Reviewer:
Mind Wondrin
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July 25, 2019
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One of a handful of true 5-star '90s shows
In a 6-day run at MSG, the band essentially did a 6-day warm-up, starting perfunctorily and getting stronger each night. The last 2 shows were talked about afterward as you-should-have-been-there, shining moments of the year, and tapes were sought. But in particular, this show. Scanning the setlist, you might think something was going down. This is that show you share with that Head you know that complains there wasn't one good show after 1989. Part of the show is on Road Trips 2-1, but it loses the entirety context because it focuses on the 2nd sets of 3-days [2 of which which had better first sets], missing most of the best performances from the run. Therefore you need the whole show. I remember waiting for the tapes to hear if the hype was true, but by then I'd seen some good fall shows; and my copy was low-gen anyway. So hallelujah to us today. The very next show was Sweden.
1st Set. It's the second two-keyboards era. Vince is still mixed high on day 6 (this is his 11th show) but he plays with a lighter touch, melding better than previous nights. Stranger is pretty stretched for a Song 1. Jer muffs half the verses on Althea, but it has a nice tempo. If I compiled a list of all-time best It's All Over Nows, this would be on it. Ramble is the sound of revitalization and the hyper NYC crowd. Bruce uses accordion on El Paso. The excellent BEW sounds like a late '70s version, but with a strident, funked-up beat and Hornsby glides. They say Jer didn't like it when the rhythm section sped up but he sure kicks it here (and check Jer's little pre-chorus figure). A massive "We Want Phil" leads a top-notch Greatest Story which segues to a standard U.S. Blues in just a beat.
2nd Set. Truckin' before China>Rider! Bobby remembers lyrics, Jer invents lots of fills, Phil gets active on the upper board, what's not to love? It's all aces. Dewiminna is the only average spot in the set, but it's still solid. In the middle of a massive, coruscating, 32min Dawk Staw, they congeal/fall into a few minutes of Playin' - just rolled with it rather than somebody wrangling it away. Then Jer and Phil fall back into Dawk Staw at the exact same beat. The machine at work! Things get weird; this ain't your big bro's Dawk Staw. After a decent-enough Throwing Stones, Jer barely starts NFA as Phil opens Touch instead, but the tranny is uncanny (because the machine was running on purefied X factor). Touch is solid and Lovelight is simple but tight. Arguably the best show of '90.
1st set: B+
2nd Set: A
Overall: 5 stars
Highlights:
Entire show has best-of-'90 candidates but check:
It's All Over Now - incredible version, Vince great
Ramble on Rose - a number revitalized
Brown-Eyed Women - nice ensemble playing
Greatest Story Ever Told - Bobby excited
Truckin' - uptempo and punchy
China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider - Hornsby also shines
Dark Star Suite - a latter-era top 10 Staw
Touch of Grey - you can feel the party
SOURCES: The miller_108849 updates both miller_28691 and miller_tetzeli_28691. Road Trips vol 2 #1 has all of the 2nd Set except Man Smart>Drums. The show is usually up on YouTube.
Reviewer:
cb18201
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December 15, 2008
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agreed
i agree, all the music that is not available to buy should stay on here, i buy everything that is released but sometimes i am dissapointed when i get the cd and they leave out certain magical moments from a show only to have it disapear from the archive forever. its kinda sad that it has to be like this, there is so much good music on here that has been taken away and we dont even have the option to buy it. two shows in particular: 08/06/74 - Roosevelt Stadium - Jersey City, NJ and 12/04/73 - Cincinnati Gardens - Cincinnati, OH. both of these shows are excellent and had good soundboards available but they still only released a tiny chunk of each, which i also bought. maybe one day all us serious heads will be heard by another head at the archive an our wishes will come true. Oh ya this 9/20/90 board is the best one on here but i reccomend the other version of millers (bill tetzeli redo) if you want a seamless transition from disc 2 to disc 3. all tetzeli did to that version was make that seamless transition fix. other than that its the same as this one.
Reviewer:
Pinetarjunky
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December 6, 2008
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Don't steal this too
It's unfortunate that someone saw fit to take away the ability to rip these soundboards and only leave auds. Now that the stupid Road Trips series has chosen this show does that mean nobody will be able to stream this show very soon as well. Because thats what happened to most of the October 1977 shows. There's a great Eyes into NFA on 10/11/77 that is impossible to listen to (as far as I know) because they foolishly didn't include it in the Road trips
vol.2. Only way I've been able to hear it is on Sirius' GD channel. WTF, Total BS. Someone deserves to go deaf.
All bitching aside, I love this show. The first set is amazing. Ramble on Rose and It's all over now are the highlights in my opinion. 2nd set has Dark Star, nuff said. Enjoy this one while it lasts, I have a feeling they'll take it.