Golden Age

Tuesday, May 8, 1979

State College, PA · Rec Hall (Penn State U)

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Tuesday
Day 128 of 1979
Show #
28 of 79
Era
Golden Age
Keys
Brent
Recordings
8
Top rating
★ 5.00 (1)
Top-rated tape
AUD
Total dl
79,089
Songs played
23 · 3 sets
Show length
1h 42m
Longest track
Scarlet Begonias · 13:58
15SolidRank #1,681 of 1,999
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From the tapers · archive.org · 3

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  • ★★★★★ · very, very good stuff · DuffBeerDrinker · 2005

    This is a great audience tape. The crowd's a little clappy at times...but otherwise excellent. Plus, D*** says its missing from the vault, so this is all we got. The scarlet>fire is epic. Sheik...I think those firecrackers you are hearing at the beginning of Row Jimmy are actually bleachers being stacked up. I grew up in State College and spent much time in Rec Hall.

  • ★★★★★ · i mean't 5-8-79! · gonzoc · 2004

    And Lafayette's my alma mater. While that show is quite good (still can't imagine the Dead playing Kirby Field House for All College Day--it was several years before my time), this show in the Happy Valley smokes soup to nuts. Shakedown encore. Very solid AUD recording. The excellent second set list actually holds up to expectations. I mean, the LSD to close the 1st set, A great S>F to open the second and a Terrapin followed by a PITB sandwich?!? What's stopping you?

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Setlist

Setlist from CMU Dead archive (mleone/gdead)

Recordings on archive.org · 8

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gd1979-05-08.152210.2nd.set.senn.blend.eaton.miller.clugston.flac2496

Rob Eaton's Master Audience Cassettes; (2)Sennheiser 441 mics (L + R) + (1) Sennheiser 421 mic (Center) blend > Nakamichi 550 · ★ 5.00 (1 reviews) · 1,753 dl

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