This is a well played show. People come here to nit pick and show off their geniusness. Jerry’s phrasing and soul is front and center here. The drums are separate and distinct. Donna is in control.
Notice how the set list bears resemblance to the Cornell’77 show and week? However they are reinterpreting this music.
You will notice how fans of both East and West coast often get down on the Midwest shows. Let’s take a moment to acknowledge their bias. I’ve seen shows in 18 states and please do not overlook the Midwest shows off any era.
People who are knocked out by the best played shows consider things the band never considers like length of sets or the quality of the recording.
Instead let’s look for band-audience bonding like when Bobby F’s up Mexicali. This is connection and attachment to our band we all crave.
Lastly, the band here takes chances. Notice that as good as Cornell is played, no chances were taken. No extended jams or phrasing. No octave changes. Straight up notes hit. Is that why we connect with this band? Rarely.

Enjoy this show without minimizing it like the nit pickers do. It’s1978!!
Where else do you get a double set closer in Deal and TMNS

The rhythms on a lot of these tunes: Mexicali, Mama, Peggy, has a really cool groove going on I hadn't heard before. Very fun concert and a killer aud mix.

Average '78 show at the RiverCentre [seriously, that's how somebody decided to spell it, though this arena has since been replaced with The X]. They played right next door at the Wilkins Auditorium in '73. This is the lesser show of the tour (well, maybe that's 7/7), stuck between two great shows. If you stick with the First Set it gets better. The Second Set looks short on paper [and for the era it is, but only by perhaps one song], but the songs are pretty jammed out.

First Set. The sound isn't settled yet for Minglewood to come off, but the playing is ferocious. On Loser, Jer's solo hangs by it's fingernails, which is exciting, but the drummers are shoes-in-dryer for this (and most of the set). Ramble on Rose is really spare on the SBD but a matrix with this AUD might make it more distinguishable. Mexicali is a trainwreck; albeit lightheartedly so where Jer sings the wrong verse, making Bobby lose his place. As others have said, Peggy-O gets nailed, and the rest of the set rides high. There's really good Jer fretwork on this - the whole show, really, but Bobby is pretty minimal (as others have also noted). Cassidy is a sterling '78 version, with Jer very aggressive and the lyric excision at the end (that began in April at Columbus, and returned with Brent in Aug '79). Deal is solid. Donna sounds different this show for some reason - not better, not worse (though the operatic yelping at the end here almost sinks it). After the usual Deal closer, the Music Never Stopped bonus is fantastic. A pretty jammed-out version, Bobby plays a bit more than earlier, and it got even better after a couple times through.

Second Set. Scarlet>Fire is typical of the era, though the last few minutes are great. The middle of the set is average (Dancin' not quite the heights of '77) but the end of Stella is brilliant. Sugar Mag isn't perfect but you can hear that they are having a great time. Werewolves is a catastrophe. What worse than Bobby's Slide Practice™ you ask? How about attempting it while wearing a wolf mask and with Donna wail. Ouch! But you gotta take the good with the bad.

1st Set:  B-
2nd Set: C
Overall = 3 stars

Highlights:
Peggy-O - Jer fretwork puts it over the top
Cassidy - the revised '78 version nailed
Music Never Stopped - whirlwinded

SOURCES: An iffy AUD used to circulate until this unknown_120130 was uploaded as an improvement (I never saw it circ before, anyway). But until the official release, we had no SBD. The official seriously condenses the tunings.

I agree that this source is a much more enjoyable than the Bob Wagner source. The show itself is sh*t-hot and deserves more recognition. High energy playing from start to finish with a first set capped by a fantastic run of tunes and a sick Deal>TMNS to close. They keep the energy high for S>F and Dancin, all excellent versions. Post-drumz still sounds plenty juiced, though maybe they were rushing to beat a curfew? Sweet Stella end jam, nevertheless. Werewolves is what it is, but they sure sound mighty happy to be there. Don't snooze on this show!

Fuller sound on the high end than the other sources, which sound like they are stuck right into a monitor & biased toward the low mid range. Patch in Fire around 6:00 shows the 2 sources side-by-side. This one has got to be very close to what it sounded like in the show. Crisp, captures the hall & some limited crowd during songs & great stuff between. Very nice for '78. I have a Red Rocks that is the same tapers & quality.

"Standard" show for '78. Nice Music No Stop; Chills from Fire and some bubble gum undersea raging on Dancin' that will bring a tear to your eye. You can tell they are building up to the Red Rocks meltdown. 4* for overall crystal clear insight into a '70s Dead experience.

This show is excellent. Among many highlights is a surging rendition of Peggy-O. Well worth the listen. Thanks for the up.