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Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Live at Meadowlands Arena on 1983-04-17 (April 17, 1983)

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Collection: : GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: April 17, 1983 (check for other copies)
Venue: Meadowlands Arena
Location: East Rutherford, NJ

Source: SBD : MC > C > DAT > CDRExtraction and .shn encoding by Alan J Fink (aj.fink@verizon.net) via EAC and MKW. Proper sector boundaries verified via shntool.Seeded to Etree by Alan J Fink 02/02/2003.Thanks to Jeff Williams for the disks!
Keywords: Live concert

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Touch Of Gray-> Little Red Rooster, Dupree's Diamond Blues-> Beat It On Down T Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin's Tower-> Women Are Smarter-> Playin' In The Band-> Drums-> Love The One You're With*-> The Wheel-> Playin' In The Band-> Throwing Stones-> Not Fade Away*, E: Brokedown Palace

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Reviewer: JurassicBlueberries.com - - September 3, 2008
Subject: Phil dropped chains in a metal garbage can that was miked
and dragged it across the stage during "space" this was one weird night.
additionally I saw Stills in the parking lot and gave him a dead shirt.
Peace, Love and JurassicBlueberries

Reviewer: thereluctantdragon - - November 25, 2007
Subject: best thing ever happened to me
my first show was in williamsburg,va. at the william & Mary College. too much brown acid that nite. but a great time with my friends and the girls we met. whooooooooooo ya its all right jerry

Reviewer: Trevor tnt Toll - - August 31, 2007
Subject: love it
love the one your with very cool. that is what happens when you play with the dead you become overwhelmed. i miss you jerry. saw 105 shows first one being 87 kingswood Toronto fucking Canada.I just love this site.

Reviewer: CT Deadhead - - May 4, 2007
Subject: Stephen Stlls Cover
Reading some of these other reviews, you people could not be more wrong. Granted, the Stephen Stills cover with Stills on lead is rough and unlike what you would expect to hear from a stills song. However, Stills is obviously overwhelmed by the Deads power and force during the song. As the song progresses, Stills goes from singing to screaming because of the boys energy in the song. Listen to Phils bass as it explodes out of the first chorus. I was at this show and the previous one which was not quite as good, and I remember the energy.

I believe its in the book "playing in the Band" where Stills is quoted as saying "..this is the greatest garage band of all time" Mickey states "..he was accustomed to a band playing their parts and here comes this fire breathing dragon down his back."

By virtue of the energy displayed and the fact that Stills is completely overwhelmed by the band, this may be one of their greatest covers, not their worst.

I give four stars because the sound is not great, but a five star performance.

Reviewer: Spaced - - April 3, 2007
Subject: Foolish love
I almost expected to hear "Foolish Heart" comes out of space and heard flash of it from Jerry. But then I also thought they were doing Truckin' when Dylan was singing Highway 61.

Was this a one-night stand with Stills?

Reviewer: |iquidZip - - October 14, 2006
Subject: Phil Bombs - Searchin' for the sound
This is one of my favorite shows. Phil bass is just on. The syncopation on Slipknot is hard, raw and Jerry is just layin' it down. I get shivers everytime I hear this. Someone is using a xylophone (Brent) I think. I remember hearing Mickey had made a trip to Japan around this time to look at the zildjian cymbal factory. Brentjam > drums is very trippy. My cassete always cut it on the flip. THe rest of the show is fun, has that early 80's Jersey feel. Love it...

Reviewer: stealyerphace - - June 30, 2006
Subject: Somewhat sloppy
Forget Greenjah or whatever he is calling himself these days...I have seen him review other shows and he always works in the same blowhard crap: "I saw X number of Dead shows" or "this was show 47 of my 179 shows, blah blah blah". Anyone who disses a show he likes "wasn't paying attention", "doesn't understand good music, etc.". He's a first degree egotistical ass clown. I know we're not supposed to trash other reviewers but this idiot continues to insult anyone who disagrees with his bloated opinions.

I was at this show and thought it was decent at the time, but the tapes reveal just how sloppy it was. It has its moments, though.

Reviewer: ScarletPetunia - - June 20, 2006
Subject: To Scotty Greenjah Whatever
How about you quit being such a music facist and let people have their own opinions about shows? Who made you the Thought Lord when it comes to Dead shows? What you're basically saying is "I think highly of this show, therefore anyone who doesn't like it doesn't know what their talking about." Nothing like that good old reknowned Deadhead tolerance for difference, right?

I think this show is okay, but nothing to right home about. The jam greenjah is soiling himself over is nothing special. Typical sloppy '83 fair, kind of a high-spirited effoirt but nothing close to an all-timer.

Reviewer: S Gamache..N.H. : ) - - June 13, 2006
Subject: Whats the problem!!??
This night was just as special as the night before! listen to the Help, Slip. Great playing and jammin..So they fudged the turn around in Help On The Way...Big Deal! The playing after that was remarkable. The Down the line, Roses, Cassidy, Big Rail Rd Blues in the 1st set was very nice..Franklins tower was groovin right along too ..Then, Steve Stills out of the space with Love the one your with, WOW! Lots of fun a great time!! This recording is better than any tape I have I give the recording 3 stars and the show 4.. :)

Reviewer: DTSECOFR21 - - June 9, 2006
Subject: Stills shows up Again
Sound Quality 4.5 ; Show Quality 4.0...rounded down to 4.0. This was the only time the Dead played Love the one You're With. Great memorable night with a good song selection; but the night before had more energy.

Reviewer: greenjah05 - - June 1, 2006
Subject: The best of memories
I'm laughing at all these comments about how Steve Stills blows it and it's a 'horrendous show' -laughing.

For those of us who were there, especially those of us seeing their first 2 Dead shows (of 188) from the 23rd row, having Steve Stills come out both nights and rip is a memory I will never forget. Oh, and when him and Jerry are trading licks at the end of the tune, that jam really sucks - awful. It's good your paying attention

I was wondering, did any of you music critics catch the expressions on their faces during this song and see the absolute blast they were having. I thought so..too bad..it was surreal.

Windowpayne, you wouldn't know good music (and its meaning) if it bit you in the ass. I recommend looking at some '84 shows - there are many more to rip apart, I think, than '83. Have at it - Just don't tell us about it.

Scotty Greene






Grow up people...

Reviewer: Windowpayne - - May 31, 2006
Subject: Slop
Sloppy show, mediocre sound.

Thank God it was the only time they played "Love the One You're With"- it's absolutely horrendous. This novelty, however, is the only thing notable about this otherwise forgettable show.

Reviewer: mzackim - - April 18, 2006
Subject: Still sounds great!
what a rocking 80s show,"Love the one your with" is like pure joy.. Steven Stills is about to explode with cosmic energy feeding off of the crowd's cheers.. Jerry is just jamming along while Phil is dropping bombs all along the way ..

Reviewer: touch heads rule - - April 1, 2005
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Reviewer: flashbackmagic - - February 28, 2005
Subject: blah
I've owned this on cassette for many many years, and have been searching for better quality. I find the show here, and what do you know, same crap ass sound as whats on my cassette.

Love the one your with is absolutely terrible, but there are some great moments thru-out the rest of the show. Performance would probably get a 4, but stars are for sound quality...so this gets a 1.

The aud. copy above this one is a tad better, but it doesnt change the fact that stephen STILLS STILL blows on it ;)

Reviewer: cool_breeze - - January 31, 2005
Subject: I've never been able to figure out...
...why it is so difficult to include a track list that corresponds to the files in a shn package. The unlisted d1t12 here is actually a redundant intro to d2t1 (HOTW). It can be deleted. The track list for d3, which shows nine tracks for seven files, should read:

1. Playing In The Band
2. Drumz > Space
3. Love The One You're With
4. The Wheel
5. Playing Reprise
6. Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away
7. E: Brokedown Palace

This is definitely a multi-gen source with plenty of hiss, and level problems on a number of tracks. The performance is actually pretty good. It's too bad this source is so flawed.

Four skulls for the performance, and two skulls for the recording/transcription.

Reviewer: Dicky79 - - October 13, 2004
Subject: Stephen Stills
This is right up there with the top worst 2 "cover moments" in GD history, the other being the Get Back from SF (I believe). The "Love The One You're With" is absolutely horrendous. To think this is actually STEPHEN STILLS onstage! The guy from CSN!? Jerry lets out a rippin' jam to try and bury the aweful vocals. The rest of the show and this whole run of shows does rip at times. Some HIGH OCTANE rock n' roll across the board.

Definietly not a 1st GEN as noted already.

Reviewer: FRANK THE cAT - - October 8, 2004
Subject: NO NO NO Not a 1st gen
This is not a 1st gen recording. We dont know what gen this is but Im certian That Frank and I cant count that high nor do we want to know. Stay clear of this muddy Multi gen and go for the 3 mic mix as its a high fidelity recording. 4 star performance

Reviewer: KindRainbowBrother - - August 6, 2004
Subject: Love the One Your With
How do I love about this show? Let me count the ways... I love the thundering power of the drums particularly on the slipknot and at the end of the transition between the 2nd and 3rd verse of playing. I would go so far as to say that transition was never executed better (in my experience) and is one of the highlights of this show.

I love the grrr grrr grrr and the eena eena eeena of Jerry's guitar in slipknot and on the Playin jam.

I love the whole damn thing and of course, the Stephen Stills guest appearance makes this a must listen for any fan.

Reviewer: staggerlee3269 - - June 24, 2004
Subject: Stills
Also played the night before.
S.Hanley
Waikiki, Hi.

Reviewer: DeadPod - - June 21, 2004
Subject: Steven Stills - Enough Said
One of my favorite shows because of Steven Stills.....Love the One your with

Notes

SBD : MC > C > DAT > CDR
Extraction and .shn encoding by Alan J Fink (aj.fink@verizon.net) via EAC and MKW.
Proper sector boundaries verified via shntool.
Seeded to Etree by Alan J Fink 02/02/2003.

Thanks to Jeff Williams for the disks!