Various Artist - Winterland February 23 1970

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The Winterland Ballroom, often referred to as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland, was an old ice skating rink and 5,400 seat music venue in San Francisco, California. Located at the corner of Post Street and Steiner Street, it was converted to exclusive use as a music venue in 1971 by rock promoter Bill Graham. The building has been torn down and apartments have been built on the site.

Winterland was built in 1928 for the then astronomical cost of $1 million. Opening on June 29, 1928, it was originally known as the "New Dreamland Auditorium." Sometime in the late 1930s, the name was changed to Winterland. In its early years it served as an ice skating rink that could be converted to an entertainment venue. Early acts/shows at Winterland included Shipstad and Johnson's Ice Follies. It also was host to opera, boxing, and tennis.

Starting with a 1966 double bill of Jefferson Airplane and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bill Graham began to occasionally rent the venue for larger concerts that his nearby Fillmore Auditorium could not properly accommodate. After closing his New York City venue known as the Fillmore East in 1971, he began to hold regular weekend shows at Winterland. Various popular rock acts played there, including such bands and musicians as Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Cream, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Steppenwolf, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Styx, Allman Brothers Band, The Grateful Dead, The Band, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Rush, Genesis, Jefferson Airplane, Traffic, Grand Funk Railroad, Humble Pie, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Sha Na Na, Loggins and Messina, Lee Michaels, Heart, Deep Purple and Elvis Costello, the latter in support of his Armed Forces album. A great number of the best-known rock acts from the 1960s and 1970s played Winterland or played two blocks away across Geary Boulevard at the original Fillmore Auditorium. Peter Frampton recorded parts of the 4th best-selling live album ever, Frampton Comes Alive!, at Winterland. The Grateful Dead made Winterland their home base, and The Band played their famous last show there on Thanksgiving Day 1976. That concert, featuring numerous guest performers including Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and many others, was filmed by Martin Scorsese and released in theaters and as a soundtrack under the name The Last Waltz. Winterland was also host to the Sex Pistols' final show on January 14, 1978.

During Winterland's final month of existence, shows were booked nearly every night. Acts included The Tubes, The Ramones, Smokey Robinson, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and on December 15–16, 1978, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. Springsteen's December 15 show was simulcast on local radio station KSAN-FM and Springsteen historians consider that show one of his most legendary. Winterland closed on New Years 1978/79 with a concert by the Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and The Blues Brothers. The show lasted for over eight hours, with the Grateful Dead's performance — documented on DVD and CD as The Closing of Winterland — lasting nearly six hours itself. The final show was simulcast on radio station KSAN-FM and also broadcast live on the local PBS TV station KQED. Winterland was eventually torn down in 1985, and was replaced by apartments.

GRATEFUL DEAD BUST BENEFIT
WINTERLAND,S.F.
FEB.23,1970

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QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE

01.TUNING/WARMUP JAM
02.BILL GRAHAM INTRO/FRESH AIR 
03.PRIDE OF MAN ( FADES IN )
04.MONA
05.GOLD AND SILVER 
06.MOJO 
07.SUBWAY 
08.EDWARD THE MAD SHIRT GRINDER 

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY

01.SOAPSTONE MOUNTAIN
02.GOOD LOVIN'
03.DON AND DEWEY
04.TALK
05.LET A WOMAN FLOW
06.HOEDOWN
07.IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO YOU
08.TUNING
09.WHITE BIRD
10.WASTED UNION BLUES
11.CROWD/TUNING
12.DO YOU REMEMBER THE SUN ?

SANTANA

01.WAITING 
02.BATUKA  
03.SAVOR 
04.JINGO

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE  

01.WE CAN BE TOGETHER 
02.VOLUNTEERS
03.TUNING
04.GOOD SHEPHERD
05.SOMEBODY TO LOVE
06.NOTHING
07.TUNING
08.GREASY HEART ( END CUTS )  **** MISSING ON VERSION 1 ****
09.EMERGENCY ( CUTS IN )
10.UNCLE SAM BLUES ( CUTS IN )
11.HAVE YOU SEEN THE SAUCERS
12.TUNING
13.MEXICO
14.OTHER SIDE OF THIS LIFE
15.3/5 OF A MILE IN 10 SECONDS

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