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Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Live at Ventura County Fairgrounds on 1984-07-22 (July 22, 1984)

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Collection: : GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: July 22, 1984 (check for other copies)
Venue: Ventura County Fairgrounds
Location: Ventura, CA

Source: flac16 SBD -> PCM -> Dat
Transferred by: Charlie Miller
Keywords: Live concert

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Dancin' In The Streets-> Bertha, My Brother Esau, Loser, Cassidy, Ramble On Rose, Hell In A Bucket-> Day Job Samson & Delilah, Ship of Fools, I I Just Want To Make Love To You To You-> Women Are Smarter-> Terrapin Station-> Drums-> Morning Dew-> Throwing Stones-> Not Fade Away-> Midnight Hour-> Brokedown Palace

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Reviewer: buck78 - - March 29, 2009
Subject: great show - awesome soud quality
After listening to countless hours of dead on this amazing site, I don't believe I've ever heard a show with such great sound. Not only that, but this is a top-notch performance as well, and not just by post-70s standards. Definitely a smoker and an overlooked show, I believe. Thanks to CM and the best band ever, the goddamned Grateful Dead!

Reviewer: Alex, Geddy, Neil, Jerry, Bobby, Phil, Brent, Mickey, Billy - - March 22, 2009
Subject: Tops of '84
say what you will about '84 being up and down, the five best shows of the year occurred consecutively from the Greek run through these two Ventura shows... and IMO these five rank in the Top 10 for the 1980s.. in the zone.

thank you Charlie Miller for the countless hours of enjoyment i've experienced... you're like the fifth Beatle.

Reviewer: wrkster - - August 29, 2008
Subject: No Chula Vista show, here or on Deadlists!
Sorry, the date was 9-15-85 for the Chula Vista show and I can't erase my post.

Reviewer: iriefairie - - October 8, 2007
Subject: !
This show blew all of the minds of we who were there in the audience that day. The Terrapin >Drums>space was mind boggling. The space was tapping into some sort of marine mammal singing . It gives me chills just to listen to it again. Thank you.

Reviewer: nambo - - November 23, 2006
Subject: wow
What a nice little synopsis of what occured at this time period for some people (shockman)..I can picture it in my mind just fine....thanks..

Reviewer: yipyaw - - November 22, 2006
Subject: end of the line
Sounds great, and for me this tour started at SPAC. What a trip. Much blissnessness, and a dancing partner sprite eating watermelon with tears in her eyes by the horse stalls and sweet sweet sweetness of life.

Reviewer: shockman - - September 17, 2006
Subject: Dead by the sea
Ventura Co. Fairgrounds,July 22,1984 was very Grateful Dead. Yeah The '84 Olympics had closed in LA about a week before. These were true Olympic shows. Ventura '84 and '85 were blisterous and outstanding. Dick can't pick if Dick don't pick this or a Ventura '85 show.
Clear, clean, with heart stopping power. Legendary in the Deadhead rumor mill. True shame I can't download this show. But I do have a
SB tape.
I remember that, sometime during drumd>space, a thick blanket of grey clouds came in from the ocean, covering the entire arena. But the Dead' dynamic music poked a tiny hole in the marine layer. Then,like the iris in a camera's lens, the hole became a spot light of sun shine (just on the stage), and spiraling slowly the opening continued to swirl and increase in size to allow the blue sky to come back, and the sun began to shine on the entire audience. WOW!! Mythical, magical, majestical: some of the best moments with the Grateful Dead could never be recorded on tape.
Love to all...I miss you.
shockman / shocker10@earthlink.net

Reviewer: Michael the dancin' fool - - September 16, 2006
Subject: A jam to dance my blues away
This is a nice clear recording of a great concert, one of the two best shows I ever went to (the other being July 21st, 1984 at Ventura). You can't feel the gentle rain falling during Cassidy, or see the way the clouds opened up into a big circle of blue sky directly overhead as the band worked its way into Terrapin station, but God smiled on that show and you can hear it in the music. I've probably forgotten more of that weekend than I remember, but the music was as good as the people I met along the way, even with Bob Weir mangling the lyrics.

Reviewer: skb archives - - August 30, 2006
Subject: Source
This is from the vault master PCM tapes....cm

Reviewer: MattMan_video - - August 30, 2006
Subject: Summer '84!!
I agree that this should be a Dicks Picks using this show in its entirety, with additional selections from the previous day.

For those that weren't at these shows, both days were killer California summer days that will forever remain etched into my synapes! Given the excitement from the previous three Greek shows, the energy and anticipation was high for some killer end of the summer shows. From the opening notes of Dancin In The Streets, to the final notes of Brokedown Palace, this show just stands out as an excellent example of everthing almost just exactly perfect. Play this for your friends and family if they don't believe the GD play anything other than the same song over and over again.

Reviewer: fireonshakedownstreet - - June 17, 2006
Subject: Dew>Throwing Stones>NFA
90 my ass! 1984 or STFU!!

Reviewer: David Bolewski - - November 5, 2005
Subject: A classic 1984 show
I'm thinking this could be a 'Dick's Picks'S' I cant imagine what the master tapes sound like from the Vault if there are any.I revised my previous review,the snakes have disappeared,This show really does deserve a 5 for performance. and a strong 4 for quality.I'm not into saying bad things about shows or songs,so I appolgize for saying unkind words about a song from Dick's picks 21. I'm so grateful that we all have the Live music archive. We all knew this day would come and I love to hear everyones tour and show stories and exclamations of Best ever! that's cool.Next to Augusta and Berkeley comm(Nov)this could be one of the best of 1984.Here is a very dark space that melts into a Morning dew.Download this show that was played in so many parking lots at Dead shows

Reviewer: Redhead in Deep Elem - - October 3, 2005
Subject: Electric Moments
I've listened to this show many times (and was at this show). Two incredible moments always stand out to me. i) Jerry reaching DEEP on the vocals and guitar on Loser, and ii)the wailing end of Terrapin with Bobby feedback and Jerry knitted into the jam. Both are very unique versions worth checking out.

Reviewer: Rob Bertrando - - September 22, 2005
Subject: In the top 5 for the year
The sound is noticeably better than '84 SBD cassette masters. The playing is great. 'Nuff said.

Notes

flac16; SBD -> PCM -> Dat

Transferred and Edited By Charlie Miller