Set 1



Sugaree ->

Little Red Rooster

Friend Of The Devil

My Brother Esau

Bird Song

Hell In A Bucket ->

Deal



Set 2



Touch Of Grey

Samson And Delilah

To Lay Me Down ->

Man Smart (Woman Smarter)

Terrapin Station ->

Drums ->

Space ->

The Wheel ->

I Need A Miracle ->

Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad ->

Good Lovin'



Encore

Revolution

MATRIX MIX: 2 SBD/ 1 AUD (About 60%/40%)







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2 SBD:







Recording Info:



Set 1: SBD -> Master Cassette -> Dat -> Sonic Solutions -> CD -> EAC -> FLAC



Set 2: SBD -> Master Cassette -> Reel -> Dat -> CD -> EAC ->



Samplitude v7.02 Professional -> FLAC







Patch Info:



(FOB/12th Row) Sennheiser 421 -> Master Cassette (Sony D5) -> Dat -> CD



Patches in "Samson" and "Space"







Edited By Charlie Miller



charliemiller87@earthlink.net



12/26/04







Notes:



-- Seamless transition between discs 2 and 3.







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AUD:



Recording Info:



(FOB) Sennheiser 441 + (1) Neumann U87 -> Cassette Master (Nakamichi 550) -> Dat (48k)







Transfer Info:



Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v10.02 -> FLAC







All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller



charliemiller87@earthlink.net



March 24, 2008







Patch Info:



(FOB/12th Row) Sennheiser 421 -> Cassette Master -> Dat -> CD (shnid=347) supplies:



Drums (complete track)







Notes:



-- Recorded By Rob Eaton



-- Dat provided by J.J. Clifton



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Thank you to Charlie Miller for the SBD and AUD transfers,



and to Rob Eaton for recording the show.



And thanks to mayormarionbarry for the seed.







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



April 3, 2008 Remastered June 24, 2008







Notes:







1) While there are minor gaps in all sources at various places, there is a three-minute gap in the AUD patch (Sennheiser 421) during Drums, so only the SBD plays for part of Drums.







2) Love the Space in this show, for some reason. Come to think of it, I love this show too.











Remastering Notes (06/24/08):







1) Portions of all songs were re-synced, except Friend of the Devil, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Drums, and I Need a Miracle.

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Reviewer: Schneidawg - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 25, 2020

Subject: Fiver~! C'mon now! How can you give this anything but 5 stars. The 16 min. Sugaree opener is just spectacular. Anyone who says otherwise is just being overly critical and negative.



And Hunter's Matrix mix is beautiful. I don't think you can get better sound quality than this with a live dead recording. Deep and detailed soundboard quality with plenty of atmospheric ambiance.



Wish I could've been there. Thanks Hunter! And thanks to the good 'Ol Grateful Dead!! Miss you guys.... - January 25, 2020Fiver~!

Reviewer: halfofwhatyathoughtyouhad - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 30, 2019

Subject: First set on fire by Garcia My 5 stars are for the 1st set. This IS one of the best sugaree's the boys played, there are other one's during this period that are also long and epic as well plus JGB versions, but man over 16min opener, plus we get a long bird song! and a LONG deal to close set 1.?!! Garcia was on fire this first set. - October 30, 2019First set on fire by Garcia

Reviewer: Trunorth413 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 24, 2018

Subject: Brother to brother One of my first shows, sophomore in college. Met up with my oldest brother, 10 years older than me. Used to see the boys at the Fillmore back in his school days in NYC.

Hands me a handful of magic, and says enjoy the show. Didn't see him again until the Terrapin before drums. Face melted, shoes nowhere to be found, grinning from ear to ear. Good times...grateful days.

Memorable songs...Sugaree with Jerry tremolos, Funky Brother Esau, soaring Birdsong, Deal with some energy. Touch of Grey set opener. Majestic Terrapin, Wheel comes rollin' out of space, with a fun Miracle>GDTRFB>Good Lovin' rippin until the very end. Expected a Brokedown, but got the Revolution instead, complete with a croaking Jerry. - June 24, 2018Brother to brother

Reviewer: patnem2003 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 28, 2018

Subject: Best Sugaree?



JGB 5/20/84 has the best I've ever heard!





http://ia902606.us.archive.org/19/items/jgb1984-05-20/jgb1984-05-20.mp3?cnt=0



Lake Acid is WAAAAY OVERATED IMO! Must have been Olympic size doses going around! Though Sugaree is ok it's far from best and has a few sloppy points and doesn;t reach veryfar like the highs of 77. 77 versions.are much better IMO!!JGB 5/20/84 has the best I've ever heard!Lake Acid is WAAAAY OVERATED IMO! Must have been Olympic size doses going around! - March 28, 2018Best Sugaree?

Reviewer: tanman82 - favorite favorite favorite - October 30, 2015

Subject: monster sugaree In the reviews for Orono maine from spring of 83 I opined on the long, multi guitar break sugaree's from spring of 77 to 83. I forgot about this version. So this is the last of the MONSTER sugaree's. Unless of course I forgot about another one(??) - October 30, 2015monster sugaree

Reviewer: Johnny-Mac - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 1, 2015

Subject: One of My Faves Another Magical Day with the Dead in '83.

My 1st time in Lake Placid in the Fall - the leaves were breath taking.

Cops had a Road-Block set up on the Northway before the Lake Placid exit pulling over anyone who looked like us - including me. Went with three other guys, one was planning to be a lawyer and started to give the cops a hard time from the back seat - not a good idea considering our condition and the contents of my trunk!

Got off with a couple of tickets.

Speaking of tickets, the other three guys had them for the show, not me.

Found a nose-bleed ticket but ended up 11th row center - we were all standing on top of the seats and dancing - great time - great show.

Thanks for the music! - January 1, 2015One of My Faves

Reviewer: Schumster - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 22, 2014

Subject: If only .... There were a time machine this might be where I'd go. Sure there were better shows musically (as we all know nothing compares to the energy and adventurousness of the early years), but I'm a sucker for the 80's sound and this performance is no slouch. I'm with you JBird, those that sought out quality tapes way back when will never grow frustrated by the amount of quality streams available to us all now thanks to all tapers, uploaders, and matrix makers indeed. - December 22, 2014If only ....

Reviewer: jcart82 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 10, 2014

Subject: Amazing Sugaree and Friend Of the Devil Great show, amazing sound, Jerry is totally on!! - December 10, 2014Amazing Sugaree and Friend Of the Devil

Reviewer: Warfrat63 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 17, 2014

Subject: Happy Anniversary PLACID SHOW! 34 Years ago today. This was one of my favorite shows that I went to between 1982 and 1995.

Super Hot Show! The music, the people, the electric environment and the friends I was with.



Great Times! - October 17, 2014Happy Anniversary PLACID SHOW!

Reviewer: jjg4762 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 25, 2014

Subject: Great show You know you were witness to a very special night when there are 100's of reviews of a show you attended. I love the little video clip below shows what the real scene was like back then. - September 25, 2014Great show

Reviewer: jmanjustin - favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 4, 2014

Subject: France? Someone on here said the boy's opened up with France, What show was that? - April 4, 2014France?

Reviewer: jbirdjackjones - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 12, 2013

Subject: fiver High quality show, sugaree opener is flawless, love that tune, and show just keeps on blazing. Brother Esau , f'n cranking birdsong, I used to love like when before set openers or between songs you'd hear all sorts of riffs and you and your buddies would be blurting out what you think they're goin to break into. And you know some are damn close like Cumberland's / big river or aiko / women r smarter but to me the start of birdsong sounded like new speedway boogie for a second, like all railroadsy, bluesy and a tad quicker. I think its a right on sound and well when you can get the sugaree friend of the devil, birdsong, deal, wheel, terrapin, to lay me down in the same show, well blow me the fuck down it would have almost been like I was in charge of picking the songs, short of St Stephen. Real great show, and thanks for putting it on here. Heck I'm still here mostly with cassette taped shows still. Man its a bit easier than building a nice amount of shows on cassettes. Used to get some an hour at a time off dead hour probably with dudes voice on there from trying to time it but being a lil off, or had to go buy tapes, get a fat doob go two towns over and badger our boy to take the doob and make us two tapes of shows and no high speed dub, so you came back in a day and got them, and get criticized cause the doob was regs, haha, or good Old Mom at woodstock in cherry hill. Her store would dub tapes on a donations only basis. But you'd still go there twice per order. Not to mention you guys that did all the taping, thanks again. Be good family, and continued success to all G D family - December 12, 2013fiver

Reviewer: phatrick - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 31, 2013

Subject: I always get a bit angry when i see a post....` "Man, I would love an aud copy of the 1st set, the 2nd set looks pretty weak though" arrrrggghhh!



I can easily come up with 2 shows from the same tour/year (for the most part) with kick ass setlists that they mailed it in, too much partying before/during show etc. that sucked. Or on the other side of the coin it' like that that famous show they opened up with France. Shitty list, smokin' show! - October 31, 2013I always get a bit angry when i see a post....`

Reviewer: utapah - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 26, 2013

Subject: LAKE ACID!!!!! SSIA - October 26, 2013LAKE ACID!!!!!

Reviewer: timewarpwiretap - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 12, 2013

Subject: As good as it gets! Fantastic show & recording. - September 12, 2013As good as it gets!

Reviewer: renosson - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 18, 2013

Subject: diggin it bra

started going to see the dead in the early 70's and through it all after

getting on in with the shows review, I dig it,i dig them all.

Aloha,miss you Pat Kelly,i bet your burnin with uncle Jerry!

see you when I'm lookin atchew ahh now this is one show for digging.mahalo all you that bring these shows to this place,an extra slice of raison pie to you all.started going to see the dead in the early 70's and through it all after then.the dead and the times change and the sounds that race through me now listening here bring me to tears sometimes.happy and sad tears,all the while I wish I could have some visuals to go along with these tunes.getting on in with the shows review, I dig it,i dig them all.Aloha,miss you Pat Kelly,i bet your burnin with uncle Jerry!see you when I'm lookin atchew - June 18, 2013diggin it bra

Reviewer: ptah - - May 29, 2013

Subject: touch of grey comment Touch of Grey - First performed as an encore on September 15, 1982 at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, it was finally released on In the Dark in 1987. - May 29, 2013touch of grey comment

Reviewer: grateful phishmon - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 21, 2013

Subject: Great recording, great first set, meh second set Is there a good audience copy available? If so, I'd like to download just the first set. Phenomenal Sugaree to open, and strong Rooster, Birdsong, and Deal as well. The second set is pretty weak on the song selection, but does have a nice To Lay Me Down, and the Space contains a Heaven Help the Fool segment. The Wheel transition into Miracle is interesting, it switches keys and then meanders for a while before they suddenly cut it off and start up Miracle (one of my least favorite Dead songs).



3 1/2 stars. - May 21, 2013Great recording, great first set, meh second set

Reviewer: casimiro1965 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 15, 2013

Subject: Just can't help it I started to listen at GD when I was 16 and after 32 years can't stop it.

Great Music. - May 15, 2013Just can't help it

Reviewer: augustsdad - favorite favorite favorite - May 7, 2013

Subject: surprised? come on all- this like so many other 80s and 90s shows is what it is- some solid tunes with moments of greatness and moments of 'meh'. soulds about like every show I was lucky enough to have witnesses. enjoy it for what it is- a GD show! - May 7, 2013surprised?

Reviewer: Suspect1977 - favorite favorite - April 14, 2013

Subject: Ummm... a little too much herion, maybe? - April 14, 2013Ummm...

Reviewer: micp1274 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 4, 2013

Subject: Do You Believe In Miracles! Been to Olympic Arena later in life, watch Ironman, see Olympic history, enjoy the beautiful area. To know that GD was there too, well it completes me. I great show to boot. - February 4, 2013Do You Believe In Miracles!

Reviewer: Conanm - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 11, 2013

Subject: Great Show Thank you for the matrix! Sounds amazing! The dead were on fire this night. Give it another shot Ladybugfm! Incredible Sugaree, Bird Song, Deal and To lay me Down! The whole first set is solid. Heck, I even replayed My Brother Esau a few times! Have a listen folks! You won't be disappointed with this 83' gem. - January 11, 2013Great Show

Reviewer: wolfthatisdire - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 10, 2013

Subject: Touch To the member below me, the dead began performing Touch in 1982 I think, it was released in 1987 though.



Anyways this show is great, nice Sugaree, solid sets. - January 10, 2013Touch

Reviewer: ladybugcfm - favorite favorite favorite - January 9, 2013

Subject: Touch of Grey??? I think the year of this show is incorrect. Touch of Grey wass released in 1987 - January 9, 2013Touch of Grey???

Reviewer: gschneider77 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 8, 2013

Subject: Incredible Show and Recording Just halfway through Sugaree you can already see this was a special night. Best Recording of the night by the trixter himself. Turn this one up and enjoy. Believe it or not, and many people are very negative on 80's shows, as bad as the JG looked, he could still play with the legends on the good nights! This was obviously one of those nights - January 8, 2013Incredible Show and Recording

Reviewer: ms42466 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 12, 2012

Subject: gdtrfBAd!!!! out of control !!!!!!!! - December 12, 2012gdtrfBAd!!!!

Reviewer: clementinescaboose - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 17, 2012

Subject: Best Sugaree of the '80s... And plenty of other highlights. Amazing 1st set, including one of the longest Deals I know of. Rest is no slouch either...definitely one of my favorites of the year! - October 17, 2012Best Sugaree of the '80s...

Reviewer: doug_the_dude - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 17, 2012

Subject: -- thanks, Hunter Seamons, for your efforts in bringing this show to us - I do enjoy listening to this matrix.



This show is total gold from Sugaree until To Lay Me Down. From there, it's adequate but just not as compelling as the first 2/3rds.



I think this has got to be the best set 1 from '83 I've heard the boys play; don't overlook Touch and especially that rocket-engine Samson in set 2, either.



Strange to say that Terrapin is the weak link in the chain here, but there it is - Jer gets quite lost lyrically and the show never quite recovers from there. Still in all, this is a great listen. - October 17, 2012--

Reviewer: hseamons - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 24, 2012

Subject: I Need More Trix



http://www.facebook.com/GratefulDeadTrix



for more information on the GD matrix series. Seeing this matrix gets a lot of play, feel free to venture over tofor more information on the GD matrix series. - September 24, 2012I Need More Trix

Reviewer: $ - favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 17, 2012

Subject: Great show - great matrix I love these matrix mixes - nice work, Hunter. I like the energy of AUDs but often the audio isn't litenable to me on phones for a long time. And in the eras like this in which the SBDs tend to be lifeless, (early 80s SBD bass drums sound like ass) these matrix mixes are great.



This show is a surprise from 83. I generally think of this era (83-86) as sounding pretty bloated and drunk, but here they don't sound bloated at all (!)



Working a late night and stumbled upon this one - what a great show through and through. I like the energy and the improv is something special.



The Wheel from the 80s is the best IMO, with Brent harmonies and the faster tempo.



Everything's been said, but wanted to add that this is a great show.



I think creativity and adventure in music are far more important than perfection. - August 17, 2012Great show - great matrix

Reviewer: Jeff Knorek from Nova Scotia - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 1, 2012

Subject: This is a must-have show I'm not crazy about '83 shows, but this one is amazing. Jerry just crushes the songs that I dont much care for (GDTRFB is one of them), and it just takes my head off.



5 stars, no question about it. - June 1, 2012This is a must-have show

Reviewer: weirhear917 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 20, 2012

Subject: weirhear917 hot as a pistol but cool inside......sugareeeeee rocks live. samson and deliah and woman smarter weir rocks. been to over 280 conccerts since 70's and last saw the dead (without jerry) august 2010 at brooklyn cyclone arena. still rocking. - May 20, 2012weirhear917

Reviewer: Little Sense - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 3, 2012

Subject: Believe it if you need it or leave it if you dare... What an awesome evening of music. Only three years after the Miracle on Ice. Everything was just exactly perfect in that upside down inside out glory that was the Grateful Dead! Pure bliss, so glad I was there!



The ending jam in Deal is mind boggling, it just keeps going and going. Bird Song is amazing, Sugaree is the best of the 80’s for sure. To Lay Me Down is stunning. What a perfect Dead show, one that leaves the “music” critics scratching their heads. I called these types of Dead shows “for Deadheads only” as the ordinary “music” observers just couldn’t understand how to view this stuff through the looking glass inverted.



knuckleheads who want this music to be the stuff that impresses their high school music teachers are just grasping at straws...the fact that your high school music teacher hates this music is what makes it so damn attractive to me - the inverse of what 99.9999% of people find to be "great music" The Dead tribute bands that I have heard all miss the mark in their obsessive desire to play it correctly as opposed to perfectly - so little energy compared to even the old and feeble Jerry - this is not music that is perfect in the musicologist's eye, this is music that transcends perfection leaving the off-the-bus folks in the wake...and I thank God for that.



This is a show that answers the question: “Why would you see the same band 200 times?” Little Sense -- April 3, 2012Believe it if you need it or leave it if you dare...

Reviewer: Bluebird3434 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 19, 2012

Subject: The Bus Came By and I got on This was my my 4th or 5th show. I was going SUNY college about 4 hours away. Even thou this tour produced St Stephen 3 nights earlier and the following night, i believe this show OVER ALL in playing was better. During the Sugaree you'll hear a deep high scream like someone on a never ending roll coaster going down another steep drop - thats me. Yes, this very much describes this show. I listen to a crisp SB of this show recently and herd it. I still remember the momment. This show is well worth listening over n over, enjoy.."...thats when it all began..." - February 19, 2012The Bus Came By and I got on

Reviewer: Dylan M - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 16, 2011

Subject: "Just Like A Friend of Mine Used to Say" RIDE SALLY RIDE. At least I'm Enjoying The Ride. - November 16, 2011"Just Like A Friend of Mine Used to Say"

Reviewer: dupree413 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 16, 2011

Subject: Jerry This is one of the most interesting shows in terms of song selection for Jerry. It is hard looking back to imagine Sugaree standing on it's own (ie not being segued from Bucket). This Sugaree is certainly one of the best, and they never played it with such energy after this - sans a few '85 versions maybe.

FOTD is that babbling brook - as someone wrote slow but not plodding.

Deal is always a great way to end a set. It makes you wonder what is in store for the second set.

I think To Lay me Down is an acoustic song for an intimate setting (like bob's Race is On or On the Road Again). But a brave and well executed choice by Jerry.

I did not forget BirdSong. I had gotten into the GD about a year prior to this show. DNA, but got a tape from friends within a week.

I know there are "better" BirdSongs (Cole Field House '81 for length and earlier acoustic versions). But this one - for me and I hope others - always leaves me in a warm summer day. I used to play the first set so often the following summer - whether hanging outside, painting the house, driving to work, etc... .



I do agree that Revolution was strained - at least on the vocals, but as with Day Job, I could not discredit a show for its encore.



Enjoy and God Bless. Peace. - November 16, 2011Jerry

Reviewer: Pangolin22 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 6, 2011

Subject: Did I miss something? Some pretty high ratings for this show. For me, 4 stars was generous mostly based on the enjoyable first set. Great Sugaree and particularly good Hell. The energy level seems to wane a bit in the second set and Jerry sounds outright tired. The terrapin is flat and the Revolution that rounds out the show is not good at all. Three and a half stars at best for me. - November 6, 2011Did I miss something?

Reviewer: books@fm - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 25, 2011

Subject: musings Went up with some college friends from Colgate. Remember the wheel with everyone holding hands, yes, and standing on one of the concrete separations during Terrapin in my own world. How about the gas situation driving home? Remember that? - August 25, 2011musings

Reviewer: mmasonD3AD - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 19, 2011

Subject: AMAZING set

tune in to my online radio for LiveDead 24/7!!!:



mason-radio.tk great quality. Great songs. Great everything. After all, they are the GRATEful Dead. haha.tune in to my online radio for LiveDead 24/7!!!: - June 19, 2011AMAZING set

Reviewer: Gratefulforthemusic - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 4, 2011

Subject: Wow Great show from Sugaree to Revolution, solid jams, amazzing terrapin, not the best but still a pretty stellar Man Smart. Overall deserves the 5 stars. - June 4, 2011Wow

Reviewer: joeyhinvb - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 27, 2011

Subject: Great memories of a great show Lake Placid is about two hours from my hometown of Glens Falls, New York. In 1983, I had just graduated high school. In late October I was waiting to go to Navy Bootcamp on November 1st. Going to several shows before I left civilian life was my goal. So I went to Placid to see the show via hitch-hiking the Adirondack Northway.



While on the side of the highway I saw a dead turtle, I knew it was a sign. I was picked up by some dead heads going to the show and told them about the sighting of the american terrapin. I told them it was an omen that Terrapin Station would be played.



Later that night I was getting ready to head back to Glens Falls and saw the dudes I hitched a ride with. They were jumping up and down screaming "Terrapin"!



Lake Placid is indeed one of the most beautiful places God made on this planet and that show was the most memorable show ever. - May 27, 2011Great memories of a great show

Reviewer: W9Diva - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 21, 2011

Subject: 8mm footage Lake Acid

http://www.archive.org/details/Shakedown_Street Please watch and remember how sweet it was. - April 21, 20118mm footage Lake Acid

Reviewer: bencterry - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 18, 2011

Subject: incredible show this concert has been a mainstay of 1980's music for me - a bellweather of the Grateful Dead at some of their most lucid and creative exploration of the 1980s. - February 18, 2011incredible show

Reviewer: One long song - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 15, 2011

Subject: Memories I was at this show,and I would say it rates as one of the best!

Having drove across country from NM non stop. Got tix day of the show at the box office. First east coast show. Great new friends, good spot Inside. Does anyone remember the circle around the arena during wheel? Met family that owned my vw bus. All too good. Golden road was divine. - January 15, 2011Memories

Reviewer: mindleftbodytwice - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 27, 2010

Subject: Bueno senior Garcia! The Sugaree is even better than expected, then you can't stop listening there. Very nice slide work on Rooster. Great show overall, Terrapin is nice, i think Jerry leaves off "not to master" on purpose. - November 27, 2010Bueno senior Garcia!

Reviewer: bornindasixties - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 8, 2010

Subject: tasty sugar eeeee! Nice show, so many on here, one can refine the pallete as with the finest wines, assuming you got them for free like all these great shows are now! I give it a 4 for sound and a 5 for flavor.



For the last 23 years of my life, since my first Dead show, the sound "backdrop" to my life has been filled with the tear drop strains of Jerry's guitar, sometimes in the foreground, always in the background, and always soothing and zen like, a constant peaceful meditation. It is a comfort like few others and cheers me when I am sad, celebrates with me when I am happy. Other songs and bands fill this space from time to time, but nothing can compare to Jerry's unique and beautiful playing. I know many of you feel the same. - November 8, 2010tasty sugar eeeee!

Reviewer: Lazy Lester - - November 5, 2010

Subject: Really Necessary? Is it just me or do these matrices seem a little over the top? - November 5, 2010Really Necessary?

Reviewer: thebubba - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 25, 2010

Subject: missed it I had tickets for this show and it would have been my first, but I got swamped with exams and let my friends have my car to go. I bombed the exams anyway and June 84 at SPAC ended up being my first show and the beginning of a good 9 year run. I learned a good lesson that day that I have not always followed, When you have a chance to do something fun, do it. - October 25, 2010missed it

Reviewer: Loresr1 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 20, 2010

Subject: Killer Show Had this on cassette tape many moons ago. One of my favorite concerts that I was NOT at. - October 20, 2010Killer Show

Reviewer: BodhiSky - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 15, 2010

Subject: memories... Was 16 at this show. Amazing fun, not long after the miracle on ice and with flags and decorations in town, still felt really Olympic.



Besides all kindsa wonderful escapades I still nostalgically and fondly remember, the actual show was outstanding in person.



The arena was so small, with bare fluorescent fixtures dimly lighting the inner walkway behind the first level of seating.



The Sugaree was so outstanding we were hanging on the edge wondering what would happen next.



To Lay Me Down is a wonderful treat. I love the strength of the Terrapin that seemed to carry Jerry along with it, that power-train.



The highlight though was Wheel, when we held hands in a ring around the arena, singing and dancing on that dimly lit walkway, clearly visible to the band.



Although they arguably play too fast during this period (83-84), I consider the end of the second set just another wild and wonderful, rockin' high energy lovefest. - October 15, 2010memories...

Reviewer: Green Warbler - favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 27, 2010

Subject: finally got this long-requested show A raving deadhead on skis at Mad River Glen gave me this on CD to play for the Single Chair crowd some years back, but it was an AUD. Now that I'm a sonic purist, there's no going back....if it isn't a Matrix or pure SBD, there's too much else to listen to out there..



Sweet show, sugaree & Terrapin are worth getting your RCA's out for as is the Terrapin. Love the feel of the long unwound FOTD and raw Bucket. Sounds like Jerry might have a scratch (cigarette-induced or otherwise) in his voice but he does nail (nearly?) all the words.



I agree that late in this game they were accelerating song delivery. - September 27, 2010finally got this long-requested show

Reviewer: Twistidfunk - favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 5, 2010

Subject: Excellent! This one sure doesn't dissapoint but it felt like towards the end of the show they were rushing through it. After opening up with a long Sugaree and some others I guess the boys got tired in the second set. Understandable, a 175 min show is worth every penny and then some if you were lucky enough to be there and now worth every minute! - August 5, 2010Excellent!

Reviewer: robinrunaround - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 26, 2010

Subject: shining with patient spontaneity Jerry is very sharp and full of ideas and Brent is fueled, fluid, and flying. Friend of the Devil is both thoughtful and playful. loose, not somber. 5-star Bird Song with a tremendously energetic peak section. They get into that endlessly mutating merry-go-round vibe with Deal--oozing with creativity. Jerry's guitar on Lay me Down is wildly active and soulful. You hear the crowd appreciate it at end of the first lead break. Phil really brings it on this one, as does Brent at the end. Jerry just keeps pushing without rushing, like a tireless trailblazer leading the whole gang through Women are Smarter. You can hear him flag before the final chorus, and the rest of the band immediately picks it right up and raises the level.



suggesting rhythm that will not forgive me? howling on the meadow forming winds both foul and fair? Despite stumbling lyrics, the Terrapin shines with the patient spontaneity present throughout the show. I Need a Miracle>Goin Down the Road are high energy from everyone, keepin up with Jerry, who finally starts flagging again in Good Lovin, where Bobby's riffing and rhyming takes over and picks it up again. I can just picture a sea of bopping, shimmying heads soaking in the Revolution encore, with one last shining shred by Jerry-------------shooby-doo-wah



and yes, on second listen the Sugaree (at least the first 2/3 of it) definitively cuts the custard. - June 26, 2010shining with patient spontaneity

Reviewer: jwbinaj - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 22, 2010

Subject: FOTD The first 30 - 35 seconds of FOTD is sweeeet jwbinaj -- June 22, 2010FOTD

Reviewer: myhungryhippo - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 3, 2010

Subject: sbd 60 aud 40 i'd like to hear the reverse



sbd 40

aud 60!





great show, great set, great sound= :) - June 3, 2010sbd 60 aud 40

Reviewer: ProfIguanaDeadZoneDJwrhu.orgTues7-9pm - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 2, 2010

Subject: Classic There's something really special about a show that opens with a double-digit long "Sugaree". For a lack of anything poetic to say, an opening like that just feels so authentically Grateful Dead! ProfIguanaDeadZoneDJwrhu.orgTues7-9pm -- June 2, 2010Classic

Reviewer: David Zuckerman - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 31, 2010

Subject: Sugareeeeee Kicking Sugaree, as the rest of the show is as well, put on a seat belt you're going to need it !!!!!! - May 31, 2010Sugareeeeee

Reviewer: utopian - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 30, 2010

Subject: nice matrix



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peace my favorite sugareepeace - May 30, 2010nice matrix

Reviewer: Stellablu122 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 25, 2009

Subject: Eureka!!! Hunter strikes again. This show deserves a matrix and ths one is very nice. If you are not aware of this show, well then cue it up and away you go.

Easily one of the best Sugaree ever and the rest of the show is stellar. The set ending Deal is incredible and set two is a magical mystery tour of the highest order.

This was the tour they brought back St. Stephen and they played some of the best shows of the early '80's on this tour. - July 25, 2009Eureka!!!

Reviewer: gmarks - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 14, 2009

Subject: overlooked this show is smokin' hot from the first note and i am surprised it hasnt been recognized as such..many thanx to the dead, the archive and everyone for improving the quality of my life! - June 14, 2009overlooked