Dead of the Day: 10-31-1991

Oakland Coliseum

Oakland, California

The Dead played a lot of excellent Halloween shows. They also played an inordinate number of Help> Slip> Franklin’s on this day. So, unsurprisingly, our Dead of the Day is an excellent show that opens with a Help> Slip>  Franklin’s. Phil bombs out the Help, and the entire band provides a very cool transition into Slipknot! To top it off, Jerry is especially high and flighty in Franklin’s, making for an epic suite. The Rooster that comes out next is absolutely ridiculous, heady to the max, and the crowd goes justifiably nuts. The first set continues to deliver, finishing off with an especially spacey Let It Grow.

Recording info
Use alternative player
Identifier:
gd1991-10-31.139305.sbd.cm.miller.flac16
Source:
SBD > Cassette Master (TDK SA-X100/Tascam Deck)
Notes:
Notes: — Spoonful, Dark Star, Space and The Last Time with Gary Duncan on Guitar — Ken Kesey gives eulogy to Bill Graham during Dark Star — Two sets of masters were used to make this show complete — This is 139276 24 bit -> 16 bit
Description:
Set 1

Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin’s Tower, Little Red Rooster, Loser, Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues, Let It Grow

Set 2

Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain, Truckin’-> Spoonful*, Dark Star*, Drums-> Jam**-> Dark Star*-> The Last Time*, Standing On the Moon-> Throwing Stones-> Not Fade Away, E: Werewolves of London*

* with Gary Duncan, guitar. ** w/ Ken Kesey rap. Final / last Werewolves.
Lineage:
Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.8 MHz) >KORG AudioGate 4 > Adobe Audition CC 2015 > Samplitude Pro X3 Suite > FLAC/24
Transferrer:
Charlie Miller
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Volume
00:00
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01 Tuning
01:09
2
02 Help On The Way
04:14
3
03 Slipknot!
05:30
4
04 Franklin’s Tower
09:14
5
05 Little Red Rooster
08:57
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06 Loser
09:02
7
07 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
05:57
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08 Let It Grow
14:07
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09 Tuning
00:47
10
10 Scarlet Begonias
08:42
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11 Fire On The Mountain
12:24
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12 Truckin’
07:08
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13 Spoonful
07:04
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14 Dark Star
10:50
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15 Drums
14:57
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16 Space
09:58
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17 Dark Star
05:53
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18 The Last Time
05:51
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19 Standing On The Moon
08:23
20
20 Throwing Stones
09:53
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21 Not Fade Away
08:46
22
22 Encore Break
01:39
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23 Werewolves Of London
05:40
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The second half begins with a tasty Scarlet Begonias that struggles to transition into Fire. The previous week there had been some serious fires in the Oakland hills in which a number of people had died, imparting a somber feeling to the raging Fire On The Mountain. From there, the boys head into Truckin’, which is well-played but not terribly jammed out. Afterwards, Gary Duncan of Quicksilver Messenger Service joins the band on guitar, taking it into Spoonful. From Spoonful, they send it into a stellar Dark Star, which includes an otherworldly, spine-chilling rap by Ken Kesey, eulogizing Bill Graham, who had passed away in a helicopter crash a week earlier. Drums takes it from there with Phil contributing some bass until Space emerges and the entire band finds its way back to Dark Star for a short time before The Last Time. But it is the Standing On The Moon, as you would expect, that is the highlight of the post-Space portion, though the Not Fade Away is a blast. And, for the encore, they go with a classic Halloween choice, Werewolves of London.

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One response to “10-31-1991”

  1. Buck Dancer Avatar
    Buck Dancer

    This is an awesome ‘91 show. Why bus it not more well known?! The Dark Star>drums-space>Dark Star with Ken Kesey is the bomb!

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