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Grateful Dead Live at Springfield Civic Center on 1977-04-23

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1977-04-23 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Live concert

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Set 1 Sugaree, Cassidy, Loser, Minglewood Blues, Ramble On Rose, Me & My Uncle, Row Jimmy, It's All Over Now, Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain
Set 2 Estimated Prophet, Bertha, The Music Never Stopped, Help on the Way-> Slipknot-> Franklin's Tower-> Around & Around-> GDTRFB-> Not Fade Away E: One More Saturday Night

Notes

Source: Recorded by Jerry Moore; Sony ECM-33Ps> Sony 153 pole mounted from floor back of center line
Lineage: AUDMC played back on Nak Dragon> ART DI/O> Egosys Waveterminal 2496>
Cool Edit 2000> Feurio/mkwACT by David Minches

Addeddate: 2004-04-09 14:41:33

Discs: 0

Has_mp3: 1

Identifier: gd77-04-23.moore.minches.18438.sbeok.shnf

Lineage: Sony ECM-33Ps> Sony 153 pole mounted from floor back of center line. AUDMC > SHN

Location: Springfield, MA

Shndiscs: 2

Source: Audience Recording: Sony ECM-33Ps

Taped by: Jerry Moore

Transferred by: David Minches

Type: sound

Venue: Springfield Civic Center

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Reviewer: Adam Coppola - - January 11, 2018
Subject: decent

decided to listen out of calendar for this one. it's the january slump...
I cant comment reliably on the mix (speaker quality) but it seems crisp.

strong start up to loser. next ones are plain.
jerry's solos and the devils' rhythms are right on schedule for a while, but not so inspired.
keith gets out of step and frustrated, disturbing a dull row jimmy.
He figures out the two-time by scar-fi, however, and jerry jams with. Donna's key in this! She cools down the tightly wound team on 1977's hottest night yet.
Then, for the rest of the show, every.single.song. is worth hearing.

three stars for the rough start and to correct for my personal bias towards the setlist.

Reviewer: EdNH - - March 19, 2011
Subject: Underrated and unappreciated

This is perhaps the most underrated show from the spring of 1977 which is sad because it should be mentioned in the same company as the more famous later dates in early May. Fact of the matter is I would put this show up against 5-7, 5-8, and 5-9, its that good. It starts with a good Sugaree and quickly gathers steam from there. The first set ends with a very good Scarlet>Fire. Everybody is on during this show, Donna sounds good, Keith plays some organ, Jerry puts extra hot sauce on many of his solos, Bob, holds down the rhythm, and Phil, Mickey, and Bill are a force of nature. The Bertha in the second set is one of my favorite versions of this song. This show has an embarassment of riches, I know, you've heard it before, even the worst shows have glowing reviews, but ignoring this show is to your detrement. This is a nice sounding audience recording, a very enjoyable listen. Download and crank it up. Thanks to those who brought this gem forward. The show gets 6 stars, its a VG+ audience recording so thats why I gave it 4 stars

Reviewer: Sir-Mix-Alot - - September 24, 2010
Subject: Great '77 audience recording

With so few spring '77 audience tapes to choose from, this recording is well made and very listenable. Jerry Moore's work is well above average and done at a time when most audience tapes were crappy. Hats of to Jerry Moore for being in the right place at the right time!

Reviewer: MayAllSentientBeings - - April 16, 2009
Subject: Thank you, Mssrs. Moore & Co.!

Eeks! Before raving about the matrix mix of this show (and since I can't edit my post about it), I should have known from my other Moore audience recordings to listen first to this one. Thanks to Mssrs. Moore & Co., I am now at work - and yet - AND YET - perfectly positioned right in the middle of this positively electric Spring '77 miracle! Thank you!

Reviewer: Wavey Davey - - April 9, 2006
Subject: this one CRANKS

Based on DL numbers it would appear fewer are choosing this audience source. I found that although there is a bit of distortion and reverb, this source has more range, power, and Phil.

Reviewer: sadu77 - - December 19, 2005
Subject: good show

In this new, horrendous era of no SBD's, we can only hope that that the audience tapes sound as good as this show. good sets, crisp playing. and all this on a satrday night in springfield Mass. for those of you who havent been there........well i envy you.

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