Grateful Dead

Totally agree with your sound assessment of the theater experience. Need more Phil for sure, his bass is always turned up when you see them in concert. I didn't get that live show bass feeling from the theater at all. The video quality was poor but it probably couldn't be helped. +1 on the review.

Since its a California show, being from the bay area, it mentions our state burning shore our beaches,it resonates cool, that and new potato Caboose and Eyes of the world in the 2nd Set , perhaps Wharfrat since some of us our Sober folks nowdays just a crazy idea

(Posted this on the 'Meet Up At The Movies' comment section as well) Only 20-25 folks at the theater in our neck of the woods, but a motivated bunch. ;) it was a good show from the time period, with some interesting song selections and unusual ordering. Nice to see it after all this time. I'm of the opinion that the 'circular energy' dynamic between the crowd & the band had more to do with song choices than you might think, however. Might be hard to play a bright-happy-sunshiny day set for a damp & squelchy crowd. It's a synergistic relationship, a 'gestalt', which means that there's a direct correlation between the music, the band and the audience and where it all interrelates in the moment. It's also not surprising to get a show that doesn't have any of the big rave-up numbers at the end of a multi-day run, considering that they've already been played. ("Choke me off in shallow water before I get too deep. " - EB & NB) That being said, I do have a few technical complaints. I remain unimpressed with the sound quality of most of the Fathom Events theater-casts. They seem unable to get a decent low bass full frequency range sound out of even a fully equipped Dolby surround system. It just needed more Phil... Would have been nice to hear the kick drums too. ;p Even on their longest running series of broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera there is some issue that does not allow the full tonal balance of the source mix to be reproduced in the theater. I'm sure that the audio mix sounded great coming out of Airshow Mastering, but we surely didn't get to hear that in the theatre. I was also saddened by the overall quality of the camera work, editing, and general murkiness of the visual elements. Video cameras in that time period were not really capable of capturing the colors or subtle differences in lighting intensities that were a trademark of Candace's work. Felt sorry for the camera operators during drums/space who were desperately searching for anything onstage that had enough light to register an image. So, it's certainly a product of its time period. No surprise why it hasn't been seen until now, either. I'm glad it exists, and I did have a good time seeing this show again from a much dryer location in space-time. ;) ************************************************************ Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy WI (7/19/89) Hell in a Bucket Sugaree Mama Tried Mexicali Blues Althea Victim or the Crime West L.A. Fadeaway Desolation Row Deal Box of Rain Foolish Heart Looks Like Rain Terrapin Station drums The Other One The Wheel Morning Dew Turn on Your Love Light