5/7/72: bickersaw festival, wigan, england.

the dead headline a sunday performance from the 3-day northwest UK rock festival, that featured the likes of captain beefheart, the incredible string band, nrps, the kinks, and donovan. by the final day, all semblance of organization had disappeared and locals wandered freely onto the site to catch the good ol' grateful dead, including coal miners and their families in their sunday best. here's charlie miller's first set transfer from betty cantor's recording mix:

https://archive.org/details/gd1972-05-07.133598.sbd.set1.miller.flac16

and for all you completists, check out scott clogston's seed of the entire show. the dark star> other one > sing me back home is completely off the charts good:

https://archive.org/details/gd72-05-07.sbd-aud.clugston.9193.sbeok.shnf

there's also video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7eh6NDAR-s&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7eh6NDAR-s