I only lived 6-7 miles from the stadium in '85. We went over early in the morning and spent the day. It was my first date with my wife-to-be, and her first show. When Ramble on Rose came on, she was hooked. Her daughter's middle name is Rose. We got married the following summer and toured until '91.

The most memorable part of the night for me was Morning Dew. It rained most of the night. By the time Dew started it was just a sporadic drizzle and the nearly full moon was peaking through the breaking clouds right over the stage. Magical!

Camping in the parking lot was cool.This was the as close as I ever got to the Dead. Came across an old photo of me and I thought that I would investigate the show . I can recall Cold rain and snow because that was one of the first dead songs that I knew and that I was late getting ready and had to run when the song came on. Hello Chris

That's what I remember most. Best show of '85 Tom Thumb "high"light of show. Drums and space extra groovy. Nothin' smells as FUNKY as a wet Deadcrowd.

great show. father-figure jerome was sporting a dinner jacket and was in fine spirits despite the drizzle. tim mcbite was there too but was hiding somewhere. call me crazy but the sound from this show is unique. like a vine stressed cab, bottle this one and save it for the right occasion.

While source is horrid for Any year.

This show is good for this year or Any year. Standout performance and can't think of a better cr&s, and the terrapin is on the all time list as well.

My favorite show of 85

get this source instead
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1985-06-28.sbd.sirmick.77931.sbeok.flac16

peace

A bad recording of a bad performance from a bad tour during a bad year for the music of the Grateful Dead...

The Hershey show was a poor performance, your being there does not make it any better!

For my money, the summer tour of 1985 was the last great tour of the Dead, and it was arguably not even that great a tour.

But there is this show and the first set in Springfield a week or two earlier, and a few other nice sets here and there.

In terms of a complete show, this may be be the best ... maybe I'd toss that Irvine concert up there, although it is a much more drugged out and wacky performance than this tightly wound masterpiece, where every band member seems to be putting his own personal stamp on each song at just the right moment.

The DEAL is hair-raising, MUSIC NEVER STOPPED is popping, and there is not a better version of TOM THUMBS BLUES anywhere in the concertography.

I've commented on the sndboard recording elsewhere. This recording is different but it still rocks. It would probably rock if it was recorded in a plastic bag filled with mushrooms stuffed into someone's crotch to get past the Hershey Park "security."

i live near Pa and a friends dad just gave me a tape for the second set of this show, this show is amazing. im so glad i finally got to listen to the 1st set. !!GO SEE FURTHUR!!!!

I was 18 years old, it was maybe my eighth or tenth show,I had no idea that it was a show that would go down in history. The atmosphere was great, we cared not at all about the rain.We abandoned our vehicle at a store a couple of miles from the venue due to non moving traffic and ran. we arrived at the first notes of cold rain.The whole trip was a blast! This was where I was supposed to be when I was supposed to be there.Atime I will never forget,at least what I can remember.

As a couple of people have already mentioned,
this show brings back the early days for me as well. My 1st show was thier next stop at merriweather. But the guy who took me went to this one. I was 15 yrs old and remember him talking about how it rained it's ass off. The bootleg that he later gave me he entitled "Chocalate Rain". Seemed appropriate! I still have that original tape from 20 years ago. It is a cherished part of my collection. Had to give it 5 stars for memories and songlist.

16 years old, rain-soaked, probably the first time that far away from home... not what i expected at all! my heavy metal moondoggie friends made fun of me for going to this show but by that next year they were in the mix, too.

i of course didn't realize at the time that estimated->terrapin was an unusual segue or that it was the last bottom->superstitious or that it was peculiar that the 1st set ended with three straight Jerry songs (but i guess that got evened out in the 2nd set).

though Jerry's vocals were lacking most of 1985, IMO that is one of the finer years of Brent-era Gratefuls...

..that was transcendental.

I won't claim to have an objective ear for this review as this show changed my life... I was just a young grommet but even then I knew the show I was attending was something truly special; not sure if I attended a better one over the next ten years.

I'll remember this night until the day I die... Whenever I roadtrip somewhere for a show I listen to 6/28/85... nobody talks about how cookin' Promised Land is on this tape! Jerry had zero problems belting out "tidewater four-ten-o-nine!" which brings a tear to my eye despite the up-tempo.

does the jamming get more psychedelic than Music Never Stopped? most people are down on Miracle but at the time my rain-soaked goony head really needed to hear something 'normal'... i was so out of my head that i kept passing fatties to the guy next to me who didn't smoke...

of course the tendency is to overrate a show you attended but this one stands the test of time, amigos.

This show, and the ones near it in time, are essential for any good dead collection.

This particular night has an amazing first set. Often in 85, the first sets were as good as the second sets (not unlike 72 or 77), and this is no exception. That doesn't mean the second set is lacking at all. There's a lot energy in the summer of 85, and this show is a good representation of that fact.

The recording is above average for an audience recording. For that it gets a 5 star rating. Peace!

I love this tape. The Dead were jazzed for the second set. Love it, Get it, good

this is a decent recording of classic 1985 dead show.
a must download for any deadhead who doesn't already have it....
listen to music and terrapin

an FOB it may or may not be-- whatever that is!
who cares!! IT SOUNDS GREAT! and this is one of the shows listed in the taper's compendium as a MUST HAVE for 85...
all you purists who complain and whine about sound really need to get a life! do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound?
thanks for uploading this-- much much better than the old days of waiting for tapes in the mail... but somehow not quite as exciting...

I dont know about others that went to this show, but anytime you can trip on the super-dooper-looper and then see Jerry jam Birdsong in a velvety paisley jacket in the rain with plenty of room to dance then, your having a great day in my book. great fun... thanks archive.org
sound and stadium get 3 stars but band effort and overall the show was a five star.

Not that I'm an expert, but if it was raining there's every reason to expect that this is what an FOB would sound like - all those high frequecies stopped by those raindrops, like angry sentinels, on their way to the mikes.

Poor recording. I have serious doubts that this is FOB.

What can I say. My first Dead show and it was nearly memorable (if you know what I mean).

Yes, there was a rain. Yes, there were sparks flying off the stage. Yes, in any other circumstance I would have been completely miserable and fearing for my life. But instead, for probably the first time in my life I realized that I was in place where I could do just about anything and not be judged.

I danced like there was no tomorrow. I knew practically none of the songs, but to this day I have this mystical and magical memory of Estimated Prophet going into Terrapin Station.

I went to plenty of shows after this, but this show where I stood in the mud and danced in the rain was never surpassed. Just great!

all i can say is in my day all you can hope to get is a half decent copy of a half decent copy of a cassette tape.this is MUCH BETTER. oh well i guess you had to be there.

A large feild next to the famous chocolate bar Factory. What an odd place to see a show. We were fresh off the heels of a smokin' Saratoga show. I woke up under my buddies car in the parking lot at Hersey. He wanted a private moment with his chick. Anyway, all I remember is RAIN. And lots of it. A great Bird Song- Comes a Time combo.Not alot of people at this show either. Those are the days I cherish, before everyone and thier Mother decided to become a Deadhead. Thank You Archive.org for bringing back a wet but wonderful memory for me.