Sunshine Daydream: Difference between revisions

| studio = Canis Major

| distributor = Rhino Entertainment

| runtime = 102 minutes

| country = United States

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'''''Sunshine Daydream''''' is a music [[documentary film]], starring the rock band the [[Grateful Dead]]. It was shot at their August 27, 1972 concert at the Old Renaissance Faire Grounds in [[Veneta, Oregon]].<ref name=Capozzola/><ref name=McNally/> Unreleased for many years, the film was sometimes shown at small film festivals, and [[bootleg recording]]s of it circulated on [[VHS]] and [[DVD]], and as [[Digital distribution|digital download]]s. A digitally remastered and reedited official version of the film was released on August 1, 2013, showing only one time in selected theaters as that year's edition of the [[Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies]].<ref name=RollingStone/><ref name=Jambands/><ref name=GattaLemieuxInterview/><ref name=Relix/> It was screened with ''Grateful Days'', a new documentary short that includes interviews with some of the concert attendees. ''Sunshine Daydream'' was released on [[DVD-Video|DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] on September 17, 2013.

 

'''''Sunshine Daydream''''' is also a live album containing the complete August 27, 1972 Grateful Dead concert. Produced as a 3-disc [[compact disc|CD]] and as a 4-disc [[LP record|LP]], it was released by [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Records]] on September 17, 2013.<ref name=DeadDotNet/>

 

==Concert==

 

The show was a benefit for the Springfield Creamery in nearby [[Springfield, Oregon]].<ref name=BabbsInterview/> [[Merry Pranksters]] [[Ken Kesey]] and [[Ken Babbs]] emceed the concert. The Dead played all afternoon and into the dark after an opening set by the [[New Riders of the Purple Sage]]. In 2004, the New Riders' performance was released as an album called ''[[Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72]]''.

The concert was filmed using four [[16 mm film|16 mm]] cameras, in the woods of the Oregon Coast Range foothills, on the grounds of the [[Oregon Country Fair]].<ref name=BostonGlobe/> The four 16mm cameras were synced to the sound, and remained focused on the stage, along with two additional roaming cameras for crowd shots.<ref name=BostonGlobe/> Originally even more cameras had been planned, under an ambitious scheme: "The plot was to develop a signature visual style of representing the band: a camera for each of the 16 channels (at least!) emphasizing the visual kinetics of the music making itself as well as the enormous open communication within the band."<ref name=Field/>

 

 

===Songs in the film===

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===Critical reception===

| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} <ref name=Allmusic/>

#"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter)&nbsp;– 4:55

#"[[Black-Throated Wind]]" ([[Bob Weir]], [[John Perry Barlow]]) &nbsp;– 7:01

#"[[I Know You Rider]]" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead)&nbsp;– 7:03

#"[[Mexicali Blues (song)|Mexicali Blues]]" (Weir, Barlow)&nbsp;– 3:49

'''Disc 3'''

:''Third set:''

#"[[El Paso (song)|El Paso]]" ([[Marty Robbins]])&nbsp;– 5:04

#"[[Sing Me Back Home (song)|Sing Me Back Home]]" ([[Merle Haggard]])&nbsp;– 10:51<ref | group=lower-alpha | name=ManyRds/>

#"[[Sugar Magnolia]]" (Weir, Hunter)&nbsp;– 8:45

#"[[One More Saturday Night (song)|One More Saturday Night]]" (Weir)&nbsp;– 5:03

'''Notes'''

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! scope="row" {{album chart|Hungary|3|year=2013|week=41|artist=Grateful Dead|album=Sunshine Daydream|access-date=October 17, 2013}}

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==References==

[[Category:Rhino Entertainment soundtracks]]

[[Category:Rockumentaries]]