Grateful Dead

Like I told ya, what i said...yeah, always thought they were consciously playing it some what safe compared to much else of that year—to get good album takes. The albums are great, but I agree that DaP release is a more authentic capture of that year....definetly more great shows, now if Dave would just step it up 😉

Yeah, like Bob said, back then there wasn’t much “official” live stuff available so when those came out it was a big deal for some of us. My teenage brain couldn’t get enough of that, and like you, played it constantly. It was like a sweet bootleg, only way better (especially the stellar quality). Now we’re so spoiled that those seem sorta mediocre...

Simply because it's newer and dead set, go to Nassau have been out since forever.. I find myself reaching for Dave's Picks 8, 11/30/1980 at the Fox when I want an 80's show. It's still fresh and sounds remarkable for the period.

I would like to see a couple more from this year.

Edit: Lakeland, two nights earlier was no slouch either. I feel like I am forgetting something??? :D

I picked up both of these shortly after Rockin the Rhein came out. Dead-set was already in its extended two disc format. I regard these two as two peas in a pod. I love both of the Jack Straws. I've spent many a drive playing them back-to-back trying to figure out which one is better. I went with Nassau, only because Franklin's Tower erupts right after it. The Nassau Franklin's was my first listening of that song, and man, what a doozy. I listened to it for several years before I ever heard a 70's version of it. The 70s versions seemed slow and alien to me at first, but they eventually grew on me. Still, Jerry really carries the day at Nassau. I love the extended soloing as well as the attention Jerry gives to the main tower riff (with high distortion and crunchy tone). Obviously the sound quality is great on both of these releases, and Jerry's Voice still sounds great. Even further, the setlist expands quite a bit from where they were two years prior.

Best of all, Go To Nassau was one of four that my uncle copied for me when I was first getting Into the Dead. The other ones were a ladies and gentlemen, dozin at the Knick, and shit... What was the fourth one... I'll have to think about that, because now it's driving me crazy. I've been sitting in the car outside of work typing when I should really be going in. TGIF. Maybe I'll get laid tonight. Whoa this isnt stream-of-consciousness get back in there.

Oh, and my uncle has a huge poster of the Dead set album cover, I'm talking to complete gatefold. He owns some apartments that he rents out and somebody left it behind. Typical freaks. This is one of my favorite Grateful Dead album covers.

Lovemygirl - have a great day dude.

Stoltzy - perhaps you should check out the 'reissued Dead Set' that came with one of the first big boxes....it has a second disc that actually delivers on some more of the 'good stuff' with some longer songs and jams. Admittedly this era is a little lighter on the jamming but the original offering was still a pretty good intro record for me back in the day (I definitely loved the bi-fold album cover that would create the back-to-back skeletons overlooking NYC and SF). That disc two rundown:

Disc: 2
1. Let It Grow (Live Radio City Music Hall New York City Oct., 1980)
2. Sugaree (Live Radio City Music Hall Oct., 1980)
3. C.C. Rider (Live Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, Ca. Oct. 1980)
4. Row Jimmy (Live Warfield Theatre, San Francisco,CA Oct., 1980)
5. Lazy Lightning (Live Warfield Theatre, San Francisco,CA Oct., 1980)
6. Supplication (Live Warfield Theatre, San Francisco,CA Oct., 1980)
7. High Time (Live Warfield Theatre, San Francisco,CA Oct., 1980)
8. Jack Straw (Live Warfield Theatre, San Francisco,CA Oct., 1980)
9. Shakedown Street (Live Warfield Theatre, San Francisco,CA Oct., 1980)
10. Not Fade Away (Live Warfield Theatre, San Francisco,CA Oct., 1980)

Happy Friday Deadfreaks.
Sixtus

P.S. Oops looks like deadvikes beat me to it below....as they say...collective consciousness....

A ton of memories for me on this one. Bought the tape first, than the CD when those came to the market. Probably wore out the CD, played it thousands of time growing up. Still have the For the Faithful album. The sound quality on dead set is cream of the crop. Probably still one of my favorite Friend of the Devil's and love that Sampson. Bought the remastered and expanded dead set in 2007. Love CD 2 with the Shakedown, Jack Straw and High Time, really good stuff. So, that leads me to believe they have more in the Vault from that famous fall run.

... I have the original release of ‘Reckoning’ & ‘Dead Set’, and I enjoyed them very much when they were first issued and believe it or not I occasionally still re-play them here and there and they both still make me smile and dance ; )
Have a grateful day folks!

3/9/81

:)))

has its charms.

it's not high on my "gotta listen again" list, though

and for the 100th time...I AM NOT A FLIPPIN' ROBOT!

What? There is a regular poster here how does not have Reconing/For the Faithful? We need to fix that.

Shout out to boblopes.. for bringing solid, regularly dispersed good karma.