Alabama Getaway-> Promised Land, They Love Each Other, Me & My Uncle-> Big River, High Time, Minglewood Blues, Stagger Lee, Easy To Love You, Looks Like Rain-> Deal The Music Never Stopped-> Sugaree, Estimated Prophet-> Eyes Of The World-> Drums-> Not Fade Away-> Black Peter-> Good Lovin', E: U.S. Blues

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Reviewer: c-freedom - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 23, 2016

Subject: Before I have to hit em... 1-The Alabama starts with Phil so high up in the mix

that it feels like the ceiling is getting ready to drop.

The mix is adjusted upward for everyone

and we find ourselves with a nice sounding board.

This is a good rockin >Promised land and you get Brent laying it down hand over hand.

T.L.E.O- I like the way Jerry phrases "Connection"

almost like Mick Jagger:

"You know she was going to meet her Connection"

I don't have a strong handle on much of this era so I will have to listen to more shows from this time period.

My initial reaction is that Brent is certainly a force to be reckoned with in a different feel but on par with the beginning of the Keith era.

Here we have Brent as simply a good musician becoming one with the Grateful Dead sound by the time I saw him live in 1984 he was also on his way to becoming a front man.

Me & My Uncle>Big River-

Amazing if you think about the history of these tunes

to get them in a cowboy double shot.

This is moving along at a pretty good clip.

In no way shape or form is this like F.O.T.D 1978 laid back. and as soon as i say that Jerry drops a High Time. Which to me I have trouble telling from Too Lay Me Down. Anyway even though this a mellow ballad I still feel like some ummph here!

"Living the good life, Well, you know!"

Minglewood-Weir's Pick-up song

Stagger Lee, greasy,crispy, headstrong ,strung -out

Just listen to Jerry's vocals

Easy To Love You- It does not even really sound like Brent singing this-I can't explain?

maybe he just sounds very young, idealistic.

This is the yin to the Don't Need Love-Yang

Looks Like Rain-> Deal

2-Wow!Music>Sugaree (You don't get that every day)

Well played and the Sugaree really benefits from the Music it is like super wound up. Jerry almost goes meltdown during that jam, the slide is pretty tight as well.

Wow, the jam in Sugaree just keeps on going, hmmm , pretty impressive indeed! That is the Second big climax jam in the tune.

I gotta say I love Garcia's vocals on this recording, his phrasing is so cool.

Crowd really loved that as well.

Estimated >Eyes- Now if this ever got too routine then you were seeing way to many shows because I ate this combo up. In fact I think it was going into the 1990's when they turned this combo around and started going Eyes>Estimated.

Not something I think they even needed to mess with. - November 23, 2016Before I have to hit em...

Reviewer: kbmill - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 6, 2014

Subject: bread crumb I write this in November, as the Dead's annual 30 Days of Dead game is ongoing. Each day, a new song is posted and we try to identify the specific show from whence it came. Similar to reviews one reads on these pages, there is healthy criticism of the choices that are made. I suppose it is a testimony to the quality of what the band did that so many feel compelled to rate, judge and otherwise opine on the relative merits of songs, shows, members and eras. I've passed the half-way point in my attempt to listen to every date that was played (and recorded). With very few exceptions - there is a horrific first set in 1978 I recall - there is not a single one that didn't make me smile. - November 6, 2014bread crumb

Reviewer: stellabluetoo - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 25, 2013

Subject: clear sound very poignant high time - November 25, 2013clear sound

Reviewer: utopian - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 1, 2009

Subject: Minglewood Phil was almost blowing chunks of the ceiling off with this version



I love fall 79 - July 1, 2009Minglewood

Reviewer: irSampson - favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 10, 2008

Subject: From the beach to High Time... This first of two very enjoyable nights was not quite as high-energy as the following night, but had its moments nonetheless. The opener and a few other first-set songs make it a keeper on their own, but throw in the killer Sugaree, Estimated->Eyes and a pretty decent NFA in the 2nd set, and you just want it in your collection. Enjoy!! - February 10, 2008From the beach to High Time...

Reviewer: JamminJerome - favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 30, 2007

Subject: Very solid show First half of second set smokes! TMNS>Sugaree followed by Estimated>Eyes is a great way to jam into drums>space. NFA>Black Peter was done on their last show on the 10th, and just isn't quite as good, and is followed by a disappointing Good Lovin'. However, being a Pig fan, any Bobby Good Lovin' is going to be disappointing. Good energy this night. Liking the vibes, but not quite loving them. 4 stars. - September 30, 2007Very solid show

Reviewer: L. Rosley - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 16, 2006

Subject: Good stuff A good show. They Love Each Other has a nice groove to it. Jerry has some flubs in Alabama, and the mix isn't great to start with, but improves. I think the next night was better. - May 16, 2006Good stuff

Reviewer: capn doubledose - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 11, 2005

Subject: INTENSE - What a surprise From the kick ass Alabama straight into a fun and funky Promised, Superb Big River (I mean really great), High Time which I never saw at a show that did not just crush it to the over the top Mwood. LL Rain is fantastic and then the Deal to close the set is immortal.



Set II opens with a crushing & rare Set II Music into Sugaree which again is loud and intense. Est>Eyes is wonderful and melodic.



This is the band coming into their own in the high and tight Arista years and while I believe there was a conscious to avoid long trippy jams and meandering this is a welcome difference. What a show and only 19 songs! - November 11, 2005INTENSE - What a surprise

Reviewer: Flakey Foont - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 18, 2005

Subject: Good story for this one I had two tickets that were pretty good, about 1/2 way back on the floor, A freind who was going to go with me backed out at the last minute, so I went by myself. I figured I would sell the two tickets and just buy a single, since I wasn't with my freind I didin't care were I sat. So I sold the tickets within ten minutes of getting there, then I went to the box office and asked for a single ticket,(the Dead rarely sold out in those days) I got one and went in, I had not even looked at the ticket. When I went in and usher pointed towards the front and said just keep going, so kept walking and get almost to the stage, it turned out that the ticket was in the 4th row around dead center, it really was amazing. This was my 5 or 6th show,but I had never been upfront before. Needless to say the show was great. Jerry really hit the floor running with Alabama,and I had never seen Brent before, so that was alittle disapointing at first but I grew to like him before the 1st set was over. I went the next night too, but was pretty far back, As Bob used to say: There's nothing quite like a Grateful Dead Concert - July 18, 2005Good story for this one

Reviewer: captain_trip_420 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 4, 2005

Subject: Warning: Phil Zone Good mix for Phil fans, he's way up! Sound quality is good, rough around the edges, so 3 for sound, but I give it 4 cause its BOOMIN' - April 4, 2005Warning: Phil Zone

Reviewer: pg60 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 24, 2005

Subject: my first This show (and the 24th) were my first shows.



I thought I knew all the songs but they opened with Getaway and I was really confused. I finally learned what it was all about on this night. 1st set warmup; 2nd set energy building to a fever pitch, back down again for some contemplative space before building back up to the finale.



We drove from Tucson to see these shows and I still remember watching Charlie's Angels with spanish overdub in a San Diego motel room as my dose wore off after the show. Knowing that it would all be new again tomorrow.



It is both uplifting & sad to download many of these shows that were such a big part of my life. Uplifting because I feel so fortunate to have been part of this & sad because I can never go back. - March 24, 2005my first