Sunday, July 16, 1972

Gotta say: I *love love love* the sound of the audience recording that makes up part of this file. This taper might not have had the greatest equipment but he found a very sweet spot in the venue and listening to this recording nearly 45 years later (!) I can feel myself there, disintegrating into vibrating molecules. The Dead had a darn nice sound system in 1972 and this awesome Playin in the Band is your proof. Just the right amount of crowd ambience, too. People are having a real good time.

My very first GD show! I was a lad of 17 this summer, and finally got to a show, the first of what would prove to be several dozen over the years. I was a big Allman Bros. fan (been to many shows), and sort of a medium Dead fan at this point. After this show, I loved them both. The next show I would attend would be Watkins Glen the following summer, at which point you could say I became a fully-fledged Deadhead.