Brent era
Monday, March 9, 1981
New York, NY · Madison Square Garden
Show stats
- Monday
- Day 68 of 1981
- Show #
- 12 of 92
- Era
- Brent era
- Keys
- Brent
- Recordings
- 13
- Top rating
- ★ 5.00 (2)
- Official release
- Madison Square Garden 3/9/81
- Top-rated tape
- SBD
- Total dl
- 412,960
- Songs played
- 20 · 3 sets
- Show length
- 2h 35m
- Longest track
- Estimated Prophet · 14:06
Curator Score
How this is computed →Featured on: Madison Square Garden 3/9/81
From the tapers · archive.org · 3
- ★★★★★ · Can't go wrong with this show · L. Rosley · 2006
Say what you will about 1981, but this era had some great Bird Songs. This one does not disappoint. Jerry and the band really take the jam into to some interesting places, reminding me of the jazz-like jams of the '73-'74. Jerry is in good form on China Cat, and the jam into Rider is top notch Dead. Jerry continues the momemtum into Rider. Samson is also killer, as is Estimated. The jam into Uncle John's Band beautiful, morphing into some interesting territory, powerful, then introspective.
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- ★★★★★ · It was this show not the night after · goodlife_lover002 · 2010
Why does this china>rider stand out? I was there... before the set began, the crowd was going crazy as they took the stage... and the guy next to me starts chanting "china cat!!!" on the second balcony standing over the stage next to Jerry. And then, the whole crowd is getting into it and yelling for china cat over and over and over, like we we're not going to take NO for an answer.
- ★★★★★ · My first Dead Show · Liamfinnegan · 2005
10/13 Listening again to my first show- possibly the finest soloing on an Estimated Prophet from Jerry that I have ever heard. I would love if someone else can point me to a better EP for Jerry. Wow. I have never heard this since the night I went. This was my first ever dead show, and I regret I did not turn on to the Dead until the early 80's when I was in my early 20's. The amazing thing about this, is I had NO idea how great this show was, as I had nothing to compare it to.
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Official release
- Madison Square Garden 3/9/81no streaming · physical / CD release
Setlist
Set 1
Set 2
Encore
Setlist from CMU Dead archive (mleone/gdead)
Recordings on archive.org · 13
Top-rated source
gd1981-03-09.130233.senn421.wise.minches.flac16
Recording by Jim Wise: Master Audience Cassette; 2 Sennheiser 421s> Sony D-5 Location @ Soundboard; Transfer and FLAC encoding by David Minches: June 2014; Dolby B decoded Master played back on Nakamichi Dragon > Korg MR-1000(DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo]); Korg AudioGate > WAV [24/96] > Adobe Audition 3.0> FLAC encoding · ★ 5.00 (2 reviews) · 5,000 dl
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- gd1981-03-09.130233.senn421.wise.minches.flac16Recording by Jim Wise: Master Audience Cassette; 2 Sennheiser 421s> Sony D-5 Location @ Soundboard; Transfer and FLAC encoding by David Minches: June 2014; Dolby B decoded Master played back on Nakamichi Dragon > Korg MR-1000(DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo]); Korg AudioGate > WAV [24/96] > Adobe Audition 3.0> FLAC encoding · ★ 5.00 · 5,000 dl
- gd1981-03-09.174924.aud.Bernstein.ackerman.noel.flac2496?? mics > ?? lead deck > ?? Deck > Master Cassettes · 259 dl
- gd1981-03-09.175097.sbd.miller.phase-repair.flac1644SBD > Cassette Master > DAT (44.1k) · 439 dl
- gd1981-03-09.mtx.seamons.101159.flac24Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (FLAC24 & FLAC16>AIFF>Final Cut>WAV>FLAC24) · ★ 4.67 · 18,950 dl
- gd1981-03-09.mtx.seamons.101168.sbeok.flac16Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (FLAC24 & FLAC16>AIFF>Final Cut>WAV>FLAC16) · ★ 4.67 · 15,179 dl
- gd1981-03-09.nak700.glassberg.motb.82372.sbeok.flac16Nakamichi CM700's > Sony TC-D5M > MAC · ★ 4.50 · 24,347 dl
- gd1981-03-09.nak700.glassberg.motb.82373.sbeok.flac24Nakamichi CM700's > Sony TC-D5M > MAC · ★ 4.75 · 9,041 dl
- gd1981-03-09.nak700.glassberg.wise.328.shnfSoundboard · 15,146 dl
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