I set the Model One to 1978 to find Bob Weirs' first solo album Ace and the 1978 LP, Heaven Help The Fool.
This LP came out in 1978 and I remember buying it the week that it came out at the Record Shop / Head Shop in Cedar Falls, Ia that I frequented in 1978. I believe it came out in January, and I saw the Grateful Dead live at the coldest concert I have ever been to in Cedar Falls, Ia. On February 5, 1978, The concert was in the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls ( University of Northern Iowa) , which had a cloth soft top cover and the wind that night was wicked. The heat in the Uni Dome was marginal at best but with the wind on an early February night in Iowa, it was really cold for the concert. Despite the cold, it was one of the best concerts I have ever seen. Truckin’ was amazing when the band went into that song, sung of course by Bob Weir. The band had two of their semi’s on either side of the enormous wall of speakers and their stage. The dome went completely black, quiet, and then the semi’s parking lights came on and they fired the engines, smoke and flames coming from the stacks as the band went into the song and the lights came up. I remember it like it was yesterday.
Anyway, RIP Bob Weir, and thank you for decades of wonderful memories!
The ACE LP came out in 1972, and is a stand alone compilation featuring Bob “Ace” Weir and the band.
This one here is a 1988 repress from England. I was really into R2R in the 70’s and had the original 1972 LP recorded in that format.
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Bob Weir – Heaven Help The Fool
Arista – AB 4155
Released January 13, 1978
Stereo – Terre Haute Pressing – First Pressing
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Bob Weir – Ace
Grateful Dead Records – GDV 4004
UK Pressing – Stereo
Released 1988, First Pressing was in 1972
