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Real Gone Music has announced a pair of exciting releases from legends of the San Francisco rock scene of the ’60s.  First up is a reissue of Jefferson Airplane’s complete Woodstock set across three LPs.  First released by the label on “new dawn” blue vinyl, the January 31 reissue will be pressed on a “vibrating” violet color variant.  As one of the first acts to sign on for Woodstock, Jefferson Airplane embraced the spirit of the event from the start, but the band’s Saturday night closing set was delayed to Sunday morning due to the rain that seemingly would never retreat.  The Airplane was up all night waiting for the OK to go onstage – which didn’t arrive until 8 am Sunday.  With guest pianist Nicky Hopkins joining, the band performed a scorching, nearly-two-hour set.  Now, listeners who may have missed out on the first run can enjoy the concert on vinyl once again, complete with liner notes from rock and roll authority Richie Unterberger and photos from official festival photographer Henry Diltz.

On February 14, Real Gone will continue its ongoing series of Grateful Dead vinyl reissues with the release of one of the band’s most momentous concerts.  Dick’s Picks Vol. 24: Cow Palace Daly City, CA 3/23/74 captures the Dead’s first-ever show with their legendary Wall of Sound, which the label’s press release states gave the band’s live shows unprecedented clarity despite the enormous, near-bankrupting cost of transporting it from gig to gig.  For its vinyl debut, Real Gone spreads the concert across four 180-gram LPs, mastered from the original tapes by Jeffrey Norman and cut by John Golden.  This pressing was approved not only by Norman and Real Gone’s Gordon Anderson, but also by Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux.  Inside the clamshell box is also a four-page insert featuring the original notes from the CD release.  Limited to only 1,500 copies (each hand-numbered), Deadheads will want to act fast to secure their copies.

Be on the look out for more exciting news from Real Gone Music coming soon.  In the meantime, you can place your orders for Jefferson Airplane’s fantastic Woodstock set (on vibrating violet vinyl, no less!) and the LP debut of that legendary Cow Palace Grateful Dead show with the links below!

Jefferson Airplane, Woodstock: Sunday August 17, 1969 (originally released on The Woodstock Experience, RCA/Legacy CD 88697 48240 2, 2009; reissued Real Gone Music, 2020) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Side 1:

1. Introduction
2. The Other Side of This Life
3. Somebody To Love
4. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds

Side 2:

1. Won’t You Try / Saturday Afternoon
2. Eskimo Blue Day
3. Plastic Fantastic Lover

Side 3:

1. Wooden Ships

Side 4:

1. Uncle Sam Blues
2. Volunteers

Side 5:

1. The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil

Side 6:

1. Come Back Baby
2. White Rabbit
3. The House at Pooneil Corners

Grateful Dead, Dick’s Picks Vol. 24 – Cow Palace Daly City, 3/23/74 (originally Grateful Dead Productions CD 76477, 2002 — reissued Real Gone Music LP 914, 2020) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Side 1:

1. U.S. Blues
2. Promised Land
3. Brown-Eyed Women
4. Black-Throated Wind

Side 2:

1. Scarlet Begonias
2. Beat It On Down The Line
3. Deal
4. Cassidy

Side 3:

1. China Cat Sunflower
2. I Know You Rider

Side 4:

1. Weather Report Suite (Prelude / Part I / Part II [Let It Grow])

Side 5:

1. Playing In The Band
2. Uncle John’s Band

Side 6:

1. Morning Dew
2. Uncle John’s Band
3. Playing In The Band

Side 7:

1. Big River
2. Bertha

Side 8:

1. Wharf Rat
2. Sugar Magnolia