![]() '81 is starting to rival '90 as my favorite period for Althea.ġ983 10-18-83 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME All the instruments can be heard clearly and the high end is fully present. Surprisingly good SBD from '81 - many of the boards from the early '80s sound like crap. Some inventive jamming in the final solo. Check out the opening Alabama Getaway - Promised Land medley too, it's INSANE.ħ-13-81 McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, CO ![]() Jerry's voice still sounds young and sweet here. Even the recordings made that night came out well as evidenced by this brilliant AUD. There must have been something in the air that night because the whole show smokes. Get it, it's sick.Įxcellent version from one hot night in May. #Althea grateful dead proPro shot video from the German TV show Rockpalast is available. I could put this track on repeat and listen to it 24/7 without ever getting tired of it. Phil is nice and high in the mix - you can hear him really getting into it with Jerry. The final jam goes on much longer than usual and builds to a nice crescendo, something which this song isn't really known for. One of the longest I've heard, a gorgeous and well stretched out rendition that gives 3-15-90 a run for it's money as my favorite. Althea is followed by one of the most spectacular Jack Straws I've ever heard. He switched to a grungier guitar tone which made the tune much more powerful. It was around this time that Jerry started picking up the energy level of this song a little and really rocking the solos. An excellent sounding Bertha remaster of the SBD.ġ0-10-80 Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA I've been trying to figure out why they were recording these shows in multitrack - were they planning a live album that was never released? If so I've yet to read about it anyhwere.Ħ-20-80 West High Auditorium, Anchorage, AKĪ sweet rendition from this hot show played in the cold north. Unfortunately the bonus disc sold out a long time ago so here's a link to a source that sounds nearly as good.ġ980 5-16-80 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY Go To NassauĪgain, amazing sound quality from the multi-track master reels. There's a little hiss present on this otherwise solid SBD but I grew up listening to cassettes so it doesn't bother me a bit.ġ0-31-79 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (Road Trips 1 Bonus CD)Īnother fairly mellow performance but the sound quality of Dan Healy's recording is so good that it really brings out the beauty of the song. Jerry says "honest to the point of innocence" instead of "honest to the point of recklessness" which is interesting because it's the only time I've ever heard Althea sung that way. Nice example of the laid back style in which it was first played. 1979 8-4-79 Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA ![]() ![]() If the show has been officially released then the link will take you to an online store since they're not allowed to host it on the LMA. #Althea grateful dead archiveClick on the show to go to the Live Music Archive and listen to the Althea mp3 stream. ![]()
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