Dave's Picks Vol. 20 - Grateful Dead - Boulder, CO - December 9, 1981

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Grateful Dead - Boulder, CO - December 9, 1981

Disc 1
01. Cold Rain And Snow [6:38]
02. Jack Straw [6:26]
03. Friend Of The Devil> [8:10]
04. Little Red Rooster [8:48]
05. Bird Song [9:01]
06. Mama Tried> [2:25]
07. Mexicali Blues [5:15]
08. Candyman [6:11]
09. Cassidy [6:16]
10. Looks Like Rain [8:11]

Disc 2
01. China Cat Sunflower> [6:01]
02. I Know You Rider [6:31]
03. Scarlet Begonias [10:27]
04. Fire On The Mountain [8:44]
05. Estimated Prophet> [10:31]
06. He's Gone> [14:53]
07. Drums> [6:16]
08. Space [9:37]

Disc 3
01. The Other One> [7:40]
02. Stella Blue> [9:31]
03. Around And Around> [3:40]
04. Good Lovin' [9:23]
05. U.S. Blues> [4:59]
06. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [6:31]

Who's ready for a little early 80's Grateful Dead? 

For our last installment of the 2016 Dave's Picks series we are heeding that call with Boulder, CO, December 9, 1981. The last show of a 10-day run, Dave's Picks Volume 20 finds the band cranking out back-to-back high-energy sets; the first filled with superior Jerry moments (“Friend Of The Devil,” “Bird Song”) and a very rare 1-2 punch of Bobby songs ("Cassidy," "Looks Like Rain"). The second is a powerhouse of tight innovation with a nearly perfect "Scarlet>Fire," Brent's organs taking "Estimated" to an otherworldly level, and a double encore fit for "rock 'n' roll excellence."

And if that wasn't enticing enough, this one is chock full of classic covers - "Mama Tried," "Little Red Rooster," "Around and Around," "Good Lovin'," and potentially the very best version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" that the Dead ever did do.

Taken from 7" reel-to-reel master tapes, Dave's Picks Volume 20 offers up top-notch sound quality and a robustness that was unusual for the tape recordings at this time. As always, it has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Phish 2016-10-30 - MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas, NV

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Set 1: The Dogs, Ghost, Funky Bitch, Chalk Dust Torture, Army of One, Heavy Things, How Many People Are You, Stash, Theme From the Bottom > Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: Down with Disease[1] -> Birds of a Feather, Fuego, Miss You, Harry Hood -> Have Mercy -> Harry Hood > A Day in the Life

Encore: Character Zero

[1] Unfinished.

This show was webcast via Live Phish. DWD was unfinished. The Birds was quoted after Birds of a Feather. Fuego contained Birds of a Feather and The Birds teases. Have Mercy was played for the first time since June 4, 2011 (221 shows).

Phish 2016-10-31 - MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas, NV

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Set 1: Carini[1], Your Pet Cat, AC/DC Bag > Free > Possum, What's the Use? > Wombat, Tube, Wolfman's Brother, Ass Handed, Petrichor > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Five Years, Soul Love, Moonage Daydream, Starman, It Ain't Easy, Lady Stardust, Star, Hang On to Yourself, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, Rock 'n' Roll Suicide

Set 3: 46 Days > Sand > Twist[2] -> Meatstick > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Backwards Down the Number Line > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Space Oddity

[1] Lyrics changed to make reference to Trey's shirt from The Tonight Show.
[2] Trey on Marimba Lumina and Mike and Page on percussion.

Carini featured lyrics altered to reference Trey's shirt, which he wore on The Tonight Show. Trey teased Martian Monster in Free. The second set "musical costume" was David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. All of the songs in the second set were Phish debuts. Twist featured Trey on Marimba Lumina and Mike and Page on percussion. Also Sprach Zarathustra contained Fame quotes from Trey.