Newcastle-Under-Lyme - May 24, 1970
Newcastle-Under-Lyme
May 24, 1970
Newcastle-Under-Lyme, UK
Notes:
actual venue may have been Lower Finney Green Farm, Leycett - Hollywood Festival - first European performance - Saturday: Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends; Family; Titus Groan; Mike Cooper; Mungo Jerry; Airforce - Sunday: Demon Fuzz; Wildmouth; Black Sabbath; Quintessence; Colosseum - Grateful Dead; Free; Mungo Jerry; Jose Feliciano; Traffic
Previous Show
« Fairfield University - May 17, 1970Next Show
The Strand Lyceum - May 25, 1970 »Attendees of this show
I was their and remember waking up in a large marquee surrounded by water. Great weekend but the promised return of Grateful Dead for a bit more later never happened because of the popularity of Mungo Jerry. What a shame. Mungo Jerry even played in 2005 at my local pub in East London. I also went to The Lyceum gig but it couldn't have been the next day?
were good that day, but i hadn't realised they were still playing
Bob
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Spanish Jam
This show circulates both as an audience (complete) and soundboard (portions are missing). I prefer the audience recording. If the entire soundboard can be found, this might make a nice vault release.
I loved the show but spoke to Weir afterwards and he said "next time we'll play well for you". The first of many for me, culminating in Nassau and MSG this April, a long strange trip indeed.



Locations
This was the first time i saw the GOGD in the flesh.
Not sure now how much of my memory of the show is from tapes or being there. I do remember however Mungo Jerry were amazing, so my memory of the Dead is also at least partialy correct
Bob W
Spanish Jam