Spring '88 was indeed the pinnacle of post-In The Dark Grateful Dead... i was glad to see someone comment on night one that this run outshines the following Spring (it does.)

Aiko and Rooster were kinda perfunctory but everything that follows in Set One is spectacular; and then onto the Miles Davis odyssey ***chef's kiss***

At the time, a lifelong friend of mine and i both turned to each other and asked, "So What?" like, are we really fucking hearing this?

Only caught a handful of Jerry shows after this run, good times were still had; but sadly it just never got near this level again, in setlist or performance.

Just wanted to say you should try the gotfob aud source. It is a little better than this one and only SB (remaining) of this show.

the bass is a little washed out, and the keyboards, and sometimes Weir's guitar, come out of the wrong speaker. It's listenable, and it's clearly a fun show. But there are better recordings out there for this one.

For the post"In the Dark" period, it was a pretty tight show, with a decent set list.

It did remind me of how uninspired they were with the old jammin' though, is a 4:50 Fantasy more of a tease than a blessing.

But its better with'm than without him.

I remember at the time this was The show of the spring tour.Things were getting a bit more jammy and spacey in '88 than '87 .Fall '88 is really underrated -