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Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Live at Uptown Theater on 1981-02-26 (February 26, 1981)

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Collection: GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: February 26, 1981 (check for other copies)
Venue: Uptown Theater
Location: Chicago, IL

Source: Matrix of SBD(4597) and AUD(20342)
Transferred by: Chris Chappell
Keywords: Live Concert; matrix; Chris Chappell; Sick Bits

Description

Set 1:
d1t01 - Feel Like A Stranger
d1t02 - Althea >
d1t03 - Little Red Rooster
d1t04 - Bird Song
d1t05 - Me And My Uncle >
d1t06 - Big River
d1t07 - Peggy-O
d1t08 - Passenger
d1t09 - Tennessee Jed
d1t10 - The Music Never Stopped

Set 2:
d2t01 - Crowd/tuning
d2t02 - China Cat Sunflower >
d2t03 - I Know You Rider
d2t04 - Samson And Delilah
d2t05 - He's Gone >
d2t06 - Jam >
d3t01 - Drums >
d3t02 - Space Jam >
d3t03 - Truckin' >
d3t04 - Black Peter >
d3t05 - Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
d3t06 - Johnny B. Goode

Encore:
d3t07 - U.S. Blues

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Reviewer: Pangolin22 - - January 14, 2011
Subject: Excellent
I had a tape of this show when I was younger and remembered this as one of my favourites. Most of that was on the strength of the post-space Truckin->Black Peter->GDTRFB which is absolutely fantastic. Note the Spoonful jam coming out of Truckin. Maybe Jerry nixed that idea.
Great copy of a great show - thanks for posting!

Reviewer: jamgol - - January 31, 2010
Subject: first show of 81
how sweet it was!

Reviewer: Operator 552 - - March 7, 2009
Subject: good show
Overall real good. Personally, I think Weir's slide on Red Rooster is noise. All those years trying to play the same damn solo... you'd think he'd eventually be able to do it.

Reviewer: NYLifer - - February 26, 2009
Subject: Great sound, great performance
Great sound, great performance

Reviewer: SomeDarkHollow - - February 26, 2009
Subject: Wow
It's all good.

One of the best Matrix I've heard. The show blows up right out of the gate. Too many highlights to call out only one or two. This is what it's all about: Amazing show presented in Amazing sound quality. Thanks for the work.

Reviewer: 66 Bonneville - - June 13, 2008
Subject: Creme de la Creme Baby Creme de la Creme
I have listened to hundreds of thousands of hours of shows & this is one of the absolute gems. The matrix recording is killer and the playing is unreal. Truly captures the flavor of what a spectacular show was like.

It sounds like Jerry is singing in your ear the whole time. The crowd mix is perfect. It sounds like you are at the show.

As for the tunes. They are all unbelievably played. While this is not my song of choice. The Rooster is the absolute best ever played. Jerry's rythm with Bob doing lead slide is unmatched. Then when they switch... The rest could only be cheapened by attempted description. Beyond it even.

If this show does not make the hair on your arms stand up forget about it.

Thanks to all who crafted this one.