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Grateful Dead Live at Radio City Music Hall on 1980-10-31

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1980-10-31 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Live concert

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Heaven Help The Fool, Sage And Spirit, Little Sadie, Monkey & The Engineer, It Must Have Been The Roses, Cassidy, Bird Song-> Ripple Jack Straw, Cold Rain & Snow, Me & My Uncle-> Mexicali Blues, Ramble On Rose-> Little Red Rooster, Brown Eyed Women-> Looks Like Rain-> Deal Don't Ease Me In-> Lost Sailor-> Saint Of Circumstance-> Franklin's Tower-> Drums-> Fire On The Mountain-> Not Fade Away-> Stella Blue-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Good Lovin', E: Uncle John's Band

Notes

Master AUD (Wise Sony EMC-280/D-5) Cass> PCM> ZA2> CD; via Chris Larson to abgd

Addeddate: 2004-07-24 13:29:45

Discs: 0

Has_mp3: 1

Identifier: gd80-10-31.wise.larson.1955.sbeok.shnf

Lineage: Master AUD (Sony ECM-280/D-5) Cass> PCM> ZA2> CD

Location: New York City, NY

Shndiscs: 2

Source: Audience Recording: Sony ECM-280/D-5

Taped by: Jim Wise

Type: sound

Venue: Radio City Music Hall

Year: 1980

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Reviewer: mike172 - - November 1, 2010
Subject: converted to aud tapes

I always use to hate aud tapes,but now after 15 years of not going to a grateful dead show these are all I listen to now.you feel like you are there!soundboards now sound 2 dimensional and the auds sound 3 dimensional!thank you to all who are involed at archive.org.this is the greatest web site ever!all the showes I went to from88-95 are here {I`M 38 YEARS OLD}plus now I feel like I was there in the 60`s and 70`sso cool!!!

Reviewer: Fin, jr. - - November 15, 2007
Subject: Soundboard is great but quality AUD is something else

When the mix is right, and I'm not saying it was all the way right all the time here, the great AUD recordings get everyone playing along. It's as though you can feel the whole room moving rather than just the wall of sound pushing at you. The crowd adds so much more to the life of the recordings and I sometimes forget something's missing from the great soundboards. These were shows, after all, not studio sessions.
This is a very fun show. It looks like an ambitious list but everyone came ready to play. You can't hear everything on this tape and it drops out a bit but that is minor compared to the enjoyment we find here.

Reviewer: gr8flmark - - May 12, 2007
Subject: I still cant get enough!!!!!

I love all of these shows from this run. Hearing the dead after all these years I still dont get why they didnt do this more often. You can tell they were having an awesome time every night. I wish every show could have a set list like this. THE PLAYING IS CONSISTENT AND THE ACOUSTIC SETS ARE SO MUCH FUN ENJOY....

Reviewer: Sugar23ee - - March 7, 2007
Subject: I remember them well.....

These shows were outstanding. I was there every night and loved every minute. Halloween- 2nd row, Jack Straw.....well what can I say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reviewer: Let_it_Grow - - July 15, 2006
Subject: Great Quality

This show is not only a very enjoyable set, but the quality of the taping is fantastic. Well worth the download.

Reviewer: jfk62 - - January 12, 2006
Subject: Get the SBD and Video!

I downloaded the video of this show - broadcast closed circuit to other theaters - the sound is from the SBD. Al Franken and Tom Davis do some comedy bits during the intermission. Check Further.net for lots of other free goodies while they are still available.

Reviewer: Rob M - - September 27, 2005
Subject: Dead Set....

This is a great show!

Drums, Space and Fire ended up on Dead Set, but were heavily edited. Fire for example has been halfed in length.

I seem to remember that Reckoning and Dead Set were recorded in a special way, with clusters of mikes above the band to pick up the 'ambient' nature of the live shows.

This concert is named the Master AUD, but maybe it is the actual master recording from the mike clusters that were used to produce Reckoning and Dead Set. This concert has a lot of the same warm ambient quality to it, like the 2 records. It is not like a traditional AUD.

Reviewer: Creampuffin1965 - - February 3, 2005
Subject: my first lsd show !!!!

Even though 10-30-80 was my 1st show...I chose not to try Acid for the 1st time on 10-30...I wanted to wait for this night...Halloween...

WOWOWOWOWOWOW is all i can say, and remember..!

Reviewer: claus - - January 28, 2005
Subject: Really A Great Show ....

... but what happened to the Drums-file?
Did nobody else hear that there are a lot of drop-outs? I downloaded the file twice and in different formats.
Is there anyone with the complet drums?

Reviewer: other3 - - November 5, 2004
Subject: This is a a great audience tape.

I was one of the people in the theaters. It is good to relive those days again. Whlie the accoustic stuff is quiter and more suptable to the crowd noise. This tape is really not that bad. The electric stuff is great. The set list in great.

Reviewer: iain cohn - - July 25, 2004
Subject: A Good Show

While it is tough to hear the band during the acoustic set, this show is definitely presented better in this audience recording than in the circulating soundboard. The recording does pick up some reverb during the electric sets. What comes though is the amazing energy of this show. Everything is played well with post drums segment standing out. Bobby's lead from space into fire, and when Phil locks in are nothing short of perfect.

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