Grateful Dead – Oakland, CA (12/27/91)

Grateful Dead
12/27/91
Oakland Coliseum Arena
Oakland, CA

Nakamichi CM-300×3; Two CP-4 Shotguns + One CP-1 Cardioid >Boss BX-4 Mixer >Sony WM-D6C [w/Dolby C] Cassette Master (MX-S 100)
Masters Transferred Via: WM-D6C (Original Record Deck w/Dolby C Engaged) >HHb CDR 800
CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.25

OTS, Low And Center (Exact Row, Seat # Not Recorded)

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

Set I
Disc I:

  1. Tuning >
  2. Cold Rain & Snow
  3. Little Red Rooster
  4. They Love Each Other
  5. Mama Tried >
  6. Mexicali Blues
  7. Loose Lucy
  8. Memphis Blues
  9. Stagger Lee
  10. The Music Never Stopped

Set II
Disc II:

  1. Scarlet Begonias >
  2. Fire On The Mountain >
  3. Looks Like Rain >
  4. Terrapin Station >
  5. Drums > (tape flip)

Disc III:

  1. Space >
  2. The Wheel >
  3. All Along The Watchtower >
  4. Black Peter >
  5. Around & Around

Encore:

  1. It’s All Over Now Baby Blue

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
These shows were kind of a let down, emotionally, after Bill Graham’s passing in the helicopter accident a few months previous. I recorded the 10/27/91 and 10/31/91 shows on the Halloween run. 10/27 was very somber, as it was the first Dead show since Bill’s death, opening with Bill’s favorite song Sugar Magnolia. 10/31/91 was perhaps the most intense Dead show I’ve ever seen, with a stellar song selection and even a visit from Ken Kesey to mark the passage of Bill’s life.

The 12/27/91 show was decent, in my memory, in both song selection/playing and in the recording. It was always nice to see a Scarlet >Fire, and I liked Bobby’s rendition of Dylan songs such as Memphis Blues. Music Never Stopped to end the first set was always a favorite, and the Cold Rain & Snow opener was always to be expected on a cold Oakland night.

I had tickets for the 12/31/91 show, and hoped to record from the OTS. Still, even with priority tickets, we still found ALL of the tapers section had been saved with coats/tape, by the time we got inside. As I remember, few tapers got into the section that night. It was mostly non tapers. We had to sit up in the nosebleeds on Jerry’s side and I didn’t tape at all, even though I had my little Sony quartz lock FM tuner as a back up. I was just too disgusted. The NYE celebration was really lame too, since Bill was not there. All they did was show old NYE Dead footage on the big screen.

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