Grateful Dead

okay i know you released a lot of hartford, ct shows, but i got another one. i might sound bias because i am from and live in ct, but you got to admit the dead always did play well in hartford. this show is hot, and very tight. the setlist is very fine, and they play and sound good. i think it will make a great dave's pick down the road. the show is very complete with a lot of fan favorites. check it out, there are some very good reviews of the show out there. thanks for listening...

03/14/81
Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, CT

Set 1:
Feel Like A Stranger
Sugaree
Me And My Uncle
Big River
Peggy-O
C.C. Rider
Althea
Passenger
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider

Set 2:
Alabama Getaway
Greatest Story Ever Told
Ship Of Fools
Lost Sailor
Saint Of Circumstance
Drums
The Other One
Stella Blue
I Need A Miracle
Bertha
Good Lovin'

Encore:
One More Saturday Night

09/06/80
State Fairgrounds - Lewiston, ME

Set 1:
Alabama Getaway
Greatest Story Ever Told
Sugaree
Me And My Uncle
Mexicali Blues
Tennessee Jed
Feel Like A Stranger
Friend Of The Devil
Far From Me
Little Red Rooster
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Promised Land

Set 2:
Shakedown Street
Lost Sailor
Saint Of Circumstance
Althea
Playin' In The Band
Uncle John's Band
Drums
Not Fade Away
The Wheel
Uncle John's Band
Playin' In The Band
Sugar Magnolia

Encore:
One More Saturday Night
Brokedown Palace

What an incredible show. Best concert of the Dead or any other bank I ever saw. I don't udnerstand why Dick's Picks or someone else hasn't turned this into a CD for sale. They were on fire that night and the list is ridiculous. And Levon Helm lead off for them, which was pretty incredible in it's own right.

-Mike
msage@stroock.com

https://www.setlists.net/?show_id=1258

12/16/78
Nashville Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, TN
Set 1:
Sugaree
Beat It On Down The Line
Candyman
Me And My Uncle
Big River
Stagger Lee
Looks Like Rain
Tennessee Jed
Lazy Lightnin'
Supplication
Set 2:
Scarlet Begonias
Fire On The Mountain
Samson And Delilah
From The Heart Of Me
He's Gone
Drums
The Other One
Wharf Rat
Around And Around
Encore:
One More Saturday Night

i know you released a lot of 78 shows, but i stumbled upon this show and it has an amazing smokin 14 minute sugaree to open the show. the rest of the show isn't that bad either, great set of song selection and good sound quality, and i know you love the year 1978, dave...

Hey Dave,
Call me retarded, but I still can't wrap my head around Philly 84' or W&M 78' being worthy of release. Are you stringing us along to spread out releases for 20 years? What next a Vinnie show 90-95?

Time to get real a majority of your buyers grew up on 80's Dead. C'mon give us the hot stuff! Start with Starlight 82' and make it sound alive, like a Miller mix.

Stop with 78' the year sucks. Worcester 83' may be best show of year, but what an awful mix. How about 2nd best show of sucking year 83'?

Are you catering to Tour Heads or just fooling us. If you need help picking shows I am available.

Starlight 82' instead of another throw away release.

Also this B,.S. about I don't care about Set lists, I care how they play. Well Merryweather 84' beats the heck out of Philly 84'.

Dave, are you an actual Head or just a talking head?

Not a particular show, but a Dave's Picks prediction. 2020 saw '77, '74, '84, and two '87s. 2021 has '78 and '73 so far. I predict Dave's Picks #39 will be a '60s show and Dave's Picks #40 will be a '90s show. BTW, thanks for 3 '80s shows last year....I really mean it!

There are a lot of shows that I'd like to see released, but, for the reasons you mention, this is one I think would be a top-10 in the Dave's series. The Comes A Time has only a few rivals, all from around the show's date, including 12/05. And the 2nd set odyssey, capped by a stomping Saturday Night (I particularly love the pre-encore Dead Air - it's gotta be part of the release) would be something I think Deadheads would really appreciate. One day...

12/10/71 Fox Theatre, St. Louis. Extremely solid and well played like everything else from this period. Comes A Time may just be the most absolutely perfect early version, but the jam with Truckin' > The Other One > Drums > Sitting On Top of The World is some of the finest Grateful Dead music one will ever hear.

11/11/70 46th Street Rock Palace in Brooklyn. Wednesday night. First of four in a row. Two or three songs into the second set out came Jorma, Jack and Papa John. They played most if not all of the set with the Dead. There are two copies on Archive. The quality of both is terrible.
i've been looking for a clean copy for years.

Grateful Dead 6-30-95 Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh PA

Set 1:
Hell In A Bucket
West LA Fadeaway
Take Me To The River
Candyman
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bird Song
Promised Land

Set 2:
Rain
Box Of Rain
Samba In The Rain
Looks Like Rain
Terrapin Station
Rhythm Devils
Space
I Need A Miracle
Standing On The Moon

Encore:
Gloria

How bout , 07-04-1984 ... I have a cassette recorded from YouTube of the SBD, sounds great , easy show to release ...

How bout 02-15-1973 , I noticed a Master Reel source popped up on Archive.org , so why not let us get a nice remaster of this classic show

I know the Betty Boards have always been popular but they are so widely circulated ... so let's have some shows that are RARE - keep it real !!!