ï»¿Grateful Dead
Oakland Coliseum Arena
Oakland, CA
December 27, 1991

Source:  Nakamichi CM-300x3; Two CP-4 Shotguns + One CP-1 Cardioid > Boss BX-4 Mixer > Sony WM-D6C
(w/Dolby C) > Cassette Master (MX-S 100)
Masters Transferred Via:  WM-D6C (Original Record Deck w/Dolby C) > HHb CDR 800 > CD Masters >
FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.25
Location:  OTS, Low And Center (Exact Row, Seat # Not Recorded)
Recorded/Transferred By:  Jeff Bowen

Setlist:
Set I
01 Tuning >
02 Cold Rain & Snow
03 Little Red Rooster
04 They Love Each Other
05 Mama Tried >
06 Mexicali Blues
07 Loose Lucy
08 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
09 Stagger Lee
10 The Music Never Stopped
Set II
11 Scarlet Begonias >
12 Fire On The Mountain >
13 Looks Like Rain >
14 Terrapin Station >
15 Drums >
16 Space >
17 The Wheel >
18 All Along The Watchtower >
19 Black Peter >
20 Around & Around
Encore
21 It's All Over Now Baby Blue

Tapers Notes:
This was the last time that I recorded the Good Ole Greatful Dead in the Oakland Coliseum Arena.
These shows were kind of a let down, after Bill Grahamâ€™s passing in the helicoptor accident a few
months previous.  I recorded the 10/27/91 and 10/31/91 shows on the Halloween run.  10/27 was very
somber, as it was the first Dead show since Billâ€™s death, opening with Billâ€™s favorite song Sugar
Magnolia.  10/31/91 was perhaps the most intense Dead show Iâ€™ve ever seen, with a stellar song
selection and even a visit from Ken Kesey to mark the passage of Billâ€™s life.  My first set master
from 10/31/91 got lost soon after the show.  To make matters worse, it had the encore on it, so
the second set tape was made useless as well.

The 12/27/91 show was decent, in my memory, in both song selection/playing and in the recording.
It was always nice to see a Scarlet > Fire, and I liked Bobbyâ€™s rendition of Dylan songs such as
Memphis Blues.  Music Never Stopped to end the first set was always a favorite, and the Cold Rain
& Snow opener was always to be expected on a cold Oakland night.

I had tickets for the 12/31/91 show, and hoped to record from the OTS.  Still, even with priority
tickets, we still found ALL of the tapers section had been saved with coats/tape, by the time we
got inside.  As I remember, few tapers got into the section that night.  It was mostly non tapers.
We had to sit up in the nosebleeds on Jerryâ€™s side and I didnâ€™t tape at all, even though I had my
little Sony quartz lock FM tuner as a back up.  I was just too disgusted.  The NYE celebration was
really lame too, since Bill was not there.  All they did was show old NYE Dead footage on the big
screen.


