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Grateful Dead Live at Seattle Center Coliseum on 1981-08-14

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1981-08-14 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Live concert

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Minglewood Blues-> Sugaree-> On The Road Again, Peggy-O-> Beat It On Down The Line, Brown Eyed Women-> Little Red Rooster, Don't Ease Me In-> Looks Like Rain, Bertha-> Promised Land Might As Well-> Samson & Delilah, Ship of Fools, Playin' In The Band-> China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider-> Drums-> Playin' In The Band-> Wharf Rat-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> I Need A Miracle-> Johnny B. Goode, E: It's All Over Now Baby Blue

Notes

NAK 700's>Sony TC-D5M>MC>R>DAT>CDR; Seeded to etree by Tony Gardner

Addeddate: 2004-04-26 11:47:00

Discs: 0

Has_mp3: 1

Identifier: gd81-08-14.nak700.gardner.8213.sbeok.shnf

Lineage: NAK 700's> Sony TC-D5M> MC> R> DAT> CDR

Location: Seattle, WA

Shndiscs: 2

Source: Audience Recording: Nak 700's

Type: sound

Venue: Seattle Center Coliseum

Year: 1981

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Reviewer: yudofu67 - - February 10, 2021
Subject: Great sound, great show.

Rare to get so much bass from an audience recording...wonderful performance, seems like Jerry is so pumped to play Baby Blue again that it energizes him from the start. This is a real gem. This Baby Blue has some real fire and venom in it...listen to how Jerry ends it..with a really brutal loud bang. Hot from the opener, Minglewood.

By the way, the Eugene show a few days later is also ripping and there's a fantastic audience recording of that one too...and another perfect Baby Blue.

Reviewer: chris phillips - - November 23, 2013
Subject: thanks

This is a solid show throughout. The atmosphere was good through '81.

Reviewer: vjdesimone - - July 6, 2009
Subject: going down the road

This was my first west coast show, having hitch hiked across the USA and I loved all the traveling songs they did, including On the Road Again, Know You Rider and Going Down the Road Feeling Bad ... it was a very high energy show with a poignant Baby Blue for an encore. It was the culmination of a journey and I will simply never forget this show.

Reviewer: jay618 - - December 30, 2008
Subject: It's all over now baby blue

Agree on the sound..does get better after awhile but still an aud. I always enjoyed Baby Blue as an encore – before this night they hadn’t played it since 02/24/74. Played it pretty regularly until the early 90’s after that..wonder why they took the break, oh well. Diggin the china cat too!!

Reviewer: Seperation of Dead and State - - August 21, 2005
Subject: Some folks trust in reason....

Another overlooked gem offered by the LMA. The recording sounds a bit distant at first even thought the Sugaree is dripping with Garcia filligries that pepper the meth-induced Seattle crowd. I am listening to the pre-drumz portion of the second set and am pleasantly surprised at the sound improvement. Sounds like the taper adjusted to the system at the coliseum and moved up a bit. This show with a little filler from Portland the next night is fun for the whole family!!

Reviewer: Woodman80 - - July 4, 2004
Subject: Smokin' Sugaree - one of the best

This is one of my all time favorite Sugaree's. The band was rockin all night, but Jerry slid into the groove on Sugaree and took the crowd into the stratosphere. Great dynamics. A very nice Peggy-O as well. The recording is a little heavy on the bass, but that is how it sounds in the Seattle Center.

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