Monday, December 31, 1984

The opening notes of Shakedown rocked the S.F. Civic, I remember feeling it as much as hearing it. I remember Jerry was chucka chucka the chords right before they started and I was thinking, WOOOOHOOOO my first live Shakedown, but when they started it up the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. It was viceral. It was awesome, Everybody hit it loud, and it was a tight groovefest to open a killer show.

Thanks, Jonathan, for posting this wonderful show! This was my first Dead boot tape, and I've cherished it ever since. Wonderful to find a digital hi-fi version here. BTW, might I suggest a better split for the D2 contents? The Women->Drumz->Space->Spanish->Wheel is, IMO, inseparable. It's one of the most seamless and beautiful seques I've ever heard them do. It may be a little tricky for standard CD format, but for 100min tapes it's easier, and for newer digital formats it's moot.