Contest time, cats and kittens. In honor of Fox Day, and its storied (literally) Scarlet>Fire, we are settling this once and for all.
Put your favorites in the Comment Section. I’ll listen to them tonight and make my final ruling which, of course, will be right. I don’t know what I’m going to say, but I know I’m going to be correct.
Let’s take Cornell and Normal as already read, and the first person to suggest an ’83 without damn good reason gets banninated.
To start us off, live from Atlanta, GA, here is the 22-minute 11/30/80 second set-opener in the original super-clear AUD.
i was there 35 years ago tonight!
https://archive.org/details/gd1978-04-16.sbd.cantor.motb.81457.sbeok.flac16
Probably not the best, but a sentimental favorite.
Rings on her fingers and shoes on her toes?
Not sure what he was thinking
wish i coulda gone but wm & mary the night before and blacksburg the night before that had to suffice until dartmouth
Hola Mr ToTD! I will go with 3/10/81. 26 1/2 minutes of bliss. Please do not operate heavy machinery while listening. Cheers!
https://archive.org/details/gd81-03-10.glassberg.wise.7630.sbeok.shnf
i was there!
You’ve been everywhere, man.
https://archive.org/details/gd1984-06-21.sbd.liberated-Boot.devos.352.shnf
http://www.dking-gallery.com/pix/Dead/DeadEyeBall.jpg
This is exciting. Dead recommendations!
1981 was the year of Peak Brent and this gold filigreed Scarlet > Fire lifted us out of the most un-psychedelic gym at Rutgers University in New Jersey and carried us off to the mountain. Even the cheering for the thunder and lightning visible through the skylight during the Fire couldn’t pull us back.
https://archive.org/details/gd81-05-15.senn.munder.9008.sbeok.shnf
i was there!
Not the best show of a great tour, but the Scarlet > Fire was the best I saw. Here’s the link to the Charlie Miller:
https://archive.org/details/gd1981-05-15.sbd.miller.86783.sbeok.flac16
6-16-85 Greek
I’m biased though. This was my first tape given to me in the 9th grade by my dealer’s big brother in 86′.
https://archive.org/details/gd85-06-16.oade-schoeps.sacks.24611.sbeok.flacf
In 9th grade my dealer’s big brother gave me my first live dead tape, 6-16-85. That remains my favorite.
https://archive.org/details/gd85-06-16.oade-schoeps.sacks.24611.sbeok.flacf
The only version dedicated to mice and rats 9-1-79 Holleder Stadium Rochester, NY
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https://archive.org/details/gd79-09-01.sbd.dodd.18898.sbeok.shnf
oops have not done this before…
https://archive.org/details/gd79-09-01.sbd.dodd.18898.sbeok.shnf
https://archive.org/details/gd80-06-12.set2.akgse5.clugston.7007.sbeok.shnf
http://www.olywa.net/radu/valerie/erupt.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Y-BsTWB48
The Hammer baby, i have nothing but fond memories of Copps Coliseum. Too bad they never played Ivor Wynne though.
Dredged from the swamp of OTDIDH, these are the honourable mentions for Scarlet > Fire:
18-Mar-77 Winterland, San Francisco
22-Apr-77 Spectrum, Philadelphia
27-Apr-77 Capitol Theater, Passaic
5-May-77 Veterans Memorial, New Haven
13-May-77 Auditorium Theater, Chicago May 77 box
21-May-77 Civic Center, Lakeland
25-May-77 The Mosque, Richmond DaP 1
2-Oct-77 Paramount Theater, Portland
9-Oct-77 McNichols Sports Arena, Denver
2-Nov-77 Seneca Fieldhouse, Toronto DaP 12
6-Nov-77 Broome County Arena, Binghamton
27-Dec-77 Winterland, San Francisco
31-Dec-77 Winterland, San Francisco
6-Apr-78 Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa
16-Apr-78 Civic Center, Huntington
24-Apr-78 Field House, Normal DaP 7
11-May-78 Civic Center, Springfield DP 25
2-Sep-78 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
22-Oct-78 Winterland, San Francisco RT Vol 1 No 4
28-Dec-78 Kaiser Center, Oakland
30-Dec-78 Pauley Pavilion, Westwood
31-Dec-78 Winterland, San Francisco Closing of Winterland
3-Feb-79 Market Square, Indianapolis
1-Nov-79 Nassau County Coliseum, Uniondale DP 13 hidden track
12-Jun-80 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland
10-Oct-80 Warfield, San Francisco
14-Oct-80 Warfield, San Francisco
30-Nov-80 Fox Theatre, Atlanta DaP 8
27-Feb-81 Uptown Theater, Chicago
5-Mar-81 Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh
10-Mar-81 Madison Square Garden, NYC
20-Mar-81 Rainbow, London
16-Aug-81 McArthur Court, Eugene
31-Aug-81 Aladdin Theater, Las Vegas
12-Sep-81 Greek Theater, Berkeley
4-Oct-81 Rainbow, London
3-Apr-82 Scope, Norfolk
23-May-82 Greek Theater, Berkeley
8-Aug-82 Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy
13-Apr-83 Patrick Field House, Burlington
18-Jun-83 SPAC, Saratoga Springs
21-Oct-83 Centrum, Worcester 30 Trips Around the Sun
13-Apr-84 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton
3-Jul-84 Starlight Theater, Kansas City S > Touch > F > S
20-Feb-85 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
27-Mar-85 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton Download 5
16-Jun-85 Greek Theater, Berkeley
1-Jul-85 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia
5-Sep-85 Red Rocks, Morrison
15-Sep-85 Devore Field, Chula Vista
8-Jul-87 Civic Center, Roanoke
16-Mar-88 Kaiser Center, Oakland
28-Jun-88 SPAC, Saratoga Springs
15-Jul-88 Greek Theater, Berkeley
6-Apr-89 Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor
19-Oct-89 Spectrum, Philadelphia
20-Oct-89 Spectrum, Philadelphia
22-Mar-90 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario Spring 1990 box
15-Jun-90 Shoreline, Mountain View
20-Feb-91 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
21-Mar-91 Capital Centre, Landover
27-Mar-91 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale
7-Jun-91 Deer Creek, Noblesville
19-Jun-91 Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston Download 11
25-Jun-91 Sandstone Amphitheater, Bonner Springs
4-Sep-91 Coliseum, Richfield
31-Oct-91 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
31-May-92 Silver Bowl, Las Vegas
17-Dec-92 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
19-Dec-93 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
30-Mar-94 Omni, Atlanta
14-Jun-94 Memorial Stadium, Seattle
19-Jun-94 Autzen Stadium, Eugene
1-Aug-94 Palace, Auburn Hills
1-Oct-94 Boston Garden, Boston 30 Trips Around the Sun
14-Oct-94 Madison Square Garden, NYC
23-Mar-95 Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte
26-May-95 Memorial Stadium, Seattle
21-Jun-95 Knickerbocker Arena, Albany
Worth noting some points. The very first was one of the very best. 22 Mar 1990 is worth checking out for a late S > F. On 12 June 1980, Mt St Helens erupted at 9:21 pm, just after the transition in Fire on the Mountain. 1977 is the year of the great S > F. 23 May 1982 at the Greek is a candidate for non 1977 S > F.
ONE. Pick ONE that no one else has mentioned.
Ain’t nobody got time for that.
I am making the point that there is a pretty strong field, not trying to nominate all of them. If I MUST pick just one not mentioned so far, it would be 11 May 1978, Civic in Springfield, available on DP 25.
I’m LAUGHING SO FUCKING HARD RIGHT NIW
@24 of the above-listed, that i can remember offhand
https://archive.org/details/gd1990-03-22.mtx.tobin.126698.flac16
Jaded cause I was there up close. I was still a new head and this was one of the early shows that sucked me right in.
Good choice, extraordinary transition utilising MIDI pomp.
I really like 4-23-77 in Springfield, MA. A very dirty town (I live in the general area) where the Dead always played well. Listen to Jerry’s “I can be a rock star too!” delivery on the “there ain’t nothing wrong with the way she moves”. Awesome. And the energy is fantastic. https://soundcloud.com/undermind1978/scarlet-begonias-fire-on-the-4
Was gonna go with 9/1/79
Backup 2/3/79, begonias explodes !!
I have been listening to a few of these S > F. There are riches aplenty. The Greek Fires just burn down the house, burn the bridges, burn the boats, burn the barn, burn everything.
I know your rule about ’83’s, but here’s one for you anyway – 10/14/1983. I was at this show and many of the other early 80’s gigs mentioned above. Truthfully however, I don’t remember very many specific songs at specific venues and dates. The Archive has been nice hasn’t it? Anyway, this Scarlet>Fire is fun and worthy of a relisten.
and there’s a good aud here, https://archive.org/details/gd83-10-14.beyer-ficca-brennan.ficca.20023.sbeok.shnf
You people will be the death of me.
A man needs a code.
I know, I know but really that ’83 AUDIENCE TAPE is one of the best sounding auds I’ve ever heard – Holy mackerel, some people say it’s better than the SB they used for Dick’s Picks 6. Checkout this 2nd set, Scarlet>Fire (20 min), Estimated>Eyes>Drums>Spanish Jam>The Other One>Stella Blue>Sugar Mags!
Honorable mention for a GD band with no original members….Joe Russo’s Almost Dead at the Brooklyn Bowl. Absolutely smokin’ begonias>mtn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy7QdOdgzN4&feature=youtu.be
Methinks I’ll be at the Fox in Oakland on the 12th to see this in person.