Set 1Truckin', Bertha, It Hurts Me Too, Cumberland Blues-> Me & My Uncle, Bird Song, Playin' In The Band, Loser, Dark Hollow, Hard To Handle, Ripple, Me And Bobby McGee, Casey JonesSet 2Morning Dew, Minglewood Blues, Sugar Magnolia, Black Peter, Beat It On Down The Line, Second That Emotion, Alligator-> Drums-> Alligator-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Cold Rain & Snow, China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Greatest Story Ever Told-> Johnny B. Goode, E: Uncle John's Band, E: Midnight Hour*-> We Bid You Good Night*Other Artist(s): NRPS. This date is featured on Ladies and Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead

Notes:



-- Set 2 is seamless

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Reviewer: deadmax - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 20, 2019

Subject: The Last in the Spring Run

Overall: Great show. Somewhat over-hyped since there are a lot of good shows this spring. Best BIODTL ever. Amazing CR&S comes out of nowhere.



1st Set: We start of with a very nice TRUCKIN then some tuning. We get a nicely played BERTHA then some tuning. Pig comes out with a very big HURTS ME TOO then some tuning. A high-handed CUMBERLAND BLUES > MAMU then some tuning. A stunningly lovely BIRDSONG that aches for Janis’ voice to be heard one more time. Then some tuning. A nice PITB then … a broken string and some tuning. LOSER is huge and fraught with angst. We get an electric DARK HOLLOW that is played lovingly and in tune. Next is the holy grail HARD TO HANDLE. I’ve always liked this version but I’m wondering if 4/27 isn’t a little better. Next is an electric RIPPLE and I could go home happy but there might be more. There is more tuning. BOBBY MCGEE is perfect with another great CASEY JONES (there aren’t many of them).



2nd Set: Starts off with a raucous and silky smooth MORNING DEW. I forgot they played MINGLEWOOD but this sounded just like the old version, haven’t changed it yet. SUGAR MAG is good. They pull out BLACK PETER and have the place so quiet you can hear someone pick up a paperclip. Then they play a version of BIODTL that really rocks out. I don’t think I’ve heard one quite this good before. They tear it up. SECOND THAT EMOTION is just ok. I believe this is the last one. ALLIGATOR is fun to hear again, no updating it here, just the basics. They come out of DRUMS tentatively and it seems maybe they thought they were going to play something but forgot they had played it the night before so we get this whole jam of them trying to decide then we get a nice intro into GDTRFB. This is as good as it gets for this song and I like that it’s not paired with NFA. Then end it very differently tonight, very abrupt then a quiet jam that get louder and just - morphs - into a very different, mellow, COLD RAIN AND SNOW. Best version of this song. We now get treated to everyone yelling especially the girl that yells out “JOHNNY B. GOODE!”. They do us right by a stellar CHINA/RIDER. After a mercifully short GSET they go into a standard JBG then right into UJB. Good version. Encore of MIDNIGHT HOUR is quite tasty especially paired with a AWBYGN. Before the encore Bill Graham tells everyone to stop being assholes.

- October 20, 2019The Last in the Spring Run

Reviewer: quelots - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 30, 2017

Subject: Brilliant. Whoever's playing the tambourine during Morning Dew needs to be keelhauled.



-q - April 30, 2017Brilliant.

Reviewer: TouchuvvGrey - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 28, 2017

Subject: My first 46 years ago today my friend Greg and i saw this show. That was the night i got on the Bus. As best i can recall, which is not that well, i saw them 10-12 more times over the years. - April 28, 2017My first

Reviewer: Buddy Q. Iodine - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 7, 2017

Subject: classic! This was one of the top five tapes everybody had in the early 80's: 2/14/68 (maybe), 2/13/70, 5/26/72, 6/18/74, closing of winterland, and this one. I recall hacky-sack and a boom-box with 4/29/71 in my high-school gym.



I love this performance for its ragged, short-handed self, for the reckless swoop through Stephen on the way to GDTRFB, for the chutzpah to play Second that Emotion, for Garcia's strut through China Cat, and for Mr. Bob Weir to slash through everything. It's no subtlety, all Dolby C, New Yawk more more more, and, presumably, Steve Parish riding shotgun with Marina on her moped, after this closed, after dawn. - March 7, 2017classic!

Reviewer: chris phillips - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 17, 2015

Subject: Black Peter hot second set that circulated well when it mattered - October 17, 2015Black Peter

Reviewer: bobv - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 30, 2015

Subject: 1971-04-29 My 4th Dead show.

I was hangin' with my best friend, we were out surfing in Seaside Park, NJ and an older surfing buddy of ours came down to the beach and asked us if we wanted to go to NYC to see the last Dead show at The Fillmore East. My friend and I went to our first 2 shows together so we said "Sure!" We drove up to Jersey City to pick up another older friend who had been with us at our first 2 shows. Got into the city, parked, strolled up to the box office, plunked down $4.50 each for standing room only tix and walked in and the New Riders were playing. 30 years later I downloaded the complete show including NRPS and it was 5 cd's! After 30 years that St. Stephen tease gave me goosebumps, and still does to this day! Pig was on fire (as he always was!) Bill Graham was Bill fuckin' Graham! Classic! - April 30, 20151971-04-29

Reviewer: Skippy61 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 24, 2014

Subject: Dark Hollow i love just about any show with this tune in it. not sure why but it resonates with me...rest of the show is pretty darn good too... - July 24, 2014Dark Hollow

Reviewer: njpg - favorite favorite favorite - May 15, 2014

Subject: - Attractive set list, but not the best of the year by any means. - May 15, 2014

Reviewer: Seamus the Black - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 14, 2013

Subject: Smokin'... No Jokin'! Awesome show. Everything sounds GOOD! That is, good in the absolute sense.



It all fits together so tight! - June 14, 2013Smokin'... No Jokin'!

Reviewer: gr8fuldad73 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 8, 2013

Subject: fillmore east 71' This show is on fire.both sets are very well played and everyone is so on.gr8 set lists,easily one of my top 3 for 71'. - May 8, 2013fillmore east 71'

Reviewer: Yades - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 29, 2013

Subject: One of the greats Worth 5 stars for an epic final performance of Alligator alone. The jam before gdtrfb is some of the best playing they ever did. I like that Pig's organ is actually audible; he is the most under-rated keyboard player they ever had. Great sound, no wonder they released this on CD. - April 29, 2013One of the greats

Reviewer: potsmoke66 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 28, 2013

Subject: Ladies and Gentlemen...



1st buy a different player (ha, ha, i had ONE cheap korean brandless player who handled the prebuffering properly, if you like this from a branded one you pay a lot lot more. a small piece of software and you pay a lot more, grrr.... i also like classical music and always thought it's mean,



2nd download it and join the tracks toghether to your longings. there exists free software which does the job quite good ( if i ever have to show one how the dead sounded, i guess this will be my choice. it's one of my favorite shows, setlist is super, sound is vivid and now even better i feel (hard to tell on cheap headphones), first i thought it leaks a bit in bass, but it's fine. i don't mind the additional track cuts. i know most mp3 players can't handle them proper. you have two options to counter this.1st buy a different player (ha, ha, i had ONE cheap korean brandless player who handled the prebuffering properly, if you like this from a branded one you pay a lot lot more. a small piece of software and you pay a lot more, grrr.... i also like classical music and always thought it's mean, mr.sony :( yeah, especially you, what a stupid idea to sort tracks only by title and give me no chance to sort by filename, i thought you like classical music mr.sony? how could one listen proper to that without prebuffering and sort by filename?)2nd download it and join the tracks toghether to your longings. there exists free software which does the job quite good ( i.e . mp3directcut). - April 28, 2013Ladies and Gentlemen...

Reviewer: Tidewater four ten O nine - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 3, 2012

Subject: Get a life ............ rrschzw28 - I'm sure I'm not alone in being bored with the point you're trying to make.



Get it into your head that: it's history, it's been done, you can't change it afterwards, for FOOK's sake, it's like saying you think the Mona Lisa was painted the wrong way round ......... YOUR CONSTANT WHINING AIN'T GONNA CHANGE NOTHIN'.



If you really want to hear these 'pieces' uninterrupted without breaks, learn how to burn them onto CD and click the "No Gaps Between Tracks" button.



Learn to look past the end of your nose.



Get a life ...........



And give everyone else a fuckin' break from your constant whining. - November 3, 2012Get a life ............

Reviewer: rrschwz28 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 3, 2012

Subject: Jam?! Thanks for breaking up Alligator/GDTR/Cold Rain & Snow even more with 'Drums' and 'Jam'; so instead of two interruptions we get four.



Drums? What possessed Billy? And a Jam? At a Dead show? Who woulda thunk?



Nothing personal, just trying to make a point. - November 3, 2012Jam?!

Reviewer: barreramusic - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 26, 2012

Subject: Greatness What a show! Every song is excellent. Two that are different than any other renditions I've heard are New Minglewood Blues and Greatest Story. I really like the Hard to Handle and Drums. The entire show, especially set II, is phenomenal, really! Great transitions between many tunes...



Great sound quality, too. - June 26, 2012Greatness

Reviewer: IkeV - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 29, 2012

Subject: A gem! The sound quality on this one is fantastic. The show is amazing. Really catches the Dead during their transition from the blues band they were in the 60's to the band I grew up with. Great show! - May 29, 2012A gem!

Reviewer: rschwz28 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 9, 2011

Subject: years ago About 38 years ago I bought a vinyl bootleg with this Minglewood, Second That Emotion and Cold Rain. Old friends...



Ron's organ is clear in this mix! - September 9, 2011years ago

Reviewer: PigpenLives - - July 14, 2011

Subject: not an upgrade imho - just different src Pretty good sq here but I still prefer 105925. It's a bit cleaner and has better levels. Sorry to spoil the love fest. - July 14, 2011not an upgrade imho - just different src

Reviewer: austin nyc - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 5, 2011

Subject: INCREDIBLE Title says it all. - July 5, 2011INCREDIBLE

Reviewer: Skobud - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 4, 2011

Subject: Unbeatable new source Great Job Charlie. The depth and clarity are incredible. This is the new 4/29 source. Better than anything else out there. - July 4, 2011Unbeatable new source