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  • Jack Straw
    They Love Each Other
    Cassidy
    Jack-a-Roe
    Looks Like Rain
    Tennessee Jed
    El Paso
    Stagger Lee
    Passenger

    I Need a Miracle
    Shakedown Street
    From the Heart of Me
    Estimated Prophet
    Eyes of the World
    drums
    Not Fade Away
    Black Peter
    Around and Around

    Good Lovin'

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  • dstache
    11 years 6 months ago
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    I grade this as a Good+ show, 7.5/10 overall. There aren't a lot of great solos or jamming. I like the Dire, Passenger, Estimated > Eyes and the Black Peter solo (PA problems begin during the BP outro and plague the rest of the show).
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    njlostsailor
    12 years 8 months ago
    first show
    this was my first show, I was hooked
  • kuu
    14 years 5 months ago
    You can never tell...
    For years I didn't think much of this show and didn't seek a recording of it. I went to the show in Philadelphia 2 days before. Many repeats from the Spectrum, sound issues and mixed feelings about the Dead finally playing MSG. Prior to 1/7/79 the band, Bob in particular, said they would never play MSG. Never is a long time. A few years back I finally listened to the show again. I enjoyed Jack Straw, Passenger, Miracle-Shakedown. After listening again I thought the Eyes was better than the prior show. Thinking back on it now, there must have been enoyable highlights because I had to go the next night and scalp tickets!
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setlist
Jack Straw
They Love Each Other
Cassidy
Jack-a-Roe
Looks Like Rain
Tennessee Jed
El Paso
Stagger Lee
Passenger

I Need a Miracle
Shakedown Street
From the Heart of Me
Estimated Prophet
Eyes of the World
drums
Not Fade Away
Black Peter
Around and Around

Good Lovin'
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Submitted by enlightend rogue on Fri, 06/08/2007 - 23:12

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I think this was the band's 1st time in the big arena !! Having played the smaller Felt Forum many times and the boy's did not disappoint!! There was a major sound glick during the NFA but this show still ranks in my top 15!! Rogue
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Submitted by my old buddy on Sat, 06/09/2007 - 02:24

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And on my sister's birthday to boot! It was fun. A Sunday show, my friend Andy and I had blue seats behind stage left. We could kinda hear pretty well. One friend said he became so overcome by Black Peter he split the show and walked the city. Dig that.
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Submitted by edit15 on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 05:18

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I remember this show really being quite awful. I guess it was the huge audio problems that set the tone for the evening. But the funny thing was the next night they came back and kicked serious ass. These two shows were polar opposites. That was one of the things I loved about the Dead... when they were off they were awful but when they were on... watch out. Good thing they were mostly on. Except for the really big gigs.
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Submitted by Far-L on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 09:13

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Friend's older sister took us - seats were basically behind the stage but that didn't matter; i was mesmerized by the surging, pulsing, bouncing crowd and simply blown away. I think I might have known two songs at the time, truckin and casey jones, and nothing of the culture but the next day I went and bought Live Dead and Skull and Roses... and started thinking about ways I could see more shows. Never got off the bus from that point on. Farrell Timlake president, Homegrown Video timlake@homegrownvideo.com
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Submitted by kuu on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 11:19

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For years I didn't think much of this show and didn't seek a recording of it. I went to the show in Philadelphia 2 days before. Many repeats from the Spectrum, sound issues and mixed feelings about the Dead finally playing MSG. Prior to 1/7/79 the band, Bob in particular, said they would never play MSG. Never is a long time. A few years back I finally listened to the show again. I enjoyed Jack Straw, Passenger, Miracle-Shakedown. After listening again I thought the Eyes was better than the prior show. Thinking back on it now, there must have been enoyable highlights because I had to go the next night and scalp tickets!
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Submitted by njlostsailor on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:34

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this was my first show, I was hooked
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Submitted by dstache on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 16:25

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I grade this as a Good+ show, 7.5/10 overall. There aren't a lot of great solos or jamming. I like the Dire, Passenger, Estimated > Eyes and the Black Peter solo (PA problems begin during the BP outro and plague the rest of the show).