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San Franciscan Nights Version 2.0
The Hell's Honkies Tape Club

The Hell's Honkies Tape Club was founded in May 1972 for the express purpose of archiving the music played in the San Francisco ballrooms between 1965-1971. It is more important than ever to revisit this music and pass it on to the next generation. Don't forget to play it LOUD.

Where did this music come from?
Mostly from our old reels. The music was transferred to a computer using a Delta DI/O converter. The Sons of Champlin, Country Joe and the Fish, A.B. Sky, and Aum sets all came from first generation reels of FM broadcasts. Many other sets came from now defunct radio station archives that I first contacted in the mid-1970s. Not one note of music in San Francisco Nights Version 2.0 comes from commercially bootlegged material although a few things are from acetates.

Some quick notes:
Moby Grape: This complete version of Dark Magic showed the true potential of the band. Jerry Miller still plays around the Northwest. Go see him!
The Butterfield Blues Band: This is the original band, 'nuff said.
Jefferson Airplane. This set is with Signe Anderson, not Grace Slick.
Aum: Their guitarist, Wayne "The Harp" Cabellos, jammed with The Grateful Dead on 6/8/69 at The Fillmore West.
Lamb: Can Barbara Mauritz sing or what? Lamb put out three albums for the Fillmore label between 1969-1971.
The Charlatans: One of the founding bands of the entire San Francisco scene, they set the style and pace for that era.
The Steve Miller Blues Band: Very little live music is in circulation while Boz Scaggs was playing.
The Electric Flag: Another band that has little live music in circulation. Mike Bloomfield, Buddy Miles, and Company. Wow!
Quicksilver: You have to love this acoustic version of The Fool.
Country Joe & The Fish: Although this set has circulated for years, this should be an upgrade for many people.
A.B. Sky: This was the band that Howard Wales belonged to prior to his work with Jerry Garcia.
The Grateful Dead: This studio rehearsal from 1966 shows the band still working on their song arrangements. Jerry Garcia sings "Jet To The Promised Land". The Midnight Hour was at the end of an old beat up reel that is too good not to include. I decided to put this track at the end of the last CD for a closure effect. This particular version REALLY ended that show!
All the other music is pretty self explanatory.

Volume #1

Quicksilver Messenger Service
1. Chevy Camaro Commercial (Studio 1966)
2. The Fool (Studio 1967)
3. Stand By Me (Studio 1968)
4. Happy Trails (Studio 1968)
5. Hoochie Coochie Man (Avalon 1966)
Moby Grape - Avalon Ballroom 12/31/66
6. Dark Magic
The Grateful Dead (Studio 1966)
7. Walkin' The Dog
8. Big Boss Man
9. Beat It On Down The Line
10. It's All Over Now (Baby Blue)
11. Broken Heart
12. One Kind Favor
13. Jet To The Promised Land

Volume #2
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Fillmore Aud. 10/14/66
1. Shake Your Money Maker
2. The Sky Is Crying
3. Pretty Woman
4. Help Me
5. Never Say No
6. You're So Fine
7. East West (Cut)
Jefferson Airplane - Fillmore West 10/14/66
8. The Other Side Of This Life
9. You're Bringing Me Down
10. This Is My Life
11. It's Alright
12. Instrumental
13. Go To Her
14. It's No Secret

Volume #3
Country Joe & The Fish (2/14/68 Carousel Ballroom)
1. Thursday
2. Rock Coast Blues
3. The Masked Marauder
4. Death Sound Blues
5. Flyin' High
6. Rock 'n Soul Music
Aum (Avalon Ballroom 4/6/69)
7. I Need You
8. Little Brown Hen
9. A Little Help From You
10. Bye-Bye Baby

Volume #4
Steve Miller Blues Band (Carousel Ballroom 5/10/68)
1. Living In The USA=>
2. Mercury Blues
3. Stepping Stone
4. Feel So Good
5. Junior Saw It Happen=>
6. Walking Cane (Cut)

Volume #5
The Electric Flag (Carousel Ballroom 5/68)
1. Instrumental
2. Instrumental
3. Texas
4. Hey Joe
5. ?
6. I've Been Loving You Too Long
7. Another Country
8. ?
9. Don't You Lie To Me
10. Soul Searching

Volume #6
A.B. Sky (Avalon Ballroom 3/30/69)
1. The World Needs Love
2. Thinking It Over
3. Sweet Little Angel
4. Just What I Needed
5. St. James Infirmary
6. Every Day I Have The Blues
Congress of Wonders
7. "Pigeon Park" Comedy Skit (KSAN)
Grateful Dead - Family Dog at the Beach 9/6/69
8. Not Fade Away>Easy Wind (Cut)

Volume #7
The Sons of Champlin (Winterland 10/24/69)
1. It's Time
2. For The Love Of A Woman
3. We Got To Leave Tomorrow Behind
4. You Can Fly
5. Get High
The Charlatans (Sausalito Sessions 1969)
6. I Always Wanted A Girl Like You
7. Alabama Bound
8. No Place To Go
9. How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away
10. We're Not On The Same trip
11. Styrofoam

Volume #8
Janis Joplin, Mike Bloomfield, & Friends (Studio 12/3/69)
1. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
2. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
3. Don't Quit, Daddy
4. Get It While You Can
5. Had To Get Out Of Texas
Lamb (Fillmore West 1970)
6. Flower Song
7. Let's Go Flying
8. Love Came To Me
9. Get Happy
10. ?
11. ?
Santana (The Fillmore West 1970)
12. Evil Ways
13. Black Magic Woman
The Grateful Dead (Unknown 1966)
13. Midnight Hour