Dead of the Day: 12-08-1989

Great Western Forum

Inglewood, California

Let The Good Times Roll opens the show, and the Dead make it clear that they are all happy to be there with each other, riffing off one another but coming in for some wonderful vocal harmonies. The rest of the set is quite good with a sweet Cassidy and earnest, rocking Blow Away at the end.

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Identifier:
gd1989-12-08.140265.UltraMatrix.sbd.cm.miller.flac1644
Source:
Ultra Matrix SBD > Cassette Master (TDK MA-XG90)
Notes:
Notes: — This file set is 16 bit
Description:
Set 1

Let The Good Times Roll, Feel Like A Stranger, Stagger Lee, Beat It On Down The Line, Ramble On Rose, Cassidy, Blow Away

Set 2

Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin’s Tower, Looks Like Rain, He’s Gone-> Drums-> Jam-> I Will Take You Home-> The Other One-> Wharf Rat-> Throwing Stones-> Not Fade Away, E: U.S. Blues
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Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.8 MHz) >KORG AudioGate 4 > Adobe Audition CC2015 > Samplitude Pro X3 Suite > FLAC/24
Transferrer:
Charlie Miller
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01 Tuning
02:47
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02 Let The Good Times Roll
04:31
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03 Feel Like A Stranger
09:43
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04 Stagger Lee
08:04
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05 Beat It On Down The Line
03:11
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06 Ramble On Rose
08:36
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07 Cassidy
06:42
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08 Blow Away
11:59
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09 Tuning
00:22
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10 Help On The Way
04:13
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11 Slipknot!
06:37
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12 Franklin’s Tower
08:43
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13 Looks Like Rain
09:42
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14 He’s Gone
12:52
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15 Drums
07:12
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16 Space
07:30
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17 I Will Take You Home
04:04
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18 The Other One
09:28
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19 Wharf Rat
09:51
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20 Throwing Stones
09:10
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21 Not Fade Away
07:49
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22 Encore Break
03:54
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23 US Blues
05:54
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The Help> Slip> Franklin’s out of the break is always welcome, and this one is quite satisfying, though probably not amongst the best ever. However, there is a palpable sense of joy emanating from both the band and the crowd, imparting a special note to the excellent suite. And after the Franklin’s, the boys turn in an incredibly powerful Looks Like Rain. Bobby cheeses out hardcore while, first Jerry and then Brent, deliver some insatiable runs, and the drummers create peals of thunder. That is followed up by a solid He’s Gone, which leads into Drums and Space. Out the backside, Brent comes out with another one of his tunes, I Will Take You Home. While the song is good, it is the transition from there into The Other One that is something else entirely, setting up a similarly singular, beautiful house of horrors rendition. Wharf Rat comes as a welcome relief from the electric chaos of The Other One, and the boys do a great job of soothing the rattled, acid-drenched nerves with their stupendous harmonies and spare playing. A typically rocking Throwing Stones> Not Fade Away then closes out the set.

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2 responses to “12-08-1989”

  1. P_P_K Avatar
    P_P_K

    I have a sweet spot for “I Will Take You Home.” Not so much for “Blow Away.”

  2. Griff Avatar
    Griff

    Is there a brass ensemble playing ?

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