tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post8409714774027618894..comments2024-02-25T19:34:27.767-06:00Comments on Grateful Dead Listening Guide: 1976 June 9 - Boston Music Hallicepetalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600688771458155367noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-37686915791139068922014-12-05T19:51:18.183-06:002014-12-05T19:51:18.183-06:00i may be having a good day but this tape has such ...i may be having a good day but this tape has such an unusually strong sense of Flow and it's wonderful. songs arise, songs end, spaces happen in between, it's a universe in its own unfolding every second. i've been listening to this show on and off all day and it's so easy to slip into. after dancing into wharf rat i just had to make a note of it. <br /><br />the playing is uniformly exquisite throughout and there are so many pretty things happening all the time. i also have this intangible feeling otherness as if this is some slightly off alternate universe dead that crossed over, different from the one i've known for years. i would say it's like the first time hearing the dead all over again, but really, the first time wasn't like this... <br /><br />i love the audience tape-ness of this, its quality of being there, i think it has a lot to do with the special way whoever this was somehow captured the drums and bass and the shapes their sounds take in an actual venue space. i think this one probably has the most i've heard because it's so clean and while there are some others that have that, especially with the bass, there's something in the treb or mids sacrificed... not so here. it's all there. and the sounds of the audience are perfectly balanced with the rest, too. i am loving the audience response during this all over. i've forgotten gems from earlier in the show, but just now in around and around there was some guy you could hear yelling along to certain lines when he got especially excited. "LORD I HAD TO DANCE." i love it <br /><br />the audio of this is just, like, something about the sound, is one of the most... seeing people, seeing lights, seeing the band in your mind's eye, it's almost effortless. all you have to do is gently nudge your mind in that direction and you're there. <br /><br />this tape is just so happening for me right now. talking about the thing is never the thing. i dont even know man <br /><br />and it's so long. so much here. good to get lost in. this transcends. davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720062848418335540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-62917093400593290822012-06-16T11:26:25.326-05:002012-06-16T11:26:25.326-05:00I highly recommend the commercially released versi...I highly recommend the commercially released version (Road Trips vol.4 no.5). The sound quality is exceptional, and the playing - well - see above. The Stephen>Eyes disk pretty much lives in my car CD changer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-89949316584192109582011-10-26T14:47:39.556-05:002011-10-26T14:47:39.556-05:00Great show! Around and Around is smoooking and Fra...Great show! Around and Around is smoooking and Franklins is a great relaxing closer. Once again, wonderful review. Keep it up!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969935155537801758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-80352429658534781352011-01-26T22:46:55.301-06:002011-01-26T22:46:55.301-06:00I agree the matrix version is pretty awesome. To m...I agree the matrix version is pretty awesome. To me this show is better than Cornell. Its much to obvious what the high points are so I won't repeat them, I dig the loose kaleidoscopic jamming a lot though. Much better than the stiff jams of 77. The set lists in this year are so amazing too, always quite varied it seems, lots of experimenting.Bradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-34398545722540039062010-06-09T13:45:04.874-05:002010-06-09T13:45:04.874-05:00Exactly 34 years ago today, I was 17 and this was ...Exactly 34 years ago today, I was 17 and this was my first show :)Grateful Secondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611234014012885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-65877446648260370152008-06-27T02:50:00.000-05:002008-06-27T02:50:00.000-05:00One of my all time favorites from any year. This w...One of my all time favorites from any year. This was also my first trade in Relix back in '76 after a friend dared me. My original copy was pretty bad sounding but I still loved it. My favorite post 70 High Time. My current favorite is the matrix version.Grateful Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12127143018117068802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-91287200063422981902008-04-25T21:18:00.000-05:002008-04-25T21:18:00.000-05:00After dl'ing the aud on your recommendation and li...After dl'ing the aud on your recommendation and listening a few times to the whole thing over the past few weeks, I must thank you for shining a light into another corner of 1976. This Eyes is joining a few others near the top of the pile, as far as I'm concerned. As excellent as the aud sounds, though, I'm going to keep looking for the sbd (which sounds lovely, going by the patch in Eyes). I agree with you that a lot of 1976 sbds lack a certain energy, but the gooey-ness of that 76 sound (the bass, the Fender Rhodes, the aluminum guitar) makes me want to savor every little detail of it in a way that the aud doesn't deliver. Still, I can't stop listening, though... thanks for pointing me towards this show!Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628132999021385676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-81028517088214938282008-04-03T16:23:00.000-05:002008-04-03T16:23:00.000-05:00Oh, sweet 1976.The Italian HeAdOh, sweet 1976.<BR/><BR/>The Italian HeAdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-80018939566021376512008-04-03T11:38:00.000-05:002008-04-03T11:38:00.000-05:00Glad you liked the review.I only started actively ...Glad you liked the review.<BR/><BR/>I only started actively power trading around 1997, so it took me about a year to bump into this show.<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing folks were trading and aquiring this aud starting in about 1976, let alone the mid 80's ;-). It all depends on when the bus came by for each of us, I guess.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again!icepetalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600688771458155367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387936856129721233.post-27945466474691961822008-04-03T08:52:00.000-05:002008-04-03T08:52:00.000-05:00Great review, but I am surprised it took you so lo...Great review, but I am surprised it took you so long to find this one, I know I had the aud by the mid-80's.<BR/><BR/>The energy was certainly up for this first East Coast show, and the first set sparkles and growls with energy. great playing all around!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com