21480 me and my best friend drove from school to the garden for our usual deadfest.....row 7 section o orchestra...the energy was wild....and when Jack Straw started and we heard Jerry's voice with an enrgy we hadn't heard fom him in a few years, it was the beginning of a great road trip...he was On that night,the band was tight..and when they came back from intermission, they just blew the roof off the Garden.scarlet was ok..but the jam and fire..cooked..and then an amazing he's gone..and the journey continued..i had forgotten how good they were that night until i heard this excellently recorded show...except for the few audience patches, sound is super...a great 79 show..Enjoy!! 25 years ago.................. stealthhippy 2004-09-23 18:26:56 2004-09-23 18:26:02 4 32266 i think this show is pretty dope. not exceptional. i really like a trio of songs in the first set. candyman, minglewood and tennessee jed are very solid. i think the sound quality is a little above average. pretty solid trio lesthayes37 2005-02-17 10:35:25 2005-02-17 10:35:25 3 44289 sounds like bob says we used to play for silver now we play for clide? jack straw bigboypeete 2005-06-22 02:05:09 2005-06-22 02:05:09 3 44290 sounds like bob says we used to play for silver now we play for clide? jack straw bigboypeete 2005-06-22 02:05:14 2005-06-22 02:05:14 3 45238 The Graden was a great place to see the band. Very intense energy. I can think of many better East Coast venues, that were smaller, cleaner, better sound, like Hampton, Cumberland County, etc. But the Garden was the epitome of the East Coast energy, and the boys really seemed to feed of fof it. Brendan Byrne and Nassau had great energy, so did Philly - nothing like a Spectrum Shakedown - MSG had something a little extra. It is after all the World's Most Famous Sports Arena. I saw several shows there from '83-'87 and am very glad I did. This is from their second run their, and I would definitely download this. To the last reviewer, what Bobby is saying in Jack Straw is "now we play for Clive." As in Clive Davis, the President of Arista records, who the Dead had recently signed with at that time. This tour was the East Coast debut for alot of the material on their upcoming first Arista release, Go to Heaven, tunes like Althea, Sailor>Saint, Alabama Getaway, and Easy to Love You. MSG JRimLik 2005-07-04 09:14:04 2005-07-04 09:14:04 4 Even though they must have been tired at that point, the encore of Shakedown kicks some booty and the jams are quite tasty. You can hear the crowd cheering, and the more they cheer, the tighter the song becomes. There is a lovely quiet jam near the last verse where Phil brings the kamikaze bomb-dropping fonk. I even like what Brent's doing, but I will never like his 'tinkle-bell' keyboard tone...the one he uses most. When he gets on organ, piano, or a different synth, I like him 100% better. Those infernal bells....arrrgh! ;-) You Just Gotta Poke Around... Styrofoam Cueball 2008-03-22 06:26:45 2008-03-22 06:26:45 4 In response to BigBoyPeete below, in Jack Straw Bobby does say 'we used to play for silver, now we play for Clive' referring to Clive Davis the president of Arista records. Other times he has said 'we used to play for acid, now we play for Clive' jack straw MAFIA!!! 2008-04-03 15:27:16 2008-04-03 15:27:16 4 Super clean sound and an outstanding version of Sugaree. I'll Take an Extra Helping of Sugaree Houjazi 2008-05-13 09:22:21 2008-05-13 09:22:21 4 [Bob] We used to play for silver now we play for life (note 2) And one's for sport, and one's for blood at the point of a knife And now the die has shaken, now the die must fall There ain't a winner in the game He don't go home with all, not with all Play for clive? dead dupree 2008-07-23 20:01:01 2008-07-23 20:01:01 4 I have never heard a version of Saint of Circumstance I don't like... My head tells me this is where Throwing Stones was incubated. Summers gone by my o my! saint Jerry skullsnroses 2008-08-27 17:28:55 2008-08-27 17:28:55 4 ...where were you" "we were here... Stagger-ly 2008-09-15 23:18:13 2008-09-15 23:18:13 4 11 3.73