Set 1:

d1t01 - Tuning

d1t02 - The Promised Land

d1t03 - Friend Of The Devil

d1t04 - Mama Tried ->

d1t05 - Mexicali Blues

d1t06 - Tennessee Jed

d1t07 - I Need A Miracle

d1t08 - Stagger Lee

d1t09 - Jack Straw



Set 2:

d1t10 - Tuning

d1t11 - Scarlet Begonias ->

d1t12 - Fire On The Mountain

d2t01 - Tuning

d2t02 - Estimated Prophet ->

d2t03 - Eyes Of The World ->

d2t04 - Drums ->

d2t05 - Space ->

d2t06 - If I Had The World To Give ->

d2t07 - Around And Around



Encore:

d2t08 - U.S. Blues

Notes:



-- Disc change is seamless



-- Many flaws cleaned up



-- Dat was labled SBD -> Master Reel -> PCM -> Dat which is wrong



-- Patch material supplied by Pat Lee and transferred by Matt Smith

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Reviewer: Mind Wondrin - favorite favorite favorite - May 25, 2020

Subject: The slide shows shows

This is the start of the first Winterland shows of '78, the first bay area shows of '78, and the first shows after Egypt. These shows featured a big-screen slide show of the African sojourn (kids, asks your grandparents why slide shows were once a social event). These were the shows that Francis Coppola attended, and then gave the drummers the Rhythm Devils sobriquet. It's also the 1st decent show after over 2mos of meh and tranwrecked shows - since 7/8/78 Red Rocks (a long stretch). It's also the start of the final Winterland run. The 1st 3-day run here was in '69, but this was the 2nd of only 2 five-day runs, the other being the farewell shows of Oct '74. I'm sure it was a relief after a couple months of iffy to stinker shows to be back on track (in particular on the 21st, the top show of the run).



First Set. After having just worked to finish the overdubs for the new album, that was tracked before going to Egypt, it's surprising that Promised Land is unremarkable; rusty even. Actually the next few are a bit clunky, but when they get to Miracle there's a turnaround and spark. Already the 5th one, but it's the Bay premiere AND the first good one. Quite entertaining. Still the early arrangement, but now happy to put it in rotation (played 4 nights of the 5). The same thing happens for Stagger Lee - mostly. It's the 4th one, has Bobby's Slide Practice™, and is played again the next night. The set has really warmed, 'cause it's a gobsmackingly ace Jack Straw. Jer: "Jack Straw? Huh? Jack Frost? Let there be no frost in Jack Straw!" And there was not!



Second Set. Jer blows the lyrics for Scarlet but the jam is okay. Fire is even better. Estimated is played better elsewhere in the run. Some have assumed a girl wanders onstage during Space and asks Jerry a question. Hate to burst bubbles but this is a recording sent to the monitors from the SBD. It does not happen on-mic, nor was it sent out on the PA [because it does not appear on the AUD]. Vernon says it's offstage but on-mic [you wouldn't have live mics backstage], but Jer is already onstage and playing - not talking to somebody (and security would not have allowed anyone to approach Jer for more than a second, as many of us saw happen). On the AUD you can hear the applause as members walk onstage. Clearly it was meant to tease/get a laugh from Bobby and Jer, or freak the punters (if so, why it went to the monitors but not the PA is a bit of a mystery. This was probably a mistake at the soundboard). On the recording, a woman says, "I know this is strange but I'd like to take banjo lessons". Jer replies, "I don't teach anymore". There follows a snippet of a recording of Bobby telling a joke: "So the warden says to the guy hey buddy you're under arrest. The guy says what for?". This is the old non-joke about fishing with dynamite, and typical of what Bobby found funny. Obviously Bobby wasn't telling somebody a joke while standing onstage. On the AUD you can hear the applause for the rest of the band coming onstage at the exact time of the Bobby joke. Also, one mic wouldn't capture two conversation snippets exactly in a row. It was edited and prepared. The tranny out of Space into If I Had the World to Give is wonderful. Of the latter, this is the second attempt of three (the first one also came out of Space, the final one did not). This is probably the best one - and it IS good. A fun outlier either way. Nobody would have heard this one yet, and this version makes you wish it had survived a bit longer (the final one, in Cleveland, morphs into a cool afterjam). Around has a few stumbles plus a trainwreck that Jer recovers, but U.S. Blues leaves 'em happy.



1st Set : B-

2nd Set : C+

Overall = 3¼ stars



Highlights:

I Need a Miracle - Bay premiere is entertaining

Jack Straw - no frost on Jack!

If I Had the World to Give - the version you want



SOURCES: The miller_89257 has the full U.S. Blues and the patched Eyes [unlike the sirmick_138919]. It does run a bit slow in the first set, needing +1% pitch correction . There is one AUD. Road Trips v1 n4 has part of Space, If I Had the World, and Around & Around. - May 25, 2020The slide shows shows

Reviewer: FelaFan - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 25, 2019

Subject: Maybe I have a tune or two... The If I Had the World to Give in this show SMOKES!



WHY OH WHY did they stop playing this tune after three tries???



Eyes also has a terrific rhythm. Not too sped up like many of the '78 versions. - February 25, 2019Maybe I have a tune or two...

Reviewer: thejunkwasrockin - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 2, 2015

Subject: sweet board This is that show where David Crosby played a mean slide guitar during the space segment. He and Jerry knew each other, apparently, and he did them a favor on this show by adding some stuff to the space segment. Real good, top notch, versions of everything, but even better because of David Crosby's help. - January 2, 2015sweet board

Reviewer: DMT - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 20, 2013

Subject: 4.10 min into space you hear this: Girl: "I know this is strange, I'd like to take banjo lessons from you.?"

Garcia: "I don't teach anymore."

Girl: "what?"

Garcia: "I don't teach anymore."....



Nice show.

lots of hiss. - October 20, 20134.10 min into space you hear this:

Reviewer: Craig Schwarz - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 11, 2013

Subject: what i was thinking My friends and I attended these great shows at the Winterland Arena and when Around and Around was playing and Bobby sings "The front was lock, I said the place was packed," I was thinking about those sets of double doors in front of the arena and how cool that this place was packed and I was inside. - October 11, 2013what i was thinking

Reviewer: Donna_Sucked and We All Know It - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 7, 2013

Subject: gee how silly dumb cosmic comments aside, had a great time at these shows. Great board, great transfer, my only live world to give, I believe they did 3. Check out this entire run. '78 gets a bad rap. - October 7, 2013gee how silly

Reviewer: falomarcdawg - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 10, 2013

Subject: FOD Had this tape, played it from Athens GA to San Fran and back. The dead in this form can transport you back through space and time, going down the road feelin bad, throw in a boot and hear comes sunshine and you wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world! - February 10, 2013FOD

Reviewer: myhungryhippo - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 27, 2011

Subject: the x factor jack straw turns it on and on - June 27, 2011the x factor

Reviewer: Hairpeacenow! - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 1, 2011

Subject: O, gotta love these 78 shows 4 stars gotta save the 5's for that very just exactly right show, gotta love all them years, If I Had The World To Give, was how I got here tonite, do it. - January 1, 2011O, gotta love these 78 shows

Reviewer: smgarcia - favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 19, 2008

Subject: Wow great sound I've dl about 300 sbd from this site and this is has excellent sound. WOW WOW, this is easily at least 4+ sound. It makes listening to the music that much better too. Jerry's voice is crisp, always a good thing. - September 19, 2008Wow great sound