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1st Set

2nd Set

needs -2% pitch correction

needing -1% pitch

During the previous Red Rocks booking, in '79, McNichols Arena was rented and set up as an alternate venue. Though tix said "If Rainout: McNichols", it was unavailable (or too expensive) this time, so the band played in a downpour. This was not the local showers spinning off the foothills, but a Four Corners monsoonal flow that crossed the Rockies. It rained all three nights but this night had streams running down the side of the seating area and crew using squeegees on the stage. A crowd of thousands, all hiding under plastic. The PA suffers and at times the band does too, making this the lesser of the three nights (the next night is much better). It got cold and people trickled out steadily. I remember in '85 & '87 people would say "remember the rainy year? Was that '82 or '83?" with survival-fondness. It would seem Jer just wanted to get through this show - but they did not bail: the 2nd set is nearly 2hrs. No surprise that it's a below average show for '82 but there are still a few fine passages and two aces.First Set.starts to warm up by the jam. Bobby teases Promised Land but it's-13. I think the playing inis probably better than the sources (and even the FOH mix) indicate.is energyless, but it's here that the SBD almost starts to settle and you can finally hear Phil, though Jer's guitar is still AUD-only. You need the AUDs foras well. The weather is really fucking with the sound bybut Jer tries to add a bit more. Bobby teases See Rider Blues before deciding "I wanna do another one". A waiting Jer eventually predicts "play or die!" Jer again disappears from the SBD on. Seems the whole set was a saving-up for this, which has more than enough spark to leave 'em happy for the break. The playing is wonderful considering the conditions, though a matrix would be nice.Second Set. AUDs are still better for athat finally gets going by the end. The SBD forhas a different source but the rest of that SBD seems to have vanished. These are all average to below average versions until they bring out the energy at the end for those who did stay. As with others in the set, Jer winds upby the end.has a longish jam but doesn't go anywhere.has the now-cringe-worthy sex change lyric and is again messy until Jer pulls it into the jam section - though he soon walks off, followed by Brent. Bobby stays out and runs with it (a nice section for you Bobby rhythm heads). 1min ofis cut from the SBD. DuringJer quickly bumps into a Spanish Jam theme and Bobby follows. When it breaks down Jer leads a theme on E-D-A that can't not go into NFA (some mistook this for a Stephen tease).stays relatively unformed, then out of the deluge unexpectedly comes a really good, with tight harmonies and Jer pathos. Like the first set, it seems as though it was all a saving-up for the encore with a stellar(readjust pitch and balance).: C+: COverall = 2¾ starsHighlights:Deal - deluge in defianceIt's All Over, Baby Blue - leaves it all on stage for the remaindersSOURCES: The SBD has a frustrating mix, and the AUDs are more enjoyable for the majority. The best AUD is the Small_Donaldson_Ammons_Noel, which runs fast and. A matrix would fix many/most issues. The tunings are cut on almost all sources. For example, Weir's "This is the annual Red Rocks rain-out, but we're still here" before Althea is only on the Noel AUD and the mason_129707 AUD, and cut from all other AUDs and the SBD. All AUDS are pitched fast or slow. The browning-feinberg_32707 SBD runs fast on the 2nd set,, except for Althea.