Solid show all around. I agree with the reviewer who said Garcia is really the one who is "on" during this show. First set is solid, but the second set is where the best playing is. In a year where most of what the band played is above-average to great, I have a hard time giving this show less than 4 stars, though in my opinion there are better ones out there from this era.

Top 20, EVER! I know ratings are always pretty subjective...but this has just about the perfect mix of what I love in a Grateful Dead show. I will freely admit that the playing is, in a few places, rough, even sloppy. There is a fine line between sloppy and experimentally brilliant sometimes. The boys took some chances and hit the jackpot over and over again here. Everybody - I mean everybody - is firing on all cylinders for most of this show.
Very good BEW, a surprise Jack-a-Roe that works well, a smooth, liquid Lazy Lightning/Supplication (not usually one of my faves, but this one just about changes my mind!) Good Bertha. But the mammoth section comprising Eyes thru GDTRFB is in my book, one of the finest hour-plus passages in GD history. It's just a joy.
Oh, and the sound is quite good, too. You need to own this one. The music played the band this night and the results were amazing and wonderful. Five stars is the highest rating, but I'd give this a six!

gota love the winterland runs
the night before and the night after take all the credit, but this is a jem to be heard as well, email me at fieldhouse11277@hotmail.com, happy to share with some good listeners.

All I can say about the "eyes" is....WOW!! Very magical sounding, so beautiful. Also, the Sugaree is sweeeet!

Jerry singing. Broken Heart Dont Feel So Bad, You aint got half of what you thought you had...

Enough said.

My two cents is that Garcia is great in this concert, 5 Stars, and the rest of the band is not, 3 Stars. Estimated Prophet is great. Sound is great, thou Garcia could be a little louder. (Although at this point I don't know if I downloaded this version or the other version on this site). Out of 130 CD's I would not put this in my top 50. I am a big 5 Star giver because I love, love, love the Dead, but maybe I mised the boat here. 4 Stars. I recommend 10/29/77 first. Good luck and good bowling. Elvis The King.

Maybe the prettiest post-'74 Eyes. Excellent 2nd set.

One of the best NFA -> GDTRFB combos with the China Cat teaser tucked into NFA

The standard is so high and there is so much competition for a '5'. I liked the first set alot but was not blown away by it and before I go any further let me admit that the following night is one of my favorite all time shows 6/9/77.

All of the above said, Bertha> Good lovin I think is one of the best they ever did and that is saying alot. Ramble on rose is a nice 2nd set surprise and est>eyes wails. Whole back end of this rips great other one> wharf rat> NFA is HOT - It sounds alot like the AIKO>NFA in St Louis around the same time which is EPIC.

It is true this looks plain vanilla at first glance but is really nice and I would suggest a d/l you will not be disappointed.

I had a good AUD cassette of set 1 since the 80's, and it was played so much I'm surprised it didn't disintegrate. This is probably still my favorite Sugaree, and in fact they're all classics. As was said earlier, the juxtaposition of the delicate and the powerful is sublime -- like the 5/22 Morning Dew.

The second set does not disappoint, either. The Brokedown is settling into its encore position, but Jerry hasn't yet nailed down the verses/solo structure we came to know in the 80's/90's.

Patches are very well-done and transparent, adding greatly to the listening experience.

I've wanted this complete show for 20 years. Thank you, Archive.org!!

I'd suggest waiting on grabbing this show until the new version arrives - via Charlie Miller, it will not have either the reel or PCM gen - so no more static in that killer Sugaree!

great dl/sound..nuff said

This show is so familiar that I think it often gets overlooked. It shouldnt. The energy at this show is a force to be reckoned with and its mixed alchemistically with some of the most delicate quiet moments.

This wonderful recording of Bettys has made the rounds for years, but the fine AUD patches here are a most welcome addition as I doubt few had heard the nearly 17 full minutes of Sugaree (or the uncut Row Jimmy) before archive put this up.

This show is a great tribute to the late spring in California and to the greatest band the world has ever seen in one of their finest incarnations.

"Sunrise" should find the cutting room floor for all but the most rabid completist.

I was at this show and it was rockin'. I have to say that the Jack-A-Roe is perhaps the best one I have ever seen and heard (and I've been to over 150 shows).

Overshadowed in the history books by the following night, this was a great show in its own right. 2nd set jam especially.