Grateful Dead - Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, 7/3/66

One of the earliest live recordings of the Grateful Dead, made on July 3, 1966 at the Fillmore Auditorium, shows a band with a promising, long and exciting future. A year into their career, Jerry, Bobby, Phil, Billy and Pigpen played live - almost a year before the release of their first album.
They played Grateful Dead classics that would be part of their repertoire for decades, such as "I Know You Rider", "Cold Rain and Snow", "New, New Minglewood Blues" and "Beat It On Down The Line", as well as lesser-known songs like the cover versions "Gangster Of Love", "Viola Lee Blues" and "Don't Mess Up A Good Thing". Early originals such as "Tastebud", "You Don't Have To Ask" and "Cream Puff War" can also be heard on this rare live recording, proving that the Grateful Dead were excellent songwriters from the very beginning.
This live recording, produced by Owsley "Bear" Stanley, is one of the most stirring and inspired live recordings of the Grateful Dead ever committed to tape.