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Grateful Dead Live at Cleveland Music Hall on 1981-03-02

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1981-03-02 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Charlie Miller, Bob Wagner, 24 bit

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Set 1

Shakedown Street
New Minglewood Blues
Dire Wolf
Cassidy
Althea
El Paso
Jack-A-Roe
Lazy Lightnin' ->
Supplication
Don't Ease Me In ->
The Promised Land

Set 2

Ramble On Rose
Playing In The Band ->
China Doll ->
Playing In The Band Jam ->
Drums ->
Space ->
Playing In The Band ->
The Wheel ->
Around And Around ->
Johnny B. Goode

Encore
U.S. Blues

Notes

Notes:
-- Thanks to Bob Wagner for lending me his masters
-- This is a 24-bit source...a 16-bit source also circulates

Addeddate: 2008-03-09 16:17:16

Identifier: gd1981-03-02.nak700.wagner.miller.90450.sbeok.flac24

Lineage: Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1/Dolby B) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) ->

Location: Cleveland, OH

Run time: 155

Source: (FOB) Nakamichi 700 (With Bass EQ) -> Cassette Master (Sony D5M/Maxell DXLIIS/Dolby B) D

Taped by: Bob Wagner

Transferred by: Charlie Miller

Type: sound

Venue: Cleveland Music Hall

Year: 1981

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Reviewer: Dark Star 101 - - March 3, 2020
Subject: Music Hall Rocked - Happy 39! Years Later

2nd show in my hometown at a wonderful venue, so nice and intimate. Great seats & show - loved the Shakedown opener. Only bummer was that my buddy and I never achieved cosmic liftoff - we got some duds! Oh well, it was still an awesome night and this recording sounds fantastic.

Reviewer: jonnyb73 - - March 3, 2020
Subject: boring second set

a 6 song second set, how lame. stuck on PITB
the first set is the only good part of this show

Reviewer: TheProdigalSon - - March 2, 2012
Subject: Tuning? Tuning, Anyone?

someone responsible to tuning the guitars was clearly absent this night.

Reviewer: CarrionCrow - - February 11, 2011
Subject: Really Nice Show

This version is really nice - one gets a nice feeling for the audience but the music shines through. I attended this show with some student friends from Ann Arbor - lovely road trip and a great reward of a fine show. It had been about 5 years since my last Dead show and I remember really loving the way Jerry's guitar sounded, especially on Shakedown Street. Wonderful the way Jerry was always working on his sound. Solid 4 out of 5 stars IMHO.

Reviewer: myhungryhippo - - October 2, 2010
Subject: Althea

missing or added to setlist

Reviewer: largewilliam - - January 8, 2010
Subject: Saaaaaaaaawwweeeeeeeeet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is just an absolutely fabulous recording !!!!!-- Jerome is totally on ....... subtle but yet powerful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like audience tapes better than soundboards when they sound this good... you can feel the energy of the Deadheads !!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for such a crispy slice of heaven !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That Shakedown is off the charts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reviewer: zimmbobway - - July 29, 2009
Subject: Second Set!!!! Five Star

Great quality aud. Lots of GUITARS and Phil.
The Playin' sequence is just amazing...the whole thing. Five star second set' three on the first. Best from 81 I like are the tour opener at Uptown Chicago, and KC in the summer. Set one Alpine Valley is good too...was at that one. And so much more to explore from 1981. Denver, too yes. Odd years theory most likely. ;-)-

Reviewer: utopian - - July 29, 2009
Subject: beautiful sound

but where is the althea?

Reviewer: mhound - - July 28, 2009
Subject: This was a powerful show

I know this is a personal experience, but personal experiences tended to be shared by many at these things. Was it my imagination, or were there Hell's Angels participating during the drumz?? I remember there were many there at the concert. My friend and I were "experiencing" the water fountain, laughing to the point of not being able to breathe when one of them politely asked to use the fountain. When the second set started with Ramble on Rose, I was freaking out and it felt like my brain was being torn loose from it's moorings (whatever those are!) I thought they were starting with "he's gone" I was the one that was gone. Anyhow, I always wanted to know, were there Hell's Angels flanking the stage during The Wheel, with their backs to the audience showing their colors? I distinctly remember this. But also, I remember a fire breathing dragon rising from behind the drumset at the same time which is sort of less likely. This show was unusually powerful for me at this point in my life when many just didn't do much.

Reviewer: thebone - - March 2, 2009
Subject: More Mellow

Hi quality recording of a hi quality early 80s show. Particlarly loved the slow, mellow tempo on Shakedown and the multiple segues in and out of Playin' (which is always nice).

Reviewer: Burnt Rich - - May 28, 2008
Subject: Abbra Cadabbra, more AUD magic!!

This is a fabulously grand AUD copy .....what an absolute treat. Thank you for your time, efforts, and desire to share the wealth so freely, uploading fairies and also to the Archive for providing us w/ a relatively safe (Nov. 2005 SBD drama, not-withstanding) place for keeping em' w/ in the public domain.

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