Grateful Dead & Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis
Bruce Hornsby
Grateful Dead
12/31/90
Oakland Coliseum
Oakland, CA

Brandford Marsalis Opener

1. Bill Graham Intro
2. Unknown Song
3. Kevin’s Country
4. White Wheeled Limousine

Track 3 with Bruce Hornsby, Track 4 w/ Hornsby and Rob Wasserman. 2nd Opening act for the Dead that evening (1st was Rebirth Brass Band)

Grateful Dead

Set 1:
d1t01 – Radio Intro/Tuning
d1t02 – Hell in a Bucket
d1t03 – Jack-a-Roe
d1t04 – Wang Dang Doodle
d1t05 – Row Jimmy
d1t06 – Mexicali Blues >
d1t07 – Big River
d1t08 – Bird Song *
d1t09 – Promised Land *
d1t10 – 1st set Recap
d1t11 – John Barlow on Brent Mydland’s death
d1t12 – Ken Nordine’s Flibberdy Jib
Set 2:
d2t01 – Countdown to Midnight >
d2t02 – Not Fade Away > *
d2t03 – Eyes of the World > *
d2t04 – Dark Star > *
d2t05 – Drums > **
d3t01 – Space > *
d3t02 – The Other One > *
d3t03 – Wharf Rat > *
d3t04 – Not Fade Away (reprise) *
Encore:
d3t05 – The Weight *
d3t06 – 2nd Set Recap
d3t07 – Johnny B. Goode *
d3t08 – Radio Credits

* With Branford Marsalis on Tenor & Soprano Sax
** With Hamza El Din on Percussion

Branford Notes:
Nakamichi CM-300s With CP-4 Shotgun Capsules->Sony TC-153SD Master SEC. 111, Row N, Seat # 3 (Taper Section) [TDK SA-X90 Master

Transferred Via: Sony TC-D5M >HHb CDR 800 PRO] CD >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.53
Recorded, Transferred, FLAC, Tags (Via xACT 2.53) & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

Branford was one of the opening sets for the Dead’s 1990 New Year’s Eve show. I recorded all four shows of the New Years run that year with my newly-purchased Nakamichi CM 300s that I bought from my friend John Lech when he decided to buy Audio Technica AT-853a stealth cardioids. This was my second Grateful Dead New Years show, following the 1989 NYE show when Bonnie Raitt opened.

Grateful Dead Notes:

Nakamichi CM-300 CP-4 Shotguns >Sony TC-153SD (TDK SA-X Masters) Cassette Masters

Transferred: Sony TC-D5M >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.25 OTS; SEC 111, Row N, Seat #3

Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

B&W photos: Pentax MX w/80-200 f/4.5-5.6 Maraxar Zoom Lens [T-Max 3,200 Pushed To 12,500 ASA] Shot From Tapers Section.

OldNeumanntapr Notes: This was the final night of my first four-night NYE run, and the second-to-last time that I used the Sony TC-153SD to master a show with. (The final time was the Bill Graham Memorial concert in Golden Gate Park in November of 1991.) This was probably the best of the NYE shows that I have recorded. Enjoy! I had my Pentax MX with me at this show and got some good photos from the tapers section, including a great shot of the bungee jumpers falling through the ceiling of the Coliseum at midnight. (Please don’t SELL it, it’s one of the best spur-of-the-moment shots I ever got.) I developed and printed the black & white film in the Cuesta College darkroom, when I was going to school there. These were the first shows that I used my newly-purchased, from my friend John, Nakamichi CM 300×3 set to record with.

I included a scan of all three of my New Year’s Eve ticket stubs together, though I wasn’t able to record the 1991 NYE show.

Do NOT Convert To MP3. Enjoy! Share freely, don’t sell, play nice, don’t run with scissors, etc. 😉

6 thoughts on “Grateful Dead & Branford Marsalis – Oakland (12/31/90)”

I haven’t listened to this since the magnificent puddle in my hand reached my brain on 12-31-90. Thank you for sharing this gem.

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Comments from deleted reposts:

Pig Street! says:
November 17, 2015 at 3:08 am

Thanks for:
Branford Marsalis
1. Bill Graham Intro
2. Unknown Song
3. Kevin’s Country
4. White Wheeled Limousine
Great post as usual 🙂 Nice to have these tracks.A welcomed addition to a wonderful NYE show!

Mat Brewster says:
November 17, 2015 at 7:06 am

You are welcome. I’d posted both the Branford and GD shows before but separately and with some distance between them. Thought it would be fun to put them together.

zowie says:
November 18, 2015 at 2:04 am

One of the better new year’s shows,Branford added so much!

aikowolf says:
November 19, 2015 at 12:36 am

very nice to see the Cafe still up & running so nicely – so busy with other projects in my life these days that the boot sharing in my case has fallen by the wayside – carry on though Mat!

November 19, 2015 at 1:09 am

Thanks. That’s the thing about the old Midnight Cafe, you go off, get busy and stay away for awhile – meanwhile we’re still here preparing great music for you to listen to on your return 😉

Kid Charlemagne says:
December 31, 2018 at 5:49 pm

my 1st and only NYE show…

much mahalo…

nikos says:
July 23, 2013 at 12:41 pm Edit

The GD had long been in decline by this time (IMO of course), but this is way above par, what with the great, great Branford Marsalis in for the entire second set and more, and a Dark Star in the set list.
The missing tracks from flac file 2 are Row Jimmy, Big River, Bird Song.
Reply
Mat Brewster says:
July 27, 2013 at 9:40 am Edit

Thanks. I will get those missing songs up sometime. I just keep forgetting to do it now that I’m on hiatus.

Also yes, this is a very wonderful performance.
Reply
Mat Brewster says:
July 28, 2013 at 9:22 am Edit

link fixed
Reply

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Thrak says:
January 12, 2019 at 10:04 pm Edit

I have listened to this show many times over the years. I recorded this show when it was broadcast nation wide. Even the DJ chatter was above par. The cassettes are still in my collection. Branford fit in well with the Dead.
Reply

Mat Brewster says:  
January 13, 2019 at 12:04 pm Edit   

It is a really good one. Branford just elevates everybody to a higher level.

Kid Charlemagne says:
October 19, 2012 at 8:59 am Edit

thank you so much for this. I was at this show. this is the first time for me to listen to a recording of this set. almost 22 years later.

much mahalo…

my first and only NYE show. I caught all four shows of that run. it would be Uncle Bobo’s last NYE. would luv to hear the rest of the run.
much mahalo…

ô Matt, mercixxx

Thank you for sharing this wonderful treat with us Keep on Truck in Cheers.

Joe says:

November 19, 2015 at 7:56 am

I haven’t listened to this since the magnificent puddle in my hand reached my brain on 12-31-90. Thank you for sharing this gem.

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Mat Brewster says:

February 19, 2020 at 12:03 pm
Comments from deleted reposts:

Pig Street! says:
November 17, 2015 at 3:08 am

Thanks for:
Branford Marsalis
1. Bill Graham Intro
2. Unknown Song
3. Kevin’s Country
4. White Wheeled Limousine
Great post as usual 🙂 Nice to have these tracks.A welcomed addition to a wonderful NYE show!

Mat Brewster says:
November 17, 2015 at 7:06 am

You are welcome. I’d posted both the Branford and GD shows before but separately and with some distance between them. Thought it would be fun to put them together.

zowie says:
November 18, 2015 at 2:04 am

One of the better new year’s shows,Branford added so much!

aikowolf says:
November 19, 2015 at 12:36 am

very nice to see the Cafe still up & running so nicely – so busy with other projects in my life these days that the boot sharing in my case has fallen by the wayside – carry on though Mat!

November 19, 2015 at 1:09 am

Thanks. That’s the thing about the old Midnight Cafe, you go off, get busy and stay away for awhile – meanwhile we’re still here preparing great music for you to listen to on your return 😉

Kid Charlemagne says:
December 31, 2018 at 5:49 pm

my 1st and only NYE show…

much mahalo…

nikos says:
July 23, 2013 at 12:41 pm Edit

The GD had long been in decline by this time (IMO of course), but this is way above par, what with the great, great Branford Marsalis in for the entire second set and more, and a Dark Star in the set list.
The missing tracks from flac file 2 are Row Jimmy, Big River, Bird Song.
Mat Brewster says:
July 27, 2013 at 9:40 am Edit

Thanks. I will get those missing songs up sometime. I just keep forgetting to do it now that I’m on hiatus.

Also yes, this is a very wonderful performance.
Mat Brewster says:
July 28, 2013 at 9:22 am Edit

link fixed

Pingback: Lossless Bootleg Bonanza: Branford Marsalis & Bruce Hornsby – Oakland (12/31/90)Edit

Pingback: Grateful Dead – New Years Eve ShowsEdit
Thrak says:
January 12, 2019 at 10:04 pm Edit

I have listened to this show many times over the years. I recorded this show when it was broadcast nation wide. Even the DJ chatter was above par. The cassettes are still in my collection. Branford fit in well with the Dead.
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Mat Brewster says:  
January 13, 2019 at 12:04 pm Edit   

It is a really good one. Branford just elevates everybody to a higher level.
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Kid Charlemagne says:
October 19, 2012 at 8:59 am Edit

thank you so much for this. I was at this show. this is the first time for me to listen to a recording of this set. almost 22 years later.

much mahalo…
starchild1180 says:

February 25, 2020 at 12:15 pm

my first and only NYE show. I caught all four shows of that run. it would be Uncle Bobo’s last NYE. would luv to hear the rest of the run.
much mahalo…

Poujade Daniel says:

August 21, 2024 at 6:35 am

ô Matt, mercixxx

obwanknob says:

October 16, 2024 at 4:43 pm

Thank you for sharing this wonderful treat with us Keep on Truck in Cheers.