Philzone.org Discussion Board: Archive 2004: Music Talk Archive 2004: What is a must have greatful dead concert to have in your collection

i would like to know what people think is a top ten list of must have grateful dead concerts to have on cd

Art, Good to see the youngins gettin into GD. Oh by the way it's "Grateful" not "Greatful" please don't ever let that happen again, just kiddin'. Might I suggest a retrospective collection of all the lineups throughout the years and also always kinda nice to have the shows you've been to. Check out this site: http://www.whitegum.com/intro.htm

Gee I don't have any GREATFUL dead tapes at all - that must be one outtasight band, maaaannnnn . . .

Reminds me of 2 related stories - back in high school and again as a freshman in college, when I was one of very few Deadheads in school, I was subject to the same harassing graffitti scrawled on my locker door (in high school) and on the dorm door (in college): GREATFUL DEAD SUCK! When approached by the bully/detractors/Kiss-heads who had done the defiling, all I could do was shrug my shoulders and say "well if yer gonna make fun of 'em, at least SPELL THEIR F'-IN NAME RIGHT!!!! I even got to tell the college dude that the same thing had been done to me in 10th grade, so I could dismiss him as passe' (eventually he got into them the next year and wanted me to take him to see them in Buffalo, and get him weed, acid, etc - yeah right!).

off the top of my head, some of my favorite shows...

8/23/68
3/1/69
4/21/69
4/22/69
4/23/69
6/26/74
10/19/74
8/13/75
5/19/77
5/25/77
12/26/79

Damon hit all the ones I'd recommend! Definitely have fun and try as many shows from 69-79 as possible cause the band went tons of wicked changes which ended up making the music change in wild and wonderful ways.

This continued to happen through the years, but imo, the 60s and the 70s are the years to collect since the number of astoundingly spirit lifting jams, highs, crescendos, magical mind-meld otherworldlyness, yougettheidea - happened during that period!

Wish I had a time machine!!!

Here's 10 that you can't go wrong with

12/28/69
4/29/71
9/27/72
11/17/73
5/9/77
5/22/82
6/28/85
8/19/89
6/17/91
5/30/92

Sam L,

Good suggestions Sam!

11/17/73

not one of the oft mentioned shows but still one that finds it's way to my player on a regular basis; love the "Race is on"! Throw 11/20/73 in as well.

6/22-23/74 are also must haves.

try 10/21/83 too. Best Big Railraod Blues ever (seriously) and a great show all around

Modern Day:
10/8/89
10/9/89
3/14/90
3/15/90
3/16/90

2/9/73
7/7/89

Well where to start. See im realatively new but ive picked up so quickly... where to start

78 is the best place
10-17-78 to i think the 20 or 21 its a run of shows at the winterland from right after the egypt tour

Europe 72 stuff(may) is pretty good i kinda dislike the short pigpen songs.

73-74
Some great stuff here check out 10-18-74 for some good stuff. and 6-23-74 is powerful. Then theres the sinker the one that hooks the true fans....6-10-73

12-31-72
Fun ass show

68-69
On the outside all these setlists seem the same. but with the 50-75 songs they then had in they're repitoire it was acutallly well spread out. Alotta jamming but all of its good. I suggest u wait a while for this u might be bored at first.

80-90
I tend to lump all this together because jerry really didnt go through much growth over this period. A lot of solid shows you just need to know how to pick em. Cuz wen they were on they were on but wne they where off they sucked.

HEres a break donw of the players incase u need one:

Jerry garcia- Lead Guitar, Slide guitar, Pedal Steel, Vocals
Bob weir- Rhytm Guitar, Slide guitar, Vocals
Phil Lesh- Bass, Vocals
Bill Kruetzman- Drums

Other players:
Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan- Organ, HArmonica, VOcals, Percoussion(beginning to mid-72)

Tom Constanteen- Piano(Anomoxa to late 69)

Mickey Hart- Drums (After first album to feb. 1971; came back in 76 after hiatus)

Keith Gaudeaux- Piano, Vocals (Early 71-late 79)

Donna JEan Gaudeaux- Vocals (Early 71 to late 79)

Brent Mydland- Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Vocals (80-september 90)

Vince Welnick- Keyboards, Vocals(91-end)

Bruce Hornsby- Piano, Vocals(played freuqently in the 90s)

Branford Marsalis- Sax (frequently throughout 90s)

NOw ure ready to start listenin to the dead

this was posted by someone else on the same topic.

03/25/66 - Trouper's Hal11/19/66 - Fillmore Aud.
11/29/66 - The Matrix 02/14/68 - Carousel Ballroom
08/24/68 - Shrine Aud. 10/30/68 - Mickey & The Hartbeats
03/01/69 - Fillmore West 12/12/69 - Thelma Theatre
02/11/70 - Fillmore East 02/13/70 - Fillmore East
02/14/70 - Fillmore East 05/02/70 - Harpur College
05/06/70 - M.I.T. 09/20/70 - Fillmore East
02/18/71 - Portchester 04/08/71 - Boston Music Hall
04/28/71 - Fillmore East 04/29/71 - Fillmore East
07/02/71 - Fillmore West 12/10/71 - Fox Theatre
12/14/71 - Ann Arbor 07/26/72 - Portland
08/21/72 - BCT 08/27/72 - Veneta
02/09/73 - Maples Pavilion 05/26/73 - Kezar Stadium
06/10/73 - RFK 11/10/73 - Winterland
12/02/73 - Boston 02/24/74 - Winterland
05/19/74 - Portland, OR 06/18/74 - Louisville
06/26/74 - Providence 06/28/74 - Boston
10/19/74 - Winterland 10/20/74 - Winterland
06/03/76 - Portland 10/09/76 - Oakland
03/18/77 - Winterland
04/27/77 - Passaic, NJ 05/08/77 - Cornell
05/09/77 - Buffalo 06/09/77 - Winterland
10/02/77 - Portland, OR 12/29/77 - Winterland
01/22/78 - Eugene, OR 07/08/78 - Red Rocks
10/21/78 - Winterland 11/24/78 - Passaic, NJ
12/31/78 - Winterland 10/27/79 - Cape Cod
11/01/79 - Nassau 12/01/79 - Pittsburgh
12/26/79 - Oakland 05/11/80 - Portland, ME
09/02/80 - Rocheste 05/06/81 - Nassau
05/16/81 - Cornell 09/26/81 - Buffalo
10/16/81 - Milk Weg 12/31/81 - Oakland Auditorium
04/06/82 - Philly 04/18/82 - Hartford
04/19/82 - Baltimore 04/16/83 - Brendan Byrne
04/17/83 - Brendan Byrne 06/18/83 - Saratoga
09/06/83 - Red Rocks 09/11/83 - Santa Fe
10/11/83 - MSG 07/13/84 - Greek Theatre
07/22/84 - Ventura 10/12/84 - Augusta
10/20/84 - Syracuse 11/02/84 - BCT
06/14/85 - Greek Theatre 06/24/85 - Cincinnati
09/07/85 - Red Rocks 09/15/85 - Chula Vista
11/01/85 - Richmond 03/20/86 - Hampton
12/27/86 - Oakland 04/04/87 - Worcester
06/20/87 - Greek 06/26/87 - Alpine Valley
07/06/87 - Pittsburgh 07/08/87 - Roanoke
09/18/87 - MSG 12/31/87 - Oakland
03/17/88 - HJ Kaiser 03/27/88 - Hampton
06/30/88 - Rochester 07/02/88 - Oxford Plains
09/03/88 - Cap Centre 04/02/89 - Pittsburgh
06/21/89 - Shoreline 07/12/89 - RFK
07/17/89 - Alpine Valley 10/09/89 - Hampton
10/16/89 - Brendan Byrne 03/29/90 - Nassau
07/12/90 - RFK 09/16/90 - MSG
09/19/90 - MSG 09/20/90 - MSG
10/27/90 - Paris 12/12/90 - Denver
12/31/90 - Oakland 03/21/91 - Cap Centre
04/01/91 - Greensboro 05/12/91 - Shoreline
06/14/91 - RFK 06/17/91 - Giants Stadium
08/16/91 - Shoreline 09/10/91 - MSG
09/26/91 - Boston 10/31/91 - Oakland
12/28/91 - Oakland 03/09/92 - Cap Centre
03/20/92 - Hamilton 05/31/92 - Las Vegas
06/20/92 - RFK 12/13/92 - Oakland?
9.20. 70 bobby lead easy wind


10/17/78 - 10/22/78 winterland
8/21/72
8/27/72
2.26.77