Fillmore East 2-11-69 is a double live album by the Grateful Dead recorded during the Live/Dead tour on February 11, 1969 at the Fillmore East in New York City and first released October 1997. The first disc represents the early show that night, the second the late show. The Dead opened for Janis Joplin and you can here her in the background asking the Dead about doing an encore after We Bid You Goodnight. This album contains the first Grateful Dead CD release of The Beatles' "Hey Jude".
Track listing[]
Disc one/Early Show[]
- "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Williamson) – 9:19
- "Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) – 1:55 >
- "The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 6:01 >
- "Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) – 6:58 >
- "Doin' That Rag" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:28
- "I'm a King Bee" (Moore) – 5:19
- "Turn On Your Lovelight" (Joseph Scott, Deadric Malone) – 17:07
- "Hey Jude" (Lennon, McCartney) – 8:23
Disc two/Late Show[]
- Introduction by Bill Graham – 1:19
- "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:57
- "Mountains of the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:50
- "Dark Star" (Garcia, Kreutzman, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 12:29 >
- "St. Stephen" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 7:50 >
- "The Eleven" (Lesh) – 6:09 >
- "Drums" (Kreutzman, Hart) – 2:43 >
- "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) – 13:26 >
- "Feedback" (Grateful Dead) – 4:03 >
- "We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional) – 9:05
There is a hidden track at the end of the disc. "Cosmic Charlie" was played as an encore, but the tape ran out in mid-song, and there was no way to repair it.
Personnel[]
Grateful Dead[]
- Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
- Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals
- Phil Lesh - bass guitar, vocals
- Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - harmonica, percussion, vocals
- Mickey Hart - drums
- Bill Kreutzman - drums
- Tom Constanten - organ
Production[]
- John Cutler, Phil Lesh - producers & mixing
- Bob Matthews - engineer, recording
- Dick Latvala, Jeffrey Norman - Club Front
- Gecko Graphics - design
- Amalie R. Rothschild - photography
- Joshua Light Show - light images
- Gary Lambert - CD booklet notes