I had to remove the review I added...
this next line is how it ended, cuz I know you all hang on my every word! ...I've only been able to hear this painful audience recording.

I'm listening to the officially released version of this show......just goes to show you that the "experts" know nothing. 1st set is almost schizophrenic; Bobby is into cooking with his cowboy songs; Jerry is into playing slow songs (Crazy Fingers, Row Jimmy AND MIssion In the Rain in the same set, and none particularly distinguished). Bob & Donna come down to Jerry's speed with a nice versions of Looks Like Rain and Cassidy. Jerry's guitar playing is pretty laid back on this show as well.

Major mistakes in "Promised Land" and "Samson". (Why is this show released, again?). Even Cassidy comes to an abrupt, weird ending, as if they couldn't remember the arrangement.

The meat of the second set, St. Stephen/NFA/Eyes/The Wheel is ok, mostly due to the energy of the drummers, who are obviously having a great time. Jerry is obviously not in the mood to play much lead, though.

Perhaps the audience tape sounds like a better show; the soundboard sounds like a real sleepy, mediocre, sub-par show. How anyone would single THIS show out for release is beyond me. Not the Dead at their worst, but definitely nowhere near their best.

What I comped from this show:
1st set: Music Never Stopped, Mama Tried, Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Looks Like Rain, Cassidy

2nd set: From St. Stephen/NFA/St. Stephen/Eyes Of The World, The Wheel.

The biggest impression I'm getting from this AUD is the split personality of sound. Jerry's voice and getar, and Bobby's voice are fine. But the drums sound like they're recorded in the bathroom and Bob's getar and the keyboard are nonexsistant. Very strange. Don't think I've ever heard a recording where the sound is sooo schizooo.

the eyes here is great, sweet intro nice and long, great 2nd set in general, is this the first post drums wheel? i think so, deadbase agrees

us blues encore rocks

good song selection first set, sound aint so bad overall, little muffled in places but certainly listenable and enjoyable!

This is being released in soundboard form as Vol 4 in the GD Download Series. It is a pleasure to have this audience copy and many thanks go out to the Taper and those who posted this here. A very nice show indeed!

Not fantastic sound quality, fairly constant distortion and hiss but pretty consistant sound so you can enjoy it if you try

Happy Birthday Jerry!

I really think that 1976 is an underrated year.

Until brown eyed women they do not really seem to be that into it but st stephen>NFA is rocking and the eyes takes forever to finally get the first verses jerry keeps teasing its great... the sugar mag is wonderful with losts of energy. All of that said, sound quality is 3/5, and while the crowd is into it for sure, set II is short and compared to Boston and Beacon shows from this tour not one of the strongest. Listen to it though there is some good stuff.

The only tickets that were sold for these shows were through the Deadhead organization. You had to send them a certified check and a request for which nights and they would send you the tickets pending availability. Even back then, tickets outside the theater were scalping for $60 and up, and there were hardly any available.

This show was incredible. The sound quality is not so great, but the material is excellent. Thanks for the memories. This was my first show.