This show is commercially available as "Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings "

Set 1



Bertha

Jack Straw

Tennessee Jed

Looks Like Rain

Peggy-O

Funiculi Funicula

El Paso

Friend Of The Devil

The Music Never Stopped



Set 2



Scarlet Begonias ->

Fire On The Mountain ->

Good Lovin'

Candyman

Estimated Prophet ->

He's Gone ->

Drums ->

Samson And Delilah

Terrapin Station ->

Morning Dew ->

Around And Around



Encore

Uncle John's Band

U.S. Blues

*Matrix*







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SBD (shnid=24291):







SBD>MR>DAT.







DAT>CD transfers, including patches by David Hollister. CD>WAV(EAC Secure mode) with editing of patches to raise volume of patches to audibly match adjacent SBD source, conversion to SHN, and uploading by Keith Bode. David Hollister's original transfer done approximately 1999. Editing of patches, SHN conversion, and uploading done in May, 2004. I believe this transfer of the show has not been widely spread, and I am glad to have been involved in the editing and making of the show available.







Keith Bode







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AUD (shnid=31951):







MAR > Reel > DAT > CDs







CDR > EAC > WAV > TLH (SBE-OK & checksums) > FLAC Frontend, Dec 2005.







Recording by Rob Bertrando



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Thank you to David Hollister and Keith Bode for the SBD transfer,



and to Rob Bertrando for recording the show.







Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (FLAC>AIFF>Final Cut>WAV>FLAC)



May 14, 2009







Notes:







1) The underrated show of the Winterland run, but just as many highlights: raging Music, above par Scarlet > Fire, a most amazing Estimated > Gone transition, very top notch Terrapin, and an all-time Dew (more than comparable to the 5/8/77 version). Probably the best sonic quality of the three Winterland matrixes...while the others have more "character" to them(especially 6/9), which I like.

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Reviewer: Mind Wondrin - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 5, 2019

Subject: '77 was the year for MNS

The start of one of the best few runs in band history. These shows come after an amazing show at the L.A.Forum, and are the second Winterland run of the year. This is the week that The Grateful Dead Movie was in theaters. The movie was supposed to take the place of touring and was shot in '74, but then languished in post-production, editing, distribution, etc. By then the band had not only healed but had reached a new peak - on full display this week. This 1st night is great and yet isn't as good as the next two nights. It does have different highlights. These are three very heady shows.



First Set. A warming-up occurs by the end of Bertha, though Jack Straw is still rickety. Tennessee is not the most solid and kinda sluggish - but still fun. However, it's after an average Looks Like Rain that things blow wide. Peggy-O is an immensely entertaining version. There's a brief reel flip @7:27 on the SBD, usually patched with an AUD (here the official release instead removes 34sec of Jer's solo). FWIW, this is a great Funiculi Funicula - closer to band song than a mere tuning. Friend of the Devil is astounding, and before you can get over it The Music Never Stopped functions as the model organism for psychonaut agency.



Second Set. Scarlet is a wash at first, especially with Jer's mic going out, but it comes together in the jam out. The next couple are average, but there's a wonderful drop into Good Lovin: when Phil starts, Jer picks it up in about a femtosecond. It's threateningly untight, but that turns around at a very nice Candyman. Then, Estimated is just gobsmacking. Samson is so much fun; calamitously cock-eyed silly. The next few are are absolutely solid, even if Morning Dew is not the 5/22 monster. Around starts strong but there's a touch of losing the thread. The box set notes that Uncle John's is "marred by off-center harmonies", but I disagree. It's just fine, and there are a couple sweet Jer sections. U.S. Blues not so much, but it's time to save some for the next night.



1st Set : B

2nd Set : B-

Overall = 3¾ stars



Highlights:

Peggy-O - immensely entertaining (and the tuning after)

Friend of the Devil - astounding

The Music Never Stopped - psychonaut fave

Candyman > Morning Dew - the mid-set sequence is golden, but particularly Estimated > Samson



SOURCES: The bertrando_troy_miller_smith_sirmick is a remaster of the Troy AUD, but it runs way too fast. Use bertrando_31951 instead. The official release has the entire SBD except for an edited Peggy-O. The best alternative is the Seamons matrix (seamons_99001), which has the energy. It uses the hollister-bode_24291 SBD. - November 5, 2019'77 was the year for MNS

Reviewer: 20thCenturyAmericanMale - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 29, 2018

Subject: Lovin '77 Dead This is definitely a show worth a listen. The recording sounds awesome and the performance is yet another fine example of the band in 1977, arguably one of the best years of music in the catalogue.

Some think the world is made for fun and frolic,

And so do I!

Some think it well to be all melancholic,

To pine and sigh;

But I, I love to spend my time in singing

Some joyous song;

To set the air with music bravely ringing

Is far from wrong!

Listen! Listen! echoes sound afar!

Listen! Listen! echoes sound afar!

Funiculi funicula`, funiculi funicula`,

Echoes sound afar! funiculi, funicula`.



Some think it wrong to set the feet a-dancing,

But not so I;

Some think that eyes should keep from coyly glancing

Upon the sly!

But oh! to me the mazy dance is charming,

Divinely sweet,

And surely there is nought that is alarming

In nimble feet?

Listen! Listen! music sounds afar!

Listen! Listen! music sounds afar!

Funiculi funicula`, funiculi funicula`,

Music sounds afar! funiculi, funicula`.



Ah me! 'tis strange that some should take to sighing,

And like it well;

For me, I have not thought it worth the trying,

So cannot tell!

With laugh and dance and song the day soon passes,

Full soon is gone,

For mirth was made for joyous lads and lasses

To call their own!

Listen! Listen! hark! the soft guitar!

Listen! Listen! hark! the soft guitar!

Funiculi funicula`, funiculi funicula`,

Hark! the soft guitar! funiculi funicula - January 29, 2018Lovin '77 Dead

Reviewer: tonedef - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 4, 2013

Subject: Too much analysis here Oh, look, it's an art critic!



(Monty Python) - August 4, 2013Too much analysis here

Reviewer: Seederman - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 7, 2011

Subject: First Matrix... I guess you could say I wandered off when the bus brokedown in 1995, and got on with life... Haven't listened to the Dead much in the last few years, and was kind of picking through the archives recently, trying to rekindle that old spirit... It wasn't working; nothing sounded good to me anymore, it all sounded old, weary, and tired...



I don't know if this is taboo to mention here or not, but somebody uploaded the whole Hunter's Trix series at a tracker site... 64 shows. I had never heard of the series, or Hunter, or even heard of a "matrix" before. But I decided to download a few and give 'em a listen...



Hunter, you've brought tears to my eyes. You've done the impossible, you've brought the Dead to life again, more real and visceral than I've ever heard them before.



#46 (this show) was one of the first ones I've heard. I always loved the Morning Dew from Pembroke Pines '77, but this one seriously tops it... If felt the old goosebumps I used to feel as a young kid back in the day hearing this stuff, you've really done a work for the ages here...



To stay with Morning Dew for a moment, a good example of the nuanced mix is at the very end, when Garcia's voice fades its last note, you hear the audience singing along (in pretty good tune, I might add...)... What I liked is, I didn't actually hear them singing until Garcia's voice faded, but they were "felt" throughout; never before have I heard a concert in this way before; it really conjured up the feeling of being right there, but hearing the nuance of the band more clearly than was ever possible at a show.



Dick's Picks, which I used for my fixes before, sound flat and murky and one-dimensional in comparison.



I realize not everyone likes matrix recordings (I learned that while reading up on this collection, which I knew nothing about). But for me, it was almost a religious experience. Outstanding work, the Dead should pay you for this stuff...



Outstanding show, outstanding matrix, 5-stars all the way. - January 7, 2011First Matrix...

Reviewer: BIG_R - favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 28, 2009

Subject: 6-7-77 This is a wonderful show. Subtle and mellow.The next two nights are even better. The legendary second set from 6-9 will rip your head off and take a crap down your neck. I have this show on cd. I don't remember where I got it. It must have been before it became a commercial release. I dont know what source mine is from but it sounds like a Betty board. I'm very sure that this Hunter Seamons matrix will sound great. He's the man when it comes to those things. - September 28, 20096-7-77