| Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings | ||||
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| Released | November 2005 | |||
| Recorded | February 27 – March 2, 1969 | |||
| Venue | Fillmore West | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, jam band | |||
| Label | Grateful Dead | |||
| Producer | David Lemieux, Jeffrey Norman | |||
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Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings is a 10-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains four complete concerts recorded on February 27, February 28, March 1, and March 2, 1969, at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. The album was remixed from the original 16-track concert soundboard tapes. It was released as a box set in November 2005, in a limited edition of 10,000 copies.
Five of the seven songs on the Grateful Dead's 1969 album Live/Dead – the first live rock album recorded in 16-track – were selected from these shows. They are "Dark Star", "St Stephen", "Death Don't Have No Mercy", "Feedback", and "And We Bid You Goodnight".[1][2] ("The Eleven" and "Turn On Your Lovelight" were recorded about a month earlier at the Avalon Ballroom.)
Fillmore West 1969, released at the same time as Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings, is a three-disc compilation that features highlights of the four nights.
The opening acts at these concerts were Pentangle and the Sir Douglas Quintet.[3]
A bonus disc included with Fillmore East: The Complete Recordings includes selections from two additional Fillmore West shows, June 8, 1969 and February 7, 1970. It also includes a 30-minute version of "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" that was recorded on June 14, 1968 during the band's debut run of shows at Bill Graham's newly opened Fillmore East in New York City, when the Grateful Dead performed with an opening act of the Jeff Beck Group.