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Matt Vernon's Collection

Grateful Dead   12/31/1979

Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, CA
Recording SHNID 18589
Media SHN   4 discs
Notes Rolfe aud - another excellent audience tape. Full sound. Ok its NYE so the crowd is in a party mood. Show starts with an up energy Straw > Franklin's, followed by a mix of normal set 1 tunes played this year, and concluding with the standard coupling rousing Alabama > Promised. Set 2 begins with the midnight Sugar Mag which segues into a nice China > Rider to keep the energy at a high level. The rest of the set is very solid, though nothing extraordinary. Set 3 starts off slow with an average Althea. The UJB is an improvement but the only highlight is teh Lesh/Cippolina interaction when NFA is started after Space. Otherwise set 3 is the weakest of the night. Overall, great solid, first two sets good but the jam portion of the show sleepy or non-existent.
Trades Allowed Yes   Traded from: Dave Minor
Ratings Show: A-    Sound: A-
Lists gd75-79
SHNID 18589
Recording by Steve Rolfe: Nak 700's > d5 > DAT > cdr via Dave Minor encoded and patched by Matt Vernon
Owned by Matt Vernon · Last Updated Nov 22, 2005