Excellent show. Great venue. Seems many think this "Shakedown Street" is the GOAT. I say "no way." Check out Spectrum 4/6/82's 'Shakedown' and then you'll hear the real GOAT!

I recall the anniversary banner, sure, but I also recall Garcia asking everyone on the lawn to turn and face the sunset summer sky during stella blue.

Hunter S. - you do great work! I can't thank you enough for all the matrix recordings of so many good shows that you've created, and this one is no exception. what a show!! no big insights here - Shakedown, Samson & Delilah, He's Gone - all so good! and a BEST award for Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream performance ever for my money. but overall - what a great audio treatment of a great performance!!! thanks again Hunter!!! (and now to decide if i'm going to Chicago this summer for the Fare Thee Well last performance of original Dead members but w Anastasio....hmmmm, i dunno....what to do, conflicted....)

Just can't resist adding to the chorus on this shakedown. A monster! blown out of my seat. Great sound too.

The absolute best Shakedown ever indeed. I dubbed the swirling jam of this "the funneling gnarliness" back in the day. And I believe this was the day before Ecstasy became illegal. It was freely circulating this first day of the stand, and then the next it was undercover and expensive. Your drug laws at work!

Trouble Ahead - Jerry In Red! Thanks for the hard work, Hunter!!!

Thanks, Hunter! The sound quality of this source is excellent. I just love the Matrix versions to add colour to the (sometimes) dry SBD.

This was my first show, so very happy to find this high of a quality!

This summer tour went everywhere but New England. I had to miss the SPAC show and my buddies were reeling from amazing it was, especially the first set which may be considered the best of the 1980's.

So we had to go to Merriweather. Back then you did not always need tickets before hand, although that was soon to change, as these shows did sell out.
My buddy waiting in line at the box office and moments before the band started they released some front row seats. We scored four and raced down during 1/2 Step.
The smile on our faces.

What I will always remember about this night was the pure delight on the entire band faces, especially during Gimme Some Lovin'.

The He's Gone is often not mention but it is a sublime version and Jerry's voice is not too bad on it.

The space> Other One is a intense ride as Phil blowns numerous woofers on his stage rack during it. Jerry gets off the hook at the 7:00 minute mark as well.

As @cheezstak fondly recalls during the US Blues they dropped the banner and Steve Parish, I believe, came out waving the Stars and Stripes too.

This being the peak of the Reagan years and all us Dead Heads being on the front line of the Just Say NO and the war on drugs campaigns we were more than willing and elated to celebrate our pursuit of happiness and stick it to ole Ronnie right in his own back yard too.

I remember this show well! Its a keeper for all those that have the original cassette(s).

Bar none; the best Shakedown I ever heard or saw - and I have seen lots.

Keep on Growing was totally cool too. Does anyone remember the 25th anniversary banner that they threw down during US Blus? Definately an amazing event and awsome show -- only wish I could relive this one again!

1991&on dead with bruce and vince on keys

this show is one of the finer recordings on this entire site.

the bass response is so clean and deep
85 merriweather was a legendary series of playing too.

namaste

This was my 5th show..it was fantastic! I had 5th row seats, Bobby side, & the sound was awesome!! The red gels didn't hurt either...lol! MPP was always a good venue for the Dead.

Great matrix Hunter. Lovely to listen to over and over. I had to unload my tapes...literally to a dumpster. I live overseas and was only home for a few days in the winter and couldn't list the tapes in the paper or online as I wasn't going to be there and didn't have anyone I could leave them with. (Big sigh) ah well, at least everything I ever had is here on archive.org. Thought of giving them to a university music department, but again, they can get things online. End of an era though. Actually, since I've been downloading and listening to disc, the tapes are a memory from long ago. Hope anyone/everyone who has their tapes is still enjoying them!

Hunter thank you so much for your efforts. This is my favorite copy of this performance by far, love the matrix mix!

Smokin' BEW unusually tight crisp version for 85.

Hunter, thanks again for another great MTX mix. I am really enjoying it.

-wharfratjoe

all in all a way overrated show but these merriweather mixes are very nice. a lot of the time I have a SBD and an Aud for the shows Hunter has been mixing and so far 100% of the time his matrix's are far superior compared the straight SBD or AUD sources.

yeah yeah the shakedown ad nuaseam... my pick of the second set is the space > other one.

Thanks again Hunter for your contributions to the growing pantheon of live grateful dead.

Star rating is for audio quality, please see other sources for show reviews there are plenty trust me.

This was probably my favorite GD show I had growing up, I'm a huge Cryptical Envelopment fan even though Jerry was noted as saying he was afraid to play the song. I gave away all my analog tapes about 3 years ago, and this was the only one I kept. It'll be nice to get a digital copy. Thanks.