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Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Live at The Centrum on 1987-04-03 (April 3, 1987)

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Hell In A Bucket, Sugaree, CC Rider, It Must Have Been The Roses, It's All Over Now, Big Railroad Blues, Let It Grow-> Don't Ease Me In China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider-> Women Are Smarter-> Crazy Fingers-> Samson & Delilah-> Drums-> Space-> The Other One-> Wharf Rat-> Th

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Reviewer: turok2step - - October 14, 2011
Subject: Awesome
This is the best recording I've found of this show. I wish the taper's name was included so I could find other shows he's taped. Really top class, the gain is super high but never peaks.

Reviewer: robinrunaround - - January 6, 2011
Subject: why it's a good show
I lost interest in the band to some degree in the late 80s, but this show is an example of them at their best in those days. It's the consistent inventive activity and passion and interplay, instrumentally and vocally, that catch my ear. They're obviously present with their playing and present with each other. You hear it immediately with Hell in a bucket, the supporting riffs from all corners. Jerry really nails the hyperdrive section on sugaree, and this relatively brief version just shines. The first 4 songs, set 1, and the latter half of set 2 have multiple portions where Jerry gets going, and occasionally Brent, and the other maties just jump right on board. Listen for that interplay.

Reviewer: pajamas4-20 - - December 21, 2010
Subject: Why is this show so popular?
Dont get me wrong this is a sweet show and it could easly be the best shwo of '87 but why is it one of the most downloaded show on archive. I just dont get it.

Reviewer: guitartlp - - June 16, 2010
Subject: Downloading Mp3s
Hey all! im new to this site and i love it. im only 17 but love the dead and everything they did. But straight to the point, i was wondering if i was to download the entire Mp3 of this show would it download as one mp3 or could i break it up song by song because ive had cd's where you couldnt change from song to song and you miss alot of good content by doing this so if anyone could help what would be the most efficient way to get all individual mp3s as tracks rather than a whole! i havent tried anythjing yet but all help would be really appreciated! THanks!!!

Reviewer: skullme68 - - March 30, 2010
Subject: Ripping to Cd Formats
I'm new to this site & downloading in general, and I was wondering if these files will rip to a standard CD-R? I noticed they say mp3 for the most part & just curious? Thank you for any help you can provide.

Reviewer: koonahnah - - March 4, 2010
Subject: The New Generation
I truly miss these guys and often lament their departure from my life, yes, even despite The Further performances. The music industry rolls on however. For those of you that "Jones" for 'what's next' on the scene, I strongly encourage you to give a listen to Tea Leaf Green right here on Archive. The lyrical abilities and muscianship are right up there with the Dead. This is a huge proclamation, but I feel it deeply. I realize that no band will probably ever surpass these guys, but TLG is a phemonal substitute within a modren context.

Reviewer: mellowfellow - - February 19, 2010
Subject: How to download
Tillthemorningcomes, all you wanna do is look under individual files, under whole item, and click the link on the right to download in your chosen format. I normally click the last of the 4 options, the link that says VBR ZIP for the format and is 179 MB in this case. This will download the songs onto your computer, and from there you'll want to add them to itunes. You can either open itunes and go to file, add music to library, and then go to the shows folder and add each song, or if itunes is set as your default player you can just open that folder and double click each song and it will open up in itunes and begin playing. Hope this helps buddy, I've been a dead head for years but i'm still fairly new to this site as well, so i understand the confusion. But you'll get it. For your first download you've certainly chosen a great show! Hope you enjoy it!

Reviewer: Dr. Bilvis - - February 19, 2010
Subject: Fine, but Maybe not Even the Best of Worcester 87
No doubt this is a terrific show, with inspired, energetic, tight playing all the way through; "China-Rider" and "Crazy Fingers" stand out to me. But this whole tour is excellent, and I'm not even sure this is the best of the three nights in Worcester '87. Check out the night before this and the night after in Worcester. The following night is the last "Comes a Time" until the end of the decade, 12/31/89, and it's a beauty, not to mention a rarity in the late 80s. The first Worcester Show has an outstanding "Scarlet-Fire" and a killer "Black Peter" -- the "Black Peters" on this tour are amazing, as are the "Birdsongs." The two nights at Hartford before Worcester are both outstanding too, maybe the best of the year -- the whole tour rocks. Don't miss the other riches here in Spring '87. They are mostly Auds but good ones.

Reviewer: TiltheMorningComes - - February 18, 2010
Subject: Itunes
Fantastic show for audience recording!
New to Itunes and downloading music. How do I get this to my itunes?

Reviewer: Sagebrush - - February 3, 2010
Subject: *****
Excellent SCSF into I know you rider...smashing!

Reviewer: GinsengSullivan - - January 22, 2010
Subject: Gotta love the crack
Gotta love the crack in Jerry's voice on I Know You Rider. Just raw emotion and energy which wasn't always something we got to hear from Jerry. I also really enjoyed the Big Railroad Blues - It sort of sounds like Jerry, Bobby, and Brent are raising to see who can play faster. Very hot show and worth the listen. The boys certainly cooked up some hot shows at the Centrum (even as recently as last year).

Reviewer: davemisstheolddays - - October 8, 2009
Subject: great show
Firt review also. So far the best all-around show of the late 80's that I've found. Great energy. Best Sugaree and Let it Grow. I only wish that I was there. I also agree that Wharf Rat is a new found favorite.

Reviewer: mikestickrock - - September 18, 2009
Subject: good times..
Not my first show, just first review, but hey, better late than never. I remember being there clearly, even now 22 years later! That sense of carefree abandon, the Boys providing the space, time, and creative musical tapestries for a night of serious fun. Hell, I'll say it, they encouraged a sense of brotherhood among all us Heads, (and what band can say they carried any sense of brotherhood for 30 years?). Strangers became friends, rhythm became dance, music became mantra, and thought gave way to surrender, clarity, and understanding. Seriously! Sure, we all went at times to just lose it, or just to dance, but I would guess most DeadHeads can say they had more than a few of those enlightening moments. Yea, it was a big party, but also with the Dead there was such a strong undercurrent of 'hey, let's grow our consciousness while we're together for a short while.'
The show!: Gotta say I loved it from start to finish. Sugaree got everyone groovin' if you weren't already, the place did go nuts. And the rest of the set was awesome, especially Let it Grow. 2nd set was smokin', when they're on every song sounds great! Of course, one of the more vivid memories is Jerry expressing how he wished he was a headlight.. with such power we all got the message! U.S.Blues sent us out into the streets still hopping.
Good times..

Still Grateful

Reviewer: permagrin - - August 1, 2009
Subject: Happy B-Day Jerry
Just listening to shows all day today and this seems like kind of a hidden gem for me. Sound and energy are there.

Reviewer: ala getaway - - June 26, 2009
Subject: '80s Dead could still bring it
Great sound quality on this one. Jerry sounds lively and engaged. Nice MHBTR. Cat>Rider solid as usual, but particularly crisp for the '80s. The beauty of the Grateful Dead is, you can re-discover a song like Wharf Rat, which at one time I took for granted, but now years later, see it as the genius it is.

Reviewer: space_dawg - - May 22, 2009
Subject: great crowd and good recoding
throwing stones> NFA

Reviewer: mid-maine - - April 22, 2009
Subject: solid show, but . . .
. . . doesn't hold a candle to what i heard on sunday night, centrum (now dcu), in the same space. of course, spring tour '87, i was a bit younger, yes.

what will last for the ages? many gd shows, but "the dead," will that last? yeah. just search dcu center, worcester 2009. we missed you, jerry, but it's been a long time!

energy for these shows was hot.

Reviewer: Northbound Train71 - - April 16, 2009
Subject: Thanks Row Jimmy
The Itunes help was appreciated.

Very tight show...blistering China/Rider into a nice rockin Woman Smarter...WOW

Reviewer: jack-a-roe-jimmy - - March 10, 2009
Subject: Reply: IPOD
You can put any of these tracks on your ipod. Download the mp3's you desire and put them in a folder. Open your iTunes, and go 'FIle:Add FOlder', then select the folder you made for the songs. iTunes will import them into your library.

Reviewer: Dead Head 4 Obama - - March 6, 2009
Subject: My Dad was there
...and I'm jamming to it now, 22 years later!

You just gotta love archive!!!

- delaney
* What an incredible show it is, too!

Reviewer: John Bouffard - - November 26, 2008
Subject: IPOD
I was at this show and remember trying to squeeze through a glass door with about 1000 other heads. I was close enough to the door to hear them start playing but people started panicing and pushing forward. Well the glass partition fell. We were all yelling its only Hell In A Bucket so relax!I swear they were playing St Stephen. Oh well I would like to know if its possible to download these sets or even a song or two to an IPOD?

Reviewer: garp6600 - - October 16, 2008
Subject: Jerry in beautiful voice
Jerry is soulfull, in time and one can feel the boys responding. This show is an excellent example of superb Grateful Dead.

Reviewer: dcain - - October 11, 2008
Subject: Lazarus
In 1987 there was still some there there. The China Cat - Rider is a nice example of the speed and power Garcia could still bring. After the "headlight" verse, his fingers seem to be racing ahead of his mind, more of a mad dash than a story, but we'll take it.

Reviewer: TyFenn - - August 29, 2008
Subject: Damn Son!
Get the eff out of Jerry's way on this China/Rider. The mound of sound has got something to prove tonight. Although I was not at this show, I have seen the Dead at the Centrum - great venue.

Reviewer: chewtoy45 - - April 13, 2008
Subject: Need Help Downloading to iPod
I was at this show, and it was fantastic. Especially "Sugaree." I've downloaded it to my iTunes in streaming audio, which doesn't download to my iPod. How can I accomplish this?

Reviewer: UnclePete - - March 29, 2008
Subject: THANK JESUS AND EVERYBODY ELSE!
What a rockin' show and a recording that isn't sonically what SBDs are, but captured the sound and mood of that show perfectly. A great document as well as a rousing good time.

Reviewer: tgdrums - - April 21, 2006
Subject: my senior prom
This was my senior class prom. I remember all the other kids were spending insane money on tuxes, limos, prom tix, dates, etc. They all complained that the prom "sucked". Alot of money and time spent for it to "suck".
Now me on the other hand, I had the best band for a prom I can think of... Killer show! I was a newbie deadhead at this point. I started seeing the Dead in 86. Was at all three of these shows, this was the best one in my opinion. Great subtle, bluesy show and tight all around. Smokin' "All over Now", "Big RR Blues", "Let it Grow" and a sweet "MHBTRoses". Nice tight high energy first set.
This was a smooth "China/Rider" for my first one. Nice humble start to "Women". The "Crazy Fingers" that night practically had me in tears it was so beautiful, and still gets me "all misty -eyed" at times when I wear this tape out. The Samson just emerged without the signature drum intro. The space was unique, almost like they were teetering on a "Spanish Jam" but not, into a stellar "Other One" which had amazing dynamic range from beginning to end. The "Wharf Rat" that night really got me liking that song. Powerful "Throwing Stones" and "NFA". "US Blues" as the encore was the Jerry cherry on top of this proverbial psychadelic sundae. Great show!

Reviewer: utica club - - April 1, 2006
Subject: Non--drum intro to Samson
You can count the number of non-drum-intros to samson on one hand. This is very rarely a tune that is segued into...

Reviewer: Zonker - - September 23, 2005
Subject: Overlooked
This is a good late 80's show. I know it does not compare to early 70's but compared to just about anyone else in the 80's this is great stuff.

Sugaree soars and Let Grow is good to hear in the middle and not ending a set with a nice kick into Dough knees.

The second set cranks open witha stellar China cat transition to Rider. good stuff. Crazy Fingers is very pretty and from space on is very good.

Reviewer: jboyaquar - - June 3, 2005
Subject: A worthy addition to anyone's late 80s canon
1st Set: The tape cuts into the opening chord of "Hell." It's strong but not as overwhelmingly so as the version from the Spectrum. "Sugaree," however, is fabulous. I equate it to a lady's swaying, well-shaped muscular thigh. "CC" charges into your heart. "Roses" is decent, but strains to sound achingly pretty. 'Hell' made this crowd rowdy, and the Dead now respond with a version of "All Over Now" that's skippy, (pumped M hammond @ bridge) but is a step behind the coherent infuriated force that would overwhelm the expectant crowd. Surprisingly, the tone is kept speedy with a bristling, if not cleanly crisp, "Big Railroad." "Let it Grow" starts off powerfully urgent and continues to Electrify. "Ease" caps this solid opening set nicely.

Set Two: Whoooh, does "China" heat up, or what?! It does settle for a rolling power groove, but if Garcia would have kept going higher with those ? chords, I might of... YES to "Rider" too and I'm jumping and strutting..."Man Smart" keeps the place moving and the smiles beaming. "Crazy" is the requisite ballad, and is well-performed, but will Not be remembered. It gently leads to a Friday edition of religion. "Samson" is keenly played as well, Jerry having some fun with some extra superfulous strumming to egg the crowd on. "Drums" & "Space" are both abbreviated... tho it leads to a mildly chaotic yet always dynamic "OO." "Wharf" attracted my sympathies... it's been a full force gig, therefore-sympathy is deserving for such a hard-fought yet fruitless tale of one of life's losers. Anyways, "Throwing" is a blockbuster...passionately rendered, (if the groove during the buildup is not as primitive as others.) "NFA" is decent, but we all know the show's climax was "Throwing." And our encore is your basic enjoyable throwaway, 'US Blues'

Reviewer: saintocircmstance - - July 15, 2004
Subject: nice show
good energy. Great Jerry scrub on the sugaree...place goes nuts. Phat let it grow. Jerry belts out don't ease. Great bridge between china cat and Rider. Samson > drums has some heavy beats kickin'. Nutty other one...lots of energy. Blistering throwin stones> NFA. Solid show. Anyone have an upgraded source?

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Recording Info: Sennheiser ME80 -> Master Cassette -> Dat(44.1k) -> ZA2 -> SHN