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Grateful Dead Live at Veterans' Memorial Coliseum on 1983-04-22

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1983-04-22 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Live concert

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Finiculi Finicula, Feel Like A Stranger, Bird Song-> CC Rider, Row Jimmy, Mama Tried-> Mexicali Blues, Cold Rain & Snow, My Brother Esau-> Deal Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin's Tower-> Samson & Delilah, Ship of Fools-> Women Are Smarter-> Drums-> Truckin'-> Spoonful-> Stella Blue-> Around & Around-> Good Lovin', E: It's All Over Now Baby Blue

Notes

FOB-Sennheiser 421> Master Cass(Sony D5)> Dat> CDR> EAC> SHN; via Jeff M.; see info file for flaw notes

Addeddate: 2004-06-20 16:44:45

Has_mp3: 1

Identifier: gd83-04-22.sennheiser.martinson.1863.sbeok.shnf

Location: New Haven, CT

Numeric_id: 15344

Shndiscs: 2

Source: FOB-Sennheiser 421> Master Cass(Sony D5)> Dat> CDR> EAC> SHN

Type: sound

Venue: Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

Year: 1983

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Reviewer: Sponge487 - - February 7, 2019
Subject: Cold Rain

This Cold Rain and Snow is one of my favorites. They're all over it like Pig Pen on a little school girl. I wish the recording was better.

Reviewer: kbmill - - May 27, 2016
Subject: bread crumb

are there two more thematically diametrically opposed songs in the repertoire than Feel Like a Stranger and Bird Song?

Reviewer: gratefulmusic - - January 21, 2011
Subject: Good Show

Nice Stranger/Bird Song opener and a great Esau for the 1st set. A tasty Help>Slip>Frank opening the 2nd, the boys smoking it up for earth day 1983.

Reviewer: thecat18 - - July 21, 2008
Subject: Good show

Good show but does anyone else notice between women & truckin compared to the other sources the drums is cut out & some of space is doubled & making d/s a few min. longer than the other source.

Reviewer: batcaver - - May 24, 2006
Subject: College Tour

I hitched down from my north/central Mass. high school - under the pretenses of visiting my first-choice college that lay a few miles up 91. This was a great show and a great tour. I hadn't seen any of the fall tour so this was my first esau. I do remember the Phil bombs drilling holes into my gut, unfortunatley tweeked by the the high-speed vitamin a. I think this was also my first Help, Slipnot, Franklin which were somewhat rare at that time. Thanks for encouraging me to listen again to the early 80 shows.

Reviewer: RyanS - - April 22, 2006
Subject: Quality

This recording is easy on the ears.
Great mix/seperation with satisfactory recording levels (don't have to crank the stereo up).

Feel Like A Stanger has lots of energy.
Skipped to second set.
Help>Slip>Frank - fast and fun.

5 star rating for recording.

Reviewer: Alpine7784 - - January 5, 2006
Subject: One of my first tapes

I do believe the first set of this night was the first tapes I ever got, some 24 years ago. One of the best Strangers I've ever heard, with good Phil boms in Cold Rain & Snow. I also love the marimba during the intro to Brother Esau.

Second set is high energy as well, at least the first half. The transition from the end of Franklin's into Samson is great. After that, ho-hum.

4 stars.

Sean K.

Reviewer: casisbelly - - March 15, 2005
Subject: Phil Zone

Phil was nuts these two nights. I also hitched from Boston. I stood on the offramp with my girlfriend and a $100 bill in my hand lookin for two tickets. We scored and went inside only to get our bones rattled by Phils new bass. Check out the last verse of Ship, he hits a note that shook the building. No lie. I am not sure if this recording captures that note properly, but it was monsterous. Also 4-23. The intro to Other One may have cracked my ribcage. Definately worth the Hitch from Beantown and the $100 bill. Thanks archive.org for the bonecracking memory.

Reviewer: Trannyman - - January 14, 2005
Subject: "Where's the 4/23.."

Agreed. the next night(4/23) is one of the best shows of all time. Hopefully, a soundboard will arrive one day here at Archive.org to replace my fine sounding Aud.

Thanks Archive.org.

PS- This show ain't bad either!

Reviewer: fitzy77 - - January 11, 2005
Subject: Also seeking other 4/23/83 Show

Does anybody know where to get this show?

Reviewer: sheikyerbouti - - August 18, 2004
Subject: New Haven cops were over the top out front

This was one of those classic imbalances that happened every once in a while where there were just far too many people there relative to the available tickets and desparation was in the air - the New Haven cops were on horseback and herding us like in 'planet of the apes' bad vibes before the show - everyone drove up from the city looking to score and came away with donuts... hot first set and good to franklins and then just lost altitude not one of the stronger shows of spring '83 when there were alot of others like UVM Byrne Bing etc hitched down from Boston for this freak show.....

Reviewer: GMW - - July 10, 2004
Subject: Where is the other 4-83 New Haven Show?

The other show in this two night run is the bomb. Been looking for a good copy for years. Search continues...

Reviewer: happytrails - - June 28, 2004
Subject: Fun time was had

I really enjoyed this first set. And the whole show was loads of fun from the 20th row on the floor. Phil is really enjoying his new bass and Bobby's singing is a hoot, too.

Reviewer: Ron Keyser - - June 25, 2004
Subject: Known Flaws...

Known Flaws:

d2t01 - split second static pop at 2:40;

I would like to upgrade this to a MAJOR DAT glitch...

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