Grateful Dead England 1970 (The Lost Film) 

Came on youtube tonight to find a marmalade recipe, spent 2 hours reliving my hippie days of the 80s, thanks for this!

This is the Hollywood music festival at Madeley near Newcastle Under Lyme in England. Its about 10m away from where I live. I happened to attend this and a couple of days later I ordered Live Dead. Never looked back

At 58:22-58:24, cameo of John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne with his woman at that time. Would've been fresh out of the debut Black Sabbath self-titled debut LP and probably in the works of the soon to be Paranoid album set for release in the fall of that year. Really weird to see Ozzy around a bunch of dead-head hippies at that time, since he was so anti-hippie even from the start. This is also in England, so checks out that it is him all the more. At first I couldn't quite tell, but I paused the shot just to be sure and Ozzy's wearing the same leather jacket he had on in a poster I had of Sabbath from that same time frame. Pretty awesome!

What a joy watching Garcia, Lesh and Weir harmonizing on Candy Man

Cutler explaining the currency is Spinal Tap like lol.

Pigpen really was quite the sweetest man. It's a trip to look back into this movie and watch him talk and just be. He was a unique, integral aspect of the band that never returned once he checked out, they never had the same energy that they had when pig was alive. God rest pigpens soul

Jerry Garcia requires a maximum of 20 minutes to grow a full beard.

Seeing Jerry, Phil and Bob tame Candyman is priceless. Thank you for this.

Awesome. This is why i love the internet. Thank you, everyone.

I'm overwhelmed and overjoyed that this precious visual account of the Grateful Dead exists 😊🌹💐🌻🤪

It's fun to see the Dead playing in the UK in 1970. They're such an American band -- a total blend of American music styles. Obviously a lot of people went to these shows, but I wonder what English people thought of the music and how they related to it. I feel like you have to have lived in the USA for a big part of your life and experienced various corners of America to really understand the vibe of the Grateful Dead and their musical roots. Maybe this is true of a lot of American bands, and maybe the reverse is true of some UK bands (maybe The Who?), but the Grateful Dead have always struck me as having a very deep rooting in some traditions and communities in America. I think that's part of the reason why their serious fans didn't just think of them as a music group but rather as the anchor of a community and an identity.

Hearing Mickey say he loves Pentangle is sort of the most gratifying moment to stem from my years listening to Dead music. This is delightful; we're lucky to have this footage!

This appeared in my suggestions...thought I'd catch a couple of minutes and ended up watching it all in one sitting. Great time capsule.

I enjoy the look into the early work of the band on the road. I see Sam Cutler who managed the tour. Weir really flirted with the interviewer. I love how it shows the traveling, rehearsal and setup of the band on the road at that early stage of the Dead. I loved how it ended with the studio version of the Wheel, the band was a constant wheel turning and making music to make people smile and be happy. I love the sound of the 70s Dead. Thanks for this drop.

41:30 Phil just trying to tune. “one note, one note, one note” and Bobby the eternal smartass. Lol

It's interesting to listen to Jerry, he's so astute and has a very good memory for detail. I can see why he was such an amazing artist.

At 1:06:54 Bob Weir is talking about "our new album coming out" ..... was American Beauty! Wonder if he had any idea how iconic that album would become1

Was that OZZY Osbourne with the hippie chic at 58:23..!??? Just me or anyone else see it too...???

Jerry's comments about 25-30 minutes in about Altamont vs Woodstock, the Jefferson Airplane modus operandi, Zappa, New Riders and other touchstones is fascinating... articulate and in-touch

1970 to 1974 were magic years for the Dead, and New Riders of the Purple Sage, with Jerry playing Pedal Steel in both groups, as well as Banjo in Old & in the Way, with David Grisman, Vassar Clements, Peter Rowan, etc. Jerry was a beast, making jam band/psychedelic, Country, Bluegrass, Jazz music

A priceless Time Machine here. After decades of listening, listening, listening, and imagining what it might have been like to be there (with the precious few filmed moments we had all seen up to now), here we finally see so many more extraordinary things. I think seeing Pig in the trailer and hearing him converse is one of the highlights of this footage but it’s all incredible. Thank you!

This is so moving, a portal to the past, now years later a peak into the band's souls, innocence, ambition, certainty. Forever grateful for the contribution and the invaluable memories.

I’m so thankful to the people who had the presence of mind and a camera to film these moments of history. Ken Burns found some precious treasures buried in the archives in his Film about “Jazz” and it’s a priceless gem.I’ve never seen Mickey play guitar.This is literally over a half a century old now.

This was so amazingly awesome!!!!!! I enjoyed every single second! Thank you!

Absolutely amazing to see these musicians interact with each other and with the surrounding press. Keep in mind Jerry is 27 yo. Seeing a conversation with Pigpen who looks well. What a treat to see this. Thank you

Phil doing poppers is exactly what I needed to see! ty yt recs!

Holy Shit - they're kinda working out Candy Man (42:34)!!! defintely one of the early playing of this tune - historical footage! This is truly incredible -

Odds and ends, odds and ends... This could use some editing.

Is that Ozzy at 58:24? Great Doc!! Thanks for uploading!

I'm really glad I stumbled on this great snapshot in time. This is a nice, intimate, unrehearsed look at our favorite R&R band in real time. What I focus on is how everyone in the band is trying to be nice to each other and their hosts, and being patient with all the hassles of travel, endless questions and uncertainties of being strangers in a strange land. The Candyman rehearsal is priceless, giving us a feel for what goes into the preparation for a song's performance. Musical talent doesn't happen magically...but comes from hard, repetitive work. Pigpen's interview was fun. He never put himself in the spotlight. I sense he was pretty shy underneath it all. Weir seems so young. Lesh is goofy. Jerry is Jerry, spouting articulate, unintended wisdom with every utterance. What fun! -Jim

Such an amazing era for the band.... Behind the scenes Mickeys dad was fixing to rip them off, out front they still had Pig, and back in the jam room they were about to release a few albums that would set the course to an amazing decade of music.

The pigpen years were the best. I liked the band with all Gibson equipment, they had a rockier and more powerful sound. ok even after 74 there is a little bit of gold here and there on stage but they also started playing the songs slower and the sound of the band became cleaner. 1965 - 1974 best years

THIS IS INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE!! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! THANKS FOR POSTING THIS HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE DEAD. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Conversation with the English journalist is a fantastic culture study of the American underground of the gonzo early 70's.

amazing quality to the video, and jerry's confidence makes this really enjoyable. like speaking with an old friend, or brother.

This snapshot in time is liquid gold, felt like being a groupie along for a quick trip. Pig was looking good, all were just enjoying the experience, no egos, just real raw in the moment quip .

“We’re now experiencing one of the outside waves” -Jerry

This is the best thing I've ever seen in my whole life.

Can’t believe that nobody has mentioned that at the 60 min mark with Pig in the trailer you can clearly hear the Stones playing Midnight Rambler outside onstage. Epic.

Sam Cutler... And "Oh, and I cut my toe". This is really well directed in my opinion. The camera does it's job. And then there are all the rough edges... the sound guy... tap-tap, whenever he gets in shot. Brilliant.

Jerry was so present and engaged and forthcoming here… *sigh*

This is amazing it’s the first time I’ve ever heard PIGPEN talk let alone do an interview this is so COOL🟤

The run through of Candyman is really beautiful to watch and listen to. In May of 1970 I was a year old going on two. Nevertheless, I feel so much nostalgia for this period of the Dead.

The flood of memories put me in another state of bliss.

Oh man what a treat. Watching them work out "Candyman" is my favorite part.

Candyman is cool warm up. Love the harmonies. Raw and real music.

So cool to hear funkadelic's first album in the background when Bobby's being interviewed

Incredible footage… fascinating from the very start. Shouldn’t be judged for the flaws in sound or camera work…that’s not the point. To me, it’s being the fly on the wall. Just watching everyday exchanges between everyone involved. Especially this period of time, seems pretty rare. The one on one interviews are gems.

Ozzy @58:22

I Love when Jerry tells the somewhat pretentious interviewer “I was there at the thing I’m not really interested in seeing the film” referring to Woodstock.

love seeing Jerry and Phil playing the old Gibsons

Citizens of the planet: Let's give our thanks to the person who recorded and restored this film.

loved the parts between 20-30min with Cutler explaining shilling amd pence for a tip. The interview Jerry gave to some journalist was very interesting on so many things. I was very impressed with how Jerry's diction in particular. Great find!!

They look like a group of rock star software developers .

Jerry was a living denial of the idea that acid just fries your brains. He was highly intelligent and articulate.

EXCELLENT FOOTAGE !!! I never seen this before....thanks for posting this :)

Confession...I APPRECIATE The Grateful Dead... but ive got to admit that I start getting bored with them a few songs in. Its not that i don't dig free form jams, I'm a huge fan of The Allman Brothers, and i cant help comparing and contrasting the two groups. As a musician, I know that it's very rare to have the spiritual connection with your fellow band members that The Dead (and The Allmans) had... but ive always felt that The Dead rarely put it in turbo drive... they just never ROCKED me, like ABB does...they seem to prefer mid-tempo themes, and that takes musical discipline...but when I listen to The Dead, Im always waiting for that engine to go into turbo drive, and it never seems to get there, for me. I know they're all steller musicians, and awesome dudes, but I just cant get into them the same way I get into other bands. Anyway, not here to start arguments, or debates, just can't resist giving my opinion. i still like to watch videos like this, and I read Phil Lesh's book, and enjoyed it, and I do admire Jerry Garcia alot, especially his guitar playing and his voice

Excellent time capsule thanks for posting very cool

Pieces of this have been showing up for the last year or so. There's a scene in Long Strange Trip where Bobby and his wife discover this film in the vault. Sam talks about this tour in that film, as well. Said the film crew was unprepared to deal with the Grateful Dead, saying that no one told them never to drink anything around the Grateful Dead and they all got properly dosed and pretty much screwed up the film. Looks like it's slowly being put back together.

58:22 check out Ozzy Osbourne on the right. Turns out Black Sabbath played the same festival on the same day.

Thank you for posting. Such wonderful candid footage of this great band.

Pigpen never did lsd someone put it in his drink & that made him mad ,sick & almost quit the band because of it but alcohol got him in the end like it does so many !

The Garcia interview on the couch is just amazing.

Wow! What a fun flick! Thank you for posting. Interesting hearing 'The Wheel' at the end . I love the pedal steel . Anyway, I feel pleasantly surprised. and happy after watching this film. Cheers!!!🍻

The wheel keeps turning. Thanks for this, unscripted & real, gives you the vibe like your there with them. Shame the sound guy fu**ed up the onstage recording.

Consider yourself lucky if you lived during the time of the Grateful Dead. Consider yourself even luckier if you got to see them play.

This is some of the greatest documentary footage I've ever seen. NFA⚡️

I remember seeing Pigpen and I thought he could really beat me up if he wanted to. Now I find out he was a good guy. Learn something new everyday. Thanks for sharing a rare one.

There'll never be another laid back, flower power powerhouse band like this

Prime Dead here. Released Workingman's Dead on June 14, and American Beauty on Nov. 1. 1970 was a good year to be Dead.

"I may be able to hang around for a while...." - Pigpen (never truer words spoken)

this is the best docu of the dead...its so natural

I didnt get on the bus till about 1977-78 American Beauty was the Album i fell in love with. Dont know why, i just did. I've been in love with the band ever since. Ive dosed, many many times, only makes me want more Grateful Dead. I cannot get enough. In the middle 1980's i turned off the radio and played Grateful Dead for years straight. Come the late 80's when touch of grey became a hit, i looked at my people and said been there done that. I had heard live years before touch of grey. Obviously dosed out of my mind. Ive seen things and been there, just wish all àre well, miss all who cant be here, only wish they could. What a long long time to be gone and a short time to be there.😊

Jerry made sure I met all of the dead family in Sanfrancisco in the 80 s ! What a treat it was to b with him as long as I was !

I've already commented once, but damn, this video is so fun to watch. This pretty much sums up as to why I have loved this band for the past 45 years. Thank you for posting this gem!

WOW!! There is some very cool stuff here....Thanks for posting!

Thank u so much for this rare film I love it so much ! If all us deadheads could go back in time would things change after knowing what we all know now !

Absolutely precious and priceless footage. More than a half century ago.

With all the endless smoking drinking drug taking it’s a miracle that so many of these guys are still here, Phil Lesh God bless him is like 84 years old

Thanks for posting this gem showing the Workingman's Dead... (is that St Stephen/China Cat Sunflower after the jump-cut at 1:37:40 ?)... as ever a band in movement with a growing repertoire. (A pre-Alembic bass Lesh too)...I saw them at Wembley in (was it?) '72 by which time they mostly solved the sound issues by bringing their proper tie-dye road gear over to Europe.

You know….besides how good it is to see the Dead on their first trip to the UK :-) but the guy explaining English money to them is just awesome! Bearing in mind I was a 22 year old hippy at the time; it all brought back how much money we earned and the cost of stuff….telling them to tip someone 1s 6d…ie 7 and a half pence lol…I can remember thinking that when I earn £1000 a year I’ll have really made it! God I love those days……we were so lucky to be there at that time; Providence really blessed our generation.

This inspires so much longing for me. I wish I could go back in time. Everything's so f***** up in the world right now. Everything's so f***** in my life. And it breaks my heart to see Jerry, knowing what addiction did to him. Words cannot express the love I have for these boys. The magic was powerful. They were high priests.

The Beatles at this tie were at Abbey Road studio just starting the Abbey Road album and. Phil Leash. has one of the best. " Bumping into John Lennon". stories ever told. why. more Beatle fans and Dead fans do not know this story. is beyond. me. as he told it many times-

Wow what a different era ! Everyone was smoking (tobacco) all the time, it is a wonder any of them made it past the age of 40. That stage show - absolutely no thought whatsoever to presentation or visual performance, it was all about the music. But when they began to play it was magical and you really did not need anything else. I was born 6 months after this festival in the nearby town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK and I have been a Dead fan for 30 years now !

58:25 Ozzie Osborne sighting?

It's great that you're able to see all this stuff on the internet considering that they're all lost. I've never seen so many lost things before. It's wonderful!

Very cool, I was 17 in 1970, was at the Hollywood Music Festival, but unfortunately I must of been having such a great time I can’t remember much about it now. Black Sabbath played and Mungo Jerry with In the Summertime which became a big hit. The Grateful Dead were just one of many bands that played! 🎉. To think this is 52 years ago and now I’am 70. My hair was long and I already had a regular job and had to wear my hair in a pony tail. I was more into Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin who I also saw in 1970, I already had Anthem of the Sun which I loved and found it very quirky compared to most bands at the time! Lesser known bands I saw a lot were Stray and Quintessence, usually at the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm London

All Gibson Guitars. Love it.

Jerry was very intelligent and well spoken. He spoke more like a scholar than a musician.

wow, how cool! I never realized Bob played these lyrical single note lines 1:23:44

That was an unexpected treat ! Ahhhh those days....... Got on the bus in 71

My first Jerry Show was 4/1/1975 at the Waterbury Palace Theater.... what a....🔥💥🔥💰🌾🌻...show!!

Astounding they play so well & are so restrained - considering they did LSD most every day on this tour! My regards!

Wow, this is just so cool and so very sad at the same time.

This is just Incredible !!! Just when I think I had watched it all , along comes a black and white gem, with all that prankster mentality I'm going to make some fish n chips with a SAMUEL SMITH Winter Welcome and enjoy the show

when you see footage like this, you can really see the dark, dark times we now live in: the curtain is slowly coming down.

this is FANTASTIC; priceless treasure as far as I am concerned; thanks so much for posting this!!!!!

The thing about Garcia is he's not putting on a show or trying to convey some kind of "rock star, see how cool I sound" image, he sounds the same in this vid as he did years later right before he died.

This just my day! Don't care what the rest of the day brings. Thanks..no many thanks and keep on keeping on.

Hollywood, UK The Grateful Dead had made sketchy arrangements for a European tour in 1968, which fell through, and later they were planning meetings (as David Nelson recalled to Blair Jackson) with a view to a European expedition by all the big San Francisco bands ; but this was also aborted. So the bands first overseas show would be a one off - an appearance at the giant Hollywood Festival at Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Midlands of England. (A planned second UK date, in London, fell through.) Arriving in London and traveling Northward by “coach” (bus), the band joined a bill encompassing acts from Mungo Jerry to Black Sabbath to Traffic. Musically, the Dead were pretty much an unknown quantity, but as usual their reputation as the most hippie of hippie bands preceded them, so they drew a good crowd for their set, performed on an outdoor stage at the Lowery Finney Green Farm, in stereotypically damp and cool English weather. By most accounts it was one of those ragged-but-right performances. Problems with the PA plagued the first part of the set, but as Dark Star began, one of those magic moments happened and the X factor kicked in, as reported below by journalist Dick Lawson in Frendz: “During Dark Star, we lost reality and soared. Above the canopy over the stage, at an exact ninety degrees to the scaffolding and at a height of 30,000 feet, a silver dart crossed the sky, blazing a double vapor trail. It split the air in two, cracked the sphere. The brilliant blue crumpled. Nothing. Empty. Void. It was as if Captain Trips had been waiting for that moment, expecting it to happen. He picked up the pieces and carefully reassembled them the way he wanted, each note a truer, whiter, blacker high. They moved into the thunderous crashing, bouncing earthquake of St. Stephen and softly into Turn on Your Lovelight. “