Set 1



Alabama Getaway-> Promised Land, Friend Of The Devil-> CC Rider, Cumberland Blues-> El Paso, Ramble On Rose, Passenger, Bird Song-> Let It Grow



Set 2



Shakedown Street > Lost Sailor > Saint of Circumstance, Big Railroad Blues > Playing in the Band > Drums > Space > The Wheel > Playing in the Band > Stella Blue > Sugar Magnolia, E: One More Saturday Night

Notes:



-- Set 2 is seamless



-- Second half of C C Rider played in double time



-- Thanks to John Moses for lending me the cassettes Dick Latvala gave him



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

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Reviewer: CarlosmorenoOT - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 4, 2018

Subject: Birdsong Beauty I was given an audience tape version of this show back in 1983 by AMD now AML....I've always loved the Birdsong...and here it is in pristine soundboard sparkle...Thank you!

This is zenith Dead!!! - November 4, 2018Birdsong Beauty

Reviewer: Bucketed1Sevices - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 6, 2017

Subject: ...Space Is The Place... I Feel Kinda Alone Here With Everything I've Heard About This Show And Reading The Other Revues. I'm Guessing To Much Blow. I Find Jerry Low And Brent Way High In The Mix And Way Too Bright, The Warp Speed Maneuver Starting With C.C. Rider Starts Out Fun But Gets Old Fast. (No Pun Intended). As Artists The Dead Are Great For Establishing Ambience And Positive And Negative Space. The Off To The Races Experiment Takes That Away From The Music. Bobby And Jerry Struggle With The Lyrics Transposing Words Left And Right. Garcia Especially Doesn't Seem To Get His Self Around It. Bobby' Spittin' Out Words So Fast That It Removes The Little Soul That He Had. To The Reviewer In The Front Row Center. I Hope You Were Wearing A Raincoat. They Do Seem To Slow A Bit In The Second Set, Or They Just Get A Little Better Playing Together At Light Speed. Overall The Speed Of The Music Kills The Groove And Leaves It Sloppy And Unless You Really Like Brent Over Playing His Electric Keyboards, Lacking The Very Thing That Makes The Dead So Special,........Space. As Sun Ra Sang, Space Is The Place. P. S.- Go With The Stankiewicz Audience. - December 6, 2017...Space Is The Place...

Reviewer: doug_the_dude - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 5, 2017

Subject: -- Yeah, that CC in double-time - it starts a little shaky (they never really nailed the transition to double-time on Around & Around either, for that matter), but once they get into the swing it's off to the races. A fine recording, typically fleet-footed '81, but that CC is definitely something I come back to often. - December 5, 2017--

Reviewer: 1965inspiration - favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 5, 2017

Subject: ***Passenger**** It's kinda hard to not be on board...w/that one...It's when I started out 1965inspiration -- August 5, 2017***Passenger****

Reviewer: gordon hensley - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 23, 2016

Subject: Just a Hot Show; Consistent Throughout and always a sucker for that type of classic 2nd set tune line-up #tradition - January 23, 2016Just a Hot Show; Consistent Throughout

Reviewer: c-freedom - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 5, 2015

Subject: Double time CC Rider meets ONE More Saturday Night.



You know I mostly am listening to Soundboards circa 1973 so checking out a show from 81 is going to bump it down one star in a hurry but that said this is a diverse show.

Some nice double doses in Set one especially Cumberland>El Paso

Getting Bird Song and Let it Grow to close Set One is also none to shabby.

I like the way Shakedown is followed by Sailor>Saint. The jams are good thru-out Bob mangles the start of Sugar Magnolia but they make an earnest effort to shred thru-it.

Having just listened to many epic P.I.T.B's from the 73 era it is refreshing to hear them weave in and out of Playin' without getting lost and wandering into oblivion or Sea Stones of 74.

By 81 it is fairly clear that as Garcia goes so goes the band and check out Stella if you want to get a pulse on things here,, solid Stella!!!

Too me Indianapolis always seemed out in the middle of nowhere but hey what a better place for the circus to come to town... - December 5, 2015Double time

Reviewer: kbmill - - November 16, 2015

Subject: bread crumb eventually there are not enough superlatives. Bird Song > Let It Grow. Second Set Big RR Blues. 1981 is an underrated year. - November 16, 2015bread crumb

Reviewer: kee-zee - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 16, 2015

Subject: Drifting & Dreaming Nice sound on this beauty..Dec was hot in 81 and this show is a prime example~! Chuck full of well played songs..but what stands out is in set 2~Big RR Blues>Playin'>Drumz>Wheel>Playin'>Stella Blue..pure BLISS~~~~Give It A Whirl~Forever Grateful>Forever Dead - May 16, 2015Drifting & Dreaming

Reviewer: maggie21 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 3, 2014

Subject: Greencastle Indiana Hung out with guys at the DKE house on Depauw Campus. They listened to Dead constantly, but I never quite understood the appeal.



Went to this show with a bunch of them in Kevin's truck.



Was going to other rock shows in Indy, usually once a month. Rock banks like Sabbath, Blue Oyster cult, etc...Frank Marino put on a killer show earlier that year.



Bear Force Security was always tough-frisking and confiscating. There was trash cans full of contriband such as pipes and baggies full of pot etc...at all rock shows.



But at this Dead show, they were lax. I didn't understand? Also, I didn't see any of the regular guys that were at the usual shows. No Wild Bill? Com'on.



Perplexed before music even began.



Music started and Mr. Natural kicked in shortly. Then stuff just started happening, not just onstage but all over the arena. No previous concert had moved me like this. 'Space through Wheel' kinda capped it off. 'Stella Blue' was mystical.



Music like this just wasn't possible I thought. They didn't play for me or at me, they played through me. This was unexplainable.



Thanks Pete, Mike, Basil, Dave and Kevin. You guys took a greenhorn and transformed his music taste forever! - May 3, 2014Greencastle Indiana

Reviewer: alslater - favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 2, 2014

Subject: Great First Set - I was there By the end of Promised Land, you knew you were in for something special. The Cumberland just rips, one of the best I have ever heard. And Let it Grow is also stellar. Now, for my CC Rider story. Here is the explanation of the double time: Brent was really getting into it, his eyes closed, his head tilting back. Phil walked over and peered right over his shoulder, Brent never sensed he was there. Phil then walked over to Bobby, and the prank was afoot. Wait for Bobby to sing "Outta sight, now one more time". That is the cue for the band to hit double time the next time around. It was so funny....Brent's eyes pop open, his jaw drops as he tries to keep up with the newly arranged on the spot song. Priceless. Smiles all around at the end. - April 2, 2014Great First Set - I was there

Reviewer: dinsdale9 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 6, 2013

Subject: Awesome Shakedown As usual, Mr. Miller has provided a stellar soundboard show. Very enjoyable indeed.



The 12 minute Shakedown has Brent playing in fine form alongside Jerry's MIDI guitar. This is one of the best versions I've found here. - December 6, 2013Awesome Shakedown

Reviewer: chris phillips - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 23, 2013

Subject: Let It Grow This was an enjoyable show start to finish.

Jerry played well in '81. - November 23, 2013Let It Grow

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

Subject: double time CC Rider Hard to believe nobody mentioned the CC Rider which kicks into double time halfway through. One of a kind. - September 12, 2013double time CC Rider

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

Subject: Epic Night...!!! Front row center for this baby...and it was straight up epic evening..great song selection and trully was beautifully smoking....not just a standard early 80's show to say the least...several gems on this tour..... - September 12, 2013Epic Night...!!!

Reviewer: Pangolin22 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 7, 2012

Subject: Good show Fairly standard early 80's. Good performance and a good listen if not anything too earth-shaking. Nice Jerry noodles on Cumberland and Let it Grow in the first set. Excellent funk jam out of Shakedown and nice harmonies on Wheel in the second set. 3 1/2 stars. - November 7, 2012Good show