Golden Age

Thursday, December 29, 1977

San Francisco, CA · Winterland Arena

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Thursday
Day 363 of 1977
Show #
62 of 64
Era
Golden Age
Keys
Keith
Recordings
8
Top rating
★ 5.00 (1)
Official release
Dick's Picks Vol 10
Top-rated tape
AUD
Total dl
146,356
Songs played
23 · 3 sets
Show length
1h 41m
Longest track
Playing In The Band · 16:21

Curator Score

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Featured on: Dick's Picks Vol 10

★ Curator's pick · Dick's Picks Vol. 10
“Un-f******-believably good Terrapin Station for encore.”

From the Curator's listening journal · 1 entry

From the tapers · archive.org · 3
  • ★★★★★ · I Know, I Know... · Evan S. Hunt · 2011

    It is improper GD etiquette to suggest the greatest show ever, but I am going to buck the protocol and state publicly that though this may not be the greatest show ever, but, Nun the Less, it was the greatest show I have ever attended -- still! To this day. Say what you will about this particular representation of this vaunted parlay say the recording is not stellar. Nun the Less, this recording adequately displays the sound of what went down that night. YOU MUST PLAY THIS LOUD !!!!

  • ★★★★★ · AMAZING SHOW! · happy2balive · 2011

    I was fortunate to attend two shows at Winterland in 1977, and have no idea which ones they were. All I know is they were what turned me on the Dead. From the Cow Palace New Years 76-77 to this run of shows at Winterland to wrap up the year, the band is on fire. This show sounds like a true sweat box for the raging dancing crazies that i used to hang with. Every song here is a prize! Great NFA and the China Cat out of space is phenomenal.

  • ★★★★★ · absolute scorcher · ThreeFingerStyle · 2013

    Does it get any better than this, folks? If it does, please let me know. Just when you thought they couldn't rock it any harder, well, there they go again. I love the way this recording sounds - raw, demonstrative. JG's guitar playing on Dec 29, 1977 is terrifying. Hands down multiple best-ofs here. Check out the New Minglewood, or the PL, if you're in doubt - and that's sampling the first set. Turn your iphone off and Turn This Up, like the man said. Big Gratitude to the archivists.

Community reviews from archive.org, not the Curator.

Official release

Bust-outs & rarities

Setlist

Set 1

  1. 1.Jack Straw
  2. 2.They Love Each Other
  3. 3.Mama Tried
  4. 4.Loser
  5. 5.Looks Like Rain
  6. 6.Tennessee Jed
  7. 7.New Minglewood Blues
  8. 8.Sugaree
  9. 9.Promised Land

Set 2

  1. 1.Bertha
  2. 2.Good Lovin'
  3. 3.It Must Have Been the Roses
  4. 4.Sunrise
  5. 5.Playin' in the Band
  6. 6.China Cat Sunflower
  7. 7.I Know You Rider
  8. 8.China Doll
  9. 9.Playin' in the Band
  10. 10.drums
  11. 11.Not Fade Away
  12. 12.Playin' in the Band

Encore

  1. 1.Terrapin Station
  2. 2.Johnny B. Goode

Setlist from CMU Dead archive (mleone/gdead)

Recordings on archive.org · 8

Top-rated source

gd1977-12-29.133042.aud.troy-smith.flac16

Recording Info: master recorded from the balcony on a Tandberg 10X reel to reel @ 7.5 ips. The reel is from Sandy Troy's collection; Transfer Info: Technics 1506 w/Lamb Labs Dolby decoder > WAV (24bit/96k) > Apogee Mini Me 24/96 > Apogee Mini DAC monitoring and mastering > FLAC; Mastered By Matt Smith · ★ 5.00 (1 reviews) · 5,877 dl

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