Set 1:

d1t01 - Bertha ->

d1t02 - The Promised Land

d1t03 - Dupree's Diamond Blues

d1t04 - New Minglewood Blues

d1t05 - Bird Song

d1t06 - Me And My Uncle ->

d1t07 - Mexicali Blues

d1t08 - Cold Rain And Snow ->

d1t09 - Hell In A Bucket ->

d1t10 - Sugaree



Set 2:

d2t01 - Scarlet Begonias ->

d2t02 - Fire On The Mountain ->

d2t03 - Estimated Prophet ->

d2t04 - Truckin' ->

d2t05 - Drums ->

d3t01 - Space ->

d3t02 - The Other One ->

d3t03 - The Wheel ->

d3t04 - Good Lovin'



Encore:

d3t05 - U.S. Blues

Patch Info:



Unknown Mics -> Cassette Master -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD (shnid=9994) supplies:



Bertha (0:00 - 5:20)



The Promised Land (1:37 - 1:38)







Notes:



-- Set 2 is seamless



-- Patch source sounds like Sennheiser mics

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Reviewer: mcgrupp216 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 22, 2018

Subject: Chicago Summer '83- Night 1 Always say this about the dead: what a difference two years makes. Technically, the last Chi show was Dec '81, which makes it closer to a year and a half, but still. While perhaps the shows aren't as consistently good as they were in 80-81, I really like the peak show sounds of 83-84. You just gotta find the on nights.



Sort of more of a rushed, yet raw, 80s psychedelic sound. Some lyrical flub/slop on Dupree's- but it's still a treat. Last played 15 shows prior. (Returned in '82 from '78). Mid set Bird song pleases and pops at around 3:30. Early taste of set two psychedlia. Of course by late 80s/early 90s it would find its placement squarely in the set one closer slot, precisely I think to give that set two flavor, stretch out a bit for what's to come.



All in all, this show is a monster, and especially set two. At the risk of hyperbole, this is probably the best, most energetic and raw set in Chicago since the awesome 2/19/73 second two. Set and really the whole show just cooks. To boot, this is possibly the highest quality AUD recording I've ever heard. Excellent Charlie Miller transfer. Check it out!



*Question: how many openers and closers are there in that first set?! - May 22, 2018Chicago Summer '83- Night 1

Reviewer: gordon hensley - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 17, 2017

Subject: smokin' nice string of shows this tour w/ band in tip top form, as is case here. and nice aud, thank you.



a refined, quality first set and a rocked out set two.



suh-weet - January 17, 2017smokin'

Reviewer: drkstrcrashes - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 18, 2016

Subject: The bus doors locked behind me after this 1 This was my third or 4th Dead Show and yes, I was already "on the bus" but after this night, the bus doors SLAMMED shut and were welded closed. I would never look back again. So many great memories- I was only 17. To be able to walk right up to the 10th row was mind boggling. The Bertha doesn't sound loud but Phil was louder than loud. Sonic BOOMS! Jerry's solo trickled like a stream. The Mutron in Duprees was a sound that I had never ever heard before. Along with Jerry's voice, I may have well been on the Dysney haunted house ride. ON ACID! It was a slowly spinning look through colored spider webs into the depths of my mind. After the peak, the trip slowed down and the Scarlet Fire was a half hour celebration of life. This was beyond any "concert" that I had experienced up to this point in my life and I had seen many. I was on a different planet. remembering back now, it is easy to see how the Dead were able to keep the party going for 35 years. LSD was EVERYWHERE, and the good stuff. It was like the 60s had never ended. For a kid from the Chicago suburbs, this discovery was life changing. I would see the GD as much and as far away as I possibly could for the rest of my life. Hearing what they called "space" was another mind/life altering experience. What other band would have the balls to pull off something like that. The Other 1>Wheel was so psychedelic. This whole show was pure psychedelia. This concert changed my life. BIG TIME! And little did I know that the next night I would witness a Help on the Way/Slipknot/Franklin's Tower. More of the most intense, complex and psychedelic music ever created. My GOD am I happy that I witnessed both these shows and both nights on the cleanest acid that was available to man in 1983. Thanks Jerry! - August 18, 2016The bus doors locked behind me after this 1

Reviewer: kbmill - - June 27, 2016

Subject: bread crumb I've opined previously about the spotty character of 1983. On this night they slowed down and enjoyed things a little. Any night the bird Song goes over 11 minutes is a good night in my book. - June 27, 2016bread crumb

Reviewer: Loresr1 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 21, 2014

Subject: Hot Hot Hot The infamous Poplar Creek Shows. The Hoffman Estates Police arrested several thousand people between both nights. It took them a week to process everyone and the dead never player there again. However, both shows are blazing. I've seen some comments that the next night was better. I disagree. They're both stellar. The next night the Help->Slip->Franklin (especially the Franklin's Tower) are outstanding. - June 21, 2014Hot Hot Hot

Reviewer: jjg4762 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 13, 2013

Subject: fact. This show along with the next night were so much fun. Checking back in so many years later the still standout, sound on these recordings are over the top. Considering the band had not played there before those taping found the best spot and the recordings prove it. To many highlights to point out, just grab these while you still can.



Meaning less fact .... this is the very first hell in a bucket sugaree. I only say this because listening to hartford fall of 84 is said at the bottom of the facts on the show. Many many many buckets sugaree later is a historical fact only. Guess in 84 the Bucket Sugaree could be looked as 1st time they opened show with it, as in this case it closes out the 1st set.



I loved both of these shows. HOT HOT HOT



I am a huge fan of Midwest shows before they became over run with people who were only there to make money. We worked the parking lots to get to the next show, not for bank accounts. Just dawned on me how we parked cars here to make an extra buck. Not as parking attendants either. - August 13, 2013fact.

Reviewer: DeePureLove - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 15, 2009

Subject: Nice Run Good memories from these shows probably boosted my rating a star. Had scored front row center for the second show by camping out at Ticketron in Berwyn. Scored 5th row center for this one. Managed to stealth a really nice tape but ended up losing it years later. So I'm thankful for the archive and especially this recording which is really crisp.



Love this show. Jerry made up for muffed lyrics in Sugaree with a blazing version. I love this Scarlet Fire. A bit uneven but the mellow bits are fun, the percussion is nice and the transition into fire is perfect. Another Jerry muff to begin Fire but he again makes it up with one of the better versions I've heard, especially the jam between the first and second verse. Bob must have been chomping at the bit not having sung a song for over 30 minutes of Sugaree and Scarlet>Fire because he comes out blazing on Estimated though the jam is a little too mellow.



The next night was not as good but ending the tour with a semi bust-out Iko encore and pulling off a semi-rare Help>Slip>Franklins was genius and left everybody happy and wanting more.



Oh to be 19 again. - October 15, 2009Nice Run