Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Live at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on 1989-12-30 (December 30, 1989)

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Collection: GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: December 30, 1989 (check for other copies)
Venue: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Location: Oakland, CA

Source: Tony G shntool fix of original Braverman seed
Lineage: DAT> CD> SHN
Keywords: Live concert

Description

Bertha-> Good Lovin'-> Sugaree*, Walkin' Blues*, Jack A Roe*, When I Paint My Masterpiece*, West L.A. Fadeaway*, The Music Never Stopped* Jack Straw, China Cat Sunflower*-> I Know You Rider*-> Estimated Prophet*-> Terrapin Station*-> Drums*-> Jam-> I Will Take You Home*-> The Other One*-> Standing On the Moon*-> One More Saturday Night*, E: It's All Over Now Baby Blue

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Reviewer: cheyler - - October 29, 2006
Subject: Come on...

Had to speak up...who is the complete IDIOT that has inserted a 'one-star' review in each show of this New Year run - EACH SHOW / ONE STAR - complaining about the absence of the 28th? What kind of moronic logic is that? The lack of the 28th for download in no way affects the quality of the performance of any of the other shows, as if anyone else actually needed to be informed of this... This is an excellent show in its own right, I think it is even better than the New Year's Eve show in some ways, and the sound quality is excellent too. Bertha>Good Lovin' to open the first set (shades of '78), a fantastic West L.A., second set Jack Straw opener, great China>Rider, nice Terrapin and SOTM with a smooth Baby Blue encore. Just because Dark Star (on the 31st) is played does not guarantee a superior show (especially in the 80s/90s). I like this show a lot and if anyone wants a SBD of it, e-mail me at craigeyler@yahoo.com
And keep your f***in' reviews focused! How are we supposed to learn anything about a particular show if you're complaining about another show that isn't even available????

Reviewer: Grateful A/C - - September 11, 2006
Subject: Watch out for the lunch box

My first west coast Dead show, flew out from Fla. and had seen 40 or so east coast shows. Recived tix for this night and new years eve show from a freind I met at a few Miami shows earlier in the year. Set him up with a crash pad for a few nights, couple of dinners and even saw a movie. Drove him up coast couple of hundred miles and exchange imfo thinkin not much of it. Calls me up in begining of December with good news of tix. Needless to say was WAY stoked on the trip. Wandering around the lot and found this old school bus and they were selling brownies out of old metal Grateful Dead lunch boxes. I love brownies, not just jucied up brownies but brownies in general. Bought 2 ate 1 and saved other for later. Found my seat and was checkin out this vollyball game on the floor (new to east coast fan) and decided to eat second brownie with a cold soda pop. Well the lights went down opened with Bertha and the show was on! These brownies were not what I was used to and I started to get very light headed. I don't remember much else till someone woke me up from being passed out under my seat. Sad and embaressed I picked my ass up and left, thinking to myself I screwed up my first west coast show. I recouped and made it to the new years show with no problems. I have seen people passed out at a Dead show before and never thought it was possible. Mabey they all ate some brownies.

Reviewer: lobster12 - - July 30, 2006
Subject: very nice

Prefer this to new year's. This is some good stuff

Reviewer: Greg Waskiewicz - - July 11, 2006
Subject: This show was f**king sick live

I remember this show as being one of the best I ever attended (197). Although it does not have the rarer songs that came to define the late 89-91 years, the playing is so inspired that it a great show, truly high energy. Jerry's main solo comes in such waves and out of the solo Jerry is absolutely screaming the vocals in uison with Bob--memories of shows like this made it harder and harder to feel the love for later shows in 1994-1995, some of which were so uninspired that people stopped going as much--I believe it was the 1994 Chinese New Years that didn't even sell out, due to rain and Jerry's worsening condition--oh well, as we all no its impossible to peak forever (though some of us tried).

Reviewer: jonesin - - May 5, 2006
Subject: WE NEED 12-28-89!!!!!!

We need 12-28-89 uploaded to complete this New Years's run. A fine show, someone please upload a copy, we need to relive the memories, thanks!

Reviewer: rollthembones - - January 23, 2006
Subject: Great show

This show is flat out phonomenal. The entire band sounds great. I just wish it would allow me to copy the tracks from Media Player to CD, for some reason it cannot copy, but listening to the show is wonderful.

Reviewer: IAG Creative - - October 3, 2005
Subject: hear it right

Let's remember that in a 30 year span, a band evolves, and each era should be reckognized as its own. If you (Mr. Downer of a few reviews ago) are one of those elitist morons who is still mad at Dylan for going electric, than perhaps you should've stopped listening to the Dead after Pigpen was phased out. Look, no one should be denying that Jerry's peaks got more and more deceptive through the '80s and '90s, but a true Deadhead - one who can think AND LISTEN critically - should reckognize that a great show in 1989 sounds different than a great show in the '70s. After all, they were a different band, and if you can't change your aural perceptions to fit that understanding, than what use could your opinions serve? Sounds like you already knew you wouldn't like this show; preconceived notions waste everyone's time. For the rest of us - the lowly appreciators of post-'70s Dead - 1989 brought about yet another Golden Age of live Dead, and this show is one of the many of this era to take us as far as we have always known the Dead can lead us. That is my opinion as a devoted yet critical listener of my beloved Grateful Dead. The performance and sound quality of this show make it an asset to any audio collection.

Reviewer: somethingclicked - - September 4, 2005
Subject: something clicked

can't say i went to hundreds of shows, but i probably went to 20 or so, and this one was an order of magnitude different - from the very first chord of bertha through the drums/space and even with aerto barking out those grating screams which normally would have had my skin crawling, from that very first chord i experienced a joy and dropping away of anxiety and self consciousness so complete that i have to say it was an ecstatic experience - judging from the sensitivity of the audience to the most subtle of displays of the heart of the music, and the clearly audible reaction on the part of the band to that appreciation, i was not the only one (or maybe i was just in tune for the first and only time with something that happened at every show.) anyway, with each consective note and each new song, the joy i experience just lifted me higher and higher. got the second set sometime ago and for years the back of my neck would tingle when i listened to it. finally, i am going to get the first set. don't expect tingling this late in the game, but in my [admittedly very personal] book, this show is in a different league from any other i ever saw, and it goes onto the very short list of my most treasured life experiences.

Reviewer: zleary - - August 24, 2005
Subject: Another peak for the Dead

Dunno who that gratefulshrink guy is fooling. It's so inane and mypoic of anyone to say the band stopped making amazing music after 75-78. '89-90 was some of the best GD ever and this show proves it. The CC->Rider, TOO, Jack Straw are all first rate mammoth Grateful Dead music. It annoys me so much that old stubborn burnouts never could recognize the genius of the modern day GD. A HUGE sound, lots going on, what Jerry and Bob were doing with their effects is starting..those guys really knew their electronics!! This whole run is pretty stellar, very cerebral.

Reviewer: pwfurther - - July 21, 2005
Subject: China Cat

This China Cat is very interesting. Jerry actually starts playing the same riff that he played in the early 68-70 versions. Listen for it after the "double E waterfall" lyrics. Weir works perfectly with him on this. Ive never heard him do that before in any other versions from the 80's or 90's.

Reviewer: rootsman - - June 29, 2005
Subject: The Other One!

Tremendous version of TOO in this show. Long and spacey, lots of jamming. Great China Cat also.

Reviewer: bigboypeete - - June 29, 2005
Subject: hey grateful shrink

the piano tinkles?? u havent listened to much 80's then have u cuss most of the time brent played organ doesnt sound much like a tinkle at all..dumbass..dude did u even listen to this shit, listen to the bertha brents playin a fuckin organ i dunno where u get tinkle from, keith played more a tinkle sound then that

Reviewer: gratefulshrink - - March 4, 2005
Subject: They stopped rocking years prior

Sorry people, but this music is just not that good. Certainly not consistent enough to be above 2 stars. Jerry's voice is shot, the piano tinkles, just not any kind of good psychedelic jamming going on. Stick with pre-1978 (pre-1975 even better yet). I'm not a heretic, and I love the Dead (and certainly have spent enough time listening). It's just sad to me how much the music suffered over the long years.

Reviewer: Renliff - - September 14, 2004
Subject: Hmmm, Most Rockin' China>Rider?

I might have to say yes. I know that's sacriligious to all those early 70's heads but so what, this is the Golden Age of the Dead. If I was at this show I would've been a little worried that they expended to much energy on this show the night before New Years. But, luckily, it was still just a warmup. Don't overlook this show because it was eclipsed by the next night. These versions are some of the best played during the late 80's. Keep an ear out for the WHOLE second set and the 1st is no slouch either. Due to the quality of the recording I have to give it 4 instead of 5 stars.

Reviewer: brendanmcauley - - August 29, 2004
Subject: Don't miss this show!

This performance will live with me in my dead lore because it was my first west coast show and the boys always had a way with playing nice shows on the west coast, close to home. Being from CT, I had my share of Pitt, Hartford, MSG etc...this evening in oakland is a very fine show, all around from the electricity the boys played with to the set list.
Even the most fastidious sound quality guru will enjoy the raw dead experience this tape is able to muster.
Jack straw>chinacat to open set two is worth it alone but the rest of the show is just as hot as the list.

As I always say in reviews, it can'te a five unless I was there, well, had this been a sbd this would be a five, but its only a four. Great show!

Notes

Tony G shntool fix of original Braverman seed; Ultramatrix (SBD/AUD mix); Lineage: DAT> CD> SHN