Grateful Dead
Date 1985-04-01
Cumberland County Civic Center
Portland ME

Set I
d1t01 - Bertha >
d1t02 - Greatest Story Ever Told        /
d1t03 - West L.A. Fadeaway >
d1t04 - Little Red Rooster
d1t05 - Bird Song
d1t06 - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues       **
d1t07 - Looks Like Rain
d1t08 - Might As Well

Set II
d2t01 - tuning
d2t02 - China Cat Sunflower >
d2t03 - I Know You Rider >
d2t04 - Estimated Prophet >
d2t05 - Eyes Of The World >
d2t06 - Drums >
d2t07 - Space >
d2t08 - The Other One >
d2t09 - Stella Blue >
d2t10 - Around & Around >
d2t11 - Not Fade Away
d2t12 - It's All Over Now Baby Blue


/    tape paused between songs
**   cut in middle

Recording Information:
Source: 1st Gen AUDCA: Beyer M88's XY > Marantz PMD430 w dbx >
        Maxell MX 90s No Dolby -lead deck
Location: 50 feet from stage DFC, shoulder height
Original Transfer: Marantz PMD430 dbx on > Sony TCD5M no nr
Transfer: Nakamichi LX5 > Tascam DR680|24/48 SD
Processing: SD| Audacity | cdwav editor | TLH | FLAC
Recorded by: Executive Crew: Tom Pinney, Kyle Holbrook, Chris Kidwell, JJ Hance, Sean Murtha, Gary Steel, Eric Britt
==============================================================================
tour story:
After the snow from the previous night and this being a Monday show, the vibe inside the tiny CCCC was elevated. The city of Portland was surely getting inundated with people seeking food, drink and shelter, my bet is that most of those establishments did pretty well for a Sunday/Monday event in downtown. I think our lunch was a sub from D'Amatos, and Eric got a mini tour of downtown, snow and all.
Solid Bertha right out of the gate! Jerry's guitar playing was so tight on most of these spring shows. Even staples such West L.A. Fadeaway have some fine solos. The Just Like Tom's Thumb Blues was the second time ever the band had played it and this time Phil had his own microphone and Jerry sang one verse with him. It appears this was the only time Jerry sang the verse with Phil during the history of playing the song##. Phil gets about 90 seconds of applause while he got set up at his microphone, everyone was laughing, band and crowd. This copy got cut in the middle and about 20 seconds of music is missing, but rest assured the ending is on it with Phil saying "April fools, boys" and the crowd's reaction afterward is what makes audience recordings so cool.

## Here is the verse Jerry sings with Phil...

Up on Housing Project Hill, it's either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other
Though neither of them are to be what they claim
If you're lookin' to get silly
You better go back to from where you came
Because the cops don't need you and man, they expect the same

Set 2 was almost anti-climatic after Phil singing and the previous night's fireworks. I would typically call that setlist an 'All Grateful Dead performance", but they did add on another Dylan tune with Baby Blue. The China > Rider is solid with a nice long segue into I Know You Rider. The transition out of Stella Blue into Around & Around has so many twists obviously Bobby did not travel to where Phil wanted and we wound up "reelin and a rockin". A bold and ceremonious Baby Blue closed out the two nights in Portland, somehow Maine shows never failed to bring the heat.

    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
     5:57.293     102900524 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7813  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s1t01.flac
     4:09.467      71846444 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7613  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s1t02.flac
     7:23.600     127756844 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7507  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s1t03.flac
     7:56.587     137257004 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7604  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s1t04.flac
     9:00.560     155681324 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7645  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s1t05.flac
     8:59.920     155497004 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7459  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s1t06.flac
     7:51.520     135797804 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7256  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s1t07.flac
     4:08.314      71514566 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7494  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s1t08.flac
     1:40.720      29007404 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6759  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s2t01.flac
     5:32.680      95811884 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7421  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s2t02.flac
     5:56.387     102639404 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7467  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s2t03.flac
    10:39.227     184097324 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7355  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s2t04.flac
     9:46.813     169002284 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7409  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s2t05.flac
     6:44.693     116551724 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6901  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s2t06.flac
     9:52.693     170695724 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6646  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s2t07.flac
     5:45.840      99601964 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7326  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s2t08.flac
     6:59.267     120748844 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7003  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s2t09.flac
     3:50.933      66508844 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7401  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s2t10.flac
     8:08.733     140755244 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7331  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s2t11.flac
     7:06.830     122927084 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7456  gd1985-04-01beyerm88s2t12.flac
   137:32.078    2376599242 B                            0.7346  (20 files)


