It's the playin/other1/comes a time jam that makes this otherwise basic show unbelievable.

a little taste of ’76, methinks. save the newer material at the end of the set, an energetic throwback to my ears. love that opener – just so damn, well, jerry! (sure, they’ll be breaking out the dark star second song…just keep yelling it, dingdong). all in all, a very nice set, no doubt, and it’s all good. estimated is the utility infielder of songs, moving back to the first set tonight and regaining some, but not all, of its sonic underpinnings from earlier versions (thanks, bobby & keith). sunrise? a nice song, i suppose, but it’s really not a dead song, now is it and it’s a buzz crusher, really. but samson quickly resolves the contradiction, reminding me that I am, in fact, at a dead show, so i eat the other orange barrel and head down from the loge…i’m planning on being front row and down low for set the second…

For many years due to the proliferation of Betty Boards and FM recordings etc. I've never heard an audience recording of a May 1977 show and I often wondered how it felt to be at one of these titanic evenings. This audience delivers that in spades. Yes there are moments where the crowd are way too loud. Way too loud!! But it is such rollicking good fun I forgive this recording all its sins. Besides I'll have the board if I want intimacy and detail. But for this recording just dig the reaction of the crowd on The Other One! So exciting! The use tension and release in this gig is as juicy as it gets. And check the Brokedown (the first since the '74 October Winterland shows) and feel what it is to have your world rocked. Howling through a quiet song like Brokedown Palace may seem wildly inappropriate anywhere but at a Dead show like this one (although some of you purists may be outraged at this statement). It feels like a Revival meeting---call and response---wonderful. The board is for the car and late nights when my kids are sleeping. This baby is for Saturday night after a smoke and a couple of beers and I want to be carried back to a glorious night in a glorious theatre in a glorious year in the glorious history of the Grateful Dead. Let it shine and let it rock!

This is a great show and a solid audience tape. Est winds down right when it sounds like it is going to kick the afterburners in and an 18:30 Tenn Jed is awesome. Sadly, Other One is only <11 mins and it had the makings of something special...

Clear recording and not 'muddy' like the Sony source.

This crowd is jumpin'!