Grateful Dead — 1969-11-21 — Cal Expo, Building A, Sacramento

Yellow Dog Story

Set 1

Casey Jones, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Cold Rain And Snow, Cumberland Blues, Easy Wind

Set 2

Good Lovin' > Drums > Good Lovin'¹, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, High Time, Me And My Uncle, Turn On Your Lovelight

Notes

"Yellow Dog Story" before

Additional Notes

KZAP Birthday Party

Also onDeadListsDead.netHerbibotJamBaseJerryBase

The Grateful Dead on US-99 1966-69 (Central California I)
LostLiveDeadApr 17, 2026
Southern Pacific Railroad Route Map, 1908 The history of live rock and roll follows the railroad. It doesn't seem like it does, since rock a...
November 23, 1969, Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA: Grateful Dead/Country Joe and The Fish/Pacific Gas & Electric (canceled?)
LostLiveDeadApr 9, 2011
(A handbill advertising two shows at The Boston Music Hall on Sunday, November 23, 1969, featuring The Grateful Dead, Country Joe and The ...

None available yet

SBDMaster ReelTaper unknownSBD > MR > (Cass in set 1, not set 2) > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN21,352 Downloads3.67/5 Stars3 Reviews
ListenArchive.orgRelistenetree6300
TransferJCotsman
Discs
2
SHN discs
1
SBDMaster ReelTaper unknownTransfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > USB > WaveLab > CD Wave > TLH > Flac6,793 Downloads3.8/5 Stars5 Reviews48m
ListenArchive.orgRelistenetree96580
TransferBill Koucky

Tape diagnostics

Every field Long Strange Click carries for each recording on this show: the normalized DB columns the tape lockup is composed from, the full served wire node, and - on demand - the rich archive.org /metadata envelope Long Strange Click stores for the recording.

API endpoint /api/v1/shows/1969-11-21-cal-expo-building-a-sacramento

Recording gd69-11-21.sbd.cotsman.6300.sbeok.shnf

identifier: gd69-11-21.sbd.cotsman.6300.sbeok.shnf
source_type: Soundboard
lineage: SBD > MR > (Cass in set 1, not set 2) > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN
lineage_chain: SBD > MR > (Cass in set 1, not set 2) > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN
capture_position: soundboard
lineage_media_token: mr
compendium_quality_grade: —
tape_culture_tags: —
source_family_tags: —
is_listable: true
download_count: 21352
review_count: 3
mean_rating: 3.67
shnid: 6300
relisten_url: https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1969/11/21?source=3850812
etree_url: https://etreedb.org/shn/6300
content_url: https://archive.org/details/gd69-11-21.sbd.cotsman.6300.sbeok.shnf

Full served wire node (JSON)

{
  "@type": "AudioObject",
  "@id": "https://longstrangeclick.com/id/recording/gd69-11-21.sbd.cotsman.6300.sbeok.shnf",
  "contributor": [],
  "lsc": {
    "entityType": "archive_recording",
    "identifier": "gd69-11-21.sbd.cotsman.6300.sbeok.shnf",
    "people": [],
    "legs": [],
    "relistenUrl": "https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1969/11/21?source=3850812",
    "etreeUrl": "https://etreedb.org/shn/6300",
    "capturePosition": "soundboard",
    "lineageMediaToken": "mr",
    "circulation": {
      "firstSeedSourceFamily": null,
      "observedSourceFamilies": [],
      "mostRecentEventType": "reseed",
      "generationCount": 6,
      "events": [
        {
          "eventType": "seed",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "SBD"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "transfer",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "MR"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "transfer",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "(Cass in set 1, not set 2)"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "transfer",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "DAT"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "transfer",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "CD"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "transfer",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "EAC"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "reseed",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "SHN"
        }
      ]
    },
    "engagement": {
      "ratingCount": 3,
      "meanRating": 3.67,
      "bayesianRating": 4.07
    },
    "downloadCount": 21352,
    "reviewCount": 3,
    "isListable": true,
    "sourceType": "Soundboard",
    "lineage": "SBD > MR > (Cass in set 1, not set 2) > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN",
    "lineageChain": "SBD > MR > (Cass in set 1, not set 2) > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN",
    "shnid": "6300",
    "sourceMeta": {
      "description": "Casey Jones, Good Morning Little School Girl, Cold Rain & Snow, Cumberland Blues, Easy Wind Good Lovin'-> Drums-> Good Lovin', China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, High Time, Me & My Uncle, Turn On Your Love Light",
      "notes": "The first set is of noticeably poorer quality and was plagued by equipment malfunctions.  The end of Lovelight is cut.",
      "transferer": "JCotsman",
      "discs": "2",
      "shnDiscs": "1"
    }
  },
  "contentUrl": "https://archive.org/details/gd69-11-21.sbd.cotsman.6300.sbeok.shnf"
}

Archive.org metadata (on the wire)

The rich archive.org /metadata envelope Long Strange Click stores for this recording - a verbatim mirror of archive.org's own public metadata (inner metadata block, community reviews, and a file summary). Loaded on demand.

Recording gd1969-11-21.set2.sbd.gmb.96580.flac16

identifier: gd1969-11-21.set2.sbd.gmb.96580.flac16
source_type: Source: Soundboard Master Reels > DAT
lineage: Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > USB > WaveLab > CD Wave > TLH > Flac
lineage_chain: Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > USB > WaveLab > CD Wave > TLH > Flac
capture_position: soundboard
lineage_media_token: mr
compendium_quality_grade: —
tape_culture_tags: —
source_family_tags: —
is_listable: true
download_count: 6793
review_count: 5
mean_rating: 3.8
shnid: 96580
relisten_url: https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1969/11/21?source=3875119
etree_url: https://etreedb.org/shn/96580
content_url: https://archive.org/details/gd1969-11-21.set2.sbd.gmb.96580.flac16

Full served wire node (JSON)

{
  "@type": "AudioObject",
  "@id": "https://longstrangeclick.com/id/recording/gd1969-11-21.set2.sbd.gmb.96580.flac16",
  "contributor": [],
  "lsc": {
    "entityType": "archive_recording",
    "identifier": "gd1969-11-21.set2.sbd.gmb.96580.flac16",
    "people": [],
    "legs": [],
    "relistenUrl": "https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1969/11/21?source=3875119",
    "etreeUrl": "https://etreedb.org/shn/96580",
    "capturePosition": "soundboard",
    "lineageMediaToken": "mr",
    "circulation": {
      "firstSeedSourceFamily": null,
      "observedSourceFamilies": [],
      "mostRecentEventType": "reseed",
      "generationCount": 7,
      "events": [
        {
          "eventType": "seed",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "transfer",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "Cardas cable S/PDIF"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "transfer",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "Edirol UA-5"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "transfer",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "USB"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "transfer",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "WaveLab"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "transfer",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "CD Wave"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "transfer",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "TLH"
        },
        {
          "eventType": "reseed",
          "atUtc": null,
          "note": "Flac"
        }
      ]
    },
    "engagement": {
      "ratingCount": 5,
      "meanRating": 3.8,
      "bayesianRating": 4.06
    },
    "downloadCount": 6793,
    "reviewCount": 5,
    "isListable": true,
    "sourceType": "Source: Soundboard Master Reels > DAT",
    "lineage": "Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > USB > WaveLab > CD Wave > TLH > Flac",
    "lineageChain": "Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > Cardas cable S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > USB > WaveLab > CD Wave > TLH > Flac",
    "shnid": "96580",
    "sourceMeta": {
      "description": "Set 2 (only)\n\nIntro  \nGood Lovin'  ->\nDrums  ->\nGood Lovin'  \nChina Cat Sunflower  ->\nJam  ->\nI Know You Rider  \nHigh Time  \nMe And My Uncle  ->\nDark Star tease  \nTurn On Your Love Light (fades out)",
      "notes": "Notes from Dead Lists:\nThe 1st set SBD master is defective and is not widely circulated. \nProbably they stopped this set short to solve the technical problems \nthat plague the whole of it. The second set intro goes \n\"Once again and without interruption, the Grateful Dead.\" \nThe 2nd set tape was among the first early Dead SBDs in circulation. \nTurn On Your Love Light fades down incomplete on the circulating tape.",
      "runtime": "47:37.37",
      "transferer": "Bill Koucky"
    }
  },
  "contentUrl": "https://archive.org/details/gd1969-11-21.set2.sbd.gmb.96580.flac16"
}

Archive.org metadata (on the wire)

None available yet

View [opens in new window]
Download [JSON file]
About the API

Back to all shows

Nov 21, 1969 at Cal Expo, Building A

Tags

Setlist via JerryBase

Set 1

Set 2

Notes

Additional Notes

Writeups

Related videos

Tapes

Tape diagnostics

Official releases

Fan discussion

Data for developers