Set 1



One More Saturday Night-> Fire On The Mountain, Walkin' Blues, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Mama Tried-> Big River, Bird Song-> The Music Never Stopped



Set 2



Touch Of Gray, Women Are Smarter, Terrapin Station-> Drums-> The Wheel-> Cryptical Envelopement-> The Other One-> Comes A Time-> Around & Around-> Sugar Magnolia, E: U.S. Blues

Notes:



-- Disc change is seamless



-- Thanks to Joani Walker and Paul Scotton for the tapes



-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

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Reviewer: Dark Star 101 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 14, 2020

Subject: On this 35th! Anniversary Yes, this is a powerhouse 1985 show! I was there tripping balls, about 20 heads back on this glorious Saturday down at the beach, dancing in the dirt. (Anyone remember the dancing nurses - in old fashioned white starched uniforms - winding their way through the crowd?). Super high energy from stem to stern - the boys were on! Scorching OMSN and Fire to kick things off - Bird Song and MNS to close out the first set - simply divine! Epic Terrapin. Sweet Wheel! The Other One part one! I could go on and on... It’s ALL so good!(Meanwhile Live Aid was happening in Philly, which I recall being played during intermission). And all this happened during the afternoon in the light of day with the wind whipping off the ocean. We then somehow made it back to Santa Barbara for an endless night of shenanigans. Oh to live this weekend again. But that can’t happen, so tapping into this Charlie Miller mix is the next best thing. Thank you Charlie, and long live the Archive! - July 14, 2020On this 35th! Anniversary

Reviewer: Dave Siebert - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 15, 2014

Subject: Listen. Of course,I was there! Thannk you Charlie Miller for helping me relive my past in such quality>#dontletgo - July 15, 2014Listen.

Reviewer: jiminycriquet - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 12, 2013

Subject: Love it This has got some great stuff... End of first set and start of second set = truly magical. Great playing by all and Jerry's guitar has a nice deep rich sound to it that is awesome.



Thanks again Charlie Miller, you are the man! jiminycriquet -- November 12, 2013Love it

Reviewer: doug_the_dude - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 14, 2013

Subject: -- Awesome, full-throated show from a magnificent summer.



Set 1: OMSN > Fire. Of course, a weird way to start a show, but just check that Fire - my god, they have that rhythm as steady as a rock. I'm tempted to want to compare this to a '77 version, but how's about letting 1985 stand on its own two feet, and compare *others* to this magnificence?



Walkin' Blues peaked this year. They turned in one incredible reading of this old R. Johnson tune again and again. As Gregg Allman would say, this thing is six-foot-f*ckin' BLUES.



Everything else rounds out quite an eye-popping first set - Dupree's is handled with total ease, and Bird Song > MNS makes for a fantastic bookend to the opening jams. WOW!



Set 2 - Only caveat for this show is Touch, which Jerry fumbles - they never really got a handle on this one lyrically until after the coma (most appropriately, maybe). But Terrapin is sung from the top of the mountain, D>S is purposefully weird - check the hallowed space that the Wheel emerges from.



Other One is all right enough, and to njpg below: if you didn't like Jer's '85 attempts at Cryptical, which indeed were rather lackluster, why bitch about lack of a reprise? He never aired the reprise out for 10+ minutes ala 68-70 anyways; it would have been a 45-second thing, had he done it - besides, the sharp turn into Comes a Time is absolutely majestic - listen to how he *commands* that opening line - this is NO substandard version - if there's anything to complain about, it's Bobby's abrupt jangle into a ho-hum A&A away from the beautiful delicacy they were laying down - they could have kept up that space for another 10 minutes, even to the end of the show, and I'd be happy.



The energy here is infectious - if you have any head friends who scoff at '85, suggest this one. If it doesn't convince, nothing will. - July 14, 2013--

Reviewer: BIG_R - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 15, 2012

Subject: 7-13-85 Excellent performance/sound quality. Yeah, C Miller rules! - July 15, 20127-13-85

Reviewer: ILoveJerryGarcia - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 27, 2011

Subject: Charlie Miller Just seeing Charlie Miller's name on this fantastically played show is satysfying. I worship him. - June 27, 2011Charlie Miller

Reviewer: njpg - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 25, 2011

Subject: 4.3 stars There are no really good AUDs of this show, so I'm rating this characteristically awesome Scotton/Walker/Miller SBD instead. I think the best AUD of this show is the Suraci, as per usual for this tour.



The set list is amazing. Despite what you might think before you hear it, though, the first is the better of the two sets, with the highlights being the opening Saturday Night/Fire, another very heavy Walkin' as good as the one they played a few nights before, and Big River. In the second set, we have yet another sloppy and shoddy Cryptical (what is the point of awesome breakouts if they sound like crap?), and this would be mitigated by a stellar Other One...but then, even though they set it up for a Cryptical reprise, THEY DON'T PLAY IT. Instead, Garcia breaks the rhythm with a slightly substandard Comes A Time. Not cool. But the encore rocks. Overall, a good show that could have been so much better. - June 25, 20114.3 stars

Reviewer: Longnstrange - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 1, 2010

Subject: GOOD STUFF Awesome sounding board! This isn't heavy on the keys or vocals like so many eighties boards are. Cymbals sound great. No swishy swashy. Bass is all there to boot. Opinions abound as far as song selection and performance, so my reviews are only of the recording quality. - March 1, 2010GOOD STUFF