Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Live at Madison Square Garden on 1979-09-04 (September 4, 1979)

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Collection: GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: September 4, 1979 (check for other copies)
Venue: Madison Square Garden
Location: New York, NY

Source: Soundboard and Audience composite
Lineage: Master Soundboard Cassette > Reel to Reel > PCM > CDR: Secondary Source: Barry Glassberg's Master Audience Cassette; Nakamichi CM700 mics
Keywords: Live concert

Description

Jack Straw, Sugaree, Me & My Uncle-> Big River, Candyman, Minglewood Blues, Tennessee Jed, Lost Sailor-> Saint Of Circumstance-> Deal China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Looks Like Rain, He's Gone-> Drums-> Wharf Rat-> Around & Around, E: Shakedown Street

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Reviewer: dead dupree - - July 23, 2008
Subject: Play for clive?

[Bob]
We used to play for silver now we play for life (note 2)
And one's for sport, and one's for blood at the point of a knife
And now the die has shaken, now the die must fall
There ain't a winner in the game
He don't go home with all, not with all

Reviewer: Houjazi - - May 13, 2008
Subject: I'll Take an Extra Helping of Sugaree

Super clean sound and an outstanding version of Sugaree.

Reviewer: MAFIA!!! - - April 3, 2008
Subject: jack straw

In response to BigBoyPeete below, in Jack Straw Bobby does say 'we used to play for silver, now we play for Clive' referring to Clive Davis the president of Arista records. Other times he has said 'we used to play for acid, now we play for Clive'

Reviewer: Styrofoam Cueball - - March 22, 2008
Subject: You Just Gotta Poke Around...

Even though they must have been tired at that point, the encore of Shakedown kicks some booty and the jams are quite tasty. You can hear the crowd cheering, and the more they cheer, the tighter the song becomes. There is a lovely quiet jam near the last verse where Phil brings the kamikaze bomb-dropping fonk.

I even like what Brent's doing, but I will never like his 'tinkle-bell' keyboard tone...the one he uses most. When he gets on organ, piano, or a different synth, I like him 100% better. Those infernal bells....arrrgh! ;-)

Reviewer: JRimLik - - July 4, 2005
Subject: MSG

The Graden was a great place to see the band. Very intense energy. I can think of many better East Coast venues, that were smaller, cleaner, better sound, like Hampton, Cumberland County, etc. But the Garden was the epitome of the East Coast energy, and the boys really seemed to feed of fof it. Brendan Byrne and Nassau had great energy, so did Philly - nothing like a Spectrum Shakedown - MSG had something a little extra. It is after all the World's Most Famous Sports Arena. I saw several shows there from '83-'87 and am very glad I did.

This is from their second run their, and I would definitely download this. To the last reviewer, what Bobby is saying in Jack Straw is "now we play for Clive." As in Clive Davis, the President of Arista records, who the Dead had recently signed with at that time. This tour was the East Coast debut for alot of the material on their upcoming first Arista release, Go to Heaven, tunes like Althea, Sailor>Saint, Alabama Getaway, and Easy to Love You.

Reviewer: bigboypeete - - June 22, 2005
Subject: jack straw

sounds like bob says we used to play for silver now we play for clide?

Reviewer: bigboypeete - - June 22, 2005
Subject: jack straw

sounds like bob says we used to play for silver now we play for clide?

Reviewer: lesthayes37 - - February 17, 2005
Subject: pretty solid trio

i think this show is pretty dope. not exceptional. i really like a trio of songs in the first set. candyman, minglewood and tennessee jed are very solid. i think the sound quality is a little above average.

Reviewer: stealthhippy - - September 23, 2004
Subject: 25 years ago..................

me and my best friend drove from school to the garden for our usual deadfest.....row 7 section o orchestra...the energy was wild....and when Jack Straw started and we heard Jerry's voice with an enrgy we hadn't heard fom him in a few years, it was the beginning of a great road trip...he was On that night,the band was tight..and when they came back from intermission, they just blew the roof off the Garden.scarlet was ok..but the jam and fire..cooked..and then an amazing he's gone..and the journey continued..i had forgotten how good they were that night until i heard this excellently recorded show...except for the few audience patches, sound is super...a great 79 show..Enjoy!!

Notes

Sources: Primary Source: Master Soundboard Cassette > Reel to Reel > PCM > CDR: Secondary Source: Barry Glassberg's Master Audience Cassette; Nakamichi CM700 mics; Secondary source supplies the first 0:21 of "Jack Straw" (d1t01), the final 3:00 of "Minglewood Blues" (d1t07), the first 2:01 of "China Cat Sunflower" d2t01), "Looks Like Rain" (d2t03) in its entirety, as well as a patch in "Wharf Rat" (d3t05) from 2:37 thru 3:11; Patching / CD Mastering by Scott Clugston; also to abgd via Charlie Connor