tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post7491804472878895778..comments2024-03-25T06:33:12.809-07:00Comments on Lost Live Dead: Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, CA 1192 Market Street, San Francisco, CA: Summer 1976 (plus Live FM Broadcasts Part X)Corry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-470480184703885992017-01-21T06:21:57.580-08:002017-01-21T06:21:57.580-08:00A interesting analysis, as always. A few notes. Th...A interesting analysis, as always. A few notes. The old vocal stack from the wall of sound may have been used at the Orpheum, but I don't remember seeing it used during the regular tour. My recollection from the Chicago shows is that the PA was conventional for the time in every way. They may have used some of the WOS speakers for guitars, including Jerry's stack, but not for the PA. Also, the fall tour didn't just visit the midwest, recall the show from William and Mary on 9/24/76-- definitely part of the east coast. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05880282158280032659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-91203432806298950652016-06-24T11:28:03.776-07:002016-06-24T11:28:03.776-07:00Corry: At the end of the June 12, 1976 WBCN broadc...Corry: At the end of the June 12, 1976 WBCN broadcast, there is an announcement of the cancelled Pittsburgh show about 2:55 in to the track https://archive.org/details/gd1976-06-12.fm.sbd.moore.berger.100328.flac16Grateful Secondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611234014012885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-47610881623093611612016-05-03T18:44:58.461-07:002016-05-03T18:44:58.461-07:00I think your point is well-taken that the 1976 bro...I think your point is well-taken that the 1976 broadcasts were far more low key than the 1971 shows. However, they still weren't free.<br /><br />I don't doubt that UA put forward far less money than WB had a few years earlier, but it's important to remember that the Dead were quite literally broke. If UA hadn't have fronted a little money, the Dead had no other sources of support.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-39480010966593423532016-05-03T18:39:39.155-07:002016-05-03T18:39:39.155-07:00I noticed that in contrast to other posts in the F...I noticed that in contrast to other posts in the FM Broadcasts series, not much is said here about the funding for the radio broadcasts. <br />I think it's assumed that United Artists covered the June shows, and Arista 12/31/76. <br /><br />Unlike 1971, I think the details about the Dead's financing in '76 are pretty vague - McNally says little - so UA's involvement is rather shadowy. <br />UA had a deal to distribute the Dead's records, and were able to demand product by certain deadlines, but I don't know how much they did in the way of promotion. It's possible that UA execs learned that another Dead live album was coming out and had visions of the success of 1971 happening again, and so splurged on ads and radio shows. But I don't really know how the process went. (How much UA would've made on Steal Your Face as the distributor is a subject for further research.) <br /><br />Also unlike 1971, by '76 there was more of a tradition of live shows being broadcast on the radio - the King Biscuit Flower Hour, for one - and the Dead were touring less extensively, so they only broadcast six shows (versus over a dozen in '71), a smaller investment.<br />The Dead seem to have been taking things cautiously - in the few big cities & small theaters they chose, I don't think they had any fears of not selling out; instead, I think the radio broadcasts were meant to help keep the hordes of ticketless gate-crashers away from the shows. (From what I recall, the Beacon Theater shows in NYC - which weren't broadcast - had the biggest crowd problems.)<br />Of course, the Dead were also aware of the promotional aspects of the "free" radio shows, aimed as much at curious listeners who weren't trying to get into the shows. <br />By the fall, the Dead returned to a more normal touring schedule, and in '77 they limited themselves to only four radio broadcasts. (Their finances were also presumably restored once they signed with Arista, since they were able to go for six months in late '76/early '77 without touring.)Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-37426832073947636642016-05-02T20:07:13.281-07:002016-05-02T20:07:13.281-07:00Chi Concert Promoters Indicted
https://books.goog...Chi Concert Promoters Indicted<br /><br />https://books.google.com/books?id=YSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT3&lpg=PT3&dq=flipside+productions,+chicago&source=bl&ots=xecTxeYAWG&sig=Bbq-k-xInPARBLO4M9-pm26ewLw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwidgoKK8rzMAhVY2WMKHUuUCCcQ6AEIOzAG#v=onepage&q=flipside%20productions%2C%20chicago&f=falseJerry's Brokendown Palaceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451361448230329754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-2034284360312594532016-05-02T19:56:47.733-07:002016-05-02T19:56:47.733-07:006/26-29/76
Promoter Flipside (Arny Granat and Carl...6/26-29/76<br />Promoter Flipside (Arny Granat and Carl Rosenbaum, who also own the Flipside record store chain with his brother Larry Rosenbaum)/John Scher Presents.<br /><br />6/28/76-First and only performance of Happiness Is Drumming, which evolved into Fire On The Mountain.[1]<br /><br /><br />1.)^The Deadlists Project, http://www.deadlists.com/default.asp<br /><br />Jerry's Brokendown Palaceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451361448230329754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-17496383057883341242016-05-02T09:49:58.584-07:002016-05-02T09:49:58.584-07:00Hey Corry. The shows scheduled for the Syria Mosqu...Hey Corry. The shows scheduled for the Syria Mosque (a great venue now a parking lot)in Pittsburgh in late June 1976 were mail order only. I was stoked and ordered tickets for one night and was disappointed when they cancelled (but probably would have missed it anyway because of work). The shows were cancelled for the reasons cited by Mike Kolesar. Pittsburgh's WDVE 102.5 FM played Steal Your Face at midnight on the day it was released. June 26th sounds right after all these years. Not a big point, but I remember the Orpheum King Biscuit broadcast being in October or early November, shortly after my first GD show on 9/25/76. KBFH was always on Sunday night at least in the Pittsburgh area. I still have the tape which I labeled "Bicentennial Dead" because of all the hoopla associated with the Bicentennial that summer. Fun stuff as always.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797680239864569661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-62114057970478635492016-05-02T08:57:25.320-07:002016-05-02T08:57:25.320-07:00Thanks for this. I updated the post. Any idea of t...Thanks for this. I updated the post. Any idea of the corporate associations of Flipside? Was Aaron Russo involved with them (I know he was managing Better Midler at the time, but maybe Flipside was a successor)?Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-41683590935866136922016-05-02T08:52:08.617-07:002016-05-02T08:52:08.617-07:00June 26-29, 1976 Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL: ...June 26-29, 1976 Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL: Grateful Dead (Saturday-Tuesday)<br />Broadcast: Tuesday, June 29, 1976,WXRT-fm, Chicago<br />The Chicago promoter was probably Aaron Russo, who had promoted the band back during the Electric Theater/Kinetic Playground days in the 1960s.<br /><br />The promoter was Flipside and John Scher Presents.Jerry's Brokendown Palaceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451361448230329754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-55876899184295666452016-04-28T19:08:30.762-07:002016-04-28T19:08:30.762-07:00whoops. Bad typo. Thanks for catching it, I fixed ...whoops. Bad typo. Thanks for catching it, I fixed the post.<br /><br />More of the story here: http://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/2010/06/kinetic-playground-4812-n-clark-st.htmlCorry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-34767003518052316002016-04-28T18:46:18.248-07:002016-04-28T18:46:18.248-07:00great post, thanks. Aaron Russo's Chicago club...great post, thanks. Aaron Russo's Chicago club was actually called the Electric Theater, and later the Kinetic PlaygroundAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469662498469971521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-59716425268254809632016-04-28T18:45:03.486-07:002016-04-28T18:45:03.486-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mr. Completelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915209342037285807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-86676553489827827752016-04-28T13:07:19.499-07:002016-04-28T13:07:19.499-07:00Mike, this is fascinating. Were the tickets mail o...Mike, this is fascinating. Were the tickets mail order? I had no idea there were canceled shows on the Summer mini-tour.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-29228060423841555312016-04-28T12:50:50.546-07:002016-04-28T12:50:50.546-07:00There were originally two shows booked at the Syri...There were originally two shows booked at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, one of which I purchased tickets for. Ultimately the shows were cancelled, either to add/expand the Chicago run or because Pittsburgh sales were too low. Or maybe both.Mike Kolesarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884949056974780088noreply@blogger.com