Never mind Promised and Roses ~ they're both messed up, but the recording starts to come into view on Black Throated with a very reedy Weir vocal that cuts in and out a bit before settling down. In the latter days of a decade known as the "Decade of the Dead" and just days prior to the addition of "Set 1.5, Phil & Ned," The boys waltzed into Louisville (pronounced "Lou-a-vull") with their Wall of Sound in tow and busted out a phat kernel (intended pun on spelling) of a show. This is one of those shows I keep going back to over and over for its power and brilliance, not to mention the excellent sound quality (other than a little pitch weirdness at the beginning of WRS). I also previously forgot to mention the excellent Morning Dew which closes out this fine show. After several minutes of space, they slip easily into a funk jam which in turn gives way to the It's a Sin theme and then to a gorgeous Stella. At about 5:45 into the The Other One, the beat drops out, and they start the space jam with Jerry, quietly at first, then louder, starting some meltdown riffage, but someone else (Weir? Lesh?) is producing some freaky noises that I haven't heard in any other show, but that fit in perfectly here. They almost seem to be going into the China >Rider jam from this time period at one point, but then they modulate into the key of E for the Other One. The nifty jam from Let It Grow into the Other One is not one I remember hearing in any other show. There are longer Eyes's, but none more dramatic or compelling in execution.Įdited: Gonna add to this a bit. WRS through It's a Sin is a candidate for greatest jam ever. I'm glad I downloaded this one before they pulled the plug. If anyone wants this wonderful show, email me and let's trade. This is the Dead at their finest, no arguments about it. I am listening to the Eyes right now and it has a quality Lesh jam after verse three, like all pre-hiatus Eyes should have. Not underplaying the amazing Jam out of Let it Grow of course. Once the loose jam in Other One turns into its ultimate mature Jam, it becomes fairly obvious that the last 35 minutes of listening has been mostly amazingly tight improvisations and communication.
WRS>Let it Grow>Other One>It's A Sin>Stella Blue stands out as some of the Dead's most varied playing with moments of blissful stillness and throbbing intensity. Then comes second set, what makes this show legendary. The El Paso especially, usually set aside as a fun, but first set Bobby Song, bleeds with heavy power strumming and exceptional playing from Keith Godchaux. Most of the cuts in the first set are the best versions of any time they'd ever play it. Garcia and the boys give off their usual 74' musicianship amazingness. Keith is especially on tonight and is obviously not too wasted. Excellent sound quality with a proper mix. Does anything really beat the intensity and precision of 74, nope! And even in June, a quite interesting month of experimentation for the boys, this show stands out.
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