JERRY GARCIA – Comin’ Up For Air. Pass To Dust Records LP 2294. Italian release. NEW 2-LP GREEN VINYL RECORD SET. This item does not come factory sealed. There is a small corner ding URC, not visible in the photo; as it was received. This edition first issued in 2017, but I believe this to be a more recent pressing. Comes in a single pocket jacket. Pressed on translucent green, slightly marbled, vinyl. Live soundboard recording from the Catalyst Club, Santa Cruz, California on October 16, 1985. Limited edition. This item ships with the discs outside the jacket. Previously issued as Santa Cruz Blues on CD in 1997.
TRACKS,
SIDE A:
01) Deep Elum Blues
02) Friend Of The Devil
03) Jericho
SIDE B:
04) She Belongs To Me
05) Jack A Row
06) Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie
SIDE C:
07) Paint My Masterpiece
08) I’ve Been All Around This World
09) Run For The Roses
SIDE D:
10) Bird Song
11) Gammorah
12) Ripple
DESCRIPTION: On October 16, 1985, Jerry Garcia and long time friend and bassist John Kahn did two short shows at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz, California. Comin’ Up For Air contains almost both complete sets; it is missing just one song, Rubin And Cherise, which ended the early show (the 1997 CD edition, Santa Cruz Blues, also omits this track). Also, on both releases Little Sadie is listed as Jericho. Great sound quality and a first time vinyl release for these live performances, limited press-run, comes in a single pocket jacket.
For your further reading enjoyment and enlightenment I offer a track rundown of this release as posted on Michael Doherty’s Music Log:
I love acoustic Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia recordings, and so this disc is a treat. It’s just Jerry on guitar, and John on upright bass, and, as such, has a loose and intimate feel. They kick off the early show with Deep Elem Blues, a song Jerry also did with the Grateful Dead (you can hear a good version on Reckoning). The version here is a bit messy, but still cool. They follow that with Friend Of The Devil, and it’s the slower version that the Dead did in concert. I love those moments when Jerry gets real quiet. Little Sadie follows, and is one of the highlights for me. The Grateful Dead did this song a few times in 1969, 1970, and 1980. Here it has the feel of being sung around a campfire, which works so well. And then I love Jerry’s delivery of Bob Dylan’s She Belongs To Me. Plus, that guitar part a few minutes in is excellent, making this track another of the set’s highlights. Jerry sang this one with the Grateful Dead a few times in 1985. And Jack-A-Roe is a song the Dead played at the very last show I ever saw (in Portland, 1995). The version here is okay. But it’s followed by an excellent rendition of Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie, a song written by Elizabeth Cotten. And, with Rubin And Cherise missing, that’s the end of the early show.
The late show opens with When I Paint My Masterpiece, a song that Bob Weir sang with the Grateful Dead. Jerry gives it a delicious energy, particularly in the vocals, and there is also a delightful jam. “Someday everything is gonna be different/When I paint my masterpiece.” That’s followed by a good rendition of I’ve Been All Around This World. Next up, it’s great to hear an acoustic version of Run For The Roses, a song that the Jerry Garcia Band often did, and I dig what John Kahn does on bass here. Then the crowd gets excited when they start Bird Song. You might not think there’d be a lot of jamming on this version, what with only two guys playing, but you’d be wrong. This is actually a seriously good rendition of Bird Song, with them taking it in some interesting directions. And it’s nearly ten minutes long. That’s followed by a really nice take on Gomorrah, a song from Cats Under The Stars. But of course for me the best track is the one that concludes the show, Ripple, my all-time favorite song. I never got the chance to see Jerry sing this one in concert; I wish I’d been at that show in Landover in 1988. This song works beautifully every time, and the rendition on this disc has a sweet feel to it. By the way, the sound of this recording is quite good, and though it is a radio broadcast, there are no interruptions or weird cuts.
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