Golden Age

Saturday, April 23, 1977

Springfield, MA · Springfield Civic Center

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Saturday
Day 113 of 1977
Show #
11 of 64
Era
Golden Age
Keys
Keith
Recordings
13
Top rating
★ 5.00 (1)
Top-rated tape
AUD (FOB)
Total dl
641,132
Songs played
20 · 3 sets
Show length
3h 8m
Longest track
Not Fade Away · 20:56
26NotableRank #846 of 1,999
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From the Curator's listening journal · 1 entry

From the tapers · archive.org · 3
  • ★★★★★ · night 2 · WolfmansBrother · 2008

    well, i made it up from philly in one piece, save my mind, which got a bit blown by last night's playing in the band. #%} an outstanding first set tonight. jerry shines throughout, and i'm a sucker for an it's all over now. and i'm really liking this new scarlet>fire combo, particularly as a first set closer (i liked the little blackbird tease during the tuning, too). scarlet vocals were shaky in philly, but jerry's growling tonight! two-dimensional people? yikes!

  • ★★★★★ · Honey, it's you! · c-freedom · 2018

    This is a little out of the box shows where the band takes it time and brings a solid show although not in the extended jam manner of say 5/8/77. USED To LOVE HER showcases the band very well on this night. (A whole bunch of well played songs in the 1st set including a lovely Scarlet>Fire) Bertha, Music, Help> Slip>Franklin's -that is potent. (A little quality degrade during Franklin's which is too bad because they melt it down).

  • ★★★★★ · Scarlet>Fire Forever · hjl1450 · 2005

    Taken in order, the April shows of 77 are amazing! Beginning with Philly, the band progresses through a development of Scarlet>Fire that demonstrates the innocence and exploration of a sound that in my opinion, captures a truly great time in the span of The Dead! The melodic sound of Keith's synthesizer and fender rhodes sounding piano, gives an almost elegaic sound to these shows: Spectrum, Capitol Theater, and in particular, two of the five Palladium shows with a distinct change over to the…

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Setlist

Setlist from CMU Dead archive (mleone/gdead)

Recordings on archive.org · 13

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gd1977-04-23.143265.akgd200e.miller.fixed.flac1644

(FOB) AKG D200E > Cassette Master (Sony TC-153SD/Maxell UD-C90) > CD Master (Tascam CD-RW700) · ★ 5.00 (1 reviews) · 4,886 dl

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