Dead of the Day: 09-07-1985

Red Rocks Amphitheater

Morrison, Colorado

On this date in 1990, the Dead welcomed Vince to the band, kicking off their fall tour at Richfield Coliseum. And back in 1969, the boys played a show along with Jefferson Airplane at the Great Highway in which Mickey and Billy rushed off headlong into Safari’s Wipe Out as the rest of the band struggled to keep up. But our Dead of the Day comes from this date in 1985 when the Dead played a phenomenal show out at Red Rocks Amphitheater.

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gd1985-09-07.mtx.chappell.sb26.92184.flac16
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Matrix (SBD/AUD mix) ratio = Phi (the Golden Ratio) – 1.618/1 or 62%/38%
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Source: Matrix (SBD/AUD mix) ratio = Phi (the Golden Ratio) – 1.618/1 or 62%/38% SBD: (shnid=33954) via Charlie Miller Recording Info: SBD -> PCM Master -> Dat/0 (44.1k) Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> SEK’D Prodif Plus -> Samplitude Profesional v8.01 -> Cool Edit Pro v2.0 -> FLAC (3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC) AUD: (shnid=17078) Source: Schoeps CMC42S > Oade power supply +90deg x-y Schoeps CMC441 > Oade power supply. Then both into custom Oade mixer into Oade modified PCM-F1 and digitally remastered by Doug Oade > DAT > TB Fiji digi I/O > yarec > wav2cdr > wav (CD) > EAC > SHN Matrixed by Chris Chappell April 24, 2006 I’ve had this matrix in the can for over two years, but I was waiting to do the the whole run before releasing it. There seemed to be some desire to have the PCM source of the SBD used for the matrix, so here it is. Both sources are digital making the synching rather easy. I removed a few baloon pops in the AUD. Light Waves L2 was used for limiting (-0.7 threshold), and no EQ or other processing was employed. One of the favorite shows I attended – the crowd freaked on the Hey Jude rezi. Loser – Dupree’s, and Shakedown -> Fingers were great Jerry suites. Thanks to Charlie Miller for the PCM source on the SBD, and to Doug and Jim Oade for recording the AUD – a great combination! Enjoy! -Chappy
Description:
Set 1 The Frozen Logger Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo New Minglewood Blues Brown Eyed Women My Brother Esau Loser Dupree’s Diamond Blues One More Saturday Night Set 2 Shakedown Street -> Crazy Fingers -> Samson And Delilah Uncle John’s Band -> Playing In The Band -> Drums -> Space -> Dear Mr. Fantasy -> Hey Jude Reprise -> Dear Mr. Fantasy -> Truckin’ -> Comes A Time -> Turn On Your Lovelight Encore Johnny B. Goode It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
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Chris Chappell
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Tuning
02:33
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The Frozen Logger
04:24
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kazoo Star Spangled Banner
03:56
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Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
07:12
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New Minglewood Blues
09:46
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Brown Eyed Women
06:06
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My Brother Esau
05:43
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Loser
08:21
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Dupree’s Diamond Blues
07:08
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One More Saturday Night
04:25
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Shakedown Street ->
12:10
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Crazy Fingers ->
07:56
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Samson and Delilah
06:34
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Uncle John’s Band ->
08:41
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Playin’ In The Band ->
10:44
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Drums ->
09:23
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Space ->
05:56
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Dear Mr. Fantasy ->
03:42
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Hey Jude -> Dear Mr. Fantasy ->
01:33
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Truckin’ ->
05:56
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Comes A Time ->
06:34
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Turn On Your Lovelight
07:28
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Johnny B. Goode ->
03:56
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It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
07:00
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The boys have some technical issues at the opening, causing Bobby to try to resurrect the Frozen Logger, which they had not played since ’72 a the Berkeley Community Theater. To say the least, he does not quite remember the lyrics, but, but it does have some solid kazoo riffs and provides the necessary time for the band to get the equipment issues figured out. And with that, they head off into Mississippi Half Step to really start the show. The rest of the first set is good, but the fireworks on this night are almost all in the second set. That being said, the Dupree’s is high octane with Phil providing some bombs on top of the psychedelic sound and Jerry adding some hot guitar.

Shakedown opens the second set, providing a funky, but not too disco-fide, ride with excellent, diverse jamming in the latter half. Then Shakedown sort of drops into Crazy Fingers with its sing-song, fantasy sound going strong throughout. Samson then comes blazing out, powerfully playing around before just a moment’s hesitation sends it into Uncle John’s. After Uncle John’s, we get a nice, but short, Playin’ In The Band without a really extended jam. Drums and Space are both really satisfying before breaking into Dear Mr. Fantasy. That tune rolls out in fine form until Jerry suddenly takes it into a short Hey Jude interlude – a sixteen-year breakout – that comes back around to a very brief Mr. Fantasy reprise. Then Truckin’ comes out, seeming rather perfunctory until the hot jam over the last two minutes or so, which settles down into a beautiful Comes A Time. Lovelight takes it out with Bobby doing his own weird rapping. Then there is a two-shot encore, starting with a rocking Johnny B. Goode and then slowing it down with It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue. 

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2 responses to “09-07-1985”

  1. T Engelman Avatar
    T Engelman

    It’s too bad this review is a review of the recording and not of the show. Clearly, the reviewer wasn’t in attendance as he missed a lot. This is the final show of the short southwest tour in “85, an excellent year. The shows were moved to 2pm start, the winds were howling and the band was very happy to be at Red Rocks. After the Frozen Logger the kazoos came out for a full National Anthem. No Jerry for these two performances but Billy, Mickey and Brent were front and center with Phil and Bobby. The visuals were unique and intense. The first set was full of crackling energy, every song. Loser->Dupre’s->Saturday Night was breathtaking. The crowd was all smiles for 45 minutes and rewarded with a hot and fast Shakedown Street to open. The recording speaks for itself as all do, but the scene was Red Rocks, daytime show and tour closer. It was top notch! If I had the relive a day on repeat à la Groundhog Day, 9-7-85 is a prime candidate.

  2. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    Love the site. Would like to know how to play more than one song at a time though.

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