Grateful Dead
Date 1985-07-01
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Columbia MD

set I
d1t01 - tuning
d1t02 - Dancing In The Street
d1t03 - Dupree's Diamond Blues
d1t04 - Walkin' Blues
d1t05 - Jack-A-Roe
d1t06 - My Brother Esau
d1t07 - Stagger Lee           //
d1t08 - Let It Grow >
d1t09 - Keep Your Day Job

set II
d2t01 - tuning
d2t02 - Scarlet Begonias >
d2t03 - Fire On The Mountain
d2t04 - Playing In The Band >
d2t05 - Uncle John's Band >
d2t06 - Space >
d2t07 - Drums >                //
d2t08 - Space >
d2t09 - Dear Mr. Fantasy >
d2t10 - Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
d2t11 - Good Lovin'
d2t12 - encore break
d2t13 - Encore 1 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction >
d2t14 - Encore 2 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue


//    tape flip

The entire show suffers from the infamous summer of 1985 PA distortion which was later found to have some origination from Phil's pick ups in the new 6 string bass. We knicknamed them "Phil pharts".

Recording Information:
Microphones: AKG C422 (Cardioid) > AKG S42 XY 90Âº     Recorder: Sony TC-D5M
Location: Lawn ~250' from stage (just below crest of the hill)
This Source: Master AUDCA Maxell MX90 No NR [KH]
Transfer:  Nakamichi 582ZX > Sonic AD2k @24/48 > Marantz PMD661|24/48 SD
Processing: SD| Audacity | cdwav editor | TLH | FLAC
Recorded by: Executive Crew; Mike Davis, Kenny Davis, Sean Murtha, Kyle Holbrook, Tom Pinney, John Borg, Gary Steel
Transfer by: Kyle Holbrook
Sixth AKG C422 recording made by the Executive Crew. Dedicated to Kenny Davis RIP
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the tour story:
We had many freaky people staying at Seans and Sean's sisters house in McLean VA. This day was a Monday so I am sure the locals had to deal with work issues or taking the day off. The show the night before was so good musically and we were going through the tapes already making copies on Seans home decks off of our D5's. There was certainly a good run for food this day, I thought we may have had a crab boil, but Sean recalls maybe just 3 Pigs sandwiches for ten people or something like that. We gathered at Sean's for so many GD and other shows over the years certainly "all the years combine". Then off to Merriweather Post. In those days Sean's crew parked at the mall across from the main lot which made for a decent hike. Once inside, we set up in almost the same location as the night before, maybe 20 feet closer.

"Dancin in the Street" opener pretty much nailed the energy level and the twirling and heavy dancin' began early. Some blues was offered in the form of Duprees Diamond Blues, which is really more of a ragtime hybrid, and the Walkin' Blues. Bobby had seemed to favor this tune during 1985 and his vocals were playful yet solid. The "Stagger Lee" was loose and playful and segued into a raunchy, lengthy, "Let it Grow".

Set 2 began with a Scarlet > Fire that had some heavy jamming in the segue and then the solo parts of Fire. They continued into what I term "classic Dead mode" with a mighty fine "Playing in the Band" > "Uncle John's Band". Jerry obviously wanted to play "China Doll" but Bobby exited quickly so Jerry and Brent stayed onstage and jammed this 'Doll' like chord sequence for almost 3 minutes while Mickey followed them with snare drum flairs. That spaciness led to an intense Drums and Space leading into a "Dear Mr. Fantasy" which was presented in a very relaxed, unrushed manner. This led to a GDTRFB which was also laid back and relaxed but Jerry started driving the solo section and had the band (and crowd) groovin'. They closed the set with a long and punchy "Good Lovin'" which gave way to a two song encore featuring a crazed Bobby on "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" which surprised us all when it gave way to another cover tune, a beautiful weekend closing "It's All Over Now Baby Blue".

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