What a Half Step! This was one of my first bootleg tapes. Wonderful snow

Smokin out the gate. Solid ‘81. Sound quality ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great show start to finish solid Jerry The. Other one into Stella blue was absolutely phenomenal 4 1/2 stars

Must agree with others, good, but nothing mind blowing.

Honestly, I have only heard set 2- but on the strength of that set alone I recommend this show-Jerry is in the zone, totally dialed in- The estimated prophet floats, the He's Gone hums- Jerry carries The Other One further than the band wants to go, and they have no choice but to catch up with him at the end- then an oh so sweet Stella Blue is played- sweet sweet outro solo from the man- give it a listen

I'll run with the Big Fellah on this One..... I was there as well, but most of it in the 3rd base dugout. Was really working the second set. Truely a wonderful venue with girly bars around the corner. Honk Honk.

This is not one of the better shows of the year. I'd say that most of the songs are okay, but there are no particular stand-out highlights. And there are several low points. It starts with Jerry and Bob falling all over the vocals. Bob is as bad as Donna on her worse night in places, and makes one wince on the Other One. There are plenty of good 1981 shows here at the Archive. You can skip this one.

The following night, 8-31, blows this show away.
http://www.archive.org/details/gd81-08-31.sbd.miller.30070.sbeok.flacf

I was there Rosley and it was a grand night in Tempe, Arizona in 1981 ..18 years old and one I will always remember..nowadays at 44 years old..all one can say is even the off nights were better than no nights anymore:>)

Cheers

The Big Felah

What a great show in one of my favorite venues of the early 80's. It was always hot in Arizona when the boys played and this day was no different. The venue was part of the amusement park, so your ticket got you in to the rides, lots of deadheads on the rollercoaster. I remember the dessert thunderstorms in the distance behind the stage, a very awesome sight. There appear to be some streaming problems with Half Step for about 30 seconds, but other than that the sound is pristine fro the most part with some pretty seamless patches here and there.This show just rocks, everything is played with energy and precision. The first set is full of great versions, including a very sweet Half step>Franklins, One of the great LLR's, Cumberland which was newly re-entered into the repetoire, and a sweet Roses. The nsecond set just soars. A rockin Samson, exquisite Prophet > He's gone, and an Other one that just knocked our socks off. This show and the next in Vegas were perfect warm ups to the first ever Greek Th shows a week and a half later.