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Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Live at Oxford Plains Speedway on 1988-07-03 (July 3, 1988)

Collection: : GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: July 3, 1988 (check for other copies)
Venue: Oxford Plains Speedway
Location: Oxford , ME

Source: Beyer Dynamic 201's (FOB) > Sony TCD5M > MAC (Maxell MX90)
Lineage: MAC > Nak DR-10 (Playback)>Midiman Flying Cow 24bit/48kHz A/D>RME Digi96/8>Steinberg's Wavelab 3.0 (bit resolution & resampling to CDR>edbook 16/44.1>CDWav v1.6 (tracking only)>SHNv3 (MKW ACT)
Taped by: Charlie Connor
Transferred by: Charlie Connor
Keywords: Audience; Charlie Connor

Description

Set 1

Hell In A Bucket ->
Sugaree
Walkin' Blues
Tennessee Jed
Queen Jane Approximately
Bird Song

Set 2

Touch Of Gray
Hey Pocky Away
Looks Like Rain
Estimated Prophet ->
Eyes Of The World ->
I Will Take You Home ->
Drums ->
Space ->
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad ->
I Need A Miracle ->
Dear Mr. Fantasy ->
Hey Jude Reprise

Encore
Not Fade Away

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Reviewer: Dr. Bilvis - - October 12, 2009
Subject: Best Aud for this Date -- Classic Late 80s Dead Scene
I did some comparison listening, and this is clearly the best audience recording for Oxford 7/3/88. That said, it is a good to very good audience, not a stellar one by any means, but very satisfying. Listening to this show twenty years later, it is very good, but it's the scene that made the show magical. Hands down, this was the most beautiful, peaceful, groovy Dead scene I ever encountered (I saw shows between '85 and '94). Oxford was quiet, serene, and wooded. Deadheads were grooving everywhere -- swimming in streams, hanging out in fields, hiking along the local route through the small town that was there. The vibe was incredible -- kind of a latter day Veneta Oregon (I think of the film of that great '72 show) or at least as I imagine that scene was. Little Feat, playing with energy in their late 80s revival, let off.

The show itself is very good -- strong '88 Dead. Any first set with "Sugaree" and "Birdsong," as well played as these are, makes for a super first set, and it doesn't feel short, despite the song count.

"Hey Pockey Way" is blistering and joyous (the song that stands out in my memory the best) and kicks off a strong second set, only to be stopped in its tracks by -- I hate to say it -- a cheesey "Little Girl Lost," a song that sounds even worse twenty years later. The post-drums sequence is lively and strong, and the "Mr. Fantasy/Hey Jude" suite is outstanding (maybe one of the most rousing and rocking ever). Give it a listen. In short, Brent -- and I love him -- brings out both the best and worst of this very good show -- the site of the best Dead scene I ever experienced and one of my favorite concert experiences of all time.

Reviewer: grasshopperak - - July 3, 2009
Subject: birdsong note
these Oxford shows stand as a peak in my mind; on the Birdsong, there was someone who flew over and halfway into the stadium in a hand glider, which apparently made the band a bit nervous and prompted an early end to the set; it was harmless enough, but i guess the bird glider couldn't get a ticket ?
No one wanted the show to end, as the long crowd NFA evidences
Peace, G
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