Good recording, a bit boxy sounding.

I had been listening to the band for years but this was my first show & still one of the best. ( I think everyone's first is always one of their best) I'm forever grateful to have been introduced to the scene. Traveled 3 hours through the snow to get there. I couldn't recall much of anything after about half way through Terrapin (toooo many shrooms amongst other things) Great Little Red Rooster and one of the best Morning Dew out there,Jerry is really feelin' this one!!! Almost thought my 1st time wouldn't be with Jerry!! The boy's exceeded my expectations.

I'm only now, years later, going back to review the shows i attended. the shrooms hit me hard the second i entered the arena, it was surreal! everyone was glad to get in from the cold and coming storm. the energy and howls around the arena was adding a nice flavor. the sound for the seats behind the stage was terrible and there was a mass exodus only 2 minutes into the show. i recall the morning dew being very nice indeed. i dont recall much else sadly.

I used Eyes to proof them both. In this one Bobby's too far back in the mix and Vince is way too prominent.

There's a bit too much chatter for me during the quieter moments of this show and mister taper spent a lot of time readjusting his mikes. Be careful if you have this cranked up with headphones and your biking down a busy city street. I thought a bus was about to run me over.

Both nights had the same highlight for me.... the encores... and that's nothing to brag about. Rain was a great surprise and I hadn't heard Gloria since Richmond '85. This was also the first time I ever thought to myself "what the hell is this crap" when they played Corrina. Then I remembered old timers who used to cut down Throwing Stones, Esau, etc back when I jumped on the bus in '83 and I had to laugh. It's like the first time you hear yourself sounding like your dad---embarassing and humbling at the same instant. I walked out that night and moved on because I knew it was time. No hard feelings, no regrets... I can't think of a better way to have spent so much energy and time night after night other than seeing this band and blissing out with the faithful.

I had just moved to Boulder and made the drive into Denver for both nights. Wasn't sure what to expect after a sub-par show the night before. Then...Whammy! Solid first set and a second set that just kept on giving. One of those "is the same band I saw last night?" experiences.

It was definitely worth the perilous drive back home through the blizzard and worth another listen now.

This has to be the most solid Dead show I have ever seen. Jerry's vocals are in rare form (just listen to Peggy-O). A review in Duprees commented on how we haven't heard Jerry sound like this since the early 80's. Also one of the best Little Red Rooster I have ever heard.
A blizzard moved into Denver durring this show creating a surprise for us all afterward.
Could somebody share the soundboard of this one!
I know its out there.

I circulated a nice FOB from this show quite a while ago. I wonder why it isn't up here yet???

I actually had mail order tickets for the entire West Coast Fall Tour--only to be very disappointed that it was cancelled. I went out West anyway and settled for awhile in Colorado. Needless to say, I was very excited that they came to Denver for their first shows after Jerry's health improved. Nice Peggy-O and Ramble on Rose in the first set. The 2nd set was great, even Velvetta sounded decent (with a nice jam into Terrapin). Very good audience copy. Thank you.

This was my last dead show.

I don;t remember much about set 1.

Set 2 whips ass. The entire set - get it.

This definitely seems to be FOB. I helped make an FOB this night with B&K 4011. I'm just listening, and the sound is great, although it appears taper had to hide mics in the middle of the playin' jam, and also I can occassionally hear beels on someone's ankles. SUch are the joys of FOB.

At any rate - this is one of those sets that I had chills, and the hair on my neck rose. I left the arena with that well medicated feeling, not having any idea it was over for me, and that I'd never get that feeling again.

If you recall, Jerry almost died, and December 2nd and 3rd were the first two concerts the boys played. I remember the 2nd's show was really like, "Can we still DO this?"; the 3rd was, "Oh, hell yes, we can still do this!"

For set one, I was 25 rows, right center; for the second set, 9th row, right. It was one of those shows... what can you say? By the time we made it to Gloria, it was a hymn, and you were ready to give up smoking and change your religion.

I have only run through the tape once, and certainly not at a high enough volume, but this is a very nice audience tape. I think they really got the space well,the tape changes are clean, and the sound is good.

I don't know about anyone else, but no one in my group was in any shape to do anything that required, um, THINKING, so I am proud of this taper ;-) Also, it was after this that all those Grateful Moose things started happening...