1966-02-25 Grateful Dead

Empire Studios, Los Angeles, CA

acid-test

Musicians
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Ron McKernan - organ, vocals

Set 1
Viola Lee Blues , One Kind Favor , I Know You Rider , You See A Broken Heart [1] , I Know It's A Sin , Beat It On Down The Line , Heads Up [1] , Next Time You See Me [2]

Partial Set 2
unidentified-19660312-02 (blues instrumental) , Caution [2][3] > Death Don't Have No Mercy , Midnight Hour

[1] Only known performance
[2] First known performance
[3] Circulates on the Acid Test video put out by Key-Z Productions (see shind 106505) once identified as 1/8, but now thought to be from this date.

Set 1		Gap Analysis
Viola Lee Blues	Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, and...	The Grateful Dead	4	4
One Kind Favor	Jerry Garcia		2	11
I Know You Rider	Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia		4	6
You See A Broken Heart	Ron McKernan		first	last
I Know It's A Sin	Jerry Garcia		7	4
Beat It On Down The Line	Bob Weir	The Grateful Dead	2	3
Heads Up	Instrumental		first	last
Next Time You See Me	Ron McKernan		first	2

Set 2		Gap Analysis
unidentified-19660312-02 (blues instrumental)	Instrumental		first	last
Caution >	Ron McKernan	Anthem of the Sun	first	29
Death Don't Have No Mercy	Jerry Garcia		7	23
Midnight Hour	Ron McKernan		4	4

Videos

Silent Footage with audio from the 12/01/66 Viola Lee Blues

Caution from the Acid Test video put out by Key-Z Productions

Death Don't Have No Mercy from the Acid Test video put out by Key-Z Productions

Images

Notes

Jerry announces a set break after Next Time You See Me. What follows would be a very short set two, so we assume the recording is partial.

This tape has been misdated over the years as 3/12 and 3/19, but based on comparison's with circulating video we now think this is the correct date. See lengthy analysis done by Archduke and summarized by LIA here.

It’s a Sin was shared on the Tapers Section for the week of 2007-03-19 (misidentified as 3/19), and Death Don’t Have No Mercy was shared on the Tapers Section for the week of 2007-01-08 (misidentified as 1/8). Both are now thought to be from this night.

There is also a fileset that circulates as "2/25/66 Ivar Theater" (shnid 20346, this tape is also in Vault as 3/12 Danish Center), but this tape is believed to be from July based on the performances themselves.

As per deadessays 1966 Show List, this Acid Test was moved from the Cinema Theater.

deadessays: Deadbase Corrections

hooterollin: Grateful Dead Performance List December 1965-June 1966

Pics Outside Acid Test from gettyimages.com

Newspaper ad and a brief write-up from postertrip.com

Sources

Source Id	Archive Link	Torrent Link
153760	gd1966-03-19.153760.scotton.sirmick.remaster.flac16	gd1966-03-19.153760.remastered.081951.Carthay Studios.L.A.,CA.Pico Acid Test.scotton.sirmick.flac16
81951	gd66-03-19.sbd.scotton.81951.sbeok.flac
17681	gd1966-03-12.doherty.winters.17681.shnf
9516	gd1966-03-12.sbd.bershaw.9516.shnf

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Viola Lee Blues		Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, and...	The Grateful Dead	4	4
One Kind Favor		Jerry Garcia		2	11
I Know You Rider		Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia		4	6
You See A Broken Heart		Ron McKernan		first	last
I Know It's A Sin		Jerry Garcia		7	4
Beat It On Down The Line		Bob Weir	The Grateful Dead	2	3
Heads Up		Instrumental		first	last
Next Time You See Me		Ron McKernan		first	2

Grateful Dead 1966-02-25 [Fri]

Empire Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Set 1

Set 2