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Grateful Dead Live at Alfond Arena - University of Maine on 1983-04-19

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1983-04-19 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Steve Rolfe, Dave Minor, Matt Vernon

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Set 1
Jack Straw
Friend Of The Devil
It's All Over Now
DireWolf ->
Big River
Dupree's Diamond Blues
On The RoadAgain
West L.A. Fadeaway
Lazy Lightnin' ->
Supplication
Might As Well

Set 2
Sugaree ->
Samson And Delilah
He's Gone ->
Drums ->
Space ->
Truckin' ->
Wharf Rat ->
Around And Around ->
Good Lovin'

Encore
U.S. Blues

Notes

Patch Source: (FOB/Center) 3 Sennheiser 421 -> Mixer -> Cassette Master (Sony D5) shnid = 21922

- Thanks to Dave Minor for the cd's (sorry it took me since 2004 to get to)
- tuning crowd and first minute or so of Jack Straw had right mic only so this section is mono
- minor short (~1 sec) digistatic in West LA
- about 15 seconds of end of Samson from patch source
- about 5 seconds of drums from patch source

Addeddate: 2008-01-22 00:24:24

Identifier: gd1983-04-19.fob.nak700.rolfe.vernon-minor.83761.sbeok.flac16

Lineage: cm>dat>cd>eac>Cool Edit Pro > cdwav flac16 (lev 8)

Location: Orono, ME

Run time: 169

Source: FOB Nak700's > d5

Taped by: Steve Rolfe

Transferred by: Dave Minor and Matt Vernon

Type: sound

Venue: Alfond Arena - University of Maine

Year: 1983

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Reviewer: Dark Star 101 - - April 20, 2020
Subject: Happy 37!

Yeah 37 years ago tonight I was there with my peeps up from college, 7 months after the legendary Portland meltdown the previous September. Maine always brought out the best in the Dead and this was no exception. I remember how small and intimate the venue was, we could walk around the floor easily - practically right up to the stage! I remembered it like a gym, though the poster below clarifies it was an ice rink. I also remember nearly getting busted in the parking lot after the show; the pimple-faced U Maine cop poking around our trunk after spotting us with beers - fortunately they missed the bong and our17 year old compatriot who fled immediately into the crowd! Topped it all off by crashing at our friend’s antique vacation cottage hanging on the edge of Casco Bay. Priceless!

Reviewer: deadtoolong - - December 16, 2016
Subject: First Show

My first Grateful Dead show - literally walked across the street from my fraternity house (sigma phi epsilon) to this show. Remember eating some scorpion blotter before the show.

The rush to get in was amazing. The crowd crushed together and I was picked up off my feet and carried in.

Didn't really know what to expect. Was familiar with some songs but not the whole cannon.

Show was GA and what amazed me the most was the dancing - everyone was dancing and grooving to the music. I had been to a bunch of rock concerts prior to this but never experienced anything of the like of this.

Music was good but must say I didn't really get it at this show. Wasn't till my second through fifth shows in the fall of 84 (Augusta and Hartford) that the light shined upon me and I "got" it.

Still, my favorite versions of Jack Straw, FOTD, and Sugaree are from this show - cant beat familiarity

This recording sounds good, really good considering the room.

Peace

Reviewer: klaussmith - - November 4, 2011
Subject: Great Show, Fair Recording

Sound in this ice rink was below average, odd shaped arena with a low end resonance that muddles Phil. The speakers were stacked on the stage, not hung from the ceiling and it was very small, less than 3,000. Great high energy show, especially the Sugaree and post Drums, Weir was “Bobby Rock-Star” during Truckin’ running around the stage. This could have been the show where he climbed up onto a stage monitor. Don’t know if there are better sounding tapes out there, a SB sure would be nice.

Reviewer: janies - - August 26, 2010
Subject: first dead show evah

my first dead show....with Doug Hamilton-1st college boyfriend and Lucy-dorm friend..........at u of maine..........hooked for life....

Reviewer: rcpowell31 - - April 2, 2010
Subject: Sugaree

What a awsome way to open the 2nd set. Jerry must of felt pretty good. He really jams it, way to go

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