way through all the sets from this entire four-night run at the fabled rock venue.... There is definite progression apparent on Fillmore West 1969 The Complete Recordings from one night to the next. The band becomes increasingly comfortable as the run goes on, allowing themselves to stretch out in ways it couldn't or wouldn't the first night. It's worth pondering how much early equipment issues affected the group mindset, but a few bum notes and all, this is generally magnificent stuff, the likes of which shakes the ass and the intellect equally roundly." In The Music Box John Metzger wrote, "Without a doubt, by the time that the concerts featured on Fillmore West 1969 were held, the Grateful Dead had perfected its freewheeling improvisational approach, and nearly everything it touched dripped with the psychedelic transcendence that was forged within the swirling vortex of "Dark Star"'s revolutionary crucible. Arguably, then, the collection contains the most primal music that the band ever unleashed. Although it remained tethered to the R&B-flavored roots favored by harmonica and keyboard player Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, the group had made tremendous strides in pushing the boundaries that defined its music outward in all directions." Track listing Disc 1 February 27, 1969 — First set: "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Sonny Boy Williamson) - 11:47 "Doin' That Rag" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) - 7:53 "That's It for the Other One" (Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir) - 20:03 Notes Disc 2 February 27, 1969 — Second set: "Dupree's Diamond Blues" > (Hunter, Garcia) - 3:57 "Mountains of the Moon" > (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:57 "Dark Star" > (Hunter, Garcia, Mickey Hart, Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) - 21:44 "St. Stephen" > (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) - 8:22 "The Eleven" > (Hunter, Lesh) - 13:03 "Turn On Your Lovelight" (Joseph Scott, Deadric Malone) - 19:21 February 27, 1969 — Encore: "Cosmic Charlie" (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:52 Notes Disc 3 February 28, 1969 — First set: "(Walk Me Out In The) Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) - 11:04 "Good Morning Little School Girl" (Williamson) - 11:00 "Doin' That Rag" (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:56 "I'm a King Bee" (Slim Harpo) - 7:09 "Turn On Your Lovelight" (Scott, Malone) - 19:09 Disc 4 February 28, 1969 — Second set: "That's It for the Other One" > (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Weir) - 19:46 "Dark Star" > (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) - 19:45 "St. Stephen"