1970-05-02 | New Riders of the Purple Sage

41:03
SBD
SHNID:
nrps1970-05-02.sbd.unk.collison.poordevil.108955.flac1644
Source:
Gen 4 SBD Cassettes
Lineage:
Cassettes > Sony TC-W320 > Marantz 510 > CD > EAC > CD Wave Editor > Flac level 8
Taper Notes:
View Notes...New Riders Of the Purple Sage:  
John "Marmaduke" Dawson (John Collins Dawson IV) - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vox
David Nelson (David Brian Nelson) - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, vox
Jerry "Captain Trips" Garcia (Jerome John Garcia) - pedal steel guitar, banjo
Dave Torbert (David Edwin Torbert) - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, b.vox
Mickey Hart (Michael Steven Hartman) - drums, percussion  
**=w/ Bob "Ace" Weir (Robert Hall Weir) - guitar, vox  

...Grateful Dead:  
Jerry "Captain Trips" Garcia (Jerome John Garcia) - acoustic guitar, vox, b.vox
Bob "Ace" Weir (Robert Hall Weir) - acoustic guitar, vox, b.vox
Phil Lesh (Philip Chapman Lesh) - bass guitar, b.vox
Bill Kreutzmann (William Kreutzmann Jr.) - drums, percussion
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Ronald Charles McKernan) - keys, organ, harmonica, percussion, occasional guitar, vox, b.vox
Mickey Hart (Michael Steven Hartman) - drums, percussion  
@=w/ David Nelson (David Brian Nelson) - acoustic guitar
#=w/ John "Marmaduke" Dawson (John Collins Dawson IV) - vox
++=w/ David Nelson (David Brian Nelson) - mandolin, 

original Notes:  
--Not much is known about the 2.5 source cassette tapes used to create this transfer.
--There were just three things noted on the jewel cases I duped my copies from.
--All that was noted was "gen 3 SBD" & just after the Viola Lee it said FM.
--I take that to mean the Viola Lee (and possibly what follows) was from an FM broadcast.
--It gets even more confusing because to my ears, some of the acoustic set sounds like an audience recording, but some tracks sound like a SBD. (?)
--It should also be told there are two versions of the Cold Rain & Snow on the tapes...one was cut towards the very end, one was complete & said "different source"...after listening, I decided to include both hoping this would be re-mastered & corrected...the complete version is out of pitch & runs slow
--This is not the DP.
--I got these tapes from an old deadhead friend back in the mid - late 70's, either 77 or 78 & he had them LONG before that.  
--There's nothing else I can add here, this is all I know about the tapes.
--(Maxell UDXL II 90 minute @ 2.5 tapes)
--There was an announcer at the very end after We Bid You Goodnight talking about the National Paranoid Association:  "For those of you out there hiding under couches & in dark places, we love you, we need you, please donate.  We don't want to know who you are or where you are, please come out".  
--There was more but it was cut & I left it out, only noted here in case someone knows more about this recording.
--The only editing performed was to remove some silent between song gaps where it sounded like the taper had stopped the deck & re-started it to continue recording...just a few short seconds of silence was removed in about 6 places.
--The tracking could be better, the whole thing needs some better editing & mastering applied.
--This is very raw C > CD > EAC > Flac. Each side of a tape was recorded to a single CDR, warts and all, then the silent gaps were removed using CD Wave Editor. No other editing was done.
--If you burn to CD, this isn't tracked to fit exactly so you will have to divide it up best you can.
--If you care to use 5 CD's, you're good just as the files read. (I think ?)
--Many thanks to my friend Jim Collison for providing the cassettes all those years ago, thanks bub.   
--Please support the band & purchase the official release, Dick's Picks Vol 8.

vg NOTES (2026-04-01):  
--Mucho Thanks to whomever originally recorded & shared out this GD/NRPS 1970 show & to Jim Collison & poordevil & anyone else involved in getting this out far & wide for all of us to enjoy.  Absolutely Appreciated all around!!  
--these trax come from shnid=108955 which was edited to just include the New Riders Of the Purple Sage material from this night & the 2 trax that members of NRPS guested with GD during their acoustic set, etc.  
--the original info that came with this denoted that 'members of NRPS' also guested on "Uncle John's Band" which followed "Cold Jordan", but that has turned out to be incorrect & one can even hear Jerry after "Cold Jordan" say, "Let's hear it for..." (the guests), signifying that they left the stage after that number
--also, shnid=138227 for this show tells us that "Candyman" was not aborted & did not segue into "Cumberland Blues" as was thought to be the case for so many years...that version has the complete "Candyman" & also Garcia introducing David Nelson to join for "Cumberland Blues"...as stated by Charlie Miller on the thread of his share for that version at LL:  "All these years we thought that "Candyman" was aborted and went into "Cumberland."  Now we know the truth!!!   And we got Garcia introducing David Nelson."  
--this show was presented by the 'State University of New York at Binghamton Student Center Board' & was part of what was known as "Spring Weekend 1970"
--the show started at 8:30pm & reports are that the entire thing lasted 5&1/2hrs!!  
--tickets for this show were $3.00
--I added the band members info
--added more detail to the setlist info & venue info
--this university began its life as a small liberal arts college named "Triple Cities College of Syracuse University" (1946-1950);  then "Harpur College" (1950-1965);  then "State University of New York at Binghamton" (1965-present [2026])...despite its name the school's campus & most facilities are in Vestal across the river from Binghamton...despite branding itself as Binghamton University this is not the actual name of the school...it is also known as "Binghamton University";  "SUNY Binghamton"  
--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binghamton_University
--https://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2011/12/west-gym-harpur-college-suny-1092-bunn.html
--added pics of the venue & the ticket stub & a review of the show from 3 days later  