Grateful Dead

curious what else will appear on that page...definitely worth bookmarking. Hey maybe a Dave's Picks 1 will show up and some lucky guy will be in the right place at the right time (a man can dream).

I fully agree with what you said including the bit where you said "Maybe/hopefully these again-available releases were withheld from initial sale as potential replacements. Who knows?". I hope you are right, but what nobody yet seems to have discovered is if these items actually do have a number printed on 'em. In the past some people who have received replacements for damaged sets have allegedly received unnumbered ones suggesting they are from a back-up stock. It remains to be seen if these WarnerMarket items are like this. There is also the question about when an item is sold out. If it is claimed to be a limited edition of, say, 18000 when do they say it is sold out? When they have received 18000 orders? Surely not, unless they have extra back-up stock for lost-in-the-post and damaged products. These would surely have to be unnumbered. Maybe they shut up shop when they have received 17500 orders and hold the remainder back as replacements. It is something we as mere punters are not privy to so it is hard to speculate on how the mighty Warner/Rhino machine works. Also, this appearance on Amazon begs the question: "Why now?".

My listen has been on my computer system (good speakers, but not through my studio monitors), and mainly in the car. It's not my ears, it's the tapes. I'll take you at your word that the keyboards are lower on headphones, but I must ask do you really blast a show into your headphones as you would your stereo or in your car? I could check the sound on the living room stereo, but I don't think Jerry's guitar will suddenly spring into focus over Brent vamping, and I also doubt it will remove the Healy effects on the vocals. (I can't believe it took over 10 years of him adding that stuff to question him about it.) Just because somebody recorded something on reel to reel doesn't mean I have to listen to it that way for it to sound good. I don't buy that argument. Otherwise, I'd just find some old blank Maxells and dub this show and try it that way.

went to a "Zoo Tunes" show at (you guessed it) the zoo. X and Psychedelic Furs X RROOCCKKSS. what a great band. so much great rock n roll. Hall of Fame worthy. so good. yes. they should have been the headliners. Psychedelic Furs: some good tunes, and an overall good sound. Richard Butler has a great voice. A band I liked from a distance, but never "got into". overall a great time. of course, these bands formed when I was in 7th grade. 7th grade. 1977. wow. they didn't hit their respective strides until 1980 or a little later. but still.

I tried again to listen to this show...It is an assault on my ears...Not only is the mix horrific there is no cohesion to the playing at all. The sum is definitely not greater than the parts...I too cannot understand why this would be released...I listened to 5-3-72 to cleanse the sonic palette...

This show from 83 is without question my least favorite Dave’s Picks. The band is clearly high on mass quantities of cocane. I’ve never heard anything like it. Every song is so fast they lack any groove or substance. Disc three is the only saving grace of this release. The jam out of space with Jerry and Bob is captivating and the band finally eases off on the gas pedal long enough to keep the show in our collection. Maybe Dave needs to get back to the great shows from the 60’s and 70’s next time. Peace

......it's ok. But if this is the best of the mid 80's that Dave can find..........YMMV

I listened to discs 1 and 2 in the car yesterday. My car system always sounds worse than my headphones, so here were my first thoughts from the car listening. I'm not much of an 80s fan, but I was pulled into this one by some of the previews I'd heard, and was going to get it regardless because I subscribe. -I liked the energy level -The drums sounded sloppy -Like others said, it was harder than usual to distinguish Garcia's and Weir's guitars -Garcia sounded like he was rushing the vocals and his usual soulfulness suffered somewhat from that. That's aside from the fact that his 80s voice had strained compared to the 70s. -Phil sounded like he was playing simpler lines than usual. Maybe the tune selection on disc 1 impacted that though. -I liked the LLR version, usually not a favorite, but they did some different things with it instrumentally. -Brent's keyboards, again never a favorite, were too prominent for me. Then this morning I listened to much of disc 2 again, plus disc 3, all on headphones at home: -What a difference! Sound is so much better and the instruments much more balanced. I could make out the guitars more clearly. The drums did not sound as sloppy and unfocused, though on disc 3 I did detect a bit of the mid-80's pop music influence big drum sound. -Garcia's vocals sounded better to me on Black Peter and It's all over now baby blue. He took his time, and let his deeper register bring out more of the soulfulness. Those songs are designed to be that way though. I actually liked the Black Peter better than some 70s versions I've heard where it sounds like he's straining. I don't say that about too many 80s shows' tunes. -Brent's keyboards sounded better balanced in the mix on headphones than in the car. -It's all over now baby blue has always been one of my favorite encores. I'd rather end that way than with a Chuck Berry rocker most of the time. This one didn't have quite the deep mystery of some of the 60s versions, but I enjoyed it. Overall, I will probably pull this one out semi-regularly. Though I'll still go back mostly to 60s and 70s, this was a pretty good job for the sound quality issues that the 80s presented. Not at all unhappy with this choice.

This show kicks so much ass! The entire 1st set is really solid and energetic. Love the Wang Dang Doodle opener. Seems to set the tone for the whole show. New Minglewood Blues really rocks too. What can't be said about the 2nd set? The Help>Slip>Franklin's is a good as any others I've ever heard, if not one of the best. The jam out out of Eyes is absolutely insane...Bobby and Brent playing off of each other in a very unique and energetic way. Gives a great contrast to show considering Jerry was playing so well and throwing down sick solos on every single song, a nice reminder that everyone else was shining that night. And then the Space is very melodic and lovely...just great, interesting, & unique stuff.

I couldn't have said it better!Another side effect of The Slide, is that Bobby played it on top of Jerry soloing, at the same volume. But that was mid-78 to 79; thankfully, by 1980, the Slide appeared only for a few solos in Rooster, Minglewood and later Walking Blues.