10-20-1988

The Summit

Houston, Texas

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Identifier:

gd1988-10-20.152119.ultramatrix.healy-pearson.miller.flac2496

Source:

UltraMatrix SBD > Cassette Master (TDK MX-XG)

Notes:

Notes: — Recorded by Don Pearson and Dan Healy — The levels on Cold Rain And Snow were extremely low on the master causing tape hiss — It took dozens of hours to repair the flutter issues but it was worth the effort — This is far from perfect but still a lot better than what I started off with — Thanks to Ted Mattes and Scott Clugston for the patch source

Description:

Set I

Cold Rain & Snow
New Minglewood Blues
Candyman
Me & My Uncle >
Mexicali Blues
West L.A. Fadeaway
Queen Jane Approximately
Stagger Lee
The Music Never Stopped

Set II

China Cat Sunflower >
I Know You Rider
Playing In The Band >
Built To Last > *
Drums >
Space >
I Need A Miracle >
Dear Mr. Fantasy >
Turn On Your Lovelight
E: Black Muddy River

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First time played *

Jerry Garcia – Guitar
Bob Weir – Guitar
Brent Mydland – Keyboards
Phil Lesh – Bass
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Mickey Hart – Drums

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz) > Sound Forge 13 Pro (WAV 24-bit/96k) > Adobe Audition 2020 > Izotope RX8 Advanced > Samplitude Pro X5 Suite > FLAC/24

Transferrer:

All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net March 23, 2021

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00:00

Tuning

75.22

Cold Rain And Snow

366.74

New Minglewood Blues

519.91

Candyman

483.19

Me And My Uncle

164.9

Mexicali Blues

390.77

West LA Fadeaway

404.78

Queen Jane

473.21

Stagger Lee

300.7

The Music Never Stopped

464.69

China Cat Sunflower

369.96

I Know You Rider

315.26

Playin’ In The Band

473.14

Built To Last

379.8

Drums

585.53

Space

456.1

I Need A Miracle

215.06

Dear Mr. Fantasy

384.34

Hey Jude

203.69

Turn On Your Love Light

370.13

Encore Break

197.21

Black Muddy River

542.5

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Comments

2 responses to “10-20-1988”

Tripp

October 22, 2025

I grew up in Houston and was 11 at the time of this show. I remember seeing the new reports footage of the deadheads and had no idea what it was about. Thankfully 5 years later almost to the day a friend popped in a cassette of 8/24/68 the first time I tried mushrooms and I’ve been on the bus ever since. Also, this show is an absolute smoke show, just on fire as soon as they open the gate. Standout songs for me are: mingle wood, Mexicali, stagger, music never, and the everything from space on. And that SPACE y’all..it’s insane

1. brian erickson
  
  January 23, 2026
  
  I was there and learned that they don’t play songs just because they are their only top 40 song. West LA Fadeaway was right on time representing the new album. Grateful to have seen this show as it was smoking right off the bat. they seldom played houston, but when they did, they did it up right