![]() ![]() Set II: Scarlet is never a bad way to start a second set. But Bertha to end the set is a nice surprise. The jam winds up not being tremendous, like they gave up on it before it could go anywhere really special. The jam in Cassidy starts with some great interplay - Jerry and Bobby finishing each other's phrases. Never Trust is a sweet taste of Brent and the Hammond. FOTD is really fluid and peaks really nicely during Jerry's solo. Check out Brent leading Jerry into some nice scale deviations to take things a little off the beaten path. The music: Set I: Shakedown is always good, but this one definitely explores some interesting ground. Woke up the next day and went to the free show in Golden Gate Park (more on that in my review of the next night). I didn't have anywhere to stay after this show, but my sister had her VW and I wound up sleeping on the grass in the Panhandle next to her bus (her bus only slept two and she was with her bo). I had done NYE 87, then Alpine earlier this summer, and so the Greek was the last of the "monuments" (missed out on ever seeing a Red Rocks show). Old Greek coliseum style seating, a view out over the Bay across to SF, a little "dance"way around the top of the seating and a grass area up above that with some bleacher seats. What a cool venue! Before getting here, I don't think I'd even seen pictures of it (just heard lots of tapes :). ![]() I remember first walking into the Greek and walking around the walkway at the top of the seating and not believing how tiny the place was. The scene: my first Greek Theater shows! After driving the bus all over for the east coast summer, I flew out for these shows. ![]() I'm tempted to give a 5 star, but I'm going with 4 because there is a difference between this and '89 Hampton or '77 Cornell, etc. Also, Phil's a little lower in the mix than is ideal (although I don't think that's the fault of the recording). Love the SBD/AUD mix, although it perhaps isn't quite as crisp as some - has just a slight hint of high end hissiness - although by my old tape standards, this would still be an A. Quality-wise, these shows pick up right where the boys left off in Maine a couple of weeks earlier, but these just have more of a laid back energy, instead of that really pent up high energy of the east coast shows. Overall: One of my favorite first sets of 88. ![]()
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