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Reviewer: c-freedom - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 18, 2017

Subject: Equinox Samson-Anytime!

Dancin-Good retread

Sunrise-Does Not have ending vocal yet.

Passenger- They don't emphasize that riff live.

some Strange lyrics for this tune but

"What is a man, deep down inside" just nails it.

Really like hearing Bob & Donna singing together.

Circle Games???

Estimated-One of Weir's best.

FIRE-completes SCARLET

EQUINOX- A never released tune!MERCY of a fool.

TERRAPIN-Not sure why this tune has gotten some flack over the years. It always was great when i caught it live from 84-93



The old Mars Hotel filler is pretty interesting:

although it needs Donna's down and dirty

"What she wants!!!"

Also like that Weir Lyric

"Bible, says, robbing banks a sin"

Money, Money lyrically is Loose Lucy on Steroids. - February 18, 2017Equinox

Reviewer: grasshopper's nipples - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 19, 2015

Subject: Terrapin trip trippin on the different conception of Terrapin complete than ever made my ears otherwise, glad i took the time to listen, you will be too



the review is only for Terrapin, i doubt much of the other stuff is worth your ears grasshopper's nipples -- February 19, 2015Terrapin trip

Reviewer: David Gans - favorite favorite favorite - January 10, 2013

Subject: Studio name correction etc This album was recorded at Sound City in Van Nuys, California. I don't know if there is such a thing as "Arista Studios," but if so it had nothing to do with these sessions.



Also: the Mars Hotel material was added to this reel somewhere along the line but was not recorded at the same time as the Terrapin Station material. There's no way the GD would spend valuable studio time playing old songs like that. Think about it! - January 10, 2013Studio name correction etc

Reviewer: Ras ViKing - favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 11, 2011

Subject: Dead Live I've been loving these tracks for many years but seem to forget about them for long stretches at a time. These are some wonderful versions of the songs but don't seem too different than many concert versions in most respects. Definitely stuff I need to revisit more often as they are fun, jammy and well mixed.



Although it was not until 1995 they did play Unbroken Chain 10 times. - August 11, 2011Dead Live

Reviewer: jerry fan - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 6, 2009

Subject: Grateful Dead Live at Arista Studios 2/17/77 NICE...! To all those who helped get deadlist.com up and running and online, Thanks soooo Much!!! - December 6, 2009Grateful Dead Live at Arista Studios 2/17/77

Reviewer: Sedula - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 12, 2009

Subject: Money, Money was played live Dylan Said: "Money Money, is goofy and makes Bobby nearly explode. I'm glad they never played this one live, despite liking the studio track. Since these songs were never played live this is virtually the only frame of reference we have to hear what these songs might have sounded like played live by the Grateful Dead."



They played Money, Money in May of 1974 several times and it sounded just like the album, not laid back and slow like hear. They play it a number of times that month and it really rocked. - June 12, 2009Money, Money was played live

Reviewer: bass-great-lesh-phillin - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 12, 2009

Subject: Diamond in the rough... This posting patently demonstrates how lucky we are to Archive available to us. A blessing, in fact. Apart from all the other, mostly excellent, recordings, this material is especially fantastic given that it contains live outtakes we would otherwise never have been able to enjoy. Thank you Archive, my quality of life has been heightened ever since my discovery of the database. - January 12, 2009Diamond in the rough...

Reviewer: Dylan M - favorite favorite favorite - December 29, 2007

Subject: Height of "disco" dead I love the Terrapin Station album because of its overzelous production. This setlist shows us what we could have expected from those Terrapin studio days had they not been produced so "sleakly".



Bobby leads this session and Jerry is tamer on pretty much everything. I don't think Jer is having as good of a time as Donna or Bobby either and we can hear it in the playing which pales in comparison from live material that would come in later months (May)



What makes this session badass is the Mars Hotel live bustout. All the songs that never got played live from the Mars Hotel album are played live. Two are Phil songs.This sounds great in concept but it is obvious he isn't up to par with his vocals pre-75. But Phil is having fun with his songs and its great to hear Unbroken Chain and Pride of Cucamonga "live" even though both have false starts (as called by Phil of course.)



Money Money, is goofy and makes Bobby nearly explode. I'm glad they never played this one live, despite liking the studio track. Since these songs were never played live this is virtually the only frame of reference we have to hear what these songs might have sounded like played live by the Grateful Dead.



As i said before, the rest is kind of sloppy and uninspired minus an energetic Passenger which is played diferently from how it was ever played live. - December 29, 2007Height of "disco" dead

Reviewer: L. Rosley - favorite favorite - October 20, 2005

Subject: Cutting room floor The Feb 20 outtakes are much better. Here, Bob and Donna are at their worse on Samson and Sunrise, and Jerry's keeps his guitar mostly bottled up. Estimated Prophet is one of the better pieces here, though not exactly a great performance. Equinox is awful.



This Terrapin Station is worth keeping. It's a good effort and lacks the overproduction of the released album. It includes a rare performance of the At a Siding section, but without the strings and horns of the released album.



FYI, there are more Mars outtakes in the 1974 section. - October 20, 2005Cutting room floor

Reviewer: ouija - favorite favorite favorite - August 28, 2004

Subject: Interesting Interesting outtakes.



This is a prime example of why the GD are a better live band than a studio band. You can tell the suits had control over the sound. - August 28, 2004Interesting