ï»¿Grateful Dead
Oakland Coliseum Arena
Oakland, CA
December 30, 1990

Source:  Nakamichi CM-300 CP-4 Shotgun Capsules > Sony TC-153SD Master (SA-X100)
SA-X100 Masters Transferred:  Sony TC-D5M > HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o > CD Masters > FLAC
(Level 8) Via xACT 2.25
Location:  OTS
Recorded/Transferred By:  Jeff Bowen

Setlist:
Set I
01 Tuning
02 Bertha
03 Feel Like A Stranger
04 Candyman
05 Me & My Uncle >
06 Maggie's Farm
07 High Time
08 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
09 Tennessee Jed
10 Valley Road
Set II
11 Tuning
12 Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo
13 Looks Like Rain
14 Crazy Fingers >
15 Playin' In The Band >
16 Drums >
17 Drums >
18 Space >
19 Terrapin Station
20 Sugar Magnolia
Encore
21 U.S. Blues

Taper Notes:
This was the first and last time that I ever was present to record all four shows of the Grateful
Dead NYE run, and the last time that I used my Sony TC-153SD cassette portable to master a show.
I still miss Brent terribly, but I thought that Bruce Hornsby did a great job adding color to the
band with tunes like â€˜Valley Roadâ€™, to close out the first set. I remember experimenting with
different microphone set ups on that run. I think I ran a different combo for the first couple of
nights, but for the cavernous Oakland Coliseum, I thought that two Nakamichi CM-300 shotguns
sounded best from the tapers section.  It would be another eight years until I was able to upgrade
to Neumann microphones so at the time, my CM-300 x 3 set was the best I had available.  I still
miss that trek to Oakland every December that we used to make to catch the New Years shows.  Man
was it cold and windy!  Every time I hear Trafficâ€™s â€˜Rock And Roll Stewâ€™, I think of tearing down
my recording equipment after a Dead show in Oakland.  Healy used to play that song for the house
music after the show.


