Grateful Dead

March 24, 1990
Knickerbocker Arena
Albany, NY
Sets I & II

Ackerman's Archive

Master Audience Recording & Transfer by Ray Ackerman:
AKG 460B/CK63 ULS -> AKG B18 phantom power unit -> Panasonic SV250 -> DAT (OTS)

Transfer info:
Tascam DA 30 mkii -> Microtrack ii -> wavelab 5 -> WAV 16/48

Edited & master by Joe Noel
February 16, 2018

Notes:
- Thanks to Charlie for being the go-between.
- The best Walkin Blues ever played & the second set are featured on the official release, "Dozin' at the Knick"
- OMSN appears on "Without A Net"
- Desolation Row appears on "Postcards of the Hanging"
- LTGTR, Help-Slip-Frank, Loser & T. Jed are released as part of the Spring 1990 (album)
- last "Mind Left Body Jam": 03-22-85
- The first set is a bona fide sing-a-long.
- The second set; buy the ticket & take the ride.
- While Albany didn't exactly lay out the welcome matte, the energy inside this oversized cement box, nestled in the foothills, was off the charts.  I will never forget it.  What we have here is a recording that is not only testament to the bands high caliber play, it captures the raw, palpable energy that was created inside the venue.

- Set I -
s1t01 - Let the Good Times Roll
s1t02 - Help on the Way ->
s1t03 - Slipknot! ->
s1t04 - Franklin's Tower
s1t05 - Walkin' Blues
s1t06 - tuning
s1t07 - Loser
s1t08 - Desolation Row
s1t09 - tuning
s1t10 - Tennessee Jed
s1t11 - One More Saturday Night

- Set II -
s2t01 - Playing in the Band ->
s2t02 - Uncle John's Band ->
s2t03 - Terrapin Station ->
s2t04 - Mind Left Body Jam ->
s2t05 - Drums ->
s2t06 - Space ->
s2t07 - The Wheel ->
s2t08 - All Along the Watchtower ->
s2t09 - Stella Blue ->
s2t10 - Not Fade Away
s2t11 - encore break
s2t12 - We Bid You Good Night

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[J.Noel 16 February 2018]


