Listen "Completely Conspicuous 519: Cornell '77"
Episode Synopsis
I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead bootleg Cornell '77. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Talking about Dead show recorded on 5/8/77 at Cornell University - Phil: Listened to this hundreds of times - Jay: Very impressed by the bootleg - Phil: The show was so random - Dead had taken some time off from touring from '74 to '76 - By spring of '77, band was firing on all cylinders - Phil's parents wouldn't let 8-year-old Phil see the Dead on that tour - A lot of live albums are unnecessary - But a great live recording is transcendent - Phil: Early Chicago with Terry Kath on guitar was a great live act - The Dylan and the Dead live album was a dud - Phil Lesh: The Heineken Years - Clapton's MTV Unplugged album was awful - Jay: Solo Clapton is terrible - Phil doesn't like Thin Lizzy - The Dead has 36-minute versions of songs on their bootlegs - Phil has around 125 Dead boots - Figuring out which songs flow well into others - Phil: The version of "Morning Dew" on this bootleg is the best - Plenty of snow at that show, inside and outside - Love when bands change up the setlist every night - When you get sick of songs you love - Somehow we start talking about "The Day After" - AC/DC's music is more complicated than you think - Phil would set his time machine to 5/8/77 Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts and anywhere else you get podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
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