All in all, '88 was a pretty crap year. I've listened to many shows from all of the tours, and I can't say I have rushed back to re-listen to any of them. Their equipment and sound were good (Bobby is using his bright Mesa Boogie tone similar to '77-'79), and song performance is competent, but the jams are unusually lifeless and sometimes forced. It's as if Jerry and the boys were like, "Oh yeah, we're supposed to be grooving here. Well, here goes." instead of naturally formulating wicked jams out of various tunes, guided only by pure musical inspiration. This show is different. It has some of the life that others are missing. Still, I would suggest turning the page to summer '89 if you are looking to be wowed.

Ed Watts has a pretty funny blog post involving this show:
http://rockandrollnerd.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/phish-vs-the-dead-part-2-marley-covers/

What else can you say...Stir it up and then we go row with Jimmy.....Imagine if the Dead would have intergrated more reggae..Jerry would tear up "No woman no cry"..Or "Johnny was a good man"..goosebumps man !

Overall a very good performance
One of the finer periods for Row Jimmy, and this is where the show really shines.

Bobbie guitar gets a bit cheesy for me in china cat.

there are a number of videos from this show on youtube that all have great sound quality. It is very cool to see the band having so much fun with tunes like Stuck inside of Mobile. check it out.

The whole Hampton Run was about as good as the Dead got on this tour (the Brendan Byrne run is up there, too). This was a spirited and fun show. The Stir It Up hasn't aged well, but it was a blast for those of us who were there. Jerry sounds pumped and his vocals were as good as it was possible for him to be at this point in his life/career (he flubs a lyric here and there, but gets by on feeling alone).
The second set Playin' is a spacey jammed treat (there wasn't much free-form out of the boys this year), and the entire second set is more-or-less top notch for the late 80's. Get this show if you can. What I'd have given a 4.5 stars if it was an option becomes 5 because of the sweet sounding recording by "Mister Charlie"

i was at this show... i'd bet my left arm this Stir It Up was off the cuff.

Memphis Blues, Thin Man [the next night], they're doing these songs better than the previous summer with Dylan!

i've only ever heard AUD sources of this particular Hampton run (all VG to excellent, IMO, and i am a SBD snob), great to hear an old fav of mine get the Charlie Miller treatment.
Weir is LOUD and was certainly more out in front spring '88 than in the previous few years.

4.5 for the performance, 5.0 for Charlie and big ups to the tapers.

Ok, this one's a bit odd. The only Stir It Up played by GD ever (of course Jerry Band did it)...they only make it about one verse, and its quite obviously either a goof or completely unrehearsed. Although, the last time through the chorus they hit nice 3 part harmony that makes it worth it. The Minglewood after this makes it well worth the price of admission though. Overall sound quality is nice, the board has some nice audience sound which livens up things but never gets in the way. This is the era of 'BIG DEAD' they know how to work the crowd and they do it...you can hear the ocean of people rise and fall with the music and the band rides the wave. Jerry's vocals sound much better than some shows I remember from that year, but time, smokes and the big H have taken its toll.