Another tight Berkeley show
Highlights: Let It Grow (Jerry on fire), Space, The Other One

Clean SBD for most of the show..Love the 84' sound..this run of shows was hot~! What a wonderful small place to see the band.I come back to this run often..I remember getting the tapes a couple weeks after and have been listening to since then..so I may be a little partial~!!Phil!!~ GIVE IT A WHIRL>Forever Grateful>Forever Dead~!!!!

I always liked this show. Songs like Dire Wolf, Stella Blue and Cassidy are a little awkward with the Dead's 1980s techno-y instrumentation, but other than that there are some beautiful performances. "Little Red Rooster" rocks hard. "Let It Grow" is absolutely blistering, the jam is so fast and furious. And while the Scarlet here is OK, the Fire is truly one of my all-time favorities, it is so perfect in its emotionally torn, longing orchestration.

Overall though, and as with any post-79 show, I would recommend a more aud-y recording of it because the sounds of the instruments, especially the drums, sound less fake on an AUD. Check out the other sources.

Performance: 4
Sound: 4

Like I said about the previous show I can't sneeze at this, but the last three overshadowed these two, even though I've had the tapes ever since, they're all in storage so I haven't heard it in a while. I always liked Far Frm Me even though some of Brent's songs can be rather negative !
I was fond of the 'late '70's Dancin', but I saw several this year, (the year I saw my most shows, 24 out of ~211 from '76-'94), that they brought it back and never disliked it back to the original arrangement.