Garcia live vol 12

 

Round Records and the Jerry Garcia Family will release a new installment of the GarciaLive archival series on December 20th. GarciaLive Volume 12: January 23rd, 1973 The Boarding House will present Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders' complete and previously uncirculated performance at the storied downtown San Francisco venue. Mixed by Jonathan Wilson and Dave Cerminara from the original 16-track recordings captured by Betty Cantor and Rex Jackson, GarciaLive Volume 12 will be issued as a 3-CD set, digital download, and available for streaming. 

Captured nearly two years after debuting their amorphous combo, GarciaLive Volume 12 finds Garcia and Saunders continuing to stretch the bounds of R&B standards and foundational rock & roll on the front-end of a three-night midweek run. The core of Garcia, Saunders, bassist John Kahn and drummer Bill Vitt are joined here by vocalist Sarah Fulcher whose tenure with the group was brief but revolutionary. Cut from the same cloth as her bandmates, Fulcher is a fearless improviser who could make up words and lead lines in the moment. On a rollicking version of Martha and the Vandellas' "Honey Chile", Fulcher showcases her abilities as a self-described "jam singer" leading, as Jesse Jarnow notes in the liner note essay, an "ebullient jam that turns the Motown bounce inside out and lands in a lithe descending pattern not dissimilar to what Dead tapers labeled the "Mind Left Body" theme." Other highlights include a pair of Ray Charles staples "Lonely Avenue" and "Georgia On My Mind" which showcase the band's ability to play it "straight." Straight of course is relative with Garcia/Saunders & co extending these soul-soaked performances well beyond the 10 minute mark as only they can. 

GarciaLive Volume 12: January 23rd, 1973 The Boarding House is now available for pre-order at Garcia Family Provisions in advance of its December 20th release. The 3-CD set or digital download can be pre-ordered on its own or bundled with an exclusive 100% organic cotton t-shirt and/or a limited edition 18″ x 24″ screen print designed, signed & numbered by artist WeirdBeard72.

There are a few songs I'm not familiar with on this release.  Looking forward to listening.

( Betty )

was this part of the Jerry & Merle soundboards that were dropboxed a few years ago?

 

I lost most of those when either my computer or external hard drive crashed.

Does anyone still have those saved and/or can post a link?

Anyone have a promo code?

I've had these cassettes for years and always loved them, really different from the usual material and an excellent recording.  This will be a must have.

Wow thom, this is supposed to be an uncirculated show

The 24th and 25th circulate

Yep

I'm waiting for Side Trips 2.

Thanks fishcane 

She was credited as a vocalist on Europe ‘72, FWIW

Additionally, the comments on that hooteroll post are pretty amazing. Seems there may be Grateful Dead and Jerry Band recordings waiting to be released based on some of the folks commenting (regarding royalty payments and appropriate crediting.)

Picture from the latest e-mail......

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This is now out and streaming on Spotify. Fulcher's vocals are... something

downloaded these shows years ago, never really cared for them so i was skeptical of this release. great recording but i think the show is weak. besides fulcher's unbearable vocals, the band just sounds confused. 

 

Some of Jerry's best guitar playing on this one.  He is spot-on on every song.

I may have heard some of this.  Pretty sure I have cassettes of a show, or partial show, where it sounds almost as if some woman from the audience climbed up on stage and they let her stay.

Possibly an old (20th Century, maybe) AMDEW b'cast.  The stoner "DJ" even remarks on it.  Something like "I don't know WHAT 'THAT' was."  She may have been doing, um, "improv"?

 

I may have heard some of this. 

This has been in circulation for many years, although the release sounds much better. Sara is grating after a while but man, the band just smokes!

Love the little MLBJ tease at the end of The System