Grateful Dead

This was one of those anticipated shows. The gold tickets, the ride to NJ, the small venue. Ah, I remember it well. Thanks to Bill E for sharing his prize with me. rt

Deceive Inveigle Obfuscate...The Englishtown show had anywhere from 250,000 to 400,000, somewhere around those numbers.

Deceive Inveigle Obfuscate....Now, if I have my memory cap on correct, this show was for Deadheads only! If you were a member of the Deadheads fan club you had to send in for a chance to win tickets, which my future wife, & myself did. Orchestra seats! F'ing incredible. Funny thing, we were hangin in the outside area by the food & beverage stands, there were cops standing right outside the front glass doors, and we were partying inside, which is legal at all Dead shows, and we were blowing the smoke through the crack between the doors, out at the cops standing outside. The funny thing, the cop(he was on the young side) didn't move, even as we kept blowing the smoke at him, I still say, he was catching a free buzz, cause he didn't move! Funny as sh*t. Anyway, the concert was incredible, but, one thing troubles me, after one of the Dead's breaks, they came back, the place was quiet, when I strarted yelling Franklin's Tower, very loud, and kept it up for a few minutes. Then, the Dead, walked off stage for a couple of minutes, came back out, and went right into Franklin's Tower, and some guy close to me, yelled, Hey man, you got your wish dude! Now, till this day, we remember me doing this, and the guy yelling at us, but, it doesn't show up on the credits for this concert. And, the same thing, WNEW broadcasted it live! Strange!!!! I've got a buddy, that has hundreds of Dead shows on tape, and swears he has this exact show, but, we temporarly lost track of each other. I"m a collector of many different kinds of collectibles, and, one of them is I'm trying to get recordings of most of the concerts that I went to when I was younger, not just the Dead though, I've got my Pink Floyd 1977 Animals Madison Square Garden shows, my 1975-77 Led Zeppelin Madison Square Garden shows, ELP at the Madison Square Garden(rare shows, the first couple of that tour included the London Symphany Ochestra and 300 Singers in a choir) Later shows had the Symphany & choir on tape playing behind ELP but those first shows were incredible. Anyway, my treasure of treasures, is the third Grateful Dead show I ever attended, and that was September 3, 1977 Englishtown NJ. 400,000 Deadheads!We made it all the way up front for that show(Have the pictures to prove it). The day opened with the New Riders of the Purple Sage, then the Marshall Tucker Band and finally, over 5 hours of Grateful Dead. Man, the place was crazy that day, electric, but crazy. Over 100*, you had to wade through knee deep mud for water, and the place was encircled with tractor trailors and ontop of the trailors, were the Hells Angels as security. Guys walking around dressed as Mr Natural with a large wooden cross made from driftwood, with the skull of a bull ontop selling Huge hits of Dragonfly blotter acid. Don't ask me what transpired after meeting Mr NaturaI, beause I have no idea, only remember the music. I have that entire show on tape, which is the cherry ontop of the cream pie of concert tapes. But, needless to say, I have to get a copy of this show, it would sure help me out. First, it would be a treasure to me, and I could make a copy of it, and finally be able to give it to my ex-wife, then she has no reason anymore to call me and bust my balls! Any and all help will be greatly appeciated. I'll pay for all expenses including mailing it. Please, if anybody has a copy, either leave a message on this site to me, or email me at: XTrust_No1X@msn.com. Thanks everybody, have a great Thanksgiving! Holiday!