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Avalon Ballroom Discography

This is a discography of albums recorded at the Avalon Ballroom.

The Avalon Ballroom at 1268 Sutter Street was built in 1911 and originally called the Puckett Academy of Dance. The building was used a rock venue between 1966 and 1968 primarily by the Family Dog under the direction of Chet Helms. Complaints against noise led to the venue losing its performance licence early in 1969. The building was converted into a movie theater in the 1970's and continued in that role until 2001. Between 2003 and 2006 the building was again used as a performance space using the Avalon Ballroom name.

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1966

Vintage Dead, Grateful Dead, 1970

Thought to have been recorded on September 16 and 17, 1966 at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco.

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Historic Dead, Grateful Dead, 1971

Thought to have been recorded at the Avalon Ballroom and Matrix in San Francisco.

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Out Of Order, 13th Floor Elevators, 1978

Semi-legal release recorded live at the Avalon Ballroom in 1966.

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Janis, Janis Joplin, 1993

A 3 CD box set. Includes tracks recorded live at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco in 1966 and 1967 and at the Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco in 1968.

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Live At The Avalon 1966, Oxford Circle, 1997

Live archive material recorded at the Avalon in 1966.

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So Many Roads (1965-1995), Grateful Dead, 1999

One track of this box set was recorded live at the Avalon in 1966.

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Grow Fins: Rarities 1965-1982, Captain Beefheart, 1997

This 5 CD set of previously unreleased material includes three tracks that were recorded live at the Avalon in 1966.

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Railroadism: Live In The USA 72-81, Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band, 2003

Despite the subtitle this album of live material includes a track that was recorded live at the Avalon in 1967.

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The Psychedelic Sounds Of, 13th Floor Elevators, 2005 (expanded CD)

The bonus tracks on the 2005 CD releases of this album were recorded live at the Avalon Ballroom in 1966.

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Live at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, September 9, 1966, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 2008

Archive material recorded at the Avalon in 1966.

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Live at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, October 28, 1966, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 2008

Archive material recorded at the Avalon in 1966.

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Psychedelic Circus, 13th Floor Elevators, 2009

Archive material recorded at the Avalon in 1966.

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Live: Historic Live Moby Grape Performances 1966-1969, Moby Grape, 2010

This collection of live recordings includes one track recorded at the Avalon in 1966 and seven tracks recorded at the Avalon in 1967.

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1967

Janis, Janis Joplin, 1993

A 3 CD box set. Includes tracks recorded live at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco in 1966 and 1967 and at the Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco in 1968.

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Grow Fins: Rarities 1965-1982, Captain Beefheart, 1997

This 5 CD set of previously unreleased material includes one tracks that was recorded live at the Avalon in 1967.

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Boot Yer Butt, The Doors, 2003

This box set of live recordings includes at least one track recorded live at the Avalon Ballroom in 1967 and at least one track recorded live at Winterland in 1967.

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Live: Historic Live Moby Grape Performances 1966-1969, Moby Grape, 2010

This collection of live recordings includes one track recorded at the Avalon in 1966 and seven tracks recorded at the Avalon in 1967.

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1968

Cristo Redentor, Harvey Mantel, 1968

A Some of the music on this album was recorded live at the Avalon Ballroom in 1968.

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1969

Live/Dead, Grateful Dead, 1969

Two tracks on this double LP were recorded live at the Avalon Ballroom in January 1969.

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The Golden Road (1965 - 1973), Grateful Dead, 2001

This 12 CD box set includes a previously unreleased live track recorded at the Avalon in February 1969.

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Aoxomoxoa (expanded CD), Grateful Dead, 2003

This expanded CD edition of the album includes a live track recorded at the Avalon in February 1969. This expanded CD was originally releasd as part of the Golden Road box set.

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Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 12 - 4/17/69, Grateful Dead, 2006

The two bonus tracks on this download only release were recorded at the Avalon in January 1969.

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Aoxomoxoa (50th Anniversary Deluxe CD), Grateful Dead, 2019

The second CD of this deluxe edition comprises live recordings from the Avalon from January 24-26, 1969.

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Gram Parsons Archive, Vol. 1: Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969, Gram Parsons / Flying Burrito Brothers, 2007

Recordings from the Avalon in April 1969.

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California Born and Bred, The Flamin' Groovies, 1995

This collection of outtakes, demos and live recordings includes at least one tracks from the Avalon sometime in the 1960s.

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Last updated September 2016