1968 soundboards are few and far between, with over two-thirds of the shows unaccounted for. The first few months of the year are pretty well represented as the band was taping shows for Anthem Of The Sun. After this, the spring and early summer were essentially a black hole for Dead tapes until Owsley re-upped as their soundman in June. The remainder of the year, though, is rather spotty, and it seems that many of Bear’s tapes have disappeared. A couple of nice audience tapes fill the gaps but, unfortunately, there were very few people making field recordings in 1968. Aside from the renowned Mickey & The Hartbeats Matrix shows and some interesting Garcia jam sessions, there's only a handful of tapes from the fall and even less from the winter dates.
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