I just laughed my ass off. You’re doing gods work kbmill. Keep it up. Legend in the community.

It appears you forget the commentators that write one line of Bird Song lyrics & don’t ever rate the show.

Decent show here, fairly mellow jamming but good separation and you can hear everything in the mix, although the bass is somewhat low.

Overall, solid show from start to finish. Better than the night prior, though not as good as 8/19 opening night. This SBD is the best I've found from the run. Dig the Shakedown->Promised Land set closer, and first set features the first High Time in 19 shows. Set two is shorter than usual, but really neat. It's one long, tasty jam. Set opens with drums, then it's a giant uncle john's sandwich with truckin->other one->(another) drums->the wheel in between. Yum.

I'm starting to think there are three kinds of commentators here:
1. critics who seek the perfect show.
2. enthusiasts who love every little bit
3. ramblers who may or may not speak to what's presented.

@brendanmccauley

" However, the second set is annoying. It screams of perfucntory jams and a status quo list. "

Huh? I must have been seeing and listening to 1980 shows in an alternate universe. Opening the Second Set with a drums that goes into a 14 minute UJB is a lot of things, but "perfunctory" and "status quo" aren't among them. Although they played it a few more times in 1980, they really didn't play UJB that much between 1978 and 1986 -- 57 was my quick count -- and certainly this one is much more unusual and jammed more than most.

There's a lot of potential here. Richie's full sounding AUD and this board with Jerry more prominent in the mix could turn this baby into a five star rate. I haven't heard the 2nd Set yet but, it looks like a monster on paper. Anybody up for turning this into a matrix ???

I had to listen to this one from the alley outside. Had tickets for the night before but none for this night. Friends had tix, we looked to sneak in. (in a 70's kinda way not the belligerant 90's scene) Someone popped open the door when the music started and we all ran in. Security caught the big guy with the white shirt (me)and plopped me outside.

The short show might have had something to do with Willie Nelson and his 2 busses waiting outside. They pulled up dutring the show.

Check history - you might find they were all heading to Some Place in Wisconsin? Oh Yeah - that place. Verify if Willie opened there that year. Hmmmmm...

I would imagine that was interesting bus ride.

We did get in for the last 3 songs. Uptown theatre will always hold a special place because it was so small the sound was "theatrical" and they just played differently. You could hear them talking between songs. Can't say that about MSG.

This show, in my personal opinion, afer listening to the first set and soundchecking of most parts of the second set, it does in fact feature a very nice first set list and the Shakedown as stated is very well played- great sound board quality. However, the second set is annoying. It screams of perfucntory jams and a status quo list. before we get too excited about a pre drums 'other one', it was not uncommon then for it to be a pre drums tune. Infact it was largely a pre-drums tune for much of the 70's until drums and space became a more formal part of the show in 1980-'84...it would appear somewhere around the 13th to 16th song in a show. Space and drums started getting longer and more predictable songs would go into drums and out of space, like He's, gone and the 'other one' respectively. There is nothing to get overly excited about with what ammounts to a 6 song second set with a 2 minute reprise of UJB and then sugar mags...forgive me for my candor if it offends, but this show is nothing spectacular or even mediocre, in fact it boarders on not only sub par but down right boring, perhaps another categiry of its own.

Again, set One is a great sound and great list and great all around. But the lack of energy in the band in the second set (whch is hard to argue given the sparse and truncated list as well as jams lack of creativity- I mean how interestes in playing are you when you decide to play 6 song and 3 of which were played in the last few shows) is a glaring annoyance to me. Sorry, I love the dead but there is no excuse for a show like this in an era where shows averaged 23 songs. 3 stars for the first set alone. No benefit from set two.

Man, I'd love to hear a good AUD of this! The Shakedown is incredible, as is the two Drums sets and the split Uncle John's, with the Wheel in the middle. Very loose and airy, but everything clicked so solid. One of my favorites.

Thank you Charlie Miller.