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Grateful Dead Live at Golden Hall on 1978-01-07

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1978-01-07 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Live Recording, audience, Pantagruel

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Set 1
d1t01 Phil chatter: "absolutely perfect"/tuning
d1t02 New Minglewood Blues
d1t03 tuning/dead air
d1t04 Cassidy
d1t05 Sunrise
d1t06 Passenger
d1t07 Mexicali Blues->
d1t08 Me And My Uncle
d1t09 Bobby chatter: "Jerry's problem"
d1t10 Looks Like Rain
d1t11 tuning/dead air
d1t12 El Paso->
d1t13 Let It Grow->
d1t14 Promised Land

Set2
d2t01 tuning/dead air
d2t02 Jack Straw
d2t03 crowd/dead air
d2t04 Dancing In The Street->
d2t05 Samson And Delilah
d3t01 tuning/dead air
d3t02 Playing In The Band->
d3t03 Drums->
d3t04 Not Fade Away->
d3t05 Around And Around
d3t06 crowd/dead air

Encore
d3t07 One More Saturday Night

Notes

Deck was turned off between many songs, which makes for some abrupt transitions between track and some possibly inelegant tracking.

You can tell by listening to the quiet parts that there are a couple of analog generations in here.

There might be the odd other thing.

Addeddate: 2008-01-15 00:47:09

Identifier: gd1978-01-07.aud.unknown.89474.sbeok.flac16

Lineage: master cassette > reel @ 3.75 ips > reel @ 3.75 ips > HD > CDWave > flac frontend > flac

Location: San Diego, CA

Run time: 158:39.07

Source: audience recording on a Marantz pro cassette deck, don't recall the model) & Sennheiser MKH404 mics

Transferred by: Pantagruel

Type: sound

Venue: Golden Hall

Year: 1978

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Reviewer: lilrichwhiteboy - - June 28, 2015
Subject: AUD Fidelity Beats The Board's

I was rather intrigued with this AUD when hearing the matrix version. The crowd AUD merges with the board in Minglewood and suddenly, you get a SBD that has less fidelity. That was really surprising. So I decided to listen to this upload. To my surprise (and I agree with mellowmymind5453 about my doubts), it's an excellent capture. With Jerry's incapacity tonight and the other couple of nights, I really didn't take this run very seriously. Well, I'm happy to say I'm wrong in my estimation of the listenability of this and the other shows. Bobby does a yeoman's job in pulling it off. And I think I'll end up adding it to my inventory. Thanks guys for the great audience version and upload.

Reviewer: njpg - - January 7, 2015
Subject: -

Show-business ethics in general tend to really suck. The worst one, I think, is "the show must go on". The Dancin' jam is nowhere, goes nowhere...lame. Same with most of the jams. All in all an OK show.

Reviewer: mellowmymind5453 - - May 17, 2013
Subject: Surprise!

If you had told me beforehand that an All-Bobby show would be sonically and musically worthwhile, I would've had my doubts. But surprise! Jerry's playing is incendiary throughout and Bobby's singing is spot on and you don't really miss the Garcia tunes. I'd be interested to know anyone who was at this show and how it affected their perception. I agree with general consensus that LIG is the highlight, but everything is played with intensity. Good Show!

Reviewer: gvtmule - - January 7, 2012
Subject: Unique

I love this show. Very unique and great for Weir fans. As others have pointed out, the whole band compensates for Jerry's lack of vocals. The result is a super rockin' show. Jerry's guitar is on fire the whole night and the drummers are very energetic. I'm not a big fan of disco Dancin, but this jams and gets weird too. The show never lets up. Bob proves he can pull off a whole show of his own tunes. Wouldn't it be great if he'd play his own songs nowadays?

Reviewer: hampton87 - - January 7, 2012
Subject: thanks flying M

i appreciate the opportunity to download this unique show. i am shocked if you recorded this show you only gave it three stars. If I recorded this show I would have counted it as a masterpiece. I would say easily this show is 4.687 stars. I would not have minded it they had played five songs and exteneded the jams for 45 mins. Bobby really put his heart into the singing and of course as said Jerry's guitar really shines.

Reviewer: newyawker - - January 10, 2011
Subject: jerrys laryngitis

a friend of mine attended this show and said that Jerry sat on a stool all night ( no mike,of course)and riffed his ass off.i think that his high fever coursed through his hands and fingers like lightning. I used to have a cassetts copy (aud) of this show and wore it out listening to it. Jerrys on fire. He smoked this nite.worth a listen. Member since '73.

Reviewer: Deadheadable - - August 17, 2010
Subject: I was There

Hey Now! I was attending SDSU that year and remember this show; Jerry didn't sing. Unreal. Thanks for the post. Went with my friend the ODJ. Saw the Kinks there as well. Right On.

Reviewer: jglynn1.2 - - January 7, 2010
Subject: Bobby's 15 seconds of Fame!

Just kidding - this is a real nice AUD of a pretty unique type performance, almost exclusively Bobby tunes. Play around with your equalizer to get the sound the way you like it and enjoy. Jerry gets to concentrate on his Guitar and Bobby (and Donna) get to shine. I know lots of Donna bashing goes on but listen to Sunrise (the best I think I've ever heard) & Passenger.

Well I am not much of a reviewer but had to put one up for this AUD!

Giving this a 5 to boost the average, it is in my mind a 4+ easy so rounding up is not a problem for me.
Jim

Reviewer: pantagruel6 - - August 6, 2009
Subject: flying M strikes again

Mike, I hope you're going to re-do this one as well, it would totally smoke!

Reviewer: flyingM - - July 26, 2009
Subject: recording equipment

recorded by John Musgrave, Mark Bunton and Mike Martin (me) using 2 Sennheiser MKH 404 tu microphones > Teac PC10 w/ dolby B > TDK SA C90 cassettes.

Reviewer: lazylightning1953 - - February 28, 2009
Subject: no jerry

this is a great concert.even tho there's no jerry vocals he made up with his gitar playin",especially in "let it grow",jack straw was hot.a must listen to.definet "5" star for the show and the audio.thanks for this show!!!

Reviewer: jrrsd03 - - August 10, 2008
Subject: Ghost! (Not Jerry)

I used to work at Golden Hall. I worked with the events manager who had been there & worked this Dead show. He was the last person to leave the building that night (early AM). He said he made 1 last pass through the hall to look for anyone; He saw a guy dressed in a black suit and bowler hat standing looking at him from the top riser on the floor. He yelled at the guy, "Hey let's go! Get the hell out of here! Show's over! Everyone has got to go!" After a couple of seconds, this "guy" came zooming down the risers toward him. He then noticed that this "guy/ghost" had no legs from the knees down & floated in the air. He said the ghost zoomed right into/out of him & disappeared. It freaked him out, & he wasn't high. He never worked another Dead show. The facility is known for other ghosts, as well.

Reviewer: erik65 - - March 20, 2008
Subject: 1-7-78

Jerry had laryngitis. The sound is good, except for the fact that the sound of Jerry's voice is not present.

Reviewer: jhender501 - - February 29, 2008
Subject: Jerry's Problem

If you listen to the clip "bobby chatter, jerry's problem" that should clear it up for you.

Jim

Reviewer: Mr. Charlie - Lambertville - - February 29, 2008
Subject: Double Take - An all Bobby Show???

I've seen a lot of shows but I must admit I have never heard of an all Bobby evening. I've seen plenty back east where one or another was not feeling the mojo but never like this. Maybe Jerry had lost his voice.

Sorry but a 5 for being unique. Anyone who attended this show could shed light.

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