Grateful Dead

If your cat is seeking revenge, check your headphones before putting them on!

Speaking of, check this version out by RW2C- vintage 99: https://www.jambase.com/article/robert-walters-20th-congress-covers-gra… Lovin’ it! Robert Walter: “This is an old recording from 1999 during pre-production for my album Money Shot. We used to play “Dark Star” at the early 20th Congress gigs. It was a good vehicle for long improvisations and actually reminded me of a lot of the jazz and funk records I was listening to. Cheme’s electric sax adds some Eddie Harris influence to it. I didn’t really know too much the Grateful Dead at the time, despite my parents putting them on quite a bit. Playing this song was a gateway for me to get into their vast and unique catalog. I included this to add a little perspective to what I’m doing now.”

I like your spirit.. nothing wrong with standing up for what you like.. and you certainly have a valid reason. It could simply be that of the three, Boise was the last one I listened to. On a weird tangent.. not sure if there are any fans of the Freak Brothers out there.. but I just let my cat in from the sweltering heat wave we seem to be in the middle of. One of the revolving Freak Brothers jokes was if you mistreated Fat Freddie's Cat, he would poop in your shoes when you weren't looking. My cat, Bagheera, just tossed her cookies in my birks when I wasn't looking. I'm sure I did something to deserve this, perhaps dissing one show in favor of another? Karma. Certainly made me chuckle.

I’ve had that to, show memory is meh, than you hear a decent recording and your like wow.It’s funny how the experiential factors bias us so much, even so many years later..... The piano volume you mentioned was probably due to the hard stereo panning Healy used. I remember Bear always bitching about that and other unwanted side effects of going stereo versus mono point like the wall. But that’s a whole nother looong item that one can look up if interested....

That's a great post-thanks. Also a helpful list of post 1989 Stars, form Seth.

I've noticed considerable differences between shows I've attended, and the live recordings of them I've heard after the event. Not so much for the Dead, but for many bands. It might be fair to say that a live recording bears the same relationship to the show being recorded, as a photograph does to the object or person being photographed. Thinking about the few Dead shows I have seen and then heard - the recording of the one at Halloween in 1990 at Wembley actually sounded like a better show to me on tape than it did when I was there. When I was there, my mental state and position in the hall-to the far right looking down-on Bruce's side of the stage-interfered with my perception of what was going on. Bruce's piano sounded about 4 times as loud as everything else to me-but on the tape I later heard it seemed mixed in more appropriately.

Daawwwwkkkk Staaar Jeeeerrrryy! So many DS’s, so little time, sigh...2/27/Live Dead has to rank on anyone’s list, no? Gotta love 4/8, hell all E72, especially that 5/11/72, and yaaasss, 8/27/72 even with pole guy! Personally I love the big spacey ones the best, but I never met one I didn’t love!! All y’all have turned me on to some nice, relatively, shorter ones also, like when you don’t have all day but you need a taste o the Star... Really like 10/19/73, hell that whole show just keeps getting better and better for me. SETH, great list. Made me realize I’ve seen besides 1/20/79; - 10/9/89 - 9/6/91 - 3/20/92 and - 6/22/92. Hey I know, not 72-74 quality, but better than a sharp stick in the eye, or a pesky troll up our arse ; ) KAYAK GUY, SIMONROB etc, thanks for the great Bonus list. Like others here I’m awaiting a Real Gone order, including V4 #3 and hoping it would have that 12/6/73... I believe I read here awhile back that these rereleased versions don’t have bonus discs, so won't hold my breath. Really jonesing for that 12/6/73 since those last ten shows of 73 are a bit grail like for me....when are we going to get the other FLA show/DS? JIM; 83. I don’t know, I’ve always really dug that 10/14/83 show, not so much the release. I know I’m extremely biased by being at the show etc. I used to think it was one of my top shows, or at least experiences at a show, (lights, sound, band, us, everyone seemed to be “on” that night) I like the Dicks well enough, but it, like 3/27/88 DL just doesn’t really transpose or come through to me. If I hadn’t been at the shows I wouldn’t know the difference. They just don’t seem to really represent to me anyway, how good these shows were.... I wonder if any one else has experienced this with any releases they attended?

One of my faves 2.13.70 1972 has a handful that are really cool

Ditto

I like this list. Adding 10/31/71 and 2/18/71 (including the Wharf Rat and Beautiful Jam sandwich because you can't yank them out). That's one late era DS list, Seth. I question whether I have even listened to them all??? Sounds like a project.