''Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69'' is a double live album by the Grateful Dead recorded during the ''

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'' tour on February 11, 1969, at the

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. The first disc represents the early show that night, the second the late show. The Dead opened for Janis Joplin. This album contains the first Grateful Dead CD release of

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' " Hey Jude".

Track listing

Disc one - early show #" Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" ( Williamson) – 9:19 #"Cryptical Envelopment" ( Garcia) – 1:55 → #"The Other One" (

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, Kreutzmann) – 6:01 → #"Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) – 6:58 → #"Doin' That Rag" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:28 #"

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" ( Moore) – 5:19 → #" Turn On Your Lovelight" (Joseph Scott,

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) – 17:07 #" Hey Jude" (

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, McCartney) – 8:23 Disc two - late show #Introduction by Bill Graham – 1:19 #"Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:57 #"Mountains of the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:50 → #" Dark Star" (Garcia, Kreutzmann,

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, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 12:29 → #" St. Stephen" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 7:50 → #"The Eleven" (Lesh) – 6:09 → #"Drums" (Kreutzmann, Hart) – 2:43 → #"Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) – 13:26 → #"Feedback" (Grateful Dead) – 4:03 → #"And We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional) – 9:05 ::"Cosmic Charlie" (Garcia, Hunter) – Hidden track, tape runs out mid-song

Personnel

Grateful Dead *

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– organ * Jerry Garcia –

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* Mickey Hart – drums *

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– drums * Phil Lesh –

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, vocals *

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. McKernan grew up he ...

–

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, harmonica, vocals * Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals Production *John Cutler – producer, mixing *Phil Lesh – producer, mixing *Bob Matthews – engineer, recording *

Dick Latvala Dick Latvala (26 July 1943 – 6 August 1999) was an American tape archivist for the Grateful Dead. He started the CD series ''Dick's Picks'', a series that selects live music from Grateful Dead concerts. The first volume of ''Dick's Picks'' w ...

– Club Front *Jeffrey Norman – Club Front *Gecko Graphics – design *Amalie R. Rothschild – photography * Joshua Light Show – light images *Gary Lambert – CD booklet notes

Charts

Album - '' Billboard''

Notes

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