07-06-1984

Alpine Valley Music Theater

East Troy, Wisconsin

The Dead open a splendid night of music at a classic Dead venue with a rocking Iko to get everyone up and shaking their bones. That energy continues with a bright Jack Straw. The band then lights off on Big Railroad, Jerry slaying it while Brent adds some luscious fills. A mean old Rooster comes next before a sweet Candyman, eerie, yet lovable in every way. A nice Me & My Uncle> Mexicali follows. Jerry takes over afterwords for an alluring Bird Song. The slightly faster pace blunts some of the song’s somberness, but steals none of its splendor. A classic set-ending – and utterly magical – Let It Grow takes us into a short break, but only after nearly fifteen minutes of dazzling jams.

Recording info
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Identifier:
gd1984-07-06.142540.Lawn.Nak.Reutelhuber.PhillyCrew.Noel.t-flac1644
Source:
Bill Reutelhuber Master Recording: Nakamichi cm100 shotguns (spread on lawn) > master cassette (Maxell MX – Sony tcd5m Dolby B); A Philly Crew
Notes:
Notes: – Thanks to Bill Reutelhuber for sharing his master recording. – Thanks to Ted Carpenter & Andrew F for the patch source. – s1 tape pauses & flip were cross faded – Last 33 seconds of WDWDIITR contains an Around & Around jam that segue into Sugar Mags.
Description:
Set 1

Iko Iko, Jack Straw-> Big Railroad Blues, Little Red Rooster, Candyman, Me & My Uncle-> Mexicali Blues, Bird Song, Let It Grow

Set 2

China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Ship of Fools, Women Are Smarter, Drums-> Dear Mr. Fantasy-> The Other One-> Black Peter-> Why Don’t We Do It In The Road-> Around & Around & Around Jam, Sugar Magnolia, E: Touch Of Grey
Lineage:
Master Cassette > Nak CR7a > Korg MR1000 5.6 mhz 1 bit > Audiogate render > Flac 16/44
Transferrer:
Joe Noel and Philly Crew
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00:00
1
Iko Iko
08:46
2
Jack Straw ->
05:16
3
Big Railroad Blues
06:20
4
Little Red Rooster
08:41
5
Candyman
06:36
6
Me and My Uncle ->
02:48
7
Mexicali Blues
05:04
8
Bird Song
12:14
9
Let It Grow
14:35
10
China Cat Sunflower ->
06:29
11
I Know You Rider
06:05
12
Ship of Fools ->
07:09
13
Man Smart (Woman are Smarter) ->
08:33
14
Drums ->
11:53
15
Space ->
06:54
16
Dear Mr Fantasy ->
09:46
17
The Other One ->
08:31
18
Black Peter ->
08:36
19
Why Don’t We Do It in the Road ->
04:28
20
Sugar Magnolia
08:44
21
Touch of Grey
07:09
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China Cat charges out of the intermission, sweeping up the audience who continues lustily rocking along through a lengthy transition into Rider. And the Rider becomes a raucous romp as the boys’ playing stokes the crowd even more. Things slow down a bit with Ship of Fools, but the audience still hoots through it, surely stirred on by Jerry’s ripe vocals and rich guitar work. And then the band – perhaps goaded on by the insatiable crowd  – turns to another dance heavy tune in Man Smart, Woman Smarter. Billy and Mickey bring in some of the calypso rhythms while the rest of the boys pour on a heavy helping of funk. Once the rest of the band leaves the stage, the drummers keep playing with the basic percussive pattern, riffing on the Trini beat before they finally head off into a rainforest landscape. And it is there that the rhythm devils rendezvous with the boys. Space eventually leads into a brilliant, perhaps best-ever, Dear Mr. Fantasy. Jerry and Brent’s interplay on both their instruments and vocals takes the song to another level here on just its third time out. The faithful erupt at the end while the band gathers for the Other One, which builds into a raging, menacing flood before spilling forth into a dark Black Peter. From the ashes of Peter, the band builds into a ripe Why Don’t We Do It in the Road with Brent’s keys and the ensemble – notably including Phil’s – vocals just off the hook. Afterwards, the band – minus Bobby – launch into Around and Around before they drop it stillborn and give Sugar Mags a try. The tune does, in fact, take the set out before a fantastic Touch encore caps off the night.

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  1. Andy Avatar
    Andy

    IWT. Halfway back towards the soundboard center. Saw everything! The iko jackstraw opener and the bird song let it grow first set opener closer was something I’ll never forget. Oh, the whole out of space stuff was so much fun. Not playing Around n around was great. We laughed so hard. The dear mr fantasy and then do it in the road coming out of nowhere. Wow. I’m kind of fuzzy about the 2nd set before drums. Must of been the doses? So much fun at Alpine Valley. Saw all the shows there. And I always was up front in the center. Being a local and camping out for tix every year at Alpine was quite an annual event.

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