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Grateful Dead Live at Frost Amphitheatre on 1985-04-27

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1985-04-27 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Mark McCue, Adam, Monica, Justin, Alex Ford

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Disc 01
Set I:

01 Crowd/Tuning
02 Dancin' In The Street >
03. Bertha
04. Crowd
05. Little Red Rooster*
06. Brown Eyed Women
07. Crowd
08. My Brother Esau
09. Ramble On Rose
10. Crowd/Let Phil Sing
11. Tom Thumb's Blues >
12. Cold Rain & Snow >
13. The Music Never Stopped

Disc 02
Set II:

01. Scarlet Begonias# >
02. Eyes of the World >
03. Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad >
04. Man Smart, Women Smarter >
05. Drums >

Disc 03
Set II (cont):

01. Space >
02. The Wheel >
03. Truckin' >
04. The Other One >
05. Black Peter >
06. Around and Around >
07. One More Saturday Night
Encore:
08. Keep Your Day Job

Notes

Notes:

- Good news for Phil fans, this recording will shake your house, your car, your mind...
- *strange noise during Little Red Rooster (on Master Cassette)
- #Scarlet Begonias fades in due to stealth mic set up

Addeddate: 2008-01-10 23:29:11

Identifier: gd1985-04-27.senn421.mccue.ford.32648.sbeok.flac

Lineage: MAC>NMAC>Nakamichi Cassette Deck 2(azimuth adjusted)>Audiophile 2496>WinXP Pro>CEP 2.0>CD Wave Editor>Flac Frontend(encoded@level 6)>FLAC16.

Location: Stanford , CA

Run time: 147

Source: MAC: (FOB) Sennheiser 421's > Sony D5 > TDK MA 90 (Set I) & TDK MAR [aluminum core (Set II)]

Taped by: Adam, Justin & Monica

Transferred by: Alex Ford

Type: sound

Venue: Frost Amphitheatre

Year: 1985

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Reviewer: sternhog - - September 2, 2020
Subject: A walk down memory lane

Thanks Alex for doing the transfer for me. I haven’t listened to this recording in a long time. I can remember this entire day like it was yesterday. The boys came out and rolled up their sleeves this beautiful Saturday afternoon and went to work fast and furious. My brother and I set up almost too close to the stage, during the set break we were hassled by a crew member who said he was sent out to make us leave out spots and retreat to the tapers section. We eventually shook him off and that’s why we had a slight cut on the intro to Scarlet opener. There’s nothing like a Frost show!

Reviewer: JonRoss3_MenloAthertonJerryBears - - April 16, 2018
Subject: A Gorgeous 80s Sunshine Bouncy Pinot Tingle

Ahhhhhhh Frost Ampitheater. One the campus of the Farm, looking West towards the rugged redwood Santa Cruz Mountains (and towards the direction of Ken Kesey's La Honda Creek Pad), this intimate grassy tree lined bowl was the perfect setting to see The Boys. Sunny Springtime shirtless gyrations amidst Heavenly Jerry Tingles, this show exudes 80s tingle dancing surfer smiles while getting totally tubed by six Sublime Musical Artisans laying down the Golden Carpet.

My Brother Esau could be one their greatest vintages of that label ...ever. So clean, moist and tight, with the special jerry orgasm solo, almost wanting more jizz, but he finishes quick.

Ramble On Rose with it's vocal crescendo shivers, and a spiral powder line during Scarlet inspires Tom Curren'esque power and flow sprays against an indigo sky.

Oh, and watch out for those laughing gas groves in the Eucalyptus forest outside the annual Mellow Head Frost BBQ; you might end up stepping into another tab of Owsley Bear Vision Quest (Psssssssssssss...)

Reviewer: njpg - - April 27, 2011
Subject: Hot show, good recording, mid-80's hectic energy

I would have loved to be at this show. I never did see any Frost shows, and I heard it was a great place. The energy of the crowd, the day & the band sounds very high.

Many of the 80's shows before my time ('87 on) sound kinda cranked up, with some songs played a bit too fast for my taste. That's true with this show, but not too much. The playing is fantastic--near perfect--and the set list is long and great. They really packed a lot in, and I've never heard a Scarlet>Eyes before.

The recording requires very little EQing, though the vocals are very tinny and that's hard to rectify.

Not one of my absolute faves, but definitely a keeper!

Reviewer: macdoogle - - July 22, 2010
Subject: the best

these are bar-none the best.phil is so encapsulated throughout the whole show and the night to follow.thank you phil!!!!!!!!!!!!.these are 2 shows that are desert island material. go for it!

Reviewer: AdamZ - - June 11, 2009
Subject: Sweet Sweet 421's

421 in the zone are the best. I used to tape with a pair of these mics, love mid 80's auds

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