04-15-1983

War Memorial Auditorium

Rochester, New York

The night gets going with Shakedown, and from the opening notes, it is clear the evening holds something special. And indeed it did. In the midst of a tremendous show, just after a delightful shot of Brent on Maybe You Know, the boys take it into a beautiful He’s Gone that builds and folds back in on itself repeatedly, making for a magical tapestry. And right as the band starts to let the theme go and grasps for the next song – what everyone imagined was going to be Truckin’ based on the position in the set or maybe the Other One from a few languid notes – Bobby takes to the mic and delivers a whole new tune, comprised of just two verses. After the vocals, the band continues to jam along in a sort of spacey, noir-ish manner, seemingly hinting at the Other One. But the bus never comes, and Mickey and Billy end up taking over. The tune, which became known as either Bob Star or Little Star, made its appearance again the next night – with the band heading fully into the Other One afterwards – and, for the third and final time, on June 20, 1983. On this night in Rochester, the fireworks do not end with the debut of this fleeting Bobby tune, but continue with a raucous post-Space boogie-fest before the All Over Now, Baby Blue encore.

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Identifier:
gd1983-04-15.143055.at.miller.flac2496
Source:
(FOB) Audio Technica ATM11 > Cassette Master (Sony WM-D6C/Maxell UDXL-II/Dolby B)
Notes:
Patch Info: (FOB) Nakamichi 300/CP4 > Cassette Master > FLAC (shnid=135460) supplies: He’s Gone (12:53 – 13:01) Little Star (0:31 – 0:39) Drums (0:13 – end of track) Space (0:00 – 0:48) Around And Around (0:00 – 0:07) (0:56 – 1:09) Notes: — This was the first Grateful Dead show I taped — Recorded 15 feet in front of sbd, about 10 feet to the right — I was patched out of a Sony TC-D5M (lead deck) — This source is an upgraded transfer (this is the last one) — I chose to playback without dolby since it sounded better — Patch source recorded by Brian Schley — Thanks to Joe B. Jones for the pitch correction settings
Description:
Set 1

Shakedown Street, My Brother Esau, Brown Eyed Women, Little Red Rooster, Dire Wolf, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication-> Deal

Set 2

Feel Like A Stranger, Samson & Delilah, Ship of Fools, Maybe You Know, He’s Gone-> Little Star-> Drums-> Throwing Stones-> Not Fade Away-> Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad-> Around & Around-> Johnny B. Goode, E: It’s All Over Now Baby Blue
Lineage:
Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) >dBpoweramp > Adobe Audition CC2015 > Samplitude Pro X3 Suite > FLAC/24
Transferrer:
Charlie Miller
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01 Tuning
03:50
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02 Shakedown Street
13:56
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03 My Brother Esau
07:05
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04 Brown Eyed Women
06:55
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05 Little Red Rooster
09:33
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06 Dire Wolf
04:02
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07 Lazy Lightning
03:46
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08 Supplication
06:36
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09 Deal
07:41
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10 Tuning
00:58
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11 Feel Like A Stranger
09:29
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12 Samson And Delilah
09:01
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13 Ship Of Fools
08:33
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14 Maybe You Know
05:01
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15 He’s Gone
13:03
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16 Little Star
05:58
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17 Drums
06:43
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18 Space
11:13
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19 Throwing Stones
09:42
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20 Not Fade Away
06:05
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21 Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad
06:44
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22 Around And Around
03:41
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23 Johnny B Goode
04:25
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24 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
07:14
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One response to “04-15-1983”

  1. David Lynch Topitzer Avatar
    David Lynch Topitzer

    I was on this whole tour along with lots of friends. The Bob Star thing was weird and there is a reason why they stopped playing it. What was really remarkable about this show was the NFA into GTRFB. UVM and Providence, and the Brenden Byrne shows were the gems of this tour.

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