The others have some nasty distortion in spots. Not this one. Great show. Keeper for sure. Fun reading the comments of the lucky people who were there.

for me, so far, downloaded 600 shows and this IS the best. desert island type show. stranger is the best ever and that's where it all begins. download immediately before bobby snatches it. or maybe he just threw us a bone.

When tix for this show went on sale, I went to line up for tickets at the Fox at what I thought was an early time - around 8am. The line already stretched out the front of the theater, down Ponce and on to W. Peachtree. My dog Satchmo and I got close to the front of the line around noon and they ran out of tickets. A black kid was offering two for sale - I think I paid him $30 or $40 each for tix with a face value of around $20.
Night of the show was fantastic - great venue for a show and a super enthusiastic show. I met this guy with no ticket in the lobby. He'd dressed as an usher, and just bum rushed his way in - no one went after him. The bathrooms at the Fox are fantastic and folks were just hang ing out in there taking in the theater's details. Took Marta up to Buckhead after the show and spent the rest of the night at Aunt Charley's.

great show i was there! the tampa show a day or two before was awesome too it was a really fun tour with halloween show in SC, the FOX Atl. is one of those special venues for the boys…aaaa the memories and the recordings…with out that life would suck!

Whoa what a show! Hot Stranger, amazing FOTD, smoking Half Step, great Franklins, drippy Crazy Finger leading to an Other One inspired Jam make this one hell of a show. Will definitely crank this one up again again and again

I had given up on the Dead after '84. The magic was gone. Jerry was looking pretty bad… I came back when Hornsby was in, and saw a few great shows in '91. By '93, I was gone again.

But this, THIS is sharp and hot. Crisp. Sound is incredible (I am listening with some good headphones.) I know there are good shows in all eras (well, fuck '94 and '95, but every other year), and this one is one. Only other '85 show I've heard that comes close to this musical quality is one of those Meriwether shows.

Can't wait to hear the 2nd set everyone is raving about! Nice!

Four stars because despite how great this is, it STILL isn't, you know, 1972 Dark Star good.

I've had this tape since 1985...my first show was the previous night. I've always loved Bobby's scream right after the bridge in Hell in a Bucket. After the last "Yeah, unable to dance I'll crawl" line you can hear him scream as he fades away from the mic. Classic Weir move.

Really tasty

B/c:

1) high output...nice board....
2) '85
3) funn
4) Foxxxx (whoulda been great being there)

5) TampaRed was right...this jams...

*****

Sat next to the soundboard in the balcony and shared the evening of my 20th birthday with Dan and Candice (Among others) When the 20 years so far banner came down we were all taking it "personally" The playing was fantastic for both nights. Some of the last small Ttheatre performances.

this might be [for me] the high watermark of GD recordings... a must-have.

if i were getting banished to the proverbial desert island and could only bring one Dead SBD then THIS is my choice.

God bless archive.org, bless us all.

This was the last of a run of about 50 shows in a row for me, my most shows in any single year. Sadly hearing it here is like hearing it for the first time, as I was really a mess by this point.

just so you know, Franklins Tower was played frequently alone in the early 80s, look at 5/1/81

Interesting notes on this show:

- FRANKLIN'S marks the unofficial beginning of the non-Help on the Way/Slipknot late 80s era, as from 3/25/83 up until this night, Franklin's was played only out of Slipnot (with the one exception of 3/13/85). The final Help-Slip-Frank and previous Franklin's was 9/12/85 at the Kaiser, and as many readers know the trio wouldn't be heard from again until 10/8/89 Hampton. The last pairing of Half Step-Franklin's was 10/17/82 Santa Fe, and interestingly Franklin's was only played 4 times in 1985. 1986 would only witness 3 Franklin's, equaling 1975 for the fewest times played in a calendar year.

- SAILOR would only be played 4 more times, ever. Why did they dump this song? Sailor-Saint is one of Swami's all-time favorite combos.

- CRAZY FINGERS hadn't drifted into Drumz since 10/8/83.

- JOHNNY B GOODE hadn't been played as a stand-alone show closer following the Jerry ballad since 12/30/81 Oakland.



All of that in between a smokin hot Stranger to open and a beautiful Brokedown encore, together with the pristine, too-good-to-be-true-but-is sound quality, means that this show is a must have in any collection.

10/28 was widely circulated but this show was not. stranger is one for the headphones! ramble on rose is hip.weirdness into the half step was dropped on us 2 nights later in sc! crazy fingers is such a sublime tune--wish jerry could've nailed the lyrics more often--he fumbles here badly. st of circumstance is out of sync but the wheel is wee-haw and the other 1 is hip with the healy-tweaking and the swirling-monkish mydland stuff from the period. gotta go watch my baltimore o's get swept by the twins...hold away despair.

This is a five star show in 85' foshore, but when stacked up with the rest of em' I give it four and a half step!

But instead we get the Oprah picking em! Any other place I would not get involved with her but here....Go Doctor! Fine choice!

Let me start off by seconding Cap'n Cook and his comments below. I just finished listening to the 1st set, and if the Dr's astute observations have any weight, then i am REALLY looking forward to the 2nd set (hell, who am i kidding ... the Dr. is ALWAYS on the money!). And yes, the 1st was on the short side, but i'm gearing up for great things in the 2nd. FOTD, a song i generally don't get into, was the perfect appetizer for the upcoming main course. Well, let me buckle in and ease the chair back 'cuz the glory is a-comin'!

The sound is superior and Jerry's vocals, listen to Friend of the Devil, are as strong as I have heard from this period. Rock solid Brent and a nice dose of Phil. Birdsong, Crazy Fingers, Holy cow I love you Dr. !!!!! This show might take all night!!

This show sounds great..The Fox Theatre was an awesome place to see the dead.. I remember looking up at the ceiling, and it looked like we were outdoors. They had star patterns lit up there.. sounds almost as good as being there again..Thanks!!!!

Upgrade!! This show has been upgraded. I'm almost sure the previous recording had alot more high hissy end. I dont hear it here. Wow. Wish I could have downloaded this one

this was the highlight of my 85 tour...dad got me an all access pass.and i got to say hi to jerry and billy...what a treat this reccording is.... thank you sooo very much

I went to this show with people who needed to hear it as much as I did. After that, I was a much better person for knowing I wouldn't invite them to a show again. Opening the show with a killer 'stranger' was a cosmic event in some friendships I had outgrown. This was a show I'll never forget for both the music and the event that this show became to me. Thanks, Guys!

This show is the shit. The sailor>saint>crazy fingers>jam is the highlight of the show, but don't forget about the first set. Although the first set is relatively short, every song is disgusting with an all time minglewood and a great later-day FOTD. five stars easily.

I've cherished the audio tape of this show's second set for nearly 20 years and was totally blown away by the crystal clear recording offered via this soundboard. Certainly a classic second set...what a jam all the way through....not a flaw anywhere.

If you like this one, check out Richmond Coliseum three days later....(aka Dick's Pick #21)...another unbelievable show....both will leave you smiling ear to ear.

Will listen to this again

How this escaped being a Dicks Pick is beyond me.Really just a pretty much flawless show and the Fox is always hard to beat for sound anyway.Miss.1/2 Step is among the best,if not the best,of the mid-eighties..Sailor/Saint,I could go on and on...Get it!

I was lucky enough to be there; coolest indoor place I ever saw the Dead play, by a mile. Totally cool ushers who basically just let everyone gather right in front of the stage. Agree that this is one of the best sounding boards in circulation; check out the jam out of Crazy Fingers to really appreciate it.

I was not there but this is one tight and great sounding show. It is one of the best SNBDS I have personally heard too. Get this show. great franklins and saint and other one and and and and Download it!