Lucky enough to be at this show. Candyman blew everyone away--best song played that night. Awesome trippy guitar jam &Jer belts out vocals

Gorgeous, incredible, up and down, carnival-like bridge jam by Jerry. Picture perfect version--no flaws

April '78 S>F's often mentioned are 4/16 and 4/24 (rightly so) but this one is every bit as good. Superior transition jam--, beautiful, & powerful

Starts out Jazzy, explorative, takes its time, 3 minute intro, then blasts off into the stratosphere with intense Garcia-led jamming

Sick Bits Matrix of this show also. Yer missin' out on a fine combo here, folks. Long, winding, deep, crunchy, gooey, splendid Scarlet>Fire.

Astonishingly good, especially considering the yahoos who couldn't keep their mouths shut and literally had to be "shushed" by one of the tapers.

Been waiting forever to give this a thorough listen b/c I respect cgarces and his picks, and I admit I was all ready to give the thumbs down based on my anti-mid 90's bias. So here's my most objective assessment: Pros: The vocals are what I hate most about any '94 show but given that there are plenty of lousy vocals (esp. Jerry) in the mid 80's this holds up OK. He's not belting anything out and his range is limited for sure but nothing about the vocals is so bad it would prevent an upvote. The jamming in Scarlet is nothing special at all. No heights are reached, and the bridge to "Wind in the Willows" is serviceable but basically stays on an even keel without advancing anywhere interesting. The transition into Fire is equally non-inspiring. The Fire theme just kind of "starts"--at first--and I was ready to nix the whole thing at this point...but then...well, the 5-6 minutes post-transition before the first verse of Fire occurs really turned me around. They suddenly all get into this zone of percussion-led groove jamming (Mickey is the real star here) that then leads into a re-introduction of the main Fire theme that lands smack dab in the pocket and infuses the entire package with an overall energy that's infectious and undeniable. After that, the Fire impresses and succeeds most notably for being propulsive--it keeps jamming forward and Vinny even throws in some interesting phrases (esp. in the first 5 mins. after the transition) that bring the band into hot mind meld mode and it doesn't let up the rest of the way. Jerry's leads have an almost Steve Gadd-like rock feel to them (no cheesy midi junk here) and everyone's in on the action. Jerry mucks up a lyric on the final verse but no points off there...by now we've been treated to a long and interesting high octane Fire that really is the reason this version gets my upvote--the Scarlet is almost an afterthought. I'll say just one more thing: This stands as good an entry for best of the 90s as I've heard--although that's an admittedly low bar. It gets my upvote on the strength of the Fire, and i'm glad I checked it out.

can't say Keith is doing anything cheesy here but the Supplication Jam in this one is just plain nasty. Nothing will ever top 5/22/77 for the best in jamming AND precision--it is the gold standard for this combo IMO--but this one is right on its heels and deserves way more than the 2 measly votes it has now. (This show is also a Betty Board which should have you running to it for a listen. You won't be disappointed.)

Gets my upvote for the transition/intro to Shakedown, which is as good as advertised, and it's a good version b/c they didn't really do any bad ones in '79, but compared to some of the truly excellent ones. it doesn't hold up as well throughout the whole tune. Jer botches the opening lyrics and the "just gotta poke around" round robin sections are kind of uninspired. The jam after the lyrics is good, no quarrels, but it won't blow you away like New Haven or Halloween Nassau of this year, and for a truly under appreciated and absolutely note-perfect killer Shake, I urge y'all to try just 5 days previous to this 1/10/79 from Nassau. This is a gritty, grimy-funkfest of Jerry at his best and the whole of the crew crushing it as well. Phil after says "Shakedown Street...you know it well!"