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Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Live at The Palladium on 1977-05-04 (May 4, 1977)

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Collection: : GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: May 4, 1977 (check for other copies)
Venue: The Palladium
Location: New York City, NY

Source: Soundboard
Lineage: d1: SBD> CASSM?R?> DAT; d2: MASTER REEL> DAT> DAT> CD
Keywords: Live concert

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Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Big River, They Love Each Other, New Minglewood Blues, It Must Have Been The Roses, Cassidy, Deal, Looks Like Rain, Brown Eyed Women, Dancing In The Street Estimated Prophet, Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain, Terrapin Station-> Playin' In The Band-> Comes A Time-> Playin' In The Band

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Reviewer: smgarcia - - March 20, 2008
Subject: Every song you would ever want
It is true that I like this show, along with Swing, because they play just about every song that I love. Estimated Prophet, Scarlet > Fire, Terrapin, Playin' and the serene Comes A Time. There isn't the 2nd set filler like Drums, Tennessee Jed, or the dreaded Samson and Delilah (a song way overplayed this year). No Not Fade Away, Sugar Mags, two other songs play more often that the number of times Jerry dropped acid. I don't think the Scarlet > Fire is top 5 material, but it is still pretty good. Playing in the Band lasts forever, it's one of the longest post 1974 versions.

You know, it's just a great show. However I'm giving it a 3/5 because the first set recording is horrendous.

Reviewer: jamart - - November 1, 2005
Subject: Set 2 sounds great, set 1 sounds awful
Only listen to BEWd1t09 from the first set, second set is great.

Reviewer: Darkstarlsd - - October 3, 2005
Subject: Ny ...
The comes a Time is just beautiful...Donna is even On point....My favorite song done absoloutely amazing....Jerry is crackling with Tears and joy ..Good ol` Grateful Dead ...

Reviewer: hyperboy - - September 13, 2005
Subject: Sound?
Starting with BEW, sound is phenomenal. Before that it is horrible. Why?

Reviewer: capn doubledose - - August 2, 2005
Subject: F*kng SMOKING
This Scarlet>Fire is definately one of the best of all time - Playin and hot Terapin, BE Women. This is a keeper and cannot believe I have never heard this...

Reviewer: jcroot - - July 19, 2005
Subject: comes a time
lovely

Reviewer: shipofthesun - - May 31, 2005
Subject: scarlet/fire
I have to agree with eagle. The scarlet fire is top five all time. The boys swirl and fly around scarlet like sparks from the fire coming up. Fire is an exaustive exploration of all the tonal colors availible. and the transition is seamless. The rest of the set is strong but suffers a tiny bit in comparison. Really, really tight sow on a tour known for tightness. How exactly the achieved this well rehearsed inprovasation is something os a mystery, but that's what kept us coming back for more. Oh and the China Cat lick. I can actually hear Bob doin' the "heh huh" laugh in his head as he plays that. Just plain excellent.

Reviewer: MushroomEagle - - May 13, 2005
Subject: china
Instead of repeating everything everyone has said...i had to mention that during Scarlet Begonias, in the solo before the last verse (at precisely 3:11 in the track in fact) Bob - faintly - plays the China Cat Sunflower lick. This makes the song for me - esp knowing that China Cat is a rarely played song during this era. Seems like they couldn't keep Bob from picking out that tight ass lick from China Cat. I love it. Oh and, good sounding second set - great songs.

Reviewer: JustDewIt - - March 24, 2005
Subject: 1/2 step
My favorite 1/2 step of all time

Reviewer: peter teitelbaum - - January 3, 2005
Subject: Get Set 1 From Source Immediately Below
Set 1 here is from the same cassette master as the source below, but this source carries a minimum of two additional gens and the newer Set 1 source of known SBDMC>C>CDR lineage is superior.

It's still not going to sound as good as Set 2, but it's an improvement nonetheless.

Reviewer: AugustNine - - November 20, 2004
Subject: Very Solid
I agree that up to the Brown Eyed Women, the sound quality is pretty awful, but i wouldn't say it is unlistenable. After the Big River, your ears will adjust in the way they always seem to do.

Concerning the Brown Eyed Women and the successive songs, you could not ask for a better second set. There are other versions of these songs from this tour (Scarlet>Fire, Estimated) that may be more "rockin,'" but you would be hard pressed to find any versions that are more pristine.

Reviewer: sheikyerbouti - - October 31, 2004
Subject: nice show but first part unlistenable
listen from brown eyed women on + there are other much better shows from this year where the sound quality is great as well. Fire is pretty hot on this and the playin is long and spacy. Wait for a better copy and thanks to whomever it was that resurrected this for the effort.

Reviewer: flashbackmagic - - October 1, 2004
Subject: still dancin
That Dancin to close the first set was on fire, a spinners dream for sure. WOW. About to catch the second set, fasten your seatbelts!

hey Cryp, how about another review ;)

Reviewer: CryptcalEnvlpmnt - - July 31, 2004
Subject: Rare Scarlet Begonias
Just as Dcain said, bobby does play his intro to china cat,pretty sweet, knowing bob, he probably thought they were playing china cat.

Reviewer: dcain - - June 5, 2004
Subject: Spacious Scarlet
Great sound quality here. Underneath Garcia's first solo break, you can hear Weir deliver his China Cat lick. The jam begins kind of quiet and spacious, fairly dreamy.

Reviewer: samson - - April 20, 2004
Subject: Second set!
The second set is what made me fall in love with '77. The tightness of the band is inspirational. Scarlet > Fire is so so smooth, Playing exibits some fine Garcia improv, and Comes a Time just brings it all home. The band in sooo together its sick, even Donna is a welcome. The sound is also incredible. Flawless recording! Don't pass up the second set!

Reviewer: dr. flashback - - April 13, 2004
Subject: top 10!
Even if the 1st Set wasn't well played (which it is, esp. the Half Step>Big River opener) the strength of the 2nd Set alone put this one in my top 10. A Dream Set that is basically one long jam, starting with Estimated and then blasts off with a Scarlet>Fire>Terrapin>Playin sequence that
features some of the most amazing improvising you'll hear in 1977. They finally come down to earth with a gorgeous and rare Comes a Time (only 5 times in 1977). You haven't really heard May 77 until you've heard this show!
Dr. Flashback :-)

Notes

d1: SBD> CASSM?R?> DAT, except for BEW which is SBD> ?> CDR; d2: MASTER REEL> DAT> DAT> CD; via Joe McCarthy to vines; tracked for 2x80; assembled with help from various seeders; see info file for misc flaws and credits. [Note: An sbe-fixed-by-set version also circulates]