Just a really inspired show. Everyone in top notch form! You won't regret it! They're shredding for sure!

Perhaps the best show of spring '82, this was well-traded BITD. Lots of us had this as our only '82 SBD. A Head I knew told me, "they play differently in Philly". I thought, "Really? Why on earth would they do that?" He told me to check out this tape, which set me off collecting some '82. The official release gave us a stereo 1st set. Until then the Wise AUD 1st set was better.

First Set. You can directly hear the band tighten and warm on the Cold Rain & Snow opener. The official cuts off the first few opening notes, but something much weirder happens. Right before the solo, after "where the chilly winds don't blow" (~ 2min off./2: 09 SBD), it edits-in a descending riff played earlier in the song. In this pause Jer isn't playing because he's moving his hand down, to switch his on-board effects. This dub also cuts off the first three notes of the solo. Only the gods [and Jeff Norman] know why they invented Jer notes here, decades later. The official also has a dropout @3:56 in Promised Land. At Candyman the show blows wide. This is what you want, right here. Bobby's Slide Practice™ aside, See, See Rider Blues continues the X factor. By Brown Eyed Women they are re-transmitting with the Heads and audibly firing each other up. Mama Tried is just amazing and Jer is fully inspired behind Bobby on Mexicali (one of the best of the early '80s). BTW, in case some don't know, Bobby's "It's Polka Time" doesn't mean the song is actually in ¾ time. He's calling out a TV show from his youth. Big Railroad is uptempo, and they are so connected that Bobby knows Jer is going to miss the 4th verse, audibly cuing him. A little tension makes Jack-A-Roe an exciting version, and It's All Over Now boots all brands of butt. On Might As Well, when Jer runs out of track he loses the train.

Second Set. After a supernal Shakedown, some tech difficulties don't seem to hinder Jer in an uptempo Sailor: free don't come for free. Well, actually, Bob... The next several are yr average '82, but Drums is more dynamic on the SBD than the official (which has worse clipping/distortion here), and has a couple more percussion instruments present. The official also has a 21sec cut @6:51. Aside from the sex change lyric, Truckin' is basic but solid, and the last minute's great. The seg into The Other One is kewl. It's a rather condensed sample, 2nd verse only. Then they pause - in unison - to launch a super Morning Dew. Shite sent me left at the lights. I particularly like how Jer calmly thinks out his expressions @9:45>10:30. The rest is riding out the buzz.

1st Set:  A
2nd Set: B-
Overall = 4½ stars

Highlights:
Candyman - what you want
Brown Eyed Women - firing each other audibly
Mama Tried>Mexicali Blues - amazing
Big Railroad Blues - uptempo, connected
Jack-A-Roe - avec un peu tension
It's All Over Now - full checklist
Shakedown Street - supernal
Morning Dew - envisioned expressions

SOURCES: The .miller_105237 is the SBD upgrade; still with a mono 1st set, like our old tapes. The wiley_16785 has had a distorted generation. The nak700_wise_miller_clugston is the classic Jim Wise AUD. Road Trips v4 n4 has almost the whole show (editing Drums, CR&S and tunings). It's not as clear as the Miller SBD, but like that source it works with some EQ (probably boosting highs from 6k>16k, esp above 12k, and dropping mids around 600hz) and a re-balance.

I was at this show with one of my very best friends, Terry Sweeney.The Dead played an awesomely intense OO int DEW. I think Weir only sang the first verse of the other one, which was short but spectacular Into an ultra Intense Morning Dew. It was an amazing show during an April snow storm. It was a glorious nite if you were luckiest enough to be at this show. Jerry was on fire.... RIP Jerry 💚☮️🍄🎶🦷💜

BEW, LLR ( I like this one better than 10/10/82), Jack A Roe, Shakedown, Sailor/Saint, Morning Few.
This show is Grade A early '80s Dead.

Of the Soundboards this one seems smoother.
I had a soft spot for the Spectrum.
Growing up an Islander fan it was the place where Kate Smith sang God Bless America on T.V.
A surreal moment and one that ran thru my mind whenever having the privilege to see the boys in South Philly.
Previous reviewer said this was a 'blues period' for the band is right on. If you listen to CC rider (not a song I usually highlight) but check out Brent and Jerry just killing it.
Funny thing about this band just hearing a tune well played from them that i never paid much attention to before.
Met a sister at an upstate N.Y. show, just beautiful as can be, had a crazy boyfriend but i was hooked, gave them both a ride back to N.Y.C. She took me aside said,"can you help me pleaze" We left the guy at the N.Y.C Subway system and I took the young lady home.
She left me too eventually but oh young love is so blind.
Anyway, what a trip the whole Dead scene was. I can remember coming back from tour and folks in my Neighborhood just hard staring at me.
"Mama tried to raise me better
but her pleadings i denied
that leaves no one but me to blame
because Mama tried"
Mexicali
This guy was convicted for raping & murdering an 11 year old girl a few years ago in Sarasota Florida.
He was rightly sentenced to death as he was caught on a security camera dragging the girl off kicking and screaming into the field where her body was eventually found.
This guy just got an appeal that overturned his death sentence on the ground that Florida relies too much on judges and not on jury's but anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that jury's are almost always tougher on child predators. Anyway F-head got his death sentence thrown out. But only The ALMIGHTY will bring justice.
Sorry Brothers & Sisters I had to share that with someone. I was a teacher at that school and it was a devastating attack on children, parents and teachers.
"Bobby, play something soulful" Looks Like Rain
This is a good show, It has that settle in and settle down, there is no better place to be..
Jack a Roe really kicks butt!
Gonna listen to the rest of this as I check out my TB Lightning.. Go BOLTS!

Years ago, while waiting in line at a Karma Records (It's an Indiana thing) in the boonies, I was playing a SBD of this show from my car stereo for all of the Heads who were lining up. I must've gotten 30 inquiries about it due to the Shakedown alone! That the quality was amazing helped a bunch, too, but Charlie Miller does it again here. I have such fond memories of that time, not the least of which is that I got third row in front of Phil and 2nd row in front of Jerry for the two 1992 Deer Creek shows while waiting in line with all of us listening to this show. I always was about the music, but there's no denying that some of the coolest and most memorable experiences of my Dead Head life happened in between shows.

If you like the GD, and especially their more bluesy period from 82-84, this is a GREAT show. Jerome is on it, and Bobby and Brent seem to compete for attention, while Phil is high in the mix (as it should be). Drums are solid, and all is as it should be. IT WAS GOOD.

It's no wonder this has an official release. We had this board within months of the show being played. At the time, a current show board was a real rarity.

Getting to this show was a nightmare as it (cold Rain &) SNOWED 6-8 inches thru the spring day. Still a local record for the date.

Great show for the period & luckily one of the better/best SBD's of the 1st half of the year.. decent/good bass, keyboards/vocals arent too 'hot.' overall GOOD mix etc. the soundboards from the Greeks in May and the latter half of the year are typically good, good mixes and good fat bass, better bass response etc

it was almost immediately in wide circulation.

good, real mescaline too

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This show has it all.

on my home speakers only.... id not drive to first set most days...may doze off. Sound-wise this is a excellent/best release of this show.

but alas... Jerry saves and Might As Well! Magic switch from terra firma to the underworld and vice=versa so sometimes I tag it onto the second set to get going.... no hearty Might As Well ever failed to turn it around or get me up and moving at 7 am even if dead...
Another fabulous Spectrum second set. listen lots

When this show first appeared here, there was one aud source. Now that C. Miller has this one here, it's the one I will use most often. Streamed through foobar2000 with proper application of the DSP effects pack, this gets fuller fatter and wider than I ever imagined. I still give this show 5 stars. In 1982 many had already written off the GD as a relic of the past. Punk and No Wave ruled the day. I was launched into the GD universe at the right time for *me* and this show did it. I prefer this to the Godcheax years by a wide margin. To each her/his own! Now to someday find the flacs for it...

Jerry spoke to me during Terrapin Station; he said that he was "Te-rippin" too!

Phil seems much more prevalent in the mix and funky in 82 than 80 & 81.

Not an expert on spring 82 but going through it

peace

smooth as butter, tripped me out>morning dew