edited and mastered
SIRMick
March 2013