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Grateful Dead Live at Long Beach Arena on 1988-12-09

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1988-12-09 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Live concert

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Let The Good Times Roll> Franklin's Tower, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Jack A Roe, Walkin' Blues, High Time, Cassidy-> Don't Ease Me In Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain-> Estimated Prophet-> Eyes Of The World-> Drums-> Space-> The Wheel-> Gimme Some Lovin'-> Wharf Rat-> All Along The Watchtower->, E: U.S. Blues

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AUD>DAT>CD; via Paul B; Seeded to etree by Willy

Addeddate: 2004-07-06 10:56:53

Has_mp3: 1

Identifier: gd88-12-09.aud.willy.16093.sbeok.shnf

Location: Long Beach, CA

Numeric_id: 15919

Shndiscs: 2

Source: AUD>DAT>CD

Type: sound

Venue: Long Beach Arena

Year: 1988

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Reviewer: kbmill - - January 10, 2018
Subject: bread crumb

I sang a little while and then flew on.

Reviewer: prustygunn - - November 9, 2017
Subject: My 26th Show

The show starts out pretty strong. But by the end it literally fizzles out altogether. Seriously, listen to the end of Watchtower. Set list is great for sure. It’s always great to hear High Time and Jack-a-Roe. Again, the second set starts off with good energy, too. But Jerry seems to not be able to sustain it - lyrics flubbed, solos meandering. The crowd is hot, but the band doesn’t meet them in the middle this time. Bobby and Brent are doing their best picking up the slack. Overall, I give it a three mostly for song choice.

Reviewer: unbrobenchain???mighthavejustbroke - - May 28, 2011
Subject: "." Nonintuitive

"." Nonintuitive

Reviewer: Augy - - April 17, 2009
Subject: Not as good the earlier Long Beach shows!

Even though I was happy to see High Time, it didn't quite live up to the past glory of Long Beach. I was trying to quit seeing Grateful Dead this year since I was going start graduate school and because they were getting so redundant on the West Coast. Hence, I only went to a this one of this run and only a few this year for which I was given free tickets, this and Monterey!

Augy
San Diego

Reviewer: Honest Injun - - July 11, 2004
Subject: Magic in the Fish Tank

This was my second show in a great venue that felt more like a fish tank than a stadium. Zon's roommate went to a department store outlet to score tickets and got 5th row center. I remember thinking I was watching the band as close as if they were in my own living room. During the super hot Cassidy I was blown away that they could take a jam so far out there and then baffled that they could somehow bring it back so perfectly. I had never heard any band do anything like that and that was the moment I got hooked on the Live Dead experience. My only other memory of that night was my ground score of a british candy tin full of the dankest buds I ever saw. I traded half for a hit of bunk X the next night. This is a great sounding tape, BTW.

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