I am interested in seeing who saw the earliest GD show.
[looks in fone’s general direction]
and now that Vern is gone, his don’t count! ;D
I know fone did see the Dead in the 70s at some point and I think he saw them twice. Fone?
I didn’t see the philly unbroken bust-out but that was kinda ominous do ya think? Bringing out the song and ending that same year. Meh, maybe not. I did see an unbroken at Giants stadium that summer. Jerry decided to hang back in the shadows and smoke a J or something during the jam so it wasn’t very memorable.
^It’s the thought that counts!
This Shakedown was awesome and really set the tone for my favorite east of the Mississippi run of that summer! Shoreline ruled way to much to let DC surpass it but it was close!
07-19-94 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, In. (Tue)
1: Shakedown, Walking Blues, Jack A Roe, Big River@> Maggie’s Farm@, Broken Arrow, Tennessee Jed, Easy Answers
2: Foolish Heart> Saint> Want To Tell> Playin> Drumz> Wharf Rat> Throwing Stones> NFA
E: Rain
^cool. I never saw them on the west coast but thats where they threw it down from what I understand. Not only that but you coulda caught JGB every other night at the warfield for a time. I had a friend who liver in SF for 9 years just for the Dead. He enjoyed himself… did all that weird SF stuff 
What is the must have best ever show for a collection?
That is very subjective but 5-8-77 has been the show iv’e heard most fans say is thee best. It’s hard to argue as it is about as perfect a show gets. Personally after all this time i have to say MY favorite is 6-28-74. 73 and 74 are my favorite years and this is my favorite show from those 24 months.
06-28-74 Boston Garden, Boston, Ma. (Fri)
1: Half Step> Roses> Jack Straw, BIODTL, Deal, Mexicali, Tennessee Jed, Bobby McGee, Loose Lucy, El Paso, Sugaree, Around
2: Sugar Magnolia*> Scarlet*, Big River*, To Lay Me Down*, Me & My Uncle*, Row Jimmy*, WRS Prelude*> WRS Part 1*> Let It Grow*> Space*> Mind Left Body Jam*> Jam*> U. S. Blues*, Promised*> GDTRFB*> Sunshine Daydream* E: Ship Of Fools*
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^^ the one where Jerry sings and plays his heart out.
The Dead had so many textures and flavors thruout their career that if you just focused on one era you’d miss all that goodness from other years. But if one were to start with something I’d say pick up “One from the Vault” which is some stellar Dead. On par with Phish’s Hampton Comes Alive me thinks.
^ i did not mean to mislead anyone. Yes, seek out all era’s of this band and you will not be dissapointed and actually quite entertained to hear the way the sound changed thru the year’s(deceased keymen). All i was saying was after all the years of listening to the differn’t era’s i have come to realize 73-74 is my fav.
Now, 3rd day at the Creek 94. This show had alot of surprises. First was the second Jack a Roe in 3 days and at the same venue no less. The boys started doing some off the cuff song placement earlier that month at shoreline. With a Music OPENER and an EYES->FIRE. With these unusual occurances happening i told my brother at shoreline that we were gonna get a Help-Slip-Franklins that led into drums this summer and we did. That was great!
07-21-94 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, In. (Thu)
1: Touch> Greatest, Jack A Roe, Same Thing, Stagger Lee, Me & My Uncle@> Mexicali@> Ramble On, Music
2: Woman Smarter, Shoe Fits, Way To Go, Help> Slipknot> Franklin’s> Drumz> Watchtower> Days Between> Good Lovin E: Liberty
I almost for got. the night before something odd happened as well. Uncle John’s coming OUT of Space!
07-20-94 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, In. (Wed)
1: Stranger, Peggy-O, BIODTL, High Time, Memphis Blues, Childhood’s End, Don’t Ease
2: Box Of Rain, Samba, L. L. Rain@, H. C. Sunshine> Corinna> Matilda> Drumz> Uncle John> Miracle> Morning Dew
E: Johnny B. Goode
Do not get me wrong, I have MANY great Dead shows, I was just looking through some wondering, what should I FOR SURLY have?..
Those above^^ Are mine, today, I hope to find them!
Shit I’m sure you guys have much more music than I have… seeing that I have like none… or very little anyway. I lost my collection years ago.
However I do get a Dead fix every Sat night on the local radio station where a friend does a Dead hour… or two. On the way home tonight I heard an excerpt from a 74 show… can’t remember the date but it had a great Playin’… atleast 25 min.
B thats crazy you called the help-slip-franklin>drums… I don’t think I ever called a thing… caught a few things like colds and bad habits but couldn’t call a show to save my life.
You know what I never saw live… TERRAPIN. ugh.
Bad habits, no one in here has any… 
I really like the 60’s acoustic Dead that was loose and jammed out. “Don’t ease, don’t ease”
and bigb…
I didn’t know you had a record deal…
I can’t really talk about it but i’m in a serius copyright infringement case with my brother Barry!
After 5 decent shows in ILL, MIS and Ohio. we made our way back home to Michigan. It’s always nice to be able to come back home for a spell while wrapped up in the midst of tour. Well this may have been thee best show of the summer IMO. Kick down night at the Palace! MMMM Spanish Jam!
07-31-94 The Palace, Auburn Hills, Mi. (Sun)
1: Touch> Greatest, Row Jimmy, Spoonful, Lazy River Road, Me & My Uncle@> Big River@, Loose Lucy, Midnight Hour
2: Samson, Way To Go, New Speedway> Truckin> He’s Gone> Drumz> Spanish Jam> Last Time> Black Peter> Good Lovin
E: The Weight
last “Midnight Hour”: 04-04-93 [105] - last “Spanish Jam”: 03-24-93 [113]
“New Speedway> Truckin> He’s Gone> Drumz> Spanish Jam> Last Time> Black Peter> Good Lovin”
O ya that run of songs right there looks killer. Bunch of favs.
Maybe I should get into the GD a little more.
I like late 70’s Dead, but that’s just me.
How did this far so behind?
DOWNLOAD THIS SHOW NOW. Mandatory. Someone needed a reseed, and I realized I had not listened to it in a long while. Smokin’!!
http://www.shnflac.net/details.php?id=91aa6fe72caa8e30da7db3eca1a5b3f3e92c8834
GRATEFUL DEAD
Cleveland Music Hall
Cleveland, OH
March 2, 1981
Recording Info: NAK 700 (shotgun capsules) > Nak 550 Cassette Recorder > Maxell Metal
Recorded by: Mason Taylor and Mark Radnor (Radish)
MAC Transfer by: Adam Gross - Cassette Master > HHB Porta-a-DAT (transferred 1995)
DAT from the collection of Adam Gross
DAT Transfer by: Todd Evans DAT > TASCAM DA-20 (S/PDIF out) -> Apogee Wide Eye S/PDIF interconnect -> LynxTWO-A Audio Reference Interface (S/PDIF in) -> Wavelab 6.0
Transferred February 13, 2007
Editing Info- All editing and mastering by Jamie Waddell
Wavelab 6.0 using Ozone and L2 for dither
tape flip at 43:58.920 during drums
Trac’ed Cdwave
Flac’ed Tlh level 8
DISC ONE
1st Set
1- Tuning
2- Shakedown
3- Minglewood
4- Dire Wolf
5- Cassidy
6- Althea
7- El Paso
8- Jack-A-Roe
9- Lazy Lightnin’>
10- Supplication
11- Don’t Ease>
12- Promised Land
DISC TWO
2nd Set
1- Tuning
2- Ramble On Rose
3- Playin’>
4- China Doll>
5- Playin’ Jam>
6- Drums>
7- Space>
8- Jam>
9- Playin’>
10- Wheel>
11- Around & Around>
12- Johnny B. Goode
13- Crowd
Encore
14- U.S. Blues
They’re playin one i was at right now on Sirius!
05-26-93 Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, Ca. (Wed)
1: Samson, H. C. Sunshine, Walking Blues, Broken Arrow, Ramble On, Memphis Blues> Deal
2: Box Of Rain, Victim> Crazy Fingers> Playin> Drumz> Corinna> Playin> China Doll> Around
E: Liberty